Los pueblos indígenas y el Estado pluralista en Latinoamérica

Abstract

The constitutional recognition of the multiethnic and multicultural configuration of their populations by Latin American States, reinforced by the ratifications of Convention 169 of the International Labor Organization (ilo), constitutes a remarkable symbolic break with the past, maybe we can talk about a multicultural system within a region. International norms and the new pluralist constitutionalism imply a recognition of collective rights and suggest explicit recognition by the State of the right of indigenous peoples, in a given territory and to a specified degree, in accordance with their own political and legal customs. Such formal recognition presents the challenge of achieving a balance between indigenous participation in the State and its institutions and the respect for the autonomy of indigenous institutions.