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Una indígena boliviana participa en la revuelta que depuso al presidente Sánchez de Lozada, el 17 de octubre. Crédito: Agencia Jatha.

A Bolivian indigenous woman participates in the uprising that led to president Sánchez de Lozada's resignation on Oct. 17./ Photo credit: Agencia Jatha.

By Diego Cevallos

Indians Shake Up the Political Scene

Despite their exclusion from society, indigenous communities in Latin America are gaining ground in the political arena. They have brought down two governments and wield increasing influence at the local and parliamentary levels.

From our files:

Natural gas is our hope, our future'

By María Laura Mazza

A Treasure Underfoot

Little is known about the huge Guaraní Aquifer, an underground reservoir of freshwater for the countries of Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay). Experts are preparing long-term plans to preserve it.

Mujeres mapuches. Crédito:Enciclopedia Escolar

Mapuche women. Photo Credit: Enciclopedia Escolar

By María Cecilia Espinosa

Mapuches Want to Shape Their Own Future

Chile's principal indigenous community -- some 700,000 people -- is seeking a system for self-determination, but without undermining the integrity of the state.

From our files:

Eco-Demands Give Way to Money

International Year of Rice

In an effort to attend to the problems of hunger and malnutrition, among others, the United Nations General Assembly on Oct. 31 declared 2004 the International Year of Rice. Sixty percent of the world's 1.3 billion poor live in Asia, and rice is their principal sustenance.

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