In Mexico, indigenous peoples debate elections: UDEM researcher

The consultation forums with indigenous communities of Latin America agree on their advances and frustrations, especially when it comes to protecting the environment and their territories, but Mexico generates a special subject for the dialog between ethnic groups and the State, which distinguishes it from the rest of its neighbors: the interest in political participation.

This phenomenon has been studied by Claire Elizabeth Grace Wright, a professor with the Department of Social Sciences at the Universidad de Monterrey. She followed the different processes closely and in 2014 discovered there was indigenous resistance to a district restructuring project which would divide their communities.