Political Victory for Challa: Bolivia’s New Autonomous Territorial Entity

BY BETZABE SACA CHOQUE FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

After years of advocacy, the Challa people have achieved a historic milestone towards their Original Autonomy with the approval of the Law Establishing the Challa Indigenous Peasant Territorial Unit. The Challa experience demonstrates that autonomy is not a concession, but a grassroots construction rooted in resistance and community unity. Challa is now on track to become the ninth Indigenous Autonomous Government within the Plurinational State of Bolivia.

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Ñamnagün Mew Ta Pünon: Memories of Mapuche Women Relatives of the Detained-Disappeared

BY CAROLINA ESPINOZA CARTES FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The book Ñamnagün Mew Ta Pünon brings together the stories of mothers, daughters, sisters and wives of disappeared Mapuche people. Through intimate testimonies, it portrays the disappearances committed during the Chilean dictatorship as well as those perpetrated later in democratic times. The work is presented as a tool for visibility, denunciation and the construction of history from below from the perspective of those who have been marginalised. It’s purpose goes beyond mere documentation. It becomes part of the struggle for memory and human rights.

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Two Models, One Same Paradox: Critical Minerals and Indigenous Self-determination in Sweden and Colombia

BY LAURA GALVIS SANTACRUZ FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

In both countries, the international dispute over strategic resources impacts the territories. While redefining the boundaries of state power, this struggle places critical minerals at the centre of a longstanding tension: the expansion of national sovereignty in the face of the right to Indigenous self-determination.

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