Abya Yala

ABYA YALA

|"Abya Yala" means "Continent of Life" in the language of the Kuna peoples of Panama and Colombia. The Aymara leader Takir Mamani |
|suggested the selection of this name(which the Kuna use to denominate the American continents in their entirety), and proposed that |
|all Indigenous peoples in the Americas utilize it in their documents and oral declarations."Placing foreign names on our cities, |
|towns and continents," he argued, "is equal to subjecting our identity to the will of our invaders and to that of their heirs." The |
|proposal ofTakir Mamani has found a favorable reception in various sectors. |
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|Abya Yala, en la lengua del pueblo cuna,significa "tierra madura", tierra viva" o "tierra que florece" y es sinónimo de América. El |
|pueblo cuna es originario de la Sierra Nevada, al norte de Colombia (...) La expresión Abya yala hasido empleada por los pueblos |
|originarios del continente para autodesignarse, en oposición a la expresión "América". (...) Poco a poco, en los diferentes |
|encuentros delmovimiento de los pueblos originarios, el nombre "América" está siendo sustituido por Abya Yala, lo cual no sólo |
|indica otro nombre sino también la presencia de otro sujeto enunciador deldiscurso hasta ahora callado y sometido (...) |
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