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This week:


THE CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM IN BOLIVIA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES THERE

"Indigenous Politics: From Native New England and Beyond" radio program on

WESU, Middletown, CT, 88.1fm.

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On Tuesday, February 10, 2009, join your host, J. Kehaulani Kauanui for an episode

That will focus on recent developments in Bolivia, where a national referendum held on

January 25, 2009 passed after a long and contentious road in order advance a new

constitution under the leadership of Bolivian President Evo Morales, the first Indian
president of a South American country. On the show, we will hear from Dr. Victoria

Bomberry (Muscogee) and Dr. José Antonio Lucero about the politics of the new

constitution and its implications for the indigenous peoples of Bolivia, and the ongoing

democratization project. Dr. Victoria Bomberry is an assistant professor of Ethnic Studies

at the University of California, Riverside where she teaches Native American Studies. She

is the International Coordinator of Movimiento de Mujeres Originarios y Indigenas de

Qollosuyu, Bolivia, and the Project Director of Abya Yala Women's Circle. Dr. José Antonio

Lucero is an assistant professor at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies,

University of Washington, Seattle. He is the author of a new book, Struggles of Voice:

The Politics of Indigenous Representation in the Andes (University of Pittsburgh Press).

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