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Capítulo 5B --- El poder de la cultura indígena

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Spanish	English
el Amazonas	the Amazon (region)
la amenaza	threat
el/la campesino/a	peasant
el chamán	shaman, medicine man
la creencia	belief
el/la criollo/a	person of Spanish descent in the Americas
los derechos humanos	human rights
el discrimen	discrimination
la explotación	exploitation
la fuerza	strength
la gente indígena (but los indígenas)	indigenous people
la guerrilla	guerrilla warfare/ movement
los guerrilleros	guerrilla fighters
el habitante	inhabitant
el maltrato	mistreatment
el mestizaje	cultural, ethnic, and racial blending
el/la mestizo/a	person of mixed Spanish and indigenous heritage
el poder	power
el pueblo	town; people
la presión	pressure
el resentimiento	resentment
la sierra	highlands
la soberanía	sovereignty
la tribu	tribe
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Spanish	English
actual	current
alentador(a)	encouraging
amazónico/a	pertaining to the Amazon
andino/a	Andean
conmovedor(a)	moving
dirigente	ruling
excluido/a	excluded
marginado/a	marginalized
poderoso/a	powerful
popular	popular; pertaining to the common people
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Spanish	English
asesinar	to assassinate
saquear	to sack, pillage
volar	to blow up (with a bomb)
el/la narcotraficante	drug trafficker
el/la senderista	member of Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path)
aislado/a	isolated
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