European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies | Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe, 2004

Mexican Studies-estudios Mexicanos, 2006

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European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies | Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe, 2005

Walnut Creek etc: Altamira Press, 2005.

Arizona Journal of International & Comparative Law, 2015

In August 2001, the Mexican Congress promulgated a constitutional amendment that established the current framework for Indigenous peoples’ rights. Among other rights, the amendment established the right to be consulted. The federal government and authorities praised the amendment, but many Indigenous communities submitted judicial actions against it arguing that legislators had not consulted them in the drafting of the amendment. In this paper I discuss one of the many judicial actions against the amendment process for laws regulating Indigenous peoples, the Zirahuén Amparo. I argue that the changes made to the Constitution remain meaningless to many Indigenous communities due to a lack of dialogue, consultation, and a lack of initiatives to build and recognize Indigenous communities jurisdiction.

Colombian Peace Agreement, 2021

This introductory chapter is divided into three sections. The first one provides background on the Colombian conflict, the content of the Final Agreement, and its implementation challenges. The second section summarizes the content of the chapters and highlights some relationships among them. The brief third section offers some editorial notes.

In contrast to U.S. Federal Indian law, which has classified indigenous tribes as “domestic dependent nations” since the early 19th century, Mexican law has only recently begun to define the political and territorial autonomy of indigenous groups. This paper contrasts the Mexican approach to this problem to that of the United States, first describing Mexico’s 2001’s constitutional reforms and their failure to clarify the nature of tribal sovereignty. It then analyzes recent court cases that protect tribal political and territorial autonomy by applying rights to consultation contained in the International Labor Organization’s Indigenous and Tribal People’s Convention 169 (“ILO 169”) and the Mexican Constitution. It concludes by arguing that in spite of this effort by the courts, Mexican law still requires a comprehensive legislative or diplomatic resolution of the lack of clarity surrounding the political and territorial autonomy of its indigenous groups.

As part of the Peace Accord in Colombia, there is a draft bill on rural lands. This draft bill has been severely criticised by left wing politicians. This article looks at both the draft bill and the criticisms levelled by the left.

The Journal of Environment & Development, 2014

Latin American Politics and Society, 2001

Latin American Perspectives, 2007

... Mariana Mora is a Ph.D. candidate completing her dissertation fieldwork on the cultural poli-tics of Zapatista autonomy in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. ... Gutiérrez Chong, N., M. Romero García, and Sergio Sarmiento Silva (eds.) 2000 Indigenismos: Reflexiones críticas. ...