Indigenous communities of the province of Chimborazo, Ecuador: permanence of the shadow of the hacienda regime

• Autor: Tuaza Castro, Luis Alberto
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2014
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/9450
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/9450
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: communities; finances; politics and leadership; comunidades; hacienda; política y liderazgo

This paper analyzes current indigenous politics, from an approachto the indigenous communities historical process in the area of Guamote Totorillas, Ecuador. It is argued that after the dissolution of the hacienda system new forms of indigenous leadership emerged. The pervasiveness of ancient forms of leadership stemming from the hacienda system, though, prevent communities efforts to achieve unity and the design of a long term political project.