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Indigenous Communities Hold Bolivia Summit

HeadlineOct 11, 2007

In other news from Bolivia, more than 130 indigenous leaders are gathering for a major summit of native communities. The conference follows last month’s landmark U.N. vote recognizing indigenous rights.

Guatemalan indigenous leader and Nobel laureate Rigoberta Menchú: “We should feel happy because we are not ending a struggle but starting a new process. With this declaration, we want the east to understand us and not impose anything on us.”

The U.N. declaration capped nearly two decades of talks. The U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand were the lone countries opposed.

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