International Day of Indigenous Peoples: Respect and Social Inclusion Only in Revolution

In 1994, the United Nations (UN) declared August 9 as the International Day of Indigenous Peoples, a date established by, to promote the defense of the rights of indigenous communities.

30 years ago, the UN General Assembly decided that the International Day of Indigenous Peoples be commemorated on August 9 of each year, as a reminder of the first meeting of the working group on indigenous populations of the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities of the Commission on Human Rights.

In Venezuela, the rights of the more than 40 indigenous groups that live in the country were recognized for the first time in the country with the Bolivarian Constitution, approved by the people in 1999, promoted by our Eternal Leader, Commander Hugo Chávez.

Today, the Bolivarian Government, together with President Nicolás Maduro, has developed community training plans for indigenous people, as well as bilingual intercultural education, traditional, ancestral and artisanal knowledge to consolidate their identity and cultural sovereignty.

Mazo News Team