Andean Aymara

According to the Peruvian Times, the Regional Council in Puno passed a motion to rename the department the “Quechua and Aymara Autonomous Federal Region”, originally spearheaded by Aprista party Yunguyo province representative Neyellko Gutiérrez Quispe - though denouncement quickly followed from Lima bureaucrat and constitutional expert, César Valeg as well as Congressman Yonhy Lescano.
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According to reports in the Peruvian times, Aguaruna (Awajun) and Huambisa (Wambisa)Indians trekked for a week from the Cenepa community in Peru’s northeastern jungle and attacked and destroyed Dorato Resources’ El Tambo mining camp:

The unoccupied mining camp has been destroyed, said Zebelio Kayap Jempekit, an Aguaruna-Huambisa leader who claims that copper, gold and uranium extraction [...]

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As of 25 August 2008, Peru´s constitution is now in Spanish and Quechua. Of course the question on my mind is what about Aymara?

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After months of silence and stalled talks, Peruvian delegates and officials from Yale University met Tuesday for a third round of negotiations at the Permanent Mission of Peru

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“A Bolivian anthropologist is appealing to his government to put the breaks on development of floating reed tourism attractions that replicate Peru’s Uros Islands on Lake Titicaca.
Manuel Rojas Boyan asked Bolivia to respect the ancient traditions of the Uros civilization, telling Peruvian daily El Comercio that he believes it is unacceptable to exploit a millenary [...]

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Indigenous groups lifted their road blockades and suspended their strike against key energy sites Thursday, a day after a congressional committee voted to repeal two land development laws decreed by President Alan García.
García called the move a “grave historical mistake” and predicted that rolling back his decrees would condemn Peru’s rural and indigenous communities to [...]

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From DemocracyNow:
“In Peru, indigenous rights groups called off more than a week of protests at two key Peruvian energy sites after congressional leaders moved to throw out a controversial land law. The law would have made it easier for mining and energy companies to buy communally owned land. Indigenous groups were concerned this would have [...]

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[DemocracyNow]
“Peru’s government has declared a state of emergency in three northern provinces following nine days of protests by indigenous groups in the Amazon basin. Members of sixty-five Indian tribes are protesting a law that would make it easier for communal land to be sold to developers. The protests began when the Indians blocked an [...]

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“Cinco prefectos de la oposición, reunidos en la ciudad de Santa Cruz, aceptaron este miércoles dialogar sin condiciones, hoy mismo si es preciso, con el presidente Evo Morales en La Paz para superar la crisis política, según un comunicado leído por las autoridades.
Sin embargo el principal opositor a Morales, el prefecto de Santa Cruz, Rubén [...]

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Más del 63 por ciento de los votos ratificaron el gobierno de Morales — casi diez puntos más que el 54 por ciento que lo llevó a la presidencia en diciembre de 2005. Esta convocatoria enfrentaba a Morales con los gobernadores que presionaron para obtener mayor autonomía paralas provincias ricas en recursos naturales.
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