Indigenous Canadians Invite visionary CHAVEZ home.


	Indigenous Canadians Invite visionary CHAVEZ home.

righthand

2-8-2008 10:09 AM

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latinamerica, chavez, canada, un

righthand says:

Apparently Canada has not signed the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. They also want that Canada be removed from the UN Human Rights Council.

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2-8-2008 10:21 AM

NStuff

Well does Canada fit in with the thugs and dictators on the Human Rights Council now? Syria and Cuba and all those other bastions of freedom. Getting kicked off that is actually an achievement.

2-8-2008 1:42 PM

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