Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Bolivia
The Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Bolivia (
Currently, CIDOB gathers 34 peoples living in the Lowlands of Bolivia, in seven of the nine
Member organizations
The following organizations make up the confederation:
- Assembly of the Guarani People(Asamblea del Pueblo Guaraní; APG)
- Center of GuarayoNative Peoples' Organizations (Central de Organizaciones de los Pueblos Nativos Guarayos; COPNAG)
- Center of Indigenous Peoples of Beni (Central de los Pueblos Indígenas de Beni; CPIB)
- Indigenous Center of the Bolivian Amazon Region (Central Indígena de la Región Amazónica de Bolivia; CIRABO), including the following peoples: Araonas.
- Indigenous Center of the Original Amazon Peoples of Pando (Central Indígena de la Pueblos Originarios Amazónicos de Pando; CIPOAP)
- Center of Indigenous Peoples of La Paz (Central de Pueblos Indígenas de La Paz; CPILAP)
- Coordination of Indigenous Peoples of the Tropic of Cochabamba(Coordinadora de Pueblos Indígenas del Trópico de Cochabamba; CPITCO)
- Organization of Weehnayek and CapitaníasWeehnayek y Tapiete; ORCAWETA)
History
Initial contacts between the four founding peoples of CIDOB began at the initiative of Guaraní leader Mburuvichaguau Bonifacio Barrientos Iyambae (also known by the moniker Sombra Grande) in 1979. The
Leaders of CIDOB have included:
Dates | Name | Ethnic group | Home community | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mburuvichaguau Bonifacio Barrientos Iyambae[3] | Guaraní | Tamachindi | "Sombra Grande" (Great Shadow). Founder of CIDOB | |
1982-1983 | Víctor Vaca[3] | Guaraní | Tamachindi | |
1983-1984 | Cecilio Gómez[3] | Guaraní | Aguaraygua | |
1984-1986 | José Urañavi Yeroqui[3] | Guarayu | Urubichá | |
1986-1989 | Miguel García Chure[3] | Chiquitano | Lomerío | |
1989-1991 | Susano Padilla[3] | Guaraní | Iyobi | |
1991-1994 | Vicente Pessoa[3] | Chiquitano | Altamira | |
1994-1996 | Marcial Fabricano Noe[3] | Moxeño Trinitario | San Lorenzo | |
1996-1998 | Amalio Siye Ramos[3] | Chiquitano | San Matías | |
Nov 1998 – Mar 2002 | Nicolás Montero[3] | Guaraní | Poja Colorada | |
Mar – Aug 2002 | Marcial Fabricano Noe[3] | Moxeño Trinitario | San Lorenzo | |
Sep – Oct 2002 | Roberto Cartagena[3] | Tacana | Tumupasa | |
2002–2006 | Egberto Tavo[3] | |||
2006– | Adolfo Chávez Beyuma
|
Tacana |
Mobilizations
CIDOB has been the principal organizer of a series of national marches. The first was the March for Territory and Dignity, from
A second March for Territory, Land, Political Participation and Development was held in 1996.
In 2000, CPESC (the regional federation for Santa Cruz), the Mojeño people of Beni, and several Amazonian peoples carried out the March for the Earth, Territory, and Natural Resources (Spanish: Marcha por la Tierra, el Territorio y los Recursos Naturales) from Riberalta, Beni to Montero, Santa Cruz. This march won changes to the agrarian reform law and a decree officially recognizing lowland indigenous languages.[8][9]
A 2002 March for Popular Sovereignty, Territory, and National Resources (Spanish: Marcha por la Soberanía Popular, el Territorio y los Recursos Naturales) marched from Santa Cruz to La Paz.[10]
In October and November 2006, CIDOB, the Bolivian Landless Workers Movement (MST-Bolivia), highland indigenous groups, and others joined in a National March for Land and Territory. This 28-day march was designed to propel the passage of a new land reform law, then mired in Bolivia's
On 7 July 2007, CIDOB began a Sixth Indigenous March from Santa Cruz to the
In July 2010, CIDOB led its seventh national march—Seventh Great Indigenous March for Territory, Autonomies, and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Spanish: VII Gran Marcha Indígena por el Territorio, las autonomías y los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas)—demanding greater indigenous autonomy.[14] This march made a 13-point set of demands (full translated text on WikiSource):
- Titling and respect for Indigenous Communal Territories (TCOs)
- (same subject as 1)
- Return of lands
- Annulling of mining and forest concessions that affect indigenous territories
- Territorial integrity of TCOs
- Autonomy with resources
- Autonomy without a minimum number of inhabitants required
- The right to consultation
- Development projects
- Economic resources
- Consultation on projects
- Additional seats in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly
- The presence of indigenous authorities within the Government[15]
The March ended after traveling from Trinidad, Beni to San Ramón, Santa Cruz, following incomplete negotiations and government pledges of action.
On July 26, 2011, CIDOB put forward a platform of demands for the Eighth March of the Indigenous Peoples of the East, Chaco, and Bolivian Amazon (
In September 2019, members of CIDOB along with the Indigenous Organization of the Chiquitanía (OICH) marched in the Tenth March of Indigenous Peoples. CIDOB's main demand was to roll back decrees that enabled land claims, deforestation, and burning, and it was conducted amidst the 2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires. The march revealed internal disputes within the group, as the CIDOB Orgánica (Grassroots CIDOB) faction participated in the march, while the CIDOB Paralela (Parallel CIDOB) faction leader Pedro Vare dismissed the fires as a seasonal phenomenon.[16]
References
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- ^ Gonzales Salas, Inés (2013). Pueblos indígenas en marcha: Demandas y logros de las nueve marchas. La Paz, Bolivia: Educación Radiofónica de Bolivia (Erbol). p. 19.
- ^ ISBN 99905-0-623-X.
- ^ Gonzales Salas, Inés (2013). Pueblos indígenas en marcha: Demandas y logros de las nueve marchas. La Paz, Bolivia: Educación Radiofónica de Bolivia (Erbol). pp. 27–34.
- ISBN 978-87-90730-45-1.
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- IWGIA. "Bolivia: Marchas indígenas". Archived from the originalon 2 March 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ Gonzales Salas, Inés (2013). Pueblos indígenas en marcha: Demandas y logros de las nueve marchas. La Paz, Bolivia: Educación Radiofónica de Bolivia (Erbol). pp. 43–46.
- ISSN 2156-5163.
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- ^ Carasco Alurralde, Inés Valeria; Xavier Albó (2008). "Cronología de la Asamblea Constituyente". T'inkazos: Revista boliviana de ciencias sociales. 23–24: 101–23 [113].
- ^ Ruiz, Igor (2007-07-17). "Los indígenas suspendieron su marcha a Sucre". El Deber. Archived from the original on 2008-12-30. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
- ^ Chávez, Frank (2010-06-25). "69-Year-Old Native Leader Heads 1,500-Km March". IPS. Archived from the original on 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
- ^ "Los indígenas reinician marcha por autonomía," El Día (Santa Cruz de la Sierra), 13 July 2010.
- ^ "Pueblos indígenas marchan en defensa de la Chiquitania," El Deber (Santa Cruz de la Sierra), 16 September 2019.