THE VULNERABILITY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO CRISES

In 2015, we decided to travel to the oldest lands in the world located in Guyana, South of the Orinoco, Venezuela. We arrived in December and camped on the banks of the Karuay River. The next day, Mr. Guillermo, a member of the Pemon indigenous community, together with his family, invited us on a 45-minute trip in Curiara, a small boat made from the trunks of the trees, to navigate the river to Bone Fall or Epöpa Merú. My husband and I traveled with Mr. Guillermo, his wife, his daughter and another member of the community with a package of casabe, a typical food of the area made with cassava flour. The experience marked a before and an after in our lives, making us return for two more years. However, the coexistence on each of these trips made me recognize the disadvantages that indigenous communities have when they face the problems of the world.

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