Each August 9, marks the International Day of Indigenous Peoples, the date decreed by the United Nations in resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994. About 370 million people in 70 countries are indigenous. In El Salvador, this date was held at the Plaza of the Americas, a place known as El Salvador del Mundo .
Aboriginal peoples of El Salvador, the land of Cushcatan, on the occasion of this day, they reaffirmed their commitment and fight for the Salvadoran state they will recognize your existence and their rights through a constitutional amendment and ratification of Convention 169 of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
In a statement, the native peoples of Cushcatan, on their human rights situation in El Salvador, said "that being Indian means oriented worldview to make sense of belonging to their village, respect for natural resources, customs, traditions, how to educate the family, the worship of deities and ancestral knowledge and wisdom. "
Attorney For the Defence of Human Rights, Oscar Luna, expressed support and solidarity with the struggle they have been undertaking for the indigenous communities of their legitimate constitutional rights. "
" It is important that indigenous communities have the institutional support the Republic of El Salvador "he added.
Betty Perez, Nahuatl peoples of Ahuachapan, about the demands that have mentioned us "As a principal, is the institutional recognition ... also, we are asking that it be signed and ratified the ILO covenio also that public policy work of the new government so that they come to the damages that for years the system capitalist has been carried out against indigenous peoples. "
This Sunday August 9, in celebration of international day of indigenous peoples participated cacahuiras, Lenca nahuat and living in the territory of El Salvador.
For its part, the Permanent Bureau of the Attorney for the Defense of Human Rights (PDDH) Indigenous Peoples, spoke against the outcome the last population census, "which visivilizó not" Indian existence in the territory.
"Indigenous people in this country is a strong population, substantial and that is why it requires the support and recognition of their rights," said Luna. indigenous peoples of El Salvador, asserted that "we will be watching the outcome of his administration" to be the country's president, Mauricio Funes, the first progressive president left the country.
also made a call to "dispel the feelings of inferiority to our traditional ways of life, to eradicate practices racist and discriminatory "because" we all have Indian blood in our veins. "(FIN/2009)
- Listen the news here.
- Listen here Welcome message Najo Guadalupe, representative nahuat Nahuizalco.
- Listen here the message of the Ombudsman for the Defence of Human Rights, Oscar Luna.
- Listen here the message of the Catholic priest Rutilio (Linden) Sanchez.
- Listen lived here how to celebrate the Day of Indigenous Peoples in El Salvador.
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