Table Of ContentSTUDIES OF THE AMERICAS
Civil Resistance and
Violent Conflict in
Latin America
Mobilizing for Rights
Edited by
Cécile Mouly · Esperanza Hernández Delgado
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Civil Resistance
and Violent Conflict
in Latin America
Mobilizing for Rights
Editors
Cécile Mouly Esperanza Hernández Delgado
FLACSO Ecuador University of La Salle
Quito, Ecuador Bogotá, Colombia
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reface and cknowledgements
This book is the product of a joint research project between Facultad
Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) Ecuador and the
University of La Salle in Bogotá, Colombia, which initiated in 2015. This
project built on our previous findings and experience in research on civil
resistance in contexts of armed conflict. We thank FLACSO Ecuador and
the University of La Salle for their generous support, which allowed us to
conduct fieldwork for our respective chapters and present draft papers in
academic conferences. After months of discussion among ourselves and
potential contributors, the book proposal crystallized in early 2017 and
was discussed with Palgrave Macmillan and some contributors during the
International Studies Association conference in Baltimore that year. From
then on, we closely worked with all the contributors to bring this volume
to a successful completion. We are grateful to all our contributors for their
commitment and collaboration throughout the process, without which
this book would not have been possible.
We are also indebted to all the people who make up our case studies
and generously shared their story with us during fieldwork. We dedicate
this book to them, hoping that it provides them with some encourage-
ment and ideas to continue their peaceful struggle against diverse forms
of violence (structural, cultural or direct), move towards the achievement
of their goals and avoid the temptation to resort to violent means. Finally,
we would like to thank our anonymous reviewer for the useful feedback,
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the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) team for their
interest in our project and suggestions, and the Palgrave Macmillan edito-
rial team for their guidance and continuous support.
Quito, Ecuador Cécile Mouly
Bogotá, Colombia Esperanza Hernández Delgado
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ontents
1 Introduction: Civil Resistance in Contexts of Violent
Conflict in Latin America—Leveraging Power to Defend
One’s Rights 1
Cécile Mouly and Esperanza Hernández Delgado
2 The Civil Resistance of Yaqui and Guarijio in Sonora,
Mexico: Meanings, Scope and Challenges 17
Esperanza Hernández Delgado
3 A Rebellion of Spirituality: On the Power of Indigenous
Civil Resistance in Honduras 41
Mónica A. Maher
4 Qué Diría Carlos? The ‘No al Canal’ Movement and the
Rhetoric of Resistance to Nicaragua’s ‘Grand Canal’ 65
Sarah McCall and Matthew J. Taylor
5 Venezuelan Struggle Towards Democratization: The 2017
Civil Resistance Campaign 85
Iria Puyosa
6 Alternative Forms of Civilian Noncooperation with
Armed Groups: The Case of Samaniego in Colombia 111
Juan Masullo, Cécile Mouly and María Belén Garrido
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7 Civil Resistance and Peacebuilding: The Experience of the
Peasant Worker Association of the Carare River 137
Esperanza Hernández Delgado and Claudia Patricia Roa
Mendoza
8 Nonviolent Resistance in the Struggle for Housing in
Urban Areas of Brazil: The Direct Action of the Roofless
Workers’ Movement 157
Mario Ramírez-Orozco
9 Frames in Conflict: Discursive Contestation and the
Transformation of Resistance 175
Michael S. Wilson Becerril
10 Nonviolent Resistance in Plurinational Bolivia: The
TIPNIS Case 205
Theo Roncken
11 Conclusion: Civil Resistance in Latin America—A Viable
Alternative for Ordinary People to Defend Their Rights 227
Cécile Mouly and Esperanza Hernández Delgado
Index 245
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otes on ontributors
María Belén Garrido is a research lecturer at the Pontificia Universidad
Católica del Ecuador, a researcher at Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias
Sociales (FLACSO) Ecuador and a PhD student at the Catholic University
of Eichstaett, Ingolstadt. She holds a Master’s degree in Peace Studies. She
has trained teachers in peace education and nonviolent communication.
She has written on peace and conflict-related issues, with a particular focus
on nonviolence.
Esperanza Hernández Delgado, PhD, is a peace researcher, professor at
the University of La Salle and consultant on peace-related issues, specifically
local peace initiatives, civil resistance, mediations in the Colombian armed
conflict, peace processes, peace education and reconciliation. She has facili-
tated the peaceful transformation of violent conflicts and the creation of
reconciliation scenarios. Her works include several books and articles on
civil resistance, mediation in the armed conflict and peace processes. She
holds a PhD in Peace, Conflict and Democracy from the University of
Granada, Spain.
Mónica A. Maher, PhD, is a social ethicist who teaches in the Department
of Sociology and Gender Studies at FLACSO Ecuador and coordinates
the Peacebuilding in the Americas Program of Friends Peace Teams
(Quakers). Maher is the former Associate Director of the Harvard
University Committee on Human Rights Studies. She has served on
the visiting faculty of Harvard University and Union Theological
Seminary of New York. Her writings focus on diverse spiritual resources
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