International Day of Indigenous Peoples: Respect and Social Inclusion Only in Revolution

In 1994, the United Nations (UN) declared August 9 as the International Day of Indigenous Peoples, a date established to promote the defense of the rights of indigenous communities.

The date represents a reminder of the first meeting of the working group on indigenous populations of the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities of the Commission on Human Rights.

In Venezuela, the rights of the more than 40 indigenous groups that live in the country were recognized for the first time with the Bolivarian Constitution, approved by the People in 1999 and promoted by Commander Hugo Chávez.

The Bolivarian Government has developed community training plans for indigenous people, as well as bilingual intercultural education, traditional, ancestral and artisanal knowledge to consolidate their identity and cultural sovereignty.