LGBTI rights

This chapter suggests that the reforms introduced to these constitutions have not been able to modify the basic matrix that characterized those original texts, at least according to the usual interpretation made by the relevant legal operators. It describes the traditional constitutional structure of Latin American states, and the way in which the concerns for the situations of indigenous peoples were inserted within those structures. The chapter analyzes some of the practical and theoretical difficulties that have prevented Latin American states from becoming truly intercultural entities. Protection of Indigenous Agricultural Lands and Cooperatives. The lands of the cooperatives, native communities, or any other forms of communal possession or collective agrarian ownership, as well as the family heritage and popular housing will enjoy the special protection of the State, preferential credit and technical assistance, which may guarantee their ownership and development in order to insure an improved quality of life to all inhabitants.