World Indigenous Meet in Venezuela

[EFerrari]

World Indigenous Meet in Venezuela



Caracas, Oct 8 (Prensa Latina) The Second International Congress of Indigenous People of America (Abya Yala) starts Wednesday in the Venezuelan state of Zulia, honing in on imperialism and other issues.

The multi-national event, to be run until October 12, will also debate topics related to the strengthening of Indian-American peoples sovereignty, among other key issues for native communities.

The locality of Cojoro is the venue of the congress and it is expected that one hundred international delegations and over 500,000 representatives from Venezuelan ethnic groups attend the meeting.

Nicia Maldonado, Minister for the Indigenous Peoples, stated that the Congress will start today with a caravan from the Cojoro parish church, to support the Bolivian people and President Evo Morales.

http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B92A5F028-97B3-4BCC-8295-104C72480871%7D)&language=EN

[Judi Lynn]

1. Should be an amazing gathering. Wonderful.

So many places represented, and it was delightful seeing representatives from the United States! From the article:

Missions from United States, Surinam, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Uruguay and Venezuela, among others, announced their assistance.

[EFerrari]

2. I'd even get on an airplane to go to that! Hopefully there will lots

of photos or film!

[struggle4progress]

3. kick

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