Venezuelas New Indigenous Library

Home About Travel Venezuela In YourTown Venezuela World News Culture from Venezuela Feed on Posts Comments Venezuela s New IndigenousLibrary March by VenWorld Venezuela s Indigenous population makes up just of the national population. In recent years though the government has made some noteworthy efforts to reach out to this historically marginal group. A while ago we wrote about a new initiative to promote Indigenous community radio. More recently the state of Amazonas has revealed plans to create a public library focusing on Indigenous language and culture that will be designed in coordination with native leaders. The governor of Amazonas Liborio Guarulla pictured at right belongs to the Banvia indigenous community. The Banvia are one of different ethnic groups that call Amazonas home and all of them have distinct linguistic and historical traditions. The library will be located in Puerto Ayacucho the capital of Amazonas. Want to know more Check out this article on the Gua! icaipuro Mission initiated by the government in to restore the rights of Indigenous people in Venezuela. Posted in Society Politics Tagged education in venezuela guaicaipuro mission indigenous communities in venezuela indigenous radio venezuela Venezuelan amazon region Venezuelan culture venezuelan government venezuelan libraries No Comments Comments are closed. Trackback URI News Arts Culture Nature Environment Society Politics Sports The Region Pages About Travel Venezuela In YourTown Archives March February January Links Global Exchange Tours Global Youth Connect Ven USA Venezuela Information Office Venezuelan Music Project Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce World Teach Comments Write to us at venworld at veninfo dot org Blog at WordPress.com . Theme Mistylook by Sadish

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