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color="#000000">Alwan for the Arts, El Movimiento Por la Paz en
Colombia, together with<i> First Voices, Indigenous Radio</i> and Deep
Dish TV present:</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>The Indigenous People of Colombia Battle
For Their Land and Dignity</b>.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">A conversation with<b> Rafael Coicué,</b><i>
Nasa</i> leader, former mayor of the indigenous<i> cabildo</i> of
Corinto in Cauca, and representative of the Association of Indigenous
Councils of Northern Cauca, Colombia (ACIN).</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Sunday, October 26th, 2 PM</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Alwan for the Arts</font></div>
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<div>Across the world, from Palestine to India to Latin America,
indigenous people are struggling for their land, culture and human
rights against repressive and reactionary governments. Confronted with
ongoing land seizures, and policies that amount to ethnic cleansing,
popular movements are waging intense, sometimes desperate struggles.
Unfortunately the essential commonality of these struggles is often not
seen. Rafael Coicué's report from the people of the indigenous regions
of Northern Cauca, Colombia dramatically illustrates the similarity of
the struggles. Their non-violent mass protests have been met with
military force. In the latest demonstrations, 130 people have been
wounded and at least two killed by army and police bullets. The
government and the Colombian media are accusing them of being
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<div><strong>Rafael Coicué</strong> is one of the most respected
leaders of the contemporary indigenous movement in northern Cauca. He
was the indigenous governor of Corinto in Northern Cauca. A long time
Nasa activist, his brother was killed in the 1991 Nilo massacre of 20
Nasa, and he was shot at and lost an eye in July 2008, a direct
attempt on his life because of the work he's involved in. He will be in
Washington, testifying before the Inter-American Commission of Human
Rights about the consistent violations committed against Colombia's
indigenous communities by the government of Alvaro Uribe, including the
backlash carried out by the Army and Police against indigenous
protesters in Cauca over the past ten days. He will be speaking in New
York City October 25-27th<span class="380480922-22102008">.</span></div>
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