200 YEARS OF RESISTANCE FROM THE AYMARA PEOPLE IN THE PERUVIAN ANDEAN HIGHLANDS

Abstract

The objective is to make visible the struggle and resistance of the Aymara people in the Peruvian
Andean highlands after 200 years of republican life. The methodology used is ethnographic and
hermeneutical, based on the review of the different bibliographic sources, especially historical
sources, produced in relation to the Aymara settled in the Peruvian territory. The results are
developed in three parts; firstly, the trap of the foundation of uninational states, which was disastrous
for the Aymara people; Second, resistance and emancipatory recreation in knowing how to raise life
as one of the forms of resistance and recreation, expressed in agriculture and livestock. Thirdly, some
challenges and perspectives reworked from the various spaces and social actors are identified for
the region and the country, within the framework of respect for the dignity of collective rights. In short,
on the verge of Peru's bicentennial, the Aymara have been resisting and recreating despite adversity.