Quito, October 17, 2024 (Quito Informa).- As part of the diversity of participants in the signing of the ‘Quito 2034 Agreement’, Ana Lucía Tisaguano, vice president of Publo Kitu Kara, pointed out that in that space they presented a commitment to harmonious, balanced intercultural coexistence and an optimal relationship with nature.
She, along with other actors, contributed to the formulation of objectives at the table: ‘To be a green-blue intercultural city’. “Our desire to be in the Agreement is to be able to sensitize the decision-makers, the institutions, the groups, all the people who are part of this Quito, to understand that interculturality is not only a process of coexistence of diverse people, but we are working together to solve several problems that the city still has, for example, racism, discrimination.”
The representative specified that another aspect that society must consider is the lack of understanding of how, in the communes, the authorities can solve problems, such as granting building permits, administering community justice, generating their own resources, and their own regulations for coexistence. and that contribute to the development of the city.
“We have been called to be part of this process because here in Quito there are about 95 original communes and about 60 active communes that are very aware of what it means to be part of an ancient cultural identity,” he noted.
The proposal
The representative highlighted that for her people, nature is a living being that has rights and that above all allows the sustenance of air, water and food in the capital city of Ecuador. In this sense, their commitment to work is for the preservation of the rights of nature, of man, of their groups and to contribute to the city with these experiences in this dialogue of knowledge that was later reflected in the Agreement.”
“Our debate, our proposal was from understanding our collective rights of the Kitu Kara People, of the original communes, towards more concrete intercultural work, because although the State recognizes collective rights as a Plurinational State, society has not yet reached be intercultural,” said Ana Lucía.
He also indicated that through community assemblies and congresses, they have discussed the importance of materializing the process of interculturality and plurinationality in tangible and direct actions. “Unfortunately, although there has been political will from the authorities, it does not overlap with other spaces where it has a direct impact on us,” he warned.
