AMERICA/PERU - Pan-Amazon Ecclesial Network (REPAM) begin meetings regarding isolated natives

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Madre de Dios (Agenzia Fides) - With the participation of members from Brazil, Ecuador and Peru, yesterday morning the Pan-Amazon Ecclesial Network (REPAM) began a meeting in the city of Puerto Maldonado, in Peru, to plan appropriate strategies to defend the rights of indigenous peoples in isolation.
According to Luis Ventura, of the Missionary Indigenist Council (CIMI) of Brazil, the objectives of the meeting are to share a diagnosis of the situation of each people, including the threats received, and the legal framework governing their rights. One will also see the working method for the acquisition and management of information on these peoples and the "concrete proposals for defense, at a political, juridical and academic level", in addition to seeing in which areas and how to act. "The idea is that, according to what everyone does, one can reach agreements and start making strategies as consensual as possible", said Ventura, who is responsible for coordinating CIMI for the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Roraima.
The meeting, which will conclude on Sunday 8 July, will be attended by Catholic and lay missionaries, as well as researchers from the aforementioned countries. Mgr. David Martínez de Aguirre, Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado, said that the descendants of the indigenous peoples who were isolated or in initial contact, or who had experiences of contact with these peoples, will be present. According to a report sent to Fides, the indigenous people of Bajo Urubamba and Alto Madre de Dios will participate; the Machiguenga Indians of the Upper Camisea will also be present. According to Martínez de Aguirre, the representatives of the Yine and Harakmbut people will also participate.
The meeting in Puerto Maldonado is organized by the Commission of the indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation (PIAV) of the Indigenous Peoples Association of REPAM, with the support of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado, through the Cáritas Madre de Dios. Participants include CIMI, the Amazon Center for Anthropology and Practical Application (CAAAP), the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado, the REPAM of Ecuador, the Vicariate of Aguarico (Ecuador) and the Coordinator of the indigenous organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (COIAB). (CE) (Agenzia Fides, 6/07/2018)