The Guatemalan peace process helped to shape both the form of state that emerged following armed conflict and the constraints and opportunities faced by contemporary social movements. Despite the reconfiguration of power by Guatemalan elites through peace negotiation and accord-based reforms, social movements have harnessed neoliberal projects to strengthen grassroots resistance and alternative-building. An overview of the campesino movement and the case of the Comité Campesino del Altiplano indicates that campesinos have engaged strategically with neoliberal resources in order to construct counterhegemonic projects. El proceso de paz en Guatemala ayudó a definir tanto al Estado que surgió después del conflicto armado como las limitaciones y oportunidades que caracterizan a los movimientos sociales contemporáneos. A pesar de la reconfiguración del poder llevada a cabo por las élites guatemaltecas a través de las negociaciones de paz y las reformas basadas en los acuerdos, los movimientos sociales han utilizado proyectos neoliberales para fortalecer la resistencia popular y la construcción de alternativas. Un vistazo al movimiento campesino y el caso del Comité Campesino del Altiplano da muestra de como los campesinos se han relacionado estratégicamente con recursos neoliberales para construir proyectos contrahegemónicos.
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