[NYTr] Latin America Recovers its Identity, says Alarcon
 
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:46:19 -0500 (CDT)


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Speaking at a session of the 7th Meeting of the Commission of 
Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Groups of the Latin American Parliament 
(Parlatino), Alarcon said the promotion and approval of public policies 
that defend minority populations in the region are a positive change in 
this new era.

Alarcon added that the social processes taking place in Bolivia and 
Ecuador, in which there is an increasing participation of indigenous 
peoples, is a model of exchange among countries and governments on this 
topic.

In statements to acn news agency, president of the Parlatino Commission 
on Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Groups, Ramses Torres, said that only 
a change in attitude of governments towards minorities, manifested in 
constitutional reforms, will allow for true equality in the different 
societies.

Acting president of Parlatino, Amilcar Figueroa, is among the 
personalities present at the meeting taking place at Havana's 
emblematic Hotel Nacional.

The right of indigenous peoples to generate radio-television 
communication policies that promote the insertion of ethnic groups in 
the different countries is among the issues being debated at the 
meeting of legislators that closes Wednesday.

Cuban news/agh
       
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