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Zapatista Killed in La Realidad Confrontation
ZAPATISTA KILLED in CONFRONTATION with the CIOAC-H in LA REALIDAD [The Chiapas Support Committee compiled this information from a number of online articles. We emphasize that the Zapatistas have not issued a report and, therefore, we do not have their…
Read MoreZapatista News Summary for April 2014
APRIL 2014 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Zapatistas Release 2nd Issue of Rebeldía Zapatista – The Zapatistas have released another edition of the Rebeldía Zapatista magazine. The Zapatista bases that participated in the Escuelitas give their impressions of the…
Read MoreZapatista News Summary for March 2014
MARCH 2014 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Zapatista Supporter Murdered Near Agua Azul – On March 21, Juan Carlos Gómez Silvano, 22, was ambushed and murdered while driving his small truck. He was hit by more than 20 shots….
Read MoreChiapas Human Rights Center Celebrates 25 Years
THE FRAYBA IS ONE MORE ACTOR INSIDE A LIBERATING PROCESS: VICTOR HUGO LÓPEZ ** The NGO’s director recognizes the role of Bishop Samuel Ruiz, the center’s founder ** The largest number of denunciations it receives now are from women “hooked”…
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 MoreResumen De Noticias Zapatistas – Enero 2014
RESUMEN DE NOTICIAS ZAPATISTAS – ENERO 2014 En Chiapas 1. ¡Los zapatistas celebran 20 años de resistencia!.– El primero de enero de 2014, los zapatistas celebraron el 20 aniversario de su rebelión y resistencia. Recibieron aproximadamente 5000 estudiantes durante las…
Read MoreNuns Assaulted in attack on 10 de Abril Zapatista community
Nuns Assaulted in attack on 10 de Abril ejido, and are impeded from attending to the injured ** They retain an ambulance, a pickup truck, the driver and a doctor, in Chiapas community ** Attempts to take possession of Zapatista…
Read MoreMurder in the Lacandón Jungle; background on Viejo Velasco Massacre
Murder and Other High Crimes in the Lacandón Jungle By: Mary Ann Tenuto-Sánchez On November 13, 2006, an armed attack occurred against the indigenous community of Viejo Velasco Suárez, in the Lacandón Jungle of Chiapas. Four people died as a…
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