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In this paper we present a categorization of autonomies implemented by indigenous and peasant movements in Latin America into three types: a) juridical versus de facto autonomies; b) explicit versus implicit autonomies; and c) (mono)ethnic versus popular or class-based autonomies. We argue that the debate concerning these different conceptions is of strategic importance both in the dialogue between indigenous and peasant struggles for the defense of territories, and in the question of peasant autonomy, understood as a strategy of struggle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Written in the 16th century, the sacred book Popol Wuj is a constitutive part of the works that make up the colonial historiography of the Mayan indigenous tradition and is considered the masterpiece of Mesoamerican indigenous literature. This article will present its cosmogonic foundation and, above all, the historical, aesthetic and political legacy of Popol Wuj in contemporary mesoamerican indigenous struggles, particularly in Guatemala and Mexico. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]