LATIN AMERICAN TRENDS: Indian Political Awareness And Resistence Grow.

AP/MIAMI HERALD/
Throughout Latin America, there's a new political awakening among native Indians, who have lived like second-class citizens for centuries. Indians are 10% of Latin America's half-billion residents and in the Andes and Guatemala, they are far more numerous. Improved education and communications, like the Internet and the cell phone now allow local native leaders to easily share strategies with other countries.