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Venezuela is a multicultural country that recognises and guarantees the existence of its indigenous peoples and communities. Indigenous peoples in Venezuela represent 2.2% of the national population.

The 1999 Constitution recognised the country’s multi-ethnic and pluricultural nature for the first time and included a chapter specifically dedicated to indigenous peoples’ rights, opening up indigenous spaces for political participation at national, state and local level. The Organic Law on Demarcation and Guarantees for the Habitat and Lands of the Indigenous Peoples came into force in 2001; ILO Convention 169 was ratified in 2002; and the Organic Law on Indigenous Peoples and Communities (LOPCI) was developed in 2005, broadly consolidating this framework of rights. Venezuela voted in favour of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, The Indigenous World 2011

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Michele Yellow Robe
I blows my mind to witness this behavior from people's whom run this country and the USA! They ( the so called leaders of countries) should be the ones leading...
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John Ahni Schertow
Not to mention the fact that Indigenous Peoples have specific needs that settler populations generally do not posses, like requiring access to specific land areas to maintain culture, language, the...
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John Ahni Schertow
It's true in a sense--we're all indigenous to somewhere--however, there are fundamental differences between populations who identify as "indigenous" and those who no longer follow a traditional way of life....
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Frederick Thornton
There is a need to recognize that all people are indigenous to this planet. We are one human race beholden to the mother that nurtures us. We must unite under...
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Tom Duncan
Well, I think, unfortunately, passive complaints of PM Harper selling our land & water for basically nothing, are getting nowhere. Time to move up the ladder of complaining. Watch your...
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Jay Taber
It is instructive to see how mental, spiritual and physical health coincide in the indigenous philosophy, while the progressive view remains trapped in a treatment rather than preventive mode. It...
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Waimarie
Kia ora, I would like to say unless they, ( those who say no more Full- Blooded Maori), know the whakapapa of every single Maori in Aotearoa, they should just...
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Endra Hood Anderson
Mohawk??I stand and prepared to back my people at any and all cost...
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