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Weekly Report - 15 October 2009 (WR-09-41)
COLOMBIA: Indigenous stage fresh protests
Thousands of indigenous people began a series of marches on 11
October in south-western Colombia to demand the right to their lands, and to
protest against the government of President Alvaro Uribe for reneging on
promises of social programmes and budgetary assistance. The marches, which
culminated in Cali, the capital of the department of Valle del Cauca, were
organised by the umbrella Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia (Onic),
which represents 1.3m native Colombians.
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