Extractivism, non-criminal banoptism and new institutionality

Abstract

Currently, Chile is going through one of the most important moments in its history, the constitutional process. However, since the revolt of October 18, 2019 to date, the instituted power represented by the political parties has captured each of the instances of citizen participation. Regarding indigenous peoples, there is a consensus regarding constitutional recognition and the need to implement development programs that go hand in hand with the unrestricted respect of fundamental rights. Despite this, said consensus is limited by a series of guarantees that keep the mono-exporter and extractivist model intact. In this article, an attempt will be made to briefly show how these guarantees update the historical forms of colonial exclusion, and how they sediment in policies of death and surveillance towards indigenous communities that oppose neoliberal developmentalism.