Bolivia and Peru Indigenous Defy Borders, Link Arms
Bolivia and Peru Indigenous Defy Borders, Link Arms
The mayor of Uros Chulluni said, "Those from Uros Chulluni don't have borders, there shouldn't be obstacles between siblings." | Photo: Twitter / @MRE_Bolivia
Published 19 January 2017
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Neighboring Indigenous peoples of Bolivia and Peru defy national borders and have agreed to deepen their relationship into a “brotherhood,” the Bolivian Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
The two towns that signed the political and cultural agreement are Santiago de Huata in the west of Bolivia and Uru Chulluni in Puno, southern Peru — two communities about 130 miles of each other, only separated by Lake Titicaca.
"The Aymaras have no borders, Indigenous peoples know no borders," said Bolivia's Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca during the binational meeting of Indigenous communities. Choquehuanca is also Aymara and grew up on the banks of the same lake.
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