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 | | Similarly strong was the presence of indigenous peoples or pueblos originarios: Quiché of Guatemala, Kuna of Panama, Mapuche of Chile and Argentina, Quechua and Aymara from the Andean region, and Quichua from Ecuador. |
 | | For indigenous peoples at the meeting, this was framed in terms of an all-encompassing struggle for territory and sovereignty and the right of communities to freely organize their societies, livelihoods, and relation to nature. |
 | | Fifty thousand people voted, and between 94 and 98 percent of the people said no. The basic idea is to build coalitions of social movements in towns, cities, and villages, and together to explore creative ways of getting direct participation, feedback, and debate from a wide cross-section of society. |
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