The affected communities are lashing out at their own leaders for signing land leases worth thousands of dollars with a ...

Emissaries of the “United States of Kailasa,” led by a fugitive holy man, were deported after negotiating 1,000-year deals ...

The United States of Kailasa, led by fugitive Swami Nithyananda, claims to be a sovereign Hindu nation with its own currency and passports. However, 20 of its followers were arrested in Bolivia for ...

Controversy grows as Indian Guru tries to seize Indigenous land in Bolivia to establish 'new' nation without recognition.

Nithyananda fled India in 2019, leaving behind a sprawling religious empire, after being accused of child abduction, sexual assault and abuse, and claimed to have founded the nation of 'Kailasa', ...

Bolivia has since reclaimed the coca leaf ... described coca-chewing as a gross habit that “degenerated” the Indigenous ...

The so-called United States of Kailaasa is being created by self-anointed “godman” and the “supreme pontiff of Hinduism,” ...

Today, Bolivia has the largest proportion of indigenous people in Latin America, who make up around two-thirds of the population, with 37 official languages and two capital cities (La Paz and Sucre).

for allegedly attempting to seize land belonging to indigenous communities. “The mandatory departure of the people belonging to this group has been made effective,” Bolivia’s Immigration ...

were taking part in an annual gathering of Indigenous peoples in Brasilia. Wearing brightly colored traditional dress and ...