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Indiginous rights, The indigenous population in Latin America, Indigenous…
Indiginous rights
Guatemala
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Juan José 1944
10 years of democracy
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after democracy
civil war 1960-96
the indigenous demand for land was considered as being "communism" --> this prompted increased US aid to the Guatemalan government
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Agrarian reform 1952
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result
100,000 families recieved land
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oRGANIZATIONS
The CUC
developed out of a variety of groups: peasant leagues, mayan cultureal associations and CEBs (christians)
1980s --> organized 150,000 workers in strike that halted cotton and sugar export production and gained wage increases
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20th century
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more than half of the mayan community lived in poverty, 1/5th in extreme poverty
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Liberation theology
1962, vatican deciding that they should take more political action to help the poor (this was only a minority of catholic clergy)
Latin american clergy movement that inspired parishioners to work for change in this life rather than waiting for a reward in heaven
what they fought for
land redistribution, water rights and better wages
case study : Guatemala
early 1970s : collaboration with idealistic students in literacy projects for the indigenous peasants
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Pope john paul 2 : forbade the clergy from holding political office and condemnend as a means of social change --> Liberation theology declined
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