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Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishThe following persons are Ecuadorians by birth:
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3. Persons belonging to communities, peoples or nations recognized by the State living in border areas. (Art. 7) - SpanishSon ecuatorianas y ecuatorianos por nacimiento:
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3. Las personas pertenecientes a comunidades, pueblos o nacionalidades reconocidos por el Ecuador con presencia en las zonas de frontera. (Art. 7)
Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishIndigenous peoples shall have the right to the protection, preservation and promulgation of their languages, cultural heritage and way of life. (Art. 149G)
Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishThe State recognizes and respects the ethnic identity of national indigenous communities, and shall establish programs to develop the material, social and spiritual values of each of their cultures. It shall establish an institution for the study, preservation and publication of these cultures and their languages, and for promotion of full development of said human groups. (Art. 90)
- SpanishEl Estado reconoce y respeta la identidad étnica de las comunidades indígenas nacionales, realizará programas tendientes a desarrollar los valores materiales, sociales y espirituales propios de cada una de sus culturas y creará una institución para el estudio, conservación, divulgación de las mismas y de sus lenguas, así como la promoción del desarrollo integral de dichos grupos humanos. (Art. 90)
Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishNative peoples have the right to maintain and develop their ethnical and cultural entity, world view, values, spirituality and holy places and places of cult. The State shall promote the appreciation and dissemination of the cultural manifestations of the native peoples, who have the right to their own education, and an education system of an intercultural and bilingual nature, taking into account their special social and cultural characteristics, values and traditions. (Art. 121)
- SpanishLos pueblos indígenas tienen derecho a mantener y desarrollar su identidad étnica y cultural, cosmovisión, valores, espiritualidad y sus lugares sagrados y de culto. El Estado fomentará la valoración y difusión de las manifestaciones culturales de los pueblos indígenas, los cuales tienen derecho a una educación propia y a un régimen educativo de carácter intercultural y bilingüe, atendiendo a sus particularidades socioculturales, valores y tradiciones. (Art. 121)
Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishI. The nations and the rural native indigenous peoples that are in danger of extinction, in voluntary isolation and not in contact, shall be protected and respected with respect to their forms of individual and collective life.
II. The nations and the rural native indigenous peoples that live in isolation and out of contact enjoy the right to maintain themselves in that condition, and to the legal definition and consolidation of the territory which they occupy and inhabit. (Art. 31) - SpanishI. Las naciones y pueblos indígena originarios en peligro de extinción, en situación de aislamiento voluntario y no contactados, serán protegidos y respetados en sus formas de vida individual y colectiva.
II. Las naciones y pueblos indígenas en aislamiento y no contactados gozan del derecho a mantenerse en esa condición, a la delimitación y consolidación legal del territorio que ocupan y habitan. (Art. 31)
Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishI. The Departmental Assembly shall be composed of members elected by universal, direct, free, secret and obligatory vote; and by members elected by the nations and rural native indigenous peoples, in accordance with their own norms and procedures.
II. The law shall determine the general criteria for the election of members of the departmental assemblies, taking into account population, territorial, cultural identity and linguistic representation when there are rural native indigenous minorities, and parity and alternation of gender. The Statutes of Autonomy shall define its application in accordance with the specific reality and conditions of its jurisdiction. (Art. 278) - SpanishI. La Asamblea Departamental estará compuesta por asambleístas departamentales, elegidas y elegidos por votación universal, directa, libre, secreta y obligatoria; y por asambleístas departamentales elegidos por las naciones y pueblos indígena originario campesinos, de acuerdo a sus propias normas y procedimientos.
II. La Ley determinará los criterios generales para la elección de asambleístas departamentales, tomando en cuenta representación poblacional, territorial, de identidad cultural y lingüística cuando son minorías indígena originario campesinas, y paridad y alternancia de género. Los Estatutos Autonómicos definirán su aplicación de acuerdo a la realidad y condiciones específicas de su jurisdicción. (Art. 278)
Indigenous Peoples
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The state shall ensure to all the full exercise of the cultural rights and access to the sources of national culture and shall support and foster the appreciation and diffusion of cultural expressions.
Paragraph 1. The State shall protect the expressions of popular, Indian and Afro-Brazilian cultures, as well as those of other groups participating in the national civilization process.
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O Estado garantirá a todos o pleno exercício dos direitos culturais e acesso às fontes da cultura nacional, e apoiará e incentivará a valorização e a difusão das manifestações culturais.
§ 1º O Estado protegerá as manifestações das culturas populares, indígenas e afro-brasileiras, e das de outros grupos participantes do processo civilizatório nacional.
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Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishAncestral, indigenous, Afro-Ecuadorian and coastal back-country (montubios) peoples can establish territorial districts for the preservation of their culture. The law shall regulate their establishment.
Communities (comunas) that have collective land ownership are recognized as an ancestral form of territorial organization. (Art. 60) - SpanishLos pueblos ancestrales, indígenas, afroecuatorianos y montubios podrán constituir circunscripciones territoriales para la preservación de su cultura. La ley regulará su conformación.
Se reconoce a las comunas que tienen propiedad colectiva de la tierra, como una forma ancestral de organización territorial. (Art. 60)
Indigenous Peoples
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The plans and programs of study will have a perspective of gender and a complete orientation, which is why knowledge of the sciences and humanities will be included: … indigenous languages of our country,
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In the indigenous towns and communities multilingual and intercultural education based on respect, promotion and preservation of the historical and cultural patrimony shall be imparted;
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Los planes y programas de estudio tendrán perspectiva de género y una orientación integral, por lo que se incluirá el conocimiento de las ciencias y humanidades: … las lenguas indígenas de nuestro país,
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En los pueblos y comunidades indígenas se impartirá educación plurilingüe e intercultural basada en el respeto, promoción y preservación del patrimonio histórico y cultural;
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Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishThis Constitution recognizes the existence of the indigenous peoples, defined as groups of [a] culture prior to the formation and the organization of the Paraguayan State. (Art. 62)
- SpanishEsta Constitución reconoce la existencia de los pueblos indígenas, definidos como grupos de cultura anteriores a la formación y organización del Estado paraguayo. (Art. 62)