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Journey for Life versus Military Accumulation
By: Gilberto López y Rivas While the EZLN’s 421st Maritime Squadron prepares to launch on May 3rd in the ship called La Montaña for the port of Vigo, Spain, to meet with the Europe of those from below, in…
Read MoreThe National Guard enters an EZLN community
By: Chiapas Paralelo With the excuse of verifying a complaint about the existence of “pirate” radio antennas, a National Guard (NG) convoy, with 500 members, entered into a community of Zapatista National Liberation Army (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN)…
Read MoreFrayba: the Government continues without recognizing the Army’s human rights violations in Chiapas
By: Desinformémonos Editors Mexico City The Mexican government continues without recognizing the grave human rights violations committed by the Mexican Army in the implementation of the Chiapas 94 Campaign Plan, Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba). To…
Read MoreThe February betrayal, a sign of the war that continues
By: Pedro Faro Navarro* It wasn’t the EZLN that broke the dialogue and re-started the war.It was the government. It wasn’t the EZLN that feigned political will while it prepared the military and treacherous blow.It was the government. It wasn’t…
Read MoreIndigenous people file suit against National Guard over construction of barracks in Chilón
By: Editor, Yessica Morales Photo: Maya Tseltal people in Chilón municipality have undertaken a legal battle against the militarization of their territory. The Tseltal people asked for protection from federal justice against the construction of the National Guard barracks and…
Read MoreThe Maya Train and the Mexican State versus the UN
By: Magdalena Gómez Six rapporteurs of special human rights procedures sent the Mexican State, through the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, a document in which they expressed “grave concerns” about the Maya Train on issues…
Read MoreModevite rejects National Guard barracks and SCLC-Palenque superhighway
By: Elio Henríquez Tuesday, January 5, 2021 https://www.jornada.com.mx/2021/01/05/estados/022n1est San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas Yesterday, members of the Movement in Defense of Life and Territory (Modevite) placed hand-painted signs in the municipality of Cancuc to express their rejection to constructing…
Read MoreMore than a train: territorial re-zoning
By: Magdalena Gómez The President’s visit to the southeast to supervise the progress of the so-called Maya Train offered a twist that, although it’s not new, is new because, despite the fact that he had kept his speech centered only on…
Read MoreLópez Obrador wants the Armed Forces to operate the Maya Train
They would also take charge of new airports, he says From the Editors The federal government will seek that the Armed Forces are placed in charge of a State company that will have the objective of heading up the administration…
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