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Edgardo Ayala

Newly Recognized Indigenous Rights A Dead Letter?

“If the reform does not establish mechanisms to give it life, if the legislators do not approve the necessary secondary laws, it’s going to be left as dead letter in the constitution.” — Supreme Court Justice Florentín Meléndez

March 06th, 2015

By Edgardo Ayala and
Claudia Avalos

Newly Recognized Indigenous Rights A Dead Letter?

Tito Kilizapa in his workshop in Izalco in western El Salvador. The 74-year-old indigenous craftsman makes and plays the marimba, a percussion instrument that was popular in Central America in the 19th century and which he is trying to revive among children in the area. Credit: Edgardo Ayala/IPS IZALCO, El

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