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- Title
The Challenge of 'Territory': Weaving the Social Fabric of Indigenous Communities in Nicaragua's Northern Caribbean Autonomous Region.
- Authors
LARSON, ANNE M.; SOTO, FERNANDA; MAIRENA, DENNIS; MORENO, EDDA; MAIRENA, EILEEN; MENDOZA‐LEWIS, JADDER
- Abstract
In Nicaragua, indigenous and afro-descendant peoples' demands for territorial rights have become inseparable from demands for the exercise of autonomy in the Caribbean Coast. Alone, the new titles obtained by these communities, like the autonomy regime, will not guarantee legal security over collective lands, control over natural resources or the exercise of free determination. Through the analysis of three indigenous territories in Nicaragua's Northern Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region ( RACCN), the article argues that the state is still setting the terms of debate. It suggests that the defence of rights should be anchored not only on the ownership of territory but also on the social fabric of indigenous communities and territories.
- Subjects
NICARAGUA; ATLANTIC Coast (Central America); INDIGENOUS peoples of Central America; POLITICAL autonomy; NICARAGUAN history; SOCIAL history
- Publication
Bulletin of Latin American Research, 2016, Vol 35, Issue 3, p322
- ISSN
0261-3050
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/blar.12365