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During this time, the constitution delegated the catholic church as an agent in charge of the socialization of indigenous communities into what was called “civilized action”. This brought deep and controversial reflections about how an external culture, religion and customs were impose to ancient communities. -
During the second decade of the 20th century, Jorge Eliecer Gaitan (with the help of different social groups) started a continuous fight against the idealization of a single culture. His discourse had deep transcendence in creating awareness about how pluralistic Colombian was in terms of Cultures and communities. This brought the idea of a new constitution that recognizes the rights of all types of human representations. -
On the 24th of February, the CRIC appeared with 7 cabildos as an answer to the repression of indigenous minorities. It was born to fight against the issue of slavery and inequalities in salaries and lifestyles. -
The ONIC appeared as a need that indigenous civilizations had in order to defend racial rights, acknowledgment of identities, and autonomous decisions. -
These two movements are historically connected, as they both represent the participation of indigenous communities in political activities. They also searched for defending rights, plural identities, and interculturality. -
Multiculturalism is recognized for the first time in Colombia through the elaboration of a new Constitution in 1991. This was a new stage of Colombian history which aimed to build a scenario of inlcusion, respect and tollerance among cultures and ideologies. -
This constituent benefited raciality as it defended our the concrete plurality of Colombian society. it reviewed in detail the need to create fair treatments between the state and different ethnicities. -
Law 24 and 201: Ombudsman and the
Office of the Controller General of Colombia to reaffirm and assure the rights and freedoms of the different ethnic minorities. Law 270: Acknowledged the validity of indigenous justice, however, in the practice it is not applied -
Law 115 permitted indigenous communities to get benefits from education and health services. This Law boosts how education must be applied in our country, considering learning as an act of solidarity and cooperation and not-for-profit purposes. -
Define como la educación “que se ofrece a grupos o comunidades que integran la nacionalidad y que poseen una cultura, una lengua, unas tradiciones y unos fueros propios y autóctonos -
The new technologies are recognized as a tool that foster interchangeability between cultures, generating spaces of dialog, colaboration not only academical scenarios but also in political spaces. -
Law 715: Recognized the transfer of national resources to Indigenous resguardos. It searchers the finance of potable water, education and basic sanitation. This law acomplish a new step in Colombia by reaching equity for all people. -
Despite of the promulgation of the constitution in 1991, different articles were not put into practice in our coutry. For that reason, massive mobilizations started as part of protest as they adduced to have a political system that respect education, rights, and territories of the most vulnerable communities. This communities included:- Peasants
- Afrocolombians
- Women
- Symphatizers
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This plan emerges as a entity that enforce the notion of a community state of development for everyone. The main objectives of the NDP were to: -Foster economic growth for everyone
-Reduce poverty and generate working opportunities
- Enforce the state and social participation. -
The goverment wanted to make an active education by preparing teacher in the field of etno-education. This formation included the training in the cultures and languages where they were going to teach. -
This entity developed strategic policies in generating same conditions and equal opportunities taking into account specific population and the different characteristics found in ethnic groups in Colombia.