Awastigni community sues Nicaragua before the OAS
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Awastingni, Community, Ethnic conflict, Indigenous population, Legislation, Natural resources, Political conflict, Right to propertyAbstract
The article here presented has as its goal to explain the legal basis on which is fundamental the demand of the natural resources and territories occupied by the Mayangna community of Awastingni, located in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region. The author also uses the case of this community Asan illustration of what an interethnic conflict could be like at the national level caused by indigenous peoples in their desperate race to obtain an effective control over their traditional territories and natural resources.
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