Documents of agreemwent signed by the arhuaco community and the Capuchin Mission.
In Nabusimake —San Sebastián de Rábaga—, on Agust the 12th,
1982, Mr. José Agustín Valbuena and the Fathers Ricardo Pineda
and Antonio Nacher, representing the Diocesan Mission of Valledupar; and Luis
Napoleón Torres (Ruling Counsil), Manuel Chaparro (Chief Deputy), José
Camilo Niño (Central Counsil), Angel María Torres (General Secretary),
Amiro Mestre (Treasurer), Bernardino Alfaro (Ruling Counsil), Efraín
Torres Villafañe (General Inspector), Julio Izquierdo (leader), Alvaro
Torres (police officer), High Mamo Zareymaku, and Kunchanavinguke (Mamo), representing
the Arhuaco community, met and came to the following agreement:
1. In legal form, the Diocesan Mission will hand over to the Arhuaco community
all the buildings that they are presently occupying, and which are located within
the Arhuaco reservation.
2. The Diocesan Mission will give back to the Departmental Health Office all
the implements that the Office had put under its trust.
3. It will also revert to the National Government all the educational activities
in the Arhuaco reservation.
4. These reversions will be carried out with the consent of the National and
Departmental governments and the Arhuaco community, on dates to be agreed upon
during the course of this process.
5. The Arhuaco community and the Diocesan Mission will effect these reversions
in an amicable way. Both parties will strive to keep an atmosphere of trust
and peace during the process. This procedure will be completed, if possible,
before December 31, 1982.
Signed in Nabusimake, August 12, 1982, by all those present.
(28 signatures follow) |
