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Consejo Ciudadano Indígena de Nahuatzen
The Consejo Ciudadano Indígena de Nahuatzen is a direct democracy style community government in the state of Michoacán, Mexico, which began a process of gaining autonomous status for the indigenous community in 2015, and has worked to defend the rights of the indigenous people of Nahuatzen. In 2017, the Council was recognized as an indigenous authority by the Electoral Tribunal of the State of Michoacán and the Federal Government of Mexico.
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