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at present Latin America is home to 826

indigenous peoples which by the year

2010 included nearly 45 million people

accounting for 8 percent of the region's

population the countries with the

greatest proportion of indigenous

peoples are Bolivia Guatemala Peru and

Mexico there is huge diversity among

indigenous peoples with some remaining

and voluntary isolation and others

coexisting in big cities Brazil has the

greatest amount of indigenous peoples

followed by Colombia Peru and Mexico

indigenous peoples represent one of the

most disadvantaged groups in the region

and have suffered the systematic loss of

their lands with severe consequences to

their well-being nevertheless the

Economic Commission for Latin America

and the Caribbean at Clack has found

some progress in recent years related to

the recognition of their territorial

rights and political participation there

have also been improvements in their

living conditions with greater access to

health care and education

the United Nations has championed the

promotion of indigenous peoples rights

and relies on three special resources

for this purpose a permanent forum

experts a special report or at a

regulatory level indigenous peoples are

protected by convention number 169 of

the International Labour Organization of

1989 which recognized their rights as

peoples for the first time and the

United Nations declaration on the rights

of indigenous peoples of 2007 which

considers these peoples rights to

self-determination in the context of

these efforts at Clack calls for the

region's countries to put policies in

practice to end inequality suffered by

indigenous peoples policies based on

human rights standards and the

perspectives and contributions of these

peoples this is crucial for the

construction of a new

development agenda beyond 2015 with

equality at its heart