Indigenous Peoples and the Costa Rican State: Dispute over Rights and Territorial Control

This article seeks to put in perspective the demands of indigenous peoples against the Costa Rican State, mainly from their struggles for territory and autonomy in a context of more than forty years of demand for rights. It is discussed from the same resistance, denunciations, demands and proposals...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Gutiérrez Slon, Juan Antonio, Moya Aburto, César
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2018
Country:Costa Rica
Institution:Universidad Estatal a Distancia
Repository:Portal de Revistas UNED
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.investiga.uned.ac.cr:article/2209
Online Access:https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/rupturas/article/view/2209
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Territory
indigenous peoples
state
law
autonomy
indigenous movement
Territorio
pueblos indígenas
estado
ley
autonomía
movimiento indígena
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Summary:This article seeks to put in perspective the demands of indigenous peoples against the Costa Rican State, mainly from their struggles for territory and autonomy in a context of more than forty years of demand for rights. It is discussed from the same resistance, denunciations, demands and proposals of indigenous peoples in a relationship shaped by the dispute with the institutionality of the State at a time when it seems not to address the agenda set by the indigenous territories of the country.