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Article: PANAMA: INDIGENOUS DEMANDS FALL ON DEAR EARS.
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- NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
- Article date:
- October 29, 2009
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By Louisa Reynolds
On Oct. 12, the anniversary of Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas, known in the region as the Day of Hispanic Heritage but commemorated by aboriginal peoples as the Day of Indigenous Resistance, representatives from Panama's indigenous organizations marched from San Felix, in the province of Chiriquí, to Panama City.
At 5 p.m., the protestors reached Plaza Catedral and headed toward the presidential residence, Palacio de las Garzas, where they hoped to meet with President Ricardo Martinelli and voice their demands, which include ratification of International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 169 on the Rights of ...