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ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY for MAY 2012
MAY 2012 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Campaign To Free Alberto Patishtan and Francisco Santiz Lopez – The Fray Bartolome de las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba) in Chiapas called for an intense national and international campaign to win…
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…
Read MoreChiapas Tourism Development Aimed At US Market
By: Mary Ann Tenuto The above photograph suggests a story waiting to be told. It shows indigenous women next to their makeshift plastic tent on the plaza in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. The women are occupying a…
Read MoreLas Abejas Remember the Acteal Massacre
Neither Calderón or Sabines Want to Do Justice for the Massacre in Acteal, Las Abejas (The Bees) Point Out ** That’s the only path that will bring us peace, warns Bishop Raúl Vera during a mass ** 14 years after…
Read MoreChild of Hunger Strikers Dies
A Child Dies In Chiapas While His Parents Fast For Freedom; Hunger Strike Reaches Critical Point On September 29, 11 indigenous prisoners in 3 Chiapas state prisons started a hunger strike and fast, demanding their freedom. Two more joined the…
Read MoreWorldwide Declaration in Support of Zapatistas in San Marcos Avilés
Dear Friends, The Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba)and the Movement for Justice for the Barrio in New York are once again requesting signatures to a Worldwide Statement in in Support of the Zapatista Support Bases in…
Read MoreParamilitaries Surround Zapatista Village and Threaten to Kill Everyone
para leer en español: http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2011/09/14/politica/021n1pol Paramilitaries Surround Zapatista Village and Threaten to Kill Everyone, the Junta denounces ** We will defend our land against whatever takes place, the autonomous authorities of San Patricio warn By: Hermann Bellinghausen, Envoy San Cristóbal de…
Read MoreOrcao Destroys Zapatista Building in Patria Nueva
Orcao Destroys A House of EZLN Support Bases, Denounces Good Government Junta Para leer este artículo en español: http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2011/08/21/politica/015n1pol ** It points out that the three levels of “bad government” organize attacks on autonomous territories ** The house served as a…
Read MoreZapatista Bases Denounce Attacks by the Orcao
EZLN Bases Denounce Attacks by the ORCAO para leer en español: http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2011/08/16/politica/016n1pol ** They are paramilitaries and have the support of police, assure the Zapatistas ** The aggressors come from the Guadalupe Victoria, Las Conchitas and Pojcol Ejidos By: Hermann Bellinghausen…
Read MoreJunta Demands That Invaders Leave Monte Redondo Lands, In Chiapas
Junta Demands That Invaders Leave Monte Redondo Lands, In Chiapas Para leer en español: http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2011/08/04/politica/022n1pol ** It asserts that state authorities and ejido owners provoke EZLN support bases ** It places responsibility on members of the PAN, PRI, PRD and…
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