Costa Rica: Court Rules In Favor Of Bri-bri

Costa Rica: Court Rules In Favor Of Bri-bri   Non-indigenous must vacate native lands.   A top court in Costa Rica has ruled that the ancestral lands of the Bri-bri indigenous people must be returned, handing one of the country’s most marginalized groups a legal victory.   On Sept. 12, the Contentious Administrative Court said that the lands must be returned to the indigenous group in the Keköldi Reserve, which was created in 1977, near the country’s Caribbean coast, after non-indigenous...

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