Chiapas Support Committee

Category: Counterinsurgency


Father Solalinde: State agents, kidnappers of the students

STATE AGENTS, KIDNAPPERS OF THE STUDENTS: ALEJANDRO SOLALINDE * Criminals did not participate in the acts, as they want to make you believe, the priest asserts By: Fabiola Martínez He pointed out that he is willing to tell what he…

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Anatomy of a paramilitary attack on the Zapatistas

ANATOMY OF A PARAMILITARY ATTACK: A REPORT FROM SAN MANUEL By: Mary Ann Tenuto-Sánchez “Manuel Velasco state paramilitary chief, Enrique Peña Nieto supreme paramilitary chief” That’s what the letrero (hand-painted sign) says in front of the Zapatista bodega at the Cuxuljá…

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September 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…

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3 more from Bachajón in prison on false charges

THEY SEND 3 INDIGENOUS TZELTALS TO PRISON ON FALSE CHARGES IN CHILON By: Hermann Bellinghausen The Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba), as well as the Tzeltal ejido owners of San Sebastián Bachajón, Chiapas, denounced the detention,…

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Zapatista Resistance & Autonomy

Chiapas Support Committee/Comité de Apoyo a Chiapas P.O. Box  3421, Oakland, CA  94609 Tel: (510) 654-9587 Email: cezmat@igc.org http://www.chiapas-support.org http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chiapas-Support-Committee-Oakland/                    

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2nd Declaration from the EZLN-CNI Exchange

[This is the last of the documents from the Exchange between the Zapatista Peoples and the Indigenous Peoples of Mexico. The  translation came out the  day we left for Chiapas.] 2nd DECLARATION from the EZLN-CNI EXCHANGE: ON the DISPOSSESSION of…

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A Report Back from Zapatista Territory

[We’re back from an amazing visit to Zapatista Territory and have lots of news about the Zapatistas, the recent attacks on San Manuel, immigration on Mexico’s southern border and the southern border strategy (Plan Sur). We’re looking forward to seeing…

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Zapatista News Summary – August 2014

AUGUST 2014 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Zapatista Exchange (Sharing) with the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) – The Zapatistas held an “exchange” (sharing) with the National Indigenous Congress (CNI, its initials in Spanish) in La Realidad between August 4…

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URGENT: More Zapatistas displaced in San Manuel

FRAYBA DENOUNCES MORE DEATH THREATS AND DISPLACEMENTS IN SAN MANUEL (UPDATED) [Please sign on to a trusted Mexican Human Rights Network’s letter to the bad governments about the attacks in San Manuel.] http://www.redtdt.org.mx/d_acciones/d_visual.php?id_accion=358  We are “on alert” and very concerned about…

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First Declaration from Zapatista Exchange

First Declaration from the Exchange between the National Indigenous Congress and the Zapatista National Liberation Army on the Repression Against Our Peoples CNI – EZLN: We do not forget our dead, imprisoned, and disappeared. The war against our indigenous peoples…

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