Gaining Ground: The Indigenous Movement in Latin America

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Despite the contradictions that persist within the movement, Maya organizations are coming to realize that pan-Maya unity will strengthen their

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In early 1994, the Ecuadorian government announced the seventh round of oil leases to open up ten new areas of

Indigenous activism in Colombia has been remarkable, despite the small size of the country's indigenous population. The government's response, however,

Indigenous organizations in Chile, especially those representing the Mapuche nation, have been mobilizing against government plans to enter into the