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The Stolen Holy Mount (Spanish)

December 02, 2019 | El Deber, Open Democracy
By
Karen Gil
The past froze in what was the San Ambrosio sawmill, where bales of wood left aged over the years. Image by Manuel Seoane. Bolivia, 2019.

The past froze in what was the San Ambrosio sawmill, where bales of wood left aged over the years. Image by Manuel Seoane. Bolivia, 2019.

It has taken 29 years since the March for Land and Dignity for five Indigenous communities in the Multi-Ethnic Indigenous Territory (Territorio Indígena Multiétnico — TIM) to obtain tenure over an area that formerly comprised timber concessions — rights that should have been returned to the communities in 2011.

The following is a fragment of the story of the Chiman of Maraca'tunsi and their return to their Holy Mount (Loma Santa), published in ANF and supported by the Rainforest Journalism Fund in association with the Pulitzer Center.

To read the full version in Spanish, visit El Deber's website.

Tuvieron que pasar 29 años de la Marcha Indígena Por el Territorio, para que los cinco pueblos originarios del Territorio Indígena Multiétnico (TIM) obtengan la titulación del área de las exconcesiones madereras, que debía volver a sus manos en 2011.

Esto es un fragmento de la crónica Los chimanes de Maraca’tunsi y el retorno a su Loma Santa, publicada en ANF y con el apoyo del Rainforest Journalism Fund, en asociación con el Pulitzer Center.