Instituciones y prácticas coloniales en la Amazonía peruana: pasado y presente

Abstract

The first part of the essay deals with the institutions and practices created by the Spanish colonial regime and the special forms of implementation in the Peruvian Amazon by the Jesuit and Franciscan Orders. The subjects dealt with are the missions-reductions, the raids against Indians and the rebellions of Indians against the colonial regime. The second part analyzes the evolution of the institutions and practices of colonial origin in the Peruvian Amazon during the republican era, first of all the missions and the servitude in the framework of the extractive economy which is characteristic for the region. Finally the essay addresses the role of the modern missions, the present forms of servitude and raids against Indians in the framework of the exploitation of natural resources as well as the anti-terrorist war of the State.