Economía popular para una sociedad no capitalista: notas sobre el caso venezolano (Tema Central)

El artículo aborda las iniciativas que en materia de economía popular viene impulsando el Estado venezolano desde 2004, concretamente a través de la Misión Vuelvan Caras. Describe el devenir del proceso revolucionario venezolano desde 1998 hasta inicios de 2006, haciendo énfasis en el argumento de que la estrategia desestabilizadora de la oposición venezolana ha sido respondida desde el Estado y el movimiento popular con una radicalización del proceso político. En este contexto se explica la consolidación de una idea-fuerza que sostiene un profundo cuestionamiento del modelo de desarrollo imperante en Venezuela, lo que ha hecho posible la aplicación de políticas públicas de orientación anticapitalista.

State Policies, Territories and Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Ecuador (1983-2012)

This work seeks to reconstruct the dynamics of the agreements and disagreements between the State and the indigenous peoples in Ecuador, emphasising particularly on two key elements: first, the indigenous peoples participation and exercise of their political rights, in particular the right to self-government and autonomy within their jurisdictions; and secondly, indigenous peoples’ degree of direct influence on public policies’ formulation and implementation, specially those directly affecting their territories, including the exploitation of natural resources. In Ecuador, during this historical period, the state has gone through three major moments in its relationship with indigenous peoples: neo - indigenism associated to developmentalism (1980-1984); multiculturalism associated to neoliberalism (1984- 2006) as one of the dominant trends over the period; and the crisis of neoliberalism and the search for national diversity and interculturalism associated to post- neoliberalism (2007-2013). Each has had a particular connotation, as to the scope and methods to respond to indigenous demands. In this context, this research aims to answer the central question: how has the Ecuadorian State met the demands of the indigenous movement in the last three decades, and how has it ensured the validity of their gradually recognized rights? And how and to what extent by doing so, it contradicts and alters the existing economic model based on the extraction of primary resources?