Interview With Aymara Indigenous Leader Enriqueta Huanto Ticona: "Companies Have ...

Interview With Aymara Indigenous Leader Enriqueta Huanto Ticona: "Companies Have Always Viewed Us As Two-Footed Animals" Enriqueta Huanto Ticona, a 40-year-old Aymara from the village of Carabuco, near the shores of Lake Titicaca, is fighting to defend her homeland from large economic interests. Her region, north of the capital, La Paz, is threatened by industrial sugar plantations for ethanol and the construction of a highway that crosses the pre-Columbian Yunga Cruz, an important part...

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