Tiny Amerindian village in Guyana fights gold mine in key court battle over indigenous land rights
Amerindian children line up to sing their country's national anthem, in a schoolyard in Chinese Landing, Guyana, Monday, April 17, 2023. Called Chinese Landing for reasons residents no longer remember, the village is deep within lush forests of northern Guyana accessible primarily by riverboat. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
By DÁNICA COTO
Associated Press
CHINESE LANDING, Guyana — One of Guyana’s smallest Amerindian villages is waging a monumental battle that could decide the amount of control that thousands of indigenous people have over their land in remote parts of this South American country....