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Speaker Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui (Aymara); Sociologist, historian, activist and public intellectual from Bolivia
Date Apr 18, 2012
Time 10:00 am
Location Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Languages Building; 707 South Mathews, Urbana
Cost Free and Open to the Public
Sponsor Center for Advanced Study
Contact Liesel Wildhagen
E-Mail wildhage@illinois.edu
Phone 217-333-6729
Event type Lecture
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Originating Calendar Center for Advanced Study
The Struggle for Indigenous Rights in Bolivia and the Government of Evo Morales
Evo Morales, since 2005 Latin America's first indigenous elected president, incorporated indigenous movements into his government, with important early results. Now serious conflicts have developed between the Morales government and Bolivian indigenous groups both in the Amazon basin and the Andean highlands, especially over rights to resources on territory of Indian tribes, with violent confrontations in September 2011. Silvia Rivera, active participant and major voice in these indigenous struggles, presents an assessment of what these conflicts mean for the future of Indian rights in Bolivia.