Abstract
Este artículo trata de las respuestas mediáticas a la crisis actual en la Costa Caribe de Nicaragua y los retrocesos a las luchas regionales por la autonomía y los derechos a la tierra. Proporciona un panorama detallado del actual conflicto en el Caribe Norte, en particular cómo las acciones violentas de los colonos ilegales están acelerando la inseguridad y la degradación ambiental y cómo organizaciones de derechos humanos como CEJUDCHAN están utilizando espacios como YouTube para responder a esta situación. También esboza las luchas por el pueblo Rama Kriol en el Caribe Sur en contra del canal interoceánico. A partir del concepto de sociología de ausencias de Boaventura de Sousa Santos, el trabajo explora la inacción, la indiferencia y el engaño del Gobierno, así como la producción, distribución y visibilidad de los medios de comunicación de base.
This article explores media representations of the current crisis on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua and the setbacks to regional struggles for autonomy and land rights posed by this crisis. It provides a detailed analysis of the current conflict in the North Caribbean region, and focuses in particular on how the violent actions of illegal settlers are accelerating insecurity and environmental degradation there, and how organizations such as CEJUDCHAN are using media spaces like YouTube to respond to and intervene in this situation. It also outlines the Rama Kriol people’s struggles against new plans for an interoceanic canal in the South Caribbean. We draw on Boaventura de Sousa Santos’ concept of a “sociology of absences” to analyze both the Nicaraguan government’s inaction, indifference and deceit in the face of indigenous and campesino opposition, and popular practices of oppositional media production and circulation.
This article explores media representations of the current crisis on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua and the setbacks to regional struggles for autonomy and land rights posed by this crisis. It provides a detailed analysis of the current conflict in the North Caribbean region, and focuses in particular on how the violent actions of illegal settlers are accelerating insecurity and environmental degradation there, and how organizations such as CEJUDCHAN are using media spaces like YouTube to respond to and intervene in this situation. It also outlines the Rama Kriol people’s struggles against new plans for an interoceanic canal in the South Caribbean. We draw on Boaventura de Sousa Santos’ concept of a “sociology of absences” to analyze both the Nicaraguan government’s inaction, indifference and deceit in the face of indigenous and campesino opposition, and popular practices of oppositional media production and circulation.
Translated title of the contribution | Costeño struggles for land rights and the control of emergent media spaces in Nicaragua |
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Original language | Spanish |
Pages (from-to) | 127-153 |
Number of pages | 28 |
Journal | Anuario de Estudios Centroamericanos |
Volume | 44 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2018 |
Keywords
- decoloniality
- rights to land
- autonomy
- media
- Nicaragua