Abstract

MARTINEZ CORIA, Ramón  and  HARO ENCINAS, Jesús Armando. Territorial rights and indigenous peoples in Mexico: A struggle for sovereignty and nationhood. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2015, vol.10, n.19, pp.228-256. ISSN 1870-4115.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2015.19.52.

This article focuses on the situation faced by indigenous peoples in Mexico with regard to processes of territorial dispossession and forced displacement of populations in response to private interests, as well as the impact these processes have on the survival of indigenous communities and the continuity of their biocultural heritage. This article aims to report on the advances and limitations of Mexican law in recognizing specific collective territorial rights following the international standards signed by the Mexican State. These rights are also contrasted with the approved neoliberal reforms, which are an attempt against indigenous territories and cultural forms. It describes the emergence of movements that struggle for the justiciability of their collective political rights and the resistance to generalized corruption among public officials and the privatization of land and natural resources.

Keywords : collective territorial rights; neoliberal reforms; indigenous peoples in Mexico.