As democratization opens up new spaces for indigenous organizing, the
near-universal embrace of neoliberalism poses lethal dangers to rural
indigenous economies. Making the linkages between their economic and
cultural survival, indigenous movements have become protagonists in the
struggle against the neoliberal onslaught. The North American Congress on
Latin America (NACLA) examines the variety of strategies that indigenous
peoples are using to make their voices heard in the national political
arena in "GAINING GROUND," the March/April 1996 issue of its bimonthly
magazine NACLA Report on the Americas.
In this special report, Xavier Albo analyzes whether the election of an
indigenous vice-president and the passage of a Popular Participation Law
add up to real progress for indigenous people in Bolivia. CONAIE's Nina
Pacari details how a nationwide indigenous mobilization in Ecuador in 1994
thwarted the government's attempt to ram through neoliberal agrarian
measures without any public debate. Stephan Schwartzman, Ana Valeria
Araujo and Paulo Pankararu analyze the legal battle over indigenous land
rights in Brazil. Antonio Otzoy reports on efforts to forge a national
pan-Maya movement in Guatemala. Rosamel Millaman details how Chile's
Mapuches are organizing in opposition to NAFTA.
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perspective for 28 years. In the coming months, NACLA will publish special
reports on transnational investment, indigenous movements and social
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