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VARGAS DELGADO, Miguel. Between the wish and the reality in community democracy: the experience of the Chiquitano and Guaraní indigenous peoples. Tinkazos [online]. 2014, vol.17, n.36, pp.67-79. ISSN 1990-7451.

This article presents the findings of a research study that analysed political participation by Chiquitano and Guaraní indigenous people in the department of Santa Cruz as they apply the right to community democracy. The study, carried out by young researchers, sought to contribute to a new conceptualization of community democracy from the country’s lowlands.

Palabras clave : community democracy; lowland indigenous peoples; political participation; indigenous participation; political power; indigenous movements; political representation; indigenous autonomy; usages and customs; party-based democracy.

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