Colombian Indigenous Body To Sue US TV Channel

Colombian Indigenous Body To Sue US TV Channel   Colombia's Uribia Department for Indigenous Affairs will sue U.S. TV channel Telemundo NBC over claims that the Wayuu community practices female genital mutilation.   On April 1, 2010, the station broadcast an episode of "Caso Cerrado," which sets up mock court cases, and allegedly represented as fact claims that indigenous Wayuu communities engages in female circumcision.   This claim is strongly denied by Wayuu groups.   Jose Reinaldo...

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