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Region:	Latin America and the Caribbean

Ruben Hilare-Quispe (Global Indigenous Ambassador Program) is from La Paz, Bolivia, part of the Aymara indigenous nation. He is a Project Coordinator at Jaqi Aru (www.jaqi-aru.org). Jaqi Aru is an aymara organization with members of aymara young people located in one of the cities in Aymaras, El Alto. Mr. Hilare-Quispe is responsible for coordinating a variety of projects related to Aymara language, technology, education and culture. Jaqi Aru was created n 2010 in order to bring Aymara language and culture onto the internet. Mr. Hilare-Quispe is one of the founders.

Mr. Hilare-Quispe isalso a coordinator in projects including Cuyahuani 2.0 (technology sovereignty and young aymaras) with Hivos LAC, Aymara Wikipedia 2017, and Facebook Aymara translation project. He publishes blogs in Aymara at Blogueros El Alto and Investigadores Aymaras.He is also an editor and translator of Rising Voices: Global Voices Aymarata and a leader in the Aymara Ciberactivists team.

Mr. Hilare-Quispe is a supporter of Aymara and other native communities as well as a mentor, an advocate of bilingual education, and a promoter of the word on native music of the Andes. He participated in Global Voices Summit in 2010 and Wikimania 2011. Mr. Hilare-Quispe encourages using native languages on the Internet.He recognizes ICANN as one of the most important venue to tackle technology and language issues like Aymara. Particularly, he is interested in how to implement IDNs in Aymara script on the Internet and wants to understand how to use Internet positively for education of young native people. Aymara language on the Internet has been inspiring other native languages in Bolivia and many countries of Central and South America.He aims to support and share knowledge with all those native nations in the region.

Links to Mr. Hilare-Quispe’s work and organizations:

https://rising.globalvoices.org/blog/2010/09/13/voces-bolivianas-jaqi-aru-spreading-aymara-in-internet/

https://latin-america.hivos.org/activity/cuyahuani-first-community-hacker-aymara-bolivia

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/04/06/preserving-aymara-language-and-culture-on-wikipedia

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-34279302

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUa361qirHU

http://noticias.universia.com.bo/en-portada/noticia/2011/10/05/875007/aymaras-blogueros-web-son-upea.html

http://www.paginasiete.bo/ideas/2016/9/11/ciberactivista-aymara-109131.html

Source: Global Indigenous Ambassadors Program Application & Facebook Profile

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 Ruben Hilare-Quispe ([[Global Indigenous Ambassador Program]]) is from La Paz, Bolivia, part of the Aymara indigenous nation. He is a Project Coordinator at Jaqi Aru ([http://www.jaqi-aru.org www.jaqi-aru.org]). Jaqi Aru is an aymara organization with members of aymara young people  located in one of the cities in Aymaras, El Alto. Mr. Hilare-Quispe is responsible for coordinating a variety of projects related to Aymara language, technology, education and culture. Jaqi Aru was created n 2010 in order to bring Aymara language and culture onto the internet. Mr. Hilare-Quispe is one of the founders.
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 Source: Global Indigenous Ambassadors Program Application & Facebook Profile
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