Indigenous leaders from territories such as the Arawak of the Sierra Nevada in Colombia, the Shuar of the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Wachiperi of Peru, the Aymara of the Andean Highlands and representatives of different territories of the Mapuche people met to discuss common solutions to shared problems. teleSUR
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00:00And more than 100 indigenous leaders gather in the town of Curare, in the Chilean mountain range,
00:04to discuss what serves as the first international congress of indigenous conservation territories.
00:10Indigenous leaders from territories such as the Arawak of Sierra Nevada in Colombia,
00:15the Shuar of the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Huachipete of Peru, the Aymara of the Andean Highlands,
00:21as well as representatives from different territories of the Mapuche people,
00:24met to discuss common solutions to shared problems. Congress also focused on community life,
00:29a fundamental characteristic of indigenous peoples undermined by extractivist capitalism.