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Indigenous villages

Interculturality: an old debt of Argentine democracy

Historically, northern Argentina was part of the Collasuyu in the Inca imperial division, and even today it differs from other provinces in many cultural aspects.

Will the exploitation of lithium imply new dispossession of native peoples?

South America is in the midst of a global competition for lithium. Hence, its citizens must be aware of the environmental and social impacts of these energies that are part of their governments' development plans.

The Challenges of Bridging Science With The Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples

Coauthor Fany Ramos Quispe In view of the need for a dialogue in which a science can be built that considers the different fields of knowledge with equity, spaces for inter-scientific dialogue are opening up.

Chile: the Mirage of a Plurinational Country 

Sectors of the political class point to the recognition of plurinationality and an alleged excessive ambition of the indigenous peoples’ representatives one of the important factors of the defeat.

Chile: Little time to face a long conflict

The conflict between the Chilean State and the Mapuche people has become an insoluble problem for all the governments that have tried similar recipes since 1990 with unsuccessful results.

Reserved seats in Chile: Potential for change?

Indigenous communities have been and are secondary actors with marginal presence in state institutions. Both in the case of elected and appointed positions, their presence is minimal and they rarely have access to local power.