For the past four centuries, they have been launched innumerable armed uprisings and waged guerrilla warfare to resist the brutal suppression of their democratic rights and achieve national and social liberation.
Sa nakaraang apat na siglo, hindi mabilang na armadong pag-aalsa at pakikidigmang gerilya ang inilunsad nila upang labanan ang brutal na panunupil sa kanilang mga demokratikong karapatan at upang kamtin ang pambansa at panlipunang paglaya.