President Claudia Sheinbaum signs decree returning more than 5,000 hectares to the Wixárika community in Nayarit / @Claudiashein @GobiernoMX >>>
#GobiernoDeMéxico.- From La Yesca, Nayarit, during the presentation of the progress of the Wixárika People’s Justice Plan, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo signed the decree restoring 5,956 hectares (ha) of communal lands in San Sebastián Teponahuaxtlán and its annex, Tuxpan de Bolaños, as part of the essence of the Fourth Transformation, which returns territories that were taken from indigenous peoples during neoliberal governments.
“That’s why there’s so much unity between the government and the people. In the governments of the neoliberal period, the one that came from 1982 to 2018, those governments were characterized by one thing: they took from the people. The governments of the Fourth Transformation are characterized by one thing: we give to the people. We stopped taking away their territories, their water, we returned their territory and their water; because we are one, because there can be no divorce, because the government represents the people of Mexico, and by representing the people of Mexico, it represents the indigenous peoples.
“That’s why today, the first time I come with you, I come with something in our hands and in our hearts. We are returning 5,000 hectares to the Wixárika people, which were taken from them over many periods, because this has been going on since the colonial period, since the Spanish invasion, and after many governments that failed to recognize the importance of the peoples,” he emphasized.
He recalled that the Wixárika People’s Justice Plan includes the construction of schools, health centers, and the recovery of indigenous communities. Pending sacred lands in the state of San Luis Potosí.
«I hope to return with you so we can fulfill the 10,000 hectares we have committed to the people and, through Adelfo Regino, director of INPI, continue with the requests you are making to us,» he announced.
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