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The Long March for Life and Dignity: Can a lesson learned in Paraguay help protect Bolivian indigenous communities in the TIPNIS?
By Ana S. Ayala
On August 15, 2011, at least 1,000 members of indigenous communities living in the Bolivian Indigenous Territory of the National Park Isiboro-Sécure (TIPNIS) began their long and treacherous march on foot to the capital city of La Paz in hopes of engaging the Bolivian government in a peaceful dialogue to prevent the government from building […]
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Amazon American Convention on Human Rights Bolivia Brazil children displacement Elizabeth Abi-Mershed environment food health services highway hospital human rights indigenous indigenous movements indigenous rights infectious diseases Inter-American Commission Inter-American Court Karla Quintana La Paz maternal healthcare maternal mortality Paraguay poverty Rebecca Cook state obligation territory TIPNIS vaccines water women Xakmok Kasek
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