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Weekly Report - 16 August 2012 (WR-12-32)
Little to celebrate on International Indigenous Day
Many of Latin America’s indigenous peoples were not celebrating when this year’s UN-sponsored International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples came round on 9 August.
- Paraguay’s Franco responds to suspension with defiance
- BRAZIL: Rio takes the Olympic baton
- ARGENTINA: Temporary peace returns to the Caba
- TRACKING TRENDS
- COLOMBIA: Drug addiction becomes a public health problem
- BOLIVIA: Disputed official claims on indigenous U-turn over Tipnis
- PERU : Protests against mega-projects not yet materialised
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Calderón’s victory claims proven premature
- TRACKING TRENDS
- REGION: Mining continues to prove divisive
- Little to celebrate on International Indigenous Day
- Quotes of the week