La cultura política indígena y la candidata independiente en las elecciones federales de 2018 en México

Abstract

Analysis of the participation of the indigenous independent candidate María de Jesús Patricio Martínez—also known as Marichuy—, to the 2018 Mexican elections. Based on the concepts of political culture and intersectionality, this paper explains the roles of politically organized indigenous people. For this paper, digital media were followed up so as to monitor her independent candidacy, as well as to directly observe specific events with indigenous attendance. One of the observations was that well-organized indigenous communities do actively participate in democracy construction.