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Indigenous Peoples' Day: New Universities for a Multicultural Mexico

by lorenz on Aug 10, 2005 in indigenous people / minorities, Latin- and Central America, development empowerment, Native American

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- Seven intercultural universities in Mexico are going a long way towards preserving the historical and cultural roots of the country's indigenous community, which comprises more than 10 percent of the country's 106 million people. The universities are dedicated to promoting alternatives for the development and integration of Mexico's 62 native ethnic groups. One is the new intercultural university in the impoverished southern state of Chiapas, where the Zapatista guerrillas staged an uprising in January 1994. >> continue

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