Today's program addresses the situation of the indigenous peoples of Latin America. The indigenous population currently stands at 45 million, 8% of the Latin American total. Program host Jorge Gestoso interviews Indes Bustillo, director of the prestigious UN sponsored Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), who offers an overall panorama and discusses the progress made in both closing the gap with the population as a whole in terms of living standards as well as recognition of indigenous national rights, and the enormous challenges still to be tackled. teleSUR