Abstract
This article examines the socio-historical and political context that underlies the current demands of indigenous peoples and Afro-descendants in the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua for securing communal land property rights. It examines the significant advances in the legalization of indigenous territories and assesses contemporary challenges relating to efforts to increase the degree of control over newly titled territories. Important challenges exist in order to attain effective realization of collective rights to land and indigenous self-governance within the broader framework of a regional autonomy regime that remains institutionally weak.
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