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PERU: Victims of Military Rapists Wait for Justice 25 Years On
By Ángel Páez
LIMA (IPS) - "I want justice. That will be a kind of peace," says Micaela, a 40-year-old woman from the Andean region of Peru who is a survivor of the sexual violence prevalent during the 1980-2000 civil war. Twenty-five years ago, soldiers assaulted her at a military base and in her own home.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50045

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RIGHTS: U.N. Condemns Land Grabs in Native Territories
By Haider Rizvi
UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Millions of people around the world who belong to indigenous communities continue to face discrimination and abuse at the hands of authorities and private business concerns, says a new U.N. report released here Thursday.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49986

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BRAZIL: 'Colonisation Made Us Poor,' Say Indigenous Peoples
By Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO (IPS) - "We weren't poor until colonisation made us poor," indigenous leader Marcos Terena said at the Rio de Janeiro launch of a United Nations report on the State of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49999

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BOLIVIA: More Women in Parliament, With Their Own Agenda
By Franz Chávez
LA PAZ (IPS) - An unprecedented 28 percent of seats in Bolivia's new parliament will soon be occupied by women. Female lawmakers have already launched a battle for women to serve in half the posts in the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50052

Q&A: Bolivian Women's Right to Land Thwarted by Patriarchal Traditions
Franz Chávez interviews land reform consultant GABY GÓMEZ-GARCÍA
LA PAZ (IPS) - Bolivian legislation on land ownership is highly favourable to women, but a lack of awareness makes it difficult to enforce these laws and ensure that women are able to obtain - and maintain - control of the land they farm.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49967

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U.S.: Community in Crisis Looks to its Agricultural Roots
By Kyra Ryan
TAOS, New Mexico (IPS) - Renowned for its historic Native American pueblo, cultural ties to Spain, bohemian artists, and world-class ski resort, Taos is also one of the many communities in the U.S. facing food insecurity.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49981