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Dialogue between the Guatemalan Government's Commission on Peace and the National Guatemalan Revolutionary Union has lacked input from representatives from the Mayan community. Disappointed with the lack of progress in the negotiations, the UN issued…

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As economic policies imposed on indigenous communities by the Western bloc and regional nation states limit freedoms, indigenous communities have taken to the election process to try and affect change.

Tensions between traditional coca growers and government officials has erupted in violence and protests as indigenous communities try to secure their traditional crop in the face of a growing drug industry,

Revisions to Argentina's constitution have allowed it to recognize indigenous rights.

Various indigenous groups of Honduras marched on the capital in July to make carious demands, including investigations into murders and the protection of the environment.

Lumber companies in Chile continue to occupy Huilliche land.

Ashaninkas in Peru continue to be displaced in the face of conflicts between guerrillas and the Peruvian army.