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Indigenous people: Impunity and social decomposition
By: Magdalena Gómez On April 4, 2023, the Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas issued a very strong communication directed at the three levels of government. Unfortunately, its central thesis coincides with what happens in other regions of the…
Read MoreBishops warn about an increase of narco-violence in Chiapas
By: Isaín Mandujano Bishops of the Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas warned today of an increase in narco-violence in Chiapas and the social decomposition that is being experienced in at least 28 municipalities in the state. In view…
Read MoreExtractivism rhymes with militarism
By: Raúl Zibechi Some very recent events on our continent represent a twist in the militarization of common goods, either legally or de facto, by the hand of governments and their armed forces or irregular armed actors who roam freely…
Read MoreThey integrate a new self-defense group in Chiapas; that warns they will not permit “any cartel to enter”
From the Editors A group of around 50 armed men, uniformed and masked, who call themselves the self-defense forces of San Cristóbal de las Casas municipality, published a video on social networks in which they make their existence public knowledge….
Read MoreEl sur resiste | The south resists: Gathering on the Zapatista & Indigenous struggles against mega-projects
El sur resiste | The south resists Updates on the Zapatista movement & land justice struggles in México: On the CNI campaign to stop the “Maya Train” & Inter-Oceanic Corridor An Evening of Solidarity, Poetry & Zapatismo At Medicine for…
Read More“Sembrando Vida”: Counter-insurgency, neoliberalism and clientelism
Folks in Chiapas say that this federal anti-poverty program is actually a counterinsurgency program that divides communities. By: Aldo Santiago While Andrés Manuel López Obrador tours the various countries of Central America to promote the extension of governmental assistance programs…
Read MoreCriminal groups displace residents from the Lacandón Jungle
By: Ángeles Mariscal [1] On December 16, 2021, the Velasco family was expelled from Nueva Palestina community, the largest community in the Lacandón Jungle [2], Months before, the family’s father, Versaín Velasco García, had denounced the impact that groups linked to trafficking drugs,…
Read MorePowers 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…
Read MoreCartels arrive in the Lacandon: “It’s the worst time in the Jungle,” residents point out
This may be the first journalistic report of drug cartels murdering jungle residents, taking over a community and causing forced displacements. By: Ángeles Mariscal They take possession of landing strips in the area Chiapas – In the Lacandón Jungle, located…
Read MoreMaking the path to walk
By: Raúl Romero* In October 2016,the National Indigenous Congress (CNI, Congreso Nacional Indígena) celebrated its fifth congress and 20 years of existence. Meeting in the Universidad de la Tierra, in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, delegates to the congress…
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