Chiapas Support Committee

Category: Demonstrations


¡Stop the war against the people of Mexico and the world!

By Gilberto López y Rivas, La Jornada The National Indigenous Congress (CNI, Congreso Nacional Indígena) and its Indigenous Council of Government (CIG, Consejo Indígena de Gobierno) made public a call to commemorate, this October 12, the 531 years of the…

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Thousands march in Ocosingo to demand an end to the “cobro de piso”

By: Elio Henríquez San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas Thousands of indigenous Choles from the community of Frontera Corozal, municipality of Ocosingo, marched peacefully this Friday to demand the presence of federal security forces, due to the fact that members…

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Catholics of Frontera Comalapa ask for peace and maintaining vigilance

They demand that the government ally with citizens, and not with organized crime! By: Elio Henríquez, Correspondent San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas Around 4,000 Catholics from the municipality of Frontera Comalapa made a pilgrimage yesterday [July 2, 2023] to…

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National and international statement in response to the aggression against the Moisés Gandhi community: Stop the paramilitary violence against the Zapatistas

National and international statement in response to the aggression against the Moses Gandhi community [Puedes leer la versión original en español AQUI.l June 2023 To the peoples of Mexico and the world, To the individuals, collectivities and peoples who defend…

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The Caravan arrives in San Cristóbal after touring six states

By: Elio Henríquez, Correspondent San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas Members of the caravan called El Sur Resiste | The South Resists, organized by the National Indigenous Congress (CNI), arrived in San Cristóbal, after touring the states of Oaxaca, Veracruz,…

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Powers and limits of demonstrations

By: Raúl Zibechi In 2003, millions of people won the streets of many cities around the world to protest against the invasion of Iraq by the United States, fabricated with the false argument of the existence of weapons of mass destruction. That…

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