Historic Referendum in Bolaños Opens the Way for Indigenous Traditional Governance

“In a day considered to be historic, the municipality of Bolaños experienced an unprecedented exercise in intercultural democracy this Sunday. Wixarika and Mestizo residents participated in a referendum to decide whether the city council should be governed by its own normative system of government, based on Indigenous customs and practices. According to preliminary figures shared by community liaisons, more than 50 percent of the nominal list turned out to vote, and the majority reportedly voted in favor of the change of regime."

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