Conflicts and Conundrums: How the Venezuelan State Must Strike the Balance With its Indigenous People
Stephanie Kennedy
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Posted 03.02.2013
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UK
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To the west of the country, the Sierra de Perijá, a stretch of both mountains and plains, traces the conflictive border zone between Colombia and Venezuela. The region's inhabitants are, today, a mixture of indigenous groups, cattle farmers, both rich and humble, and the inevitable generational pool of all three.
