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Massacre in San Juan Chamula
WITNESS: “IT WAS A MASSACRE!” Protest, violence and death They report some 20 injured by gunshots, as well as with machetes; they used guns By: Hermann Bellinghausen San Juan Chamula, Chiapas [1] “It was a massacre,” says a young witness…
Read MoreIndigenous win lawsuit against the San Cristóbal-Palenque Superhighway
ANNOUNCE COURT ORDER AGAINST THE SAN CRISTÓBAL DE LAS CASAS-PALENQUE SUPERHIGHWAY From the Editors of Desinformémonos The amparo [1] against the San Cristóbal de las Casas-Palenque superhighway project, in Chiapas was granted to the Tsotsil community of Los Llanos last…
Read MoreEZLN: And meanwhile in the partisan communities
ZAPATISTA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY Mexico February 2016 To the compañer@s of the Sixth To whom it may concern Compas and non-compas: What we tell you comes from the very own voice of indigenous partisans that live in the different zones…
Read MoreFirst Report by International Caravan
BRIEF SUMMARY of EVENTS in the SAN SEBASTIAN BACHAJON EJIDO since the DECEMBER 21, 2014 RECUPERATION of THEIR LAND By: The “International Sixth Caravan” On December 21, 2014, during the inauguration of the Worldwide Festival of Resistances and Rebellions Against Capitalism, in Mexico, compañeros [1] from…
Read MoreSeptember 2014 Zapatista News Summary
SEPTEMBER 2014 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY  In Chiapas 1. The EZLN Issued 2 Comunicados – The first is a joint demand with the National Indigenous Congress for the freedom of the Yaqui leader Mario Luna, arrested to repress the Yaqui…
Read MoreOpposition to Chiapas Super-Highway
CHIAPAS INDIANS IN DEFENSE OF LIFE AND TERRITORY By: Gaspar Morquecho Laguna Suyul, San Juan Chamula, September 7, 2014 A little more than 2,000 people, between boys and girls, men, women and elderly people met in Laguna Suyul, convoked by…
Read MoreThe Plan Puebla-Panama Is Changing Chiapas
[This article has been updated to reflect the opening of the Palenque International Airport and an additional murder in the Agua Azul region (Juan Carlos Gómez Silvano), which is reported in the post below this*] THE PLAN PUEBLA-PANAMA IS CHANGING…
Read MoreIndigenous Zapatista Supporter Murdered in Chiapas
ASSASSINATE YOUNG INDIGENOUS LEADER IN CHILON, CHIAPAS By: Hermann Bellinghausen, Envoy San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, March 22, 2014 Juan Carlos Gómez Silvano, adherent to the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandón Jungle from Chilón municipality, was assassinated this Friday…
Read MoreZapatista News Summary for February 2014
FEBRUARY 2014 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Catholic Nuns Assaulted in Attack on Zapatista Community – During the first two days of February, reports started to come out about a January 30 attack on the Zapatista community of 10…
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