The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), Transnational Institute (TNI) and George Washington University (GW)
cordially invite you to a seminar…
Indigenous Rights in the Andes and Licit Uses of the Coca Leaf
December 9, 2008
12:00pm – 2:30pm
The George Washington University
The Elliott School of International Affairs
Linder Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. (Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro, Blue and Orange lines)
Confirmed speakers include:
Ø Pien Metaal, Researcher specializing in coca issues, Drugs and Democracy Program, TNI
Ø Ramiro Matos, Curator, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
Ø Anthony Henman, Anthropologist & Author of "Mama Coca"
Ø Dionisio Nunez, Yungas coca leader, Former Movement for Socialism (MAS) Congressman, Bolivia
Ø Jaime Arias, Colombian Indigenous leader and representative, Colombia’s Representative for the Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Organization of American States (OAS)
Please RSVP to Rachel Robb at 202-797-2171 or rrobb@wola.org by 12pm on December 8th.