translated from Spanish: Indigenous communities in Michoacán fight for self-government

Morelia, Michoacán.- In their quest to achieve the right to autonomy and indigenous self-government, more than 20 communities in the Purépecha territory of Michoacán, denied any type of demonstration or propaganda by political parties and did not allow the installation of polling stations for the 2021 elections in Michoacán.Fueron more than 89 voting boxes that were not installed in the native peoples , which for more than ten years have been fighting to exercise their right to political self-determination and the establishment of forms of self-government based on the customs, customs and worldview of their culture.
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Emancipations Collective

After the indigenous population of Cherán reached in 2012 the proclamation of an autonomous indigenous government, by mandate of the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Power of the Federation (TEPJF). That allowed him to begin to elect his authorities and administer the resources of the federation, through the figure of a Major Council of Communal Government whose members are elected through customs and customs.

Many other indigenous communities of the Purépecha plateau and the Lake Pátzcuaro basin began to organize and promote legal remedies to achieve self-government through their traditions; among those who have already achieved this triumph are Cherán, Arantepacua, Comachuen, San Felipe de los Herreros, Santa Fe de la Laguna, Pichataro and more recently San Ángel Zurumucapio.Read more: Michoacán returns to face-to-face classes in August However, there are many more Purépecha communities, which have been directed towards the goal of achieving budgetary autonomy and indigenous self-government , due to the fed-up of bad administrations resulting from political parties and the social marginalisation in which they live as a result. Read more: Michoacán: what is a seismic swarm and what causes itThe unanimous decision of more than twenty indigenous communities in Michoacán, taken collectively through communal assemblies, to expel political parties and not allow the installation of polling stations on June 6, 2021, shows the underground resistance that has characterized the Purépecha people.

Collective protests at the home of Luis Echeverría in CDMX

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