Indigenous Leader from Peru: Open Dialogue with Miguel Palacin the Indigenous leader

Indigenous Leader from Peru

Visits New York for Community Events

Peruvians in Action &

Trade Justice New York Metro

cordially invite you to

Open Dialogue with Miguel Palacin the Indigenous leader

the Coordinating Body of the Andean Indigenous Organizations (CAOI)

When: Wednesday November 25, 2009

Time: 7:00PM to 8:00 PM

Video: http://nomadas.blip.tv/file/2713784/

Miguel Miguel Palacín, coordinador general de la Coordinadora Andina de Organizaciones Indígenas - CAOI, ha anunciado en el marco de la Minga Global, la candidatura del presidente de la Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva del Perú - AIDESEP, Alberto Pizango, líder indígena shawi que está asilado político en Nicaragua, después de que el Poder Judicial dictara su detención por los acontecimientos del 5 de junio en La Curva del Diablo en Bagua.

Where: Make the Road New York

92-10 Roosevelt Avenue - Lobby

New York, NY 11372  

Subway Train 7 - 90th St / Elmhurst Ave

Contact: Leandra Requena 917-279-8862

 leandrarequena@yahoo.com

Miguel Palacín Quispe, from Peru, is a Quechua Indigenous leader, currently the leader of the Coordinating Body of the Andean Indigenous Organizations (CAOI), and previously he was the president of the National Confederation of Communities Affected by Mining in Peru (CONACAMI) a very important organization that united many communities in Peru that are facing the impact of large scale mining.

During his visit to the United States, Miguel Palacin will attend meetings with international organizations, where he will expose the delicate situation of the Indigenous peoples and the impact of the neoliberal policies of free trade in the Andean and Amazonian communities, as well as the environment, especially during the Alan Garcia administration.

CAOI, which Palacin represents, is one of the most influential organizations among the first nation’s communities of South America, including the organizations Ecuarunari (Ecuador), CONACAMI (Peru), CONAMAQ (Bolivia), ONIC (Colombia), CITEM (Chili) and ONPIA (Argentina).

This dialogue with Miguel Palacin in New York is an extraordinary event directed to those involved in human rights activism; Indigenous peoples rights, the struggle for social justice in Latin America, and the reform of free trade policies in the U.S. which affect the mentioned regions.

Since Alan Garcia started his second term, efforts to impose economic policies that affect the poorest of Peru, have caused social uprisings and hundreds of Peruvian civilians have been killed by direct actions of the government –not including policemen casualties- but the total death toll is uncertain, after the massacre of Bagua in June 5, 2009 where hundreds of people were disappeared.

This event is possible thanks to collaboration between the Group Peruvians in Action of NY and the organization Trade Justice New York Metro. This program is free and open to the public.