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The Challenge of ‘Territory’: Weaving the Social Fabric of Indigenous Communities in Nicaragua's Northern Caribbean Autonomous Region
Author(s) -
LARSON ANNE M.,
SOTO FERNANDA,
MAIRENA DENNIS,
MORENO EDDA,
MAIRENA EILEEN,
MENDOZALEWIS JADDER
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/blar.12365
Subject(s) - indigenous , autonomy , descendant , state (computer science) , indigenous rights , regional autonomy , weaving , natural resource , caribbean region , political science , economy , geography , politics , latin americans , law , ecology , economics , zoology , physics , algorithm , astronomy , computer science , biology
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.