Guatemala: Statement Of Q'eqchi And Garifuna Women In The "Day Of Resistance And ...

Guatemala: Statement Of Q'eqchi And Garifuna Women In The "Day Of Resistance And Dignity Of Indigenous Peoples"   Translated from Spanish, Original Below   Q'eqchi and Garifuna women, meeting on 12 October in the sacred lands of Q'iriwa 'to make known that for us, the arrival of Christopher Columbus to our shores in 1492 was the beginning of racism, oppression, brutal exploitation, theft of our lands, plunder of our autonomy, marginalization and exclusion to our peoples.   The tax state model...

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