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Category: EZLN
Summary of Current EZLN Conflicts
PRI and PVEM Groups Invade Zapatistas and Stir Up Agrarian Conflicts ** EZLN sympathizers have not gone through the process of titling their lands because of being in resistance ** To the land grabs by political parties are added paramilitary…
Read MoreReactivation of Paramilitary Groups In Chiapas
[Editors’ Note: The conflict in Chiapas is intensifying with the re-emergence of paramilitary conflicts.] Las Abejas Denounces the Reactivation of Paramilitary Groups in Chenalhó ** The organization reports that an indigenous Zapatista support base was shot one month ago **…
Read MoreCommunity Forum on Mexico
Community Forum on Mexico Immigration * The Border Drug War * Merida Initiative Mexico Peace Movement * Zapatistas * Thursday, July 12, 2012, 7:30 pm (Doors Open at 7 pm) Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists…
Read MoreIN HONOR of JUAN CHAVEZ
DON JUAN By: Luis Hernández Navarro On March 28, 2001, Juan Chávez Alonso, Don Juan to his brothers and compañeros, addressed the Mexican Congress along with the Zapatista commanders and two other indigenous delegates. Wearing a hat, his trusty jacket, Purépecha coat and…
Read MoreZapatista News Summary – February 2012
FEBRUARY 2012 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Seven More Released in Acteal Case – On February 1, 7 of the men convicted of murder and other crimes in the Acteal Massacre case were released from prison after serving 14…
Read MoreRemembering 28 Years of the EZLN
EZLN: 28 Years of Persistence For An Ideal Jaime Martínez Veloz On November 17, 1983, 28 years ago, a small nucleus of men and women arrived in the heart of the Lacandón Jungle, bringing with them an accumulation of dreams…
Read MoreHistory and Time Prove EZLN Right
History and Time Prove EZLN Right By: Jaime Martínez Veloz Para leer en español: http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2011/11/04/opinion/024a1pol On February 16, 1996, the federal government and the EZLN signed the agreement on matters of indigenous rights and culture. It was the first theme on…
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 MoreSolidarity With Chiapas Prisoners
To All Friends of Political Prisoners Everywhere: Eleven (11) political prisoners in Chiapas, Mexico, started a hunger strike and/or fast on September 29. 2 have already been released and 2 more have joined the protest. Their relatives started the occupation…
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