De indios integrados a sujetos políticos

Abstract

This article pretends to illustrate the dynamics of Indian movements in Mexico. It shows that their emergency as political actors who confronted the State and the national society was a result of structural political changes. The neo-liberal politics –that meant the end of Welfare State– caused the Diaspora of historical subjects such as peasants. In this context, the Indigenous demonstrated that a new formulation of national coexistence can be possible with signs of plurality and diversity. In the last two decades of Twentieth Century, the fights of Indian peoples have defined national social movements because their goals criticize historical and hegemonic ethics in policy. The Indians’ demands have been indispensable in a reformulation of State and national life.