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Attack on humanitarian aid group in Chiapas; a bullet injures a nun
By: Hermann Bellinghausen In a direct attack on a humanitarian aid group for the displaced Tsotsils from Aldama, the Dominican nun María Isabel Hernández Rea, 52, known as Chabelita in Chiapas indigenous communities where she has worked for many years,…
Read MoreORCAO’s armed attacks on Zapatistas in Lucio Cabañas
By: Elio Henríquez San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas The Regional Organization of Ocosingo Coffee Growers (ORCAO, its initials in Spanish) and a “group of armed people seek to impose a daily and permanent state of war” against the Zapatista…
Read MoreParamilitaries kidnap a Zapatista
Frayba demands that the authorities liberate Félix López, EZLN support base [1] By: Elio Henríquez San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas The Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba) asked the Mexican State to intervene “immediately for the…
Read MoreChenalhó asks for 50 million pesos to end the conflict with Aldama
By: Isaín Mandujano Indigenous Tsotsils in Santa Martha community, Chenalhó, asked for 50 million pesos to cede 32.5 hectares of land to their adversaries in Aldama, as well as 200,000 pesos for each one of their dead and 100,000 pesos…
Read MoreThe “new” war of conquest and defense of territory
By: Raúl Romero* Oscar Eyraud Adams, of the Kumiai people, was murdered on September 24, 2020 in Baja California. Jesús Miguel Jerónimo and his son Jesús Miguel Junior, of the P’urhépecha People of Ichán, were murdered on July 23, 2020,…
Read MoreStop the paramilitary violence in Chiapas!
The Chiapas Support Committee sends its most heartfelt thanks to everyone who expressed their solidarity regarding the paramilitary violence in Chiapas by signing our protest letter to the Mexican Consulate. We also wish to thank those who contributed to our…
Read MoreParamilitary attacks intensify in Aldama; “the government’s omission” continues
By: Hermann Bellinghausen Tsotsiles: They hunt us at our jobs, on the roads and attack us in our homes Just last September there were six injured with firearms in Aldama, Chiapas, denounce the residents of Magdalena Aldama who introduce themselves…
Read MoreSamir Flores was murdered for defending life, says Subcomandante Galeano
By: Hermann Bellinghausen In many corners of “this dying planet” there are those who do not give up. In a written Zoom exercise, to refer to the struggle and death of Samir Flores Soberanes, Subcomandante Insurgente Galeano closes in Morelos…
Read MoreEZLN: We will go to find what makes us equal // despite oblivion, we live
Zapatistas will go to Europe to say that they continue in resistance and rebellion By: Hermann Bellinghausen The Zapatista National Liberation Army (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) announced that in April 2021 several of their diverse delegations will travel…
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