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Centros de Apoyo Mutuo Jíbaros
Tras el fracaso de los gobiernos de Puerto Rico y los Estados Unidos a la hora de atender al pueblo puertorriqueño, las comunidades se organizaron para suplir ese vacío. Los Centros de Apoyo Mutuo Jíbaros (CAM) trabajan para lograr la soberanía comunitaria y el control democrático colectivo del archipiélago mediante la ayuda mutua y la acción social.
Los Centros de Apoyo Mutuo Jíbaros (CAM) forman parte de la red de centros de ayuda mutua surgida de la respuesta comunitaria a la catástrofe y la autogestión radical tras el huracán María. El estado de Puerto Rico y el Gobierno colonialista estadounidense desatendieron a la población durante el huracán María y las comunidades suplieron dicho vacío. Desde entonces, los CAM han seguido desarrollando el poder comunitario para la transformación social y resistiendo a las fuerzas estructurales que desplazan a la población de las zonas rurales.
Los CAM están organizados por la propia comunidad y trabajan para identificar sus necesidades, organizar su propia reconstrucción y luchar por la resiliencia colectiva a largo plazo. El concepto de soberanía comunitaria constituye una parte fundamental de su trabajo. A través de un proceso de poder popular, la inventiva y la resistencia se unen para crear iniciativas de autogestión que rompan los sistemas de dominación a los que se enfrentan las comunidades rurales. Algunos CAM combinan instrumentos de acción social procedentes de la tradición campesina de la cultura jíbara con nuevas formas de organización en las montañas, como la agricultura de subsistencia, la medicina tradicional, las cooperativas y los medios audiovisuales.
Tras el huracán, en Puerto Rico existe una batalla constante por el control de los recursos entre las élites y las comunidades. Los CAM están consiguiendo revitalizar el poder de base necesario para que el pueblo puertorriqueño guíe su propio desarrollo y construya medios de vida sostenibles.
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