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Land Title Represents Victory at Summit of the Americas, but Caution Required

Land Title Represents Victory at Summit of the Americas, but Caution Required

Many pundits argue that the Summit of the Americas held in Cartagena, Colombia produced little worth celebrating. But for Afro-Colombians in the town of San Basilio de Palenque, the celebration hasn’t stopped, and rightfully so. During the summit, Palenque officially received a collective land title to more than 3,000 hectares of rural land, land they […]

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