Press Release: Encounter of Indigenous Peoples of Abya Yala
Encounter of Indigenous Peoples of Abya Yala for Self Determination – Decolonization Continental Commission Abya Yala PRESS RELEASE Contact: Tupac Enrique Acosta chantlaca@tonatierra.org (602) 466-8367 June 7, 2022 Los Angeles, CA – Gathering in independent formation as a continental alliance of Original Nations of Indigenous Peoples of Abya Yala [Americas], the Continental Commission Abya Yala has convened in Los Angeles for a four-day gathering to advance a collective geopolitical agenda in defense of right of self-determination of Indigenous Peoples. Calling for the implementation of the international protocols and procedures for decolonization in the hemisphere as Indigenous Peoples, equal to all other peoples , the Encounter of Indigenous Peoples of Abya Yala has denounced as illegitimate and discriminatory the continued normalization of the doctrine of “ Internal Colonization ” of Indigenous Peoples by the states of the Ame