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Opposition 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…
Read MoreLetter from Raúl Zibechi
From Uruguay: Raúl Zibechi Letter About the Worldwide Week of Action: “Juan Vázquez Guzmán Lives, The Bachajón Struggle Continues!” http://vivabachajon.wordpress.com/en-ingles/ For all the sons, daughters and children of the Mother Earth, as our compa Raúl Zibechi suggests, it “is possible…
Read MoreJuan Vázquez Assassinated in Bachajón, Chiapas
Bachajón Ejido Owners Demand that Juan Vázquez Guzman’s Death Not Be Left Unpunished ** The indigenous leader “and Other Campaign” adherent was assassinated Wednesday ** They warn that the struggle over the defense of land and the natural springs “will…
Read MoreZapatista Store at Toniná Provokes the Government’s Wrath
Photo taken of a sign at Toniná village during March 2012 delegation. Zapatista signs are seen by tourists who visit the well-known archaeological site. ——————————————— Zapatista Artesanía Store at Toniná Provokes the Chiapas Government’s Wrath ** There is an arrest warrant…
Read MoreCommodification of Nature in Chiapas
Supposed NGOs Drive the “Commodification of Nature” in Chiapas [A member of the musical group Los Ángeles Azules (The Blue Angels) during the community of San Isidro’s fiestas, in theMontes Azules Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas Photo: Víctor Camacho] By: Hermann Bellinghausen…
Read MoreChiapas Communities Reject Adventure Tourism Project
Chiapas Communities Reject Adventure Tourist Project ** Foresee construction of lodging on the lakeshore ** For the indigenous, the current management of visitors is self-sufficient, they say By: Hermann Bellinghausen Laguna (Lake) Miramar, Chiapas, May 26, 2012 The large and…
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