The Born on December 31st documentary by Priscila Padilla [1]exposes a human rights violation the Wayuu indigenous group have been under. Many of their national IDs, mass produced to get important votes in election periods, state they were all born on the same date and feature offensive made-up names; which they were unable to notice because Spanish is not their native language.
Colombia: What is in a name?
· Written by Juliana Rincón Parra
Categories: Latin America, Colombia, Elections, Ethnicity & Race, Governance, Human Rights, Indigenous, Language, Politics