Thursday, March 11 2010.
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Thursday, March 11 2010. |
Columnists Barack Obama: expectation, hope and curiosity We´ve watched that feeling that something new is happening in politics in the most powerful country in the West with an unusual mixture of admiration, hope, fear of failure, and, on top of that, of immense expectation and curiosity in the midst of a new cycle of capitalist financial crisis. Columnists Security that reeks of segregation and racism A Colombian woman living in Italy denounces the racism in a country that, historically, has always been one of migrants. Columnists Once upon a time, Chocó was an unknown territory inhabited by black people, where it used to pour with rain and platinum was exploited. Columnists The pride of 'mestizaje': the racial diversity of Colombia. The good thing about going to Europe for us is to understand that we are not Europeans, because even if we are slow to realise, the French, Spanish or German will take it upon themselves to remind us. We return to America, therefore, to discover who we really are, and we begin to find a meaning for the word mestizaje. Columnists If it is hard to forecast the economic impact of the global financial crisis on Latin America, it is even more difficult to make predictions about the political impact of the crisis on Latin America. Women Aida Quilcue, the 2009 Gaitana Indigenous leader humbly received an award honouring her triumphs and challenges from the previous year whilst also thinking ahead to the future. |
 Northern Cauca - Colombia - South America
AFRODES USA and WOLA urge you to contact Colombian authorities immediately and urge them to take action to guarantee the safety of Afro-Colombian, Indigenous and human rights leaders in northern Cauca. Top stories
A an account from the perspective of the translator who accompanied a group of Canadian indigenous woman on a trup to Ibagué and Popayán to share experiences with their Colombian counterparts. A meeting of two peoples geographically distant, but close in their world views. |
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