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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2002

"[A] new dawn is breaking on Amerindia's horizon. As a new anniversary of her conquest approaches, indigenous America is found regaining in part her deserved place at the table of affairs of the Western Hemisphere.

In Mexico, Indians recently blocked attempts to build a massive new airport on what they consider hallowed ground, forcing the Mexican government to engage in serious negotiations. In Peru, a Quechua Indian, Alejandro Toledo, is that nation's elected president. In Bolivia, Indian leader Evo Morales recently obtained 25 percent of the popular vote in that country's presidential elections, turning him and his Indian followers into Bolivia's main opposition group. And in Ecuador, another Quechua, Antonio Vargas, is a serious contender to become Ecuador's first Indian president. And it needs no mention that in this country Indian leaders are no longer ignored. . ."

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Compass: Indians of the Americas (Delio D. Tamayo-Gomez. The Denver Post 9/27)