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La Paz, Mar 29 (EFE).- President of Bolivia Luis Arce and former president Evo Morales made calls for unity during the celebration Monday of the anniversary of the government's Movement to Socialism (MAS) political party. (Camera: CESAR GONZALES)SHOT LIST: CELEBRATIONS OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF MAS IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA. SOUND BITES: BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT LUIS ARCE AND FORMER PRESIDENT EVO MORALES (IN SPANISH)TRANSLATIONS:LUIS ARCE:No brothers, we are not going to allow division, unbreakable unity in the Movement for Socialism. United we are invincible brothers. EVO MORALES:Brothers and sisters, I want to, just like my brother the president, to call for unity. Unity of all.
Lima, Oct 18 (EFE).- Hundreds of indigenous women across Latin America gathered on Monday in the Peruvian capital, Lima, to defend their rights and demand that their voice be heard. (Camera: MIKHAIL HUACAN).SHOT LIST: INDIGENOUS WOMEN TAKE PART IN A MARCH FOR EQUALITY ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF RURAL WOMEN, IN LIMA, PERU.
Lima, Oct 15 (EFE).- The Peruvian capital bore witness Friday to a march by hundreds of indigenous women from a dozen Latin American countries to demand recognition of their contributions to society on the occasion of the International Day of Rural Women."We are revolutionary women, we are women of the countryside, of struggle, and we need the great capitalists to understand that we, too, have rights that they have to respect," Angelica Ponce, director of the Confederation of Women of Intercultural Communities of Bolivia, told Efe.She made the trip to Lima for the Second Summit of Indigenous Women of Abya Yala (Latin America), which comes nearly five months after the first summit, held in Bolivia. (Camera: MIKHAIL HUACÁN).SHOT LIST: INDIEGENOUS WOMEN MARCH TO DEFEND THEIR RIGHTS IN LIMA, PERU.
Quito, Oct 12 (EFE).- The indigenous community of Ecuador commemorated Tuesday its "Day of Resistance" with a staging at the House of Ecuadorian Culture in Quito, reiterating the economic and social demands of the community to the president, Guillermo Lasso."The president has not taken any single step" to solve social problems, said Leónidas Iza, president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) at the ceremony. (Camera: JUAN FRANCISCO CHAVEZ). SHOT LIST: THE CEREMONY TO COMMEMORATE THE DAY OF RESISTANCE OF ECUADOR AT THE HOUSE OF ECUADORIAN CULTURE, IN QUITO, ECUADOR.
Caracas, Oct 12 (EFE).-The celebration that was supposed to commemorate the "indigenous resistance" in Caracas was turned Tuesday into an electoral campaign ahead of Venezuela’s regional and local elections on Nov 21. "Let my people vote for Carmen Meléndez," was how the lyrics of the song played during the celebration went, while the official candidate for Mayor of Caracas, Carmen Meléndez, and her supporters of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) celebrated the pre-electoral event, claiming to promote the recognization of minority ethnic groups. (Camera: IVAN CARDENAS). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE JOIN THE CELEBRATION OF THE INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA.
Mexico City, Oct 12 (EFE).- A group of people protested Tuesday outside the Spanish embassy in Mexico City against the commemoration of the Spanish conquest of the Americas.While President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's government has put the emphasis on "indigenous resistance" as it marks this year's quincentennial of the Spanish conquest, the original peoples continue to struggle against what they describe as neglect and marginalization by the present-day Mexican state. (Camera: ULISES ANDRADE). SHOT LIST: A GROUP OF PEOPLE PROTEST OUTSIDE THE SPANISH EMBASSY IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO,