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Gabriela Vera Cortés, Maritel Yanes Pérez
En una región marcada por el desarrollo petrolero desde la década de 1970, seis grupos de economía social y solidaria, conformados por campesinos cacaoteros, chocolateros y carpinteros, así como por artesanos del pueblo originario yocot’an, articulan sus prácticas en torno a la memoria social, la identidad y el territorio. A partir de entrevistas semiestructuradas a líderes, integrantes y adultos mayores, se identificaron tensiones entre la presión extractiva, el deterioro ambiental y la continuidad del cultivo del cacao. Los grupos manifiestan un arraigo territorial profundo y una reinvención cotidiana desde valores solidarios, en su lucha por preservar y legar su herencia.
In a region shaped by oil development since the 1970s, six social and solidarity economy groups –comprising cacao farmers, chocolatiers, and carpenters, as well as artisans from the Yocot’an Indigenous people– organize their practices around social memory, identity, and territory. Through semi-structured interviews with leaders, members, and elders, tensions were identified between extractive pressures, environmental degradation, and the continuity of traditional cacao cultivation. These groups express a deep territorial rootedness and engage in daily reinvention grounded in solidarity values, as part of their ongoing struggle to preserve their way of life and pass their cultural heritage on to future generations.
