Chiapas Support Committee

Category: Indigenous Rights


The EZLN, the CNI and the elections

By: Luis Hernández Navarro The EZLN and the CNI agreed to consult, with peoples and communities, about the postulation of an indigenous woman as a candidate to the Presidency of the Republic in the 2018 elections. The decision has raised…

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CNI, EZLN and the power from below

By: Neil Harvey* The recent comunicado from the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) and the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), “May the earth tremble at its core,” published on enlacezapatista.org, has the virtue of placing at the center of attention the…

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CNI-EZLN: May the earth tremble at its core

MAY THE EARTH TREMBLE AT ITS CORE To the peoples of the world To the free means of communication To the National and International Sixth [la Sexta Nacional e Internacional] Brought together by the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of…

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CNI & EZLN communique: Party to war and resistance #44

To the peoples of the world To the alternative, free, autonomous or however they are called means of communication To the National and International Sixth Party to war & resistance # 44 And the other 43? And the ones who…

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Ayotzinapa: the government rewards those responsible

THE GOVERNMENT REWARDS THOSE RESPONSIBLE and THOSE THAT LIE and IT PURSUES THOSE THAT SEEK TRUTH and JUSTICE [Admin: the recent joint comunicado from the EZLN and the CNI has not been posted in English on Enlace Zapatista, so we…

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Oxchuc rejects reinstating mayor

IN OXCHUC, THEY REJECT MARÍA GLORIA and the TEPJF DECISION THAT ORDERS HER RESTORED AS MAYOR By: Isaín Mandujano Oxchuc With a multitudinous mobilization, thousands of indigenous Tseltals of Oxchuc, rejected María Gloria Sánchez Gómez’ attempt this Wednesday to be…

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CNI and EZLN announce 5th National Indigenous Congress

THE CNI AND EZLN ANNOUNCE THE FIFTH NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CONGRESS Given that: This October marks 20 years of uninterrupted work by the National Indigenous Congress [CNI], a space of unity, reflection, and organization for the indigenous peoples of Mexico. The…

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Tribunal orders the return of María Gloria as mayor of Oxchuc

By: Sandra de los Santos On Wednesday night, August 31, the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Power of the Federation (TEPJF) ordered María Gloria Sánchez restored to her constitutional position as municipal president of Oxchuc. The resolution in favor of María…

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Chiapas: Oxchuc expels political parties

OXCHUC EXPELS POLITICAL PARTIES and WILL NOW ELECT ITS AUTHORITIES WITH USES and CUSTOMS By: Isaín Mandujano Leaders of 105 Oxchuc communities agreed on the expulsion of the political parties from that municipio and from now on they will elect…

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A dialogue with the smell of ’68

After the bloody eviction in Nochixtlán, the federal government started to dialogue with the CNTE. However, it refuses to consider the teachers’ principal demand, which is abrogating the education reform. On the other hand, it began to issue a threat…

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