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CIENCIA & SAUDE COLETIVA
Volume 19, Issue 10, Pages 4061-4069Publisher
ABRASCO-ASSOC BRASILEIRA POS-GRADUACAO & SAUDE COLETIVA
DOI: 10.1590/1413-812320141910.09372014
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Health; Globalization; Multiculturalism; Territory; South America
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This article reflects upon the impact of globalization and interculturalism on the living conditions of indigenous peoples in South America. Through two examples - Bolivia and Argentina - it is seen how health interculturalism has transformed into a discourse and a practice that both global organizations and most Latin American countries have used to assimilate and attract indigenous communities. Traditional medicine is respected and valued without proposing changes to improve the living conditions of these population groups. This is especially true in those areas where land is being expropriated or contaminated with the extraction of gas, oil, minerals and the construction of dams, along with indiscriminate deforestation of the rainforest. Health/illness cannot be separated from the territorial conditions of these peoples since environmental health is critical for their survival.
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