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Zapatista News Summary for July 2014
ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY for JULY 2014 In Chiapas 1. Sup Moisés Reports On Fundraising to Rebuild the Autonomous School and Clinic in La Realidad – In a July 18 communiqué entitled Almost 5 Times, Subcomandante Moisés reports that fundraising for…
Read MoreACNUR wants Mexico to consider refugee status for minor migrants
ACNUR WANTS MEXICO TO CONSIDER MINORS TRAVELING TO THE U.S. AS REFUGEES By: Blanche Petrich ** They cannot be forcibly returned to their country if there is a risk: commissioner ** From January to June they have deported 8,239 without…
Read MoreSecuring Mexico’s Border with Central America
SECURING MEXICO’S BORDER WITH CENTRAL AMERICA By: Mary Ann Tenuto-Sánchez As the current wave of immigrant women and children from Central America brings more public attention to the issue of migration, we take a look at what’s happening to Mexico’s…
Read MoreHiding Mexico’s Dead: drug war deaths go underreported in the U.S. media
Hiding Mexico’s Dead: drug war deaths go underreported in the US media By: Mary Ann Tenuto Sánchez* It is essential that we understand the United States Drug War policy for exactly what it is: a tool for social control and…
Read MoreMexicans Seek Asylum from Drug Violence
MEXICANS SEEK ASYLUM AS DRUG VIOLENCE PERSISTS SAN DIEGO October 3, 2013 (AP) By ELLIOT SPAGAT and MARK STEVENSON Associated Press Elizabeth Silva was walking her younger sister to school when two hooded men burst into her house and pumped…
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