In the name of his people, he spent years in prison. Now, he's free and holds a seat in the Senate in his country.
Here is the story of Féliciano Valencia, symbol of the struggle of indigenous people in Colombia.
Here is the story of Féliciano Valencia, symbol of the struggle of indigenous people in Colombia.
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00:00The struggle is to keep alive the legacies that our ancestors left us.
00:30The struggle is to keep alive the legacies that our ancestors left us.
00:40The defense of the territory, the claim of our rights as indigenous peoples,
00:46the respect for our own governments, and the constant search for a good life.
01:00In the videos you can see the fight-axes.
01:08In the videos you can see the fight-axes.
01:12THE PARTY
01:16THE PARTY
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01:26I was transferred to the city of Popayán and then to the Mediana and Máxima Seguridad
01:41de San Isidro prison, where they take criminals who are highly dangerous in the country.
01:55It is a case of political persecution that we have here in Colombia, totally unfair,
02:05inconvenient, unconstitutional from every point of view.
02:25If all of humanity, regardless of whether we are white, indigenous, or whether we live
02:45in Africa, in Colombia, here in Guadalajara, we put ourselves in the task of defending
02:51this planet, this big house that is called the universe, we can have a better world.