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Displaced Indigenous community in Bogota demands shelter during pandemic

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Bogota, Aug 12 (EFE).- More than a hundred indigenous people displaced by the armed conflict in their territory remain in a makeshift camp in the Tercer Milenio park in downtown Bogota, waiting for the mayor's office to provide them with permanent accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic.(Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ). SHOT LIST: INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CAMP OUT AT TERCER MILENIO PARK IN DOWNTOWN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA. SOUND BITE: EDUARDO MAMUNDIE, SECRETARY OF THE EMBERA-CHAMI INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATION: The community is not refusing the proposal but the proposal was meant to last only 14 days. Therefore, our community decided that we go to the Corferia, then where do we go next? Once the 14-day contract ends, we will be in the same situation as what we are now.

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