ana . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century , ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁mission ary ▁activity ▁in ▁Ye ' ku ana ▁territory , ▁during ▁which ▁they ▁were ▁forced ▁into ▁construct ing ▁for ts ▁for ▁the ▁Spanish , ▁and ▁co er ced ▁into ▁converting ▁to ▁Catholic ism . ▁A ▁re bell ion ▁was ▁organ ised ▁against ▁the ▁Spanish ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 6 . ▁The ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁brought ▁a ▁new ▁wave ▁of ▁explo itation ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁the ▁colon ists ▁looking ▁to ▁capital ise ▁on ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁rub ber . ▁Wh ole ▁villages ▁were ▁forced ▁into ▁labour , ▁driven ▁in ▁chain ▁gang s ▁to ▁the ▁rub ber ▁cam ps . ▁Later , ▁another ▁wave ▁of ▁mission aries ▁arrived ▁around ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁The ▁Brazil ian ▁Ye ' ku ana ▁decided ▁not ▁to ▁live ▁in ▁the ▁miss ions ▁established ▁on ▁that ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁border , ▁because ▁the ▁mission aries ’ ▁attention ▁in ▁Brazil ▁was ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁San um á ▁and ▁not ▁on ▁them . ▁They ▁were ▁also ▁more ▁rel uct ant ▁to ▁convert , ▁having ▁seen ▁their ▁Venez uel an ▁c ous ins ▁convert ▁and ▁become ▁( from ▁the ▁Brazil ian ▁Ye ' ku ana ▁perspective ) ▁cult ur ally ▁we aker ▁as ▁a ▁result , ▁giving ▁up ▁key ▁elements ▁of ▁their ▁traditional ▁ways ▁of ▁life . ▁On ▁the ▁Venez uel an ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁border , ▁this ▁wave ▁of ▁mission aries ▁brought ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁health ▁services