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Article: NICARAGUA AND REGION RATIFY UNESCO CONVENTION, BUT GARIFUNAS NEED MORE.
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- NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
- Article date:
- November 17, 2005
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Several of the region's state officials gathered on Nicaragua's Corn Island on Nov. 13 to ratify the 2003 UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Corn Island lies in the Caribbean, 350 km east of Managua. The occasion was the First International Summit of Garifunas in Central America. Nicaragua's President Enrique Bolanos hosted the event as part of an initiative to join Corn Island with other Garifuna enclaves in the Caribbean. Bolanos wants to see a trade agreement among these communities, which stretch from Nicaragua to Cancun, Mexico.
Nicaragua is home to some 8,000 ...