Bulletin #17 Autonomies Today: Indigenous Peoples in Latin America

CLACSO Working Group on Indigenous Peoples, Autonomy and Collective Rights
Autonomies Today Bulletin: Indigenous Peoples in Latin America
Year 5 – Issue #17
October 2026

Content

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Complaint.
Assembly of Collectives of Zapatista Autonomous Governments (ACGAZ) Governments in Commune; Chiapas, Mexico.

Interview with Libia Tattay Bolaños from the Bilingual and Intercultural Education Program (PEBI) / Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (CRIC)
Waldo Lao and Nohora Caballero Culma.

Excretion of critical and strategic mineral hairs could affect indigenous lands in Brazil
Spensy K. Pimentel, Gabriela Moncau and Pedro Stropasolas.

Mexico: Autonomies under siege in contexts of extreme violence
Araceli Burguete Cal y Mayor & María del Carmen Ventura Patiño.

Echoes of Autonomy in Huabal: The Wampís Nation and the path towards a full life in common at its XXI Assembly
Diego A. Benavente Marchán.

Pastoralism, Territorialization and Governance: practices of pastoral autonomy in the highland territory of Quilluta, Parinacota Province, XV Region, Chile
René Patricio Aguilera Barraza.

Defending water in Cuenca, Ecuador: When a paradigm flourishes: from caring for nature to sustainability
Patricio Carpio Benalcázar and Nataly Torres Guzmán.