International dimension of the indigenous problem in Latin America

The article examines the modern trends of the indigenous peoples’ development in Latin America and the obstacles of the indigenous population’s actorness in achieving political potential at the regional and global levels of international relations. Considerable attention is paid to a degree of ethnopolitical movements representativeness in the region and the role of indigenous peoples in the evolvement of alter-globalization line. The article provides an analysis of the dominant discourse from the perspective of the post-colonial concept Subaltern Studies in two fundamental documents: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples of 2007 and the International Labor Organization Convention N 169 of 1989. As a result of the study, the authors came to the conclusion that the indigenous peoples of Latin America have significant political potential, but in fact they cannot fully realize it due to the dominant colonial discourse, which does not allow promote the indigenous agenda at the global level and suppresses the actor's ability of indigenous peoples.

Keywords

Latin America, indigenous renaissance, indigenous peoples, alter-globalism

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31.03.2022

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14.11.2022

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41087

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GOST	Kuznetsov D., Hulio E. International dimension of the indigenous problem in Latin America // Latin America – 2022. – Issue 11 C. 43-60 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://latamerica-journal.ru/S0044748X0020913-3-1 (circulation date: 01.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S0044748X0020913-3
MLA	Kuznetsov, Denis, Hulio, Ekaterina "International dimension of the indigenous problem in Latin America." Latin America 11 (2022):43-60. DOI: 10.31857/S0044748X0020913-3
APA	Kuznetsov D., Hulio E. (2022). International dimension of the indigenous problem in Latin America. Latin America (11), pp.43-60 DOI: 10.31857/S0044748X0020913-3

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