Amazonian Indian Meeting

phil mueller (hi23ahg@rs1.tcs.tulane.edu)
Mon, 29 Mar 1993 21:03:18 CST

The following came from Radio Havana News and I thought it might be of
interest for some on the list.

AMAZONIAN INDIAN MEETING

Havana, March 24 (RHC)- Native Americans: A meeting of some 400 Amazonian
Indian tribes began today in Quito, Ecuador.Representatives from the nine
Amazon basin countries are gatheering to make cooperation agreements between
the different tribes and to coordinate their political work. One of their main
objectives is to push for the demarkation and legalization of Indigenous lands
in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, French Guyana,
and Surinam. The director of the Amazon's indigenous will also propose
environmental policies to preserve the Amazon's ecosystem

Phil Mueller
TULANE UNIVERSITY
hi23ahg@rs1.tcs.tulane.edu

P.S. I have more about Brazilian Indians and their problems that was in the
same broadcast. If anyone is interested I can post it.

.RENCHz