Order these statements chronologically as they appear in the interview.

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1. “To listen to indigenous peoples is to listen to the women and to those who know how to love this earth. We may be only a small grain of sand, but it is one which will prove important for the challenges Humankind must face in the next millennium.”
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2. “There is a big change going on in the way people see the world: change in the concept of development, in the way people live together.”
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3. “Peace in Guatemala is not a myth, neither is it a myth for Central America, or for the people of this continent or other continents.”
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4. “To me, the most important thing is that indigenous people still possess a balance, an equilibrium with Mother Nature, a balance between human life and the earth itself.”

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Here’s a possible chronological ordering of the statements as they might appear in the interview:

  1. “There is a big change going on in the way people see the world: change in the concept of development, in the way people live together.”
  2. “To me, the most important thing is that indigenous people still possess a balance, an equilibrium with Mother Nature, a balance between human life and the earth itself.”
  3. “To listen to indigenous peoples is to listen to the women and to those who know how to love this earth. We may be only a small grain of sand, but it is one which will prove important for the challenges Humankind must face in the next millennium.”
  4. “Peace in Guatemala is not a myth, neither is it a myth for Central America, or for the people of this continent or other continents.”

This ordering presents a progression from a general observation about changing perspectives, to the value of indigenous peoples' relationship with nature, the importance of listening to them, and concluding with a statement about peace.