Constituent process in Chile: the challenge of communicating to Indigenous Peoples

BY LEYLA NORIEGA ZEGARRA FOR DEBATES INDÍGENAS

In Chile, communication from an Indigenous perspective is absent in the mass media. In the face of racist journalistic coverage and discrimination on social networks, it is necessary to respect Indigenous peoples’ freedom of expression and access to the media. The democratization of a concentrated media ecosystem must make visible a reality in which Indigenous peoples are alive, diverse and have the full right to generate cultural content in their respective languages and forms.

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The Rapa Nui People and the constituent process

BY TIARE AGUILERA HEY FOR DEBATES INDÍGENAS

After 130 years of systematic breaches with the Agreement of Wills, the Constitutional Convention has opened a window of hope for the Rapa Nui people to achieve their right to self-determination and for the State of Chile to become a "friend of the island". Through extended open councils held on the island, the Rapa Nui are elaborating a special article that takes into account their specificities. This article is to be included in the new Constitution, with the objective that their voices finally be heard.

Photo: The Rapa Nui people’s pineapples at the Constituent Assembly. Photo: One

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Indigenous Peoples in the Chilean constituent process

BY HERNANDO SILVA AND JOSÉ AYLWIN FOR DEBATES INDÍGENAS

The election of the Mapuche constituent member Elisa Loncón as President was a symbol of Indigenous peoples’ protagonism in the drafting of the new Magna Carta. In the same sense, the victory of Gabriel Boric meant greater institutional support and a commitment to provide the Convention with the necessary resources for its operation. The recent approval of Initiative No. 94-1 raises hope that Chile will become a Plurinational State.

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