PATROL Newsletter July 2023
PATROL's inaugural newsletter highlights the latest news on festival screenings, its impact campaign and what's happening in the Indio Maiz Biological Reserve.
Written by Angie Gentile
August 14, 2023
In the News
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Leonardo DiCaprio promotes "Patrol," brings visibility to the struggle of Nicaragua’s indigenous Rama and Kriol peoples
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio promoted the documentary "Patrol" on instagram, highlighting the struggle of the indigenous Rama and Kriol peoples as they fight to defend their ancestral homeland in the Indio Maíz Biological Reserve in Nicaragua.
Written by Angie Gentile
July 25, 2023 -
Leonardo DiCaprio calls on Nicaraguan government to protect indigenous communities
American actor Leonardo DiCaprio issues an urgent call-to-action through his Instagram account, spurring his nearly 60 million followers to help stop illegal cattle ranching and save the Indio Maiz Biological Reserve.
Written by Angie Gentile
July 25, 2023 -
“Este gobierno, en materia de protección de los recursos naturales, ha sido el peor que ha tenido Nicaragua en su historia” | ENTREVISTA
En Nicaragua, la Reserva Biológica Indio Maíz es destruida al rugir de motosierras y fuego. Con total impunidad, ganaderos ilegales arrasan uno de los últimos remanentes de bosque tropical en Centroamérica. Lo mismo ocurre con los mineros ilegales, que ingresan al bosque para buscar oro, dejando numerosas fuentes de agua contaminadas con mercurio.
Written by Angie Gentile
July 18, 2023 -
The New York Tropical Deforestation-Free Procurement Act Passes Assembly and Heads to Governor
Legislation to end the state’s funding of climate destruction supported by bipartisan majority in NY State Assembly.
Written by Angie Gentile
July 18, 2023 -
Their activism against conflict beef in Nicaragua made them political targets
Re:wild sheds light on the risks the PATROL documentary crew and cast are facing for fighting against corruption and deforestation in Nicaragua.
Written by Angie Gentile
June 13, 2023 -
Minería se establece en la Reserva Indio Maíz
Ciudadanos del departamento de Río San Juan, se encuentran preocupados por el avance de la minería a cielo abierto en la Reserva Natural Indio Maíz y por la inacción de las autoridades gubernamentales en favor del medio ambiente.
Written by Angie Gentile
June 13, 2023 -
Indigenous communities threatened as deforestation rises in Nicaraguan reserves
It’s hard to know exactly what’s happening to the environment in Nicaragua. Hundreds of journalists and environmental defenders have been arrested or fled the country.
Written by Ben Kempas
May 23, 2023 -
Nicaragua's beef comes with a high human cost
When COVID hit meat processing plants in the US, Nicaraguan producers were happy to fill demand--but doing so came at a high cost.
Written by Ben Kempas
May 23, 2023 -
UN denounces new attacks in Nicaragua’s largest reserve
Groups believed to be connected to cattle ranching, logging and illegal mining launched several attacks in Indigenous communities living in the largest protected area in Nicaragua.
Written by Ben Kempas
May 23, 2023
