Abstract

MUNOZ SANCHEZ, Práxedes. De la violencia surge una cultura política de resistencia —las CPR del Ixcán— que deriva en una participación estratégica desde las municipalidades. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2009, vol.4, n.8, pp.196-236. ISSN 1870-4115.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2009.8.176.

On the basis of reflexive ethnography, the author focuses on the political participation that has taken place to date as a result of the organization and resistance during the internal armed conflict in Guatemala. This is the case of the people from the Ixcán CPRs who have actively intervened in the political processes in their municipality, partly due to their new identity that emerged and expanded as a result of the motto, «Progress through Resistance». They committed themselves to organization and active politics. As a result of the Peace Agreements and through the strategic projects of political decentralization, they participated in municipal town councils, using their experience in community organization from the internal armed conflict. And so a new political culture arose as result of the massacres, creating hope for indigenous people and society.

Keywords : Political culture; decentralization; political participation; strategic projects; resistance.

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