Indigenous Cultures and Sustainable Development in Latin America by Timothy MacNeill

Author:Timothy MacNeill
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9783030370237
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

El Centro was founded in the mid-1990s amidst these peace negotiations. Founding members took part directly in Indigenous Accord negotiations and indirectly as members of a network of indigenous political activism and civil society. Initially called the Foundation for Economic, Social, and Cultural Development (FUNDADECE), the organization was conceived by its five initiating members to serve the purpose of “specifically dealing with projects of infrastructure and production for the benefit of those who had been internally and externally displaced during the war” and was financed by the Swiss organization Diaconia. Geographically, the work at this time was restricted to the Western coastal regions near Champerico and Retalhuleu. But involvement in the politics surrounding the peace process and associated Maya activism facilitated drastic change in the early organization. As Matea explains,As agreements between the Guerrillas, the Government of Guatemala, and civil society were reached for the signing of the peace, we began to structure a new organizational profile. Specifically, this was because we saw that the people in the Western Highlands had a lot of weakness in participation [in politics in general and the peace process]. This, in conjunction with existing racism and exclusion was strong enough to exclude much of the Maya population. So since the signing of the Peace Accords we began to generate a process of forming a new structure.

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