Buscando espacios para la formación de intérpretes para la justicia en lenguas indígenas en América Latina

This article critically reviews, within the framework of Human Rights and Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the educational offer for interpreters of indigenous languages in Latin America with an emphasis on Peru and Mexico. Both Peru and Mexico have laws that guarantee the use, preservation, promotion and dissemination of indigenous languages. The social need to have certified interpreters, who facilitate access to public services for indigenous languages speakers has forced governments to create public policies for their attention. We will focus especially on the field of the access to justice, highlighting the achievements and shortcomings in both countries. The shortage of continuous training spaces in higher education institutions for language combinationsof Spanish and indigenous national languages make it necessary to define other types of training involving various institutional actors, such as federal and state governments, civil society associations and educational institutions. Data come from research carried out in 2011-2018 in the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca, and recently extended to Peru within the framework of a three-party cooperation project, under the lead of the University of Antwerp (Belgium) and Universidad Veracruzana (Mexico) along with Peruvian University of Applied Sciences.