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Gustavo Castro returns to Mexico
THE ACTIVIST GUSTAVO CASTRO SOTO RETURNS TO MEXICO AFTER BEING HELD FOR 27 DAYS IN HONDURAS By: Blanca Juárez The activist Gustavo Castro Soto, the only witness to the homicide of the environmentalist Berta Cáceres returned to Mexico yesterday after…
Read MoreHonduran government is preventing Gustavo Castro from leaving |Sign petition
[Please sign the Petition at bottom of post demanding Gustavo’s safety!] By: Hermann Bellinghausen Mexico City Today, the environmental organization Otros Mundos A.C./ Friends of the Earth Mexico reported that Honduras authorities impeded Gustavo Castro Soto from leaving the country….
Read MoreChiapas activist witnessed Berta Cáceres murder
By: Isaín Mandujano San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas (apro) – Mexican activist Gustavo Castro Soto [1] witnessed the murder this morning of the indigenous environmentalist Berta Cáceres, an attack perpetrated in her house located in the El Líbano neighborhood…
Read MoreEZLN: And in the Zapatista communities?
Zapatista National Liberation Army Mexico February 2016 To the compañer@s of the Sixth: To whom it may concern: Compañeroas, compañeros and compañeras: Now we are going to tell you a little bit about the Zapatista communities, where the support bases…
Read MorePope Francisco honors Bishop Ruiz in Chiapas
POPE FRANCISCO HONORS BISHOP SAMUEL RUIZ GARCIA, DEFENDER OF THE POOR By: Isaín Mandujano Today, Pope Francisco put an end to decades of exclusion of a Church that opted for the poor, rescued native ancestral roots and inculcated a liberating…
Read MorePope Francisco says mass in San Cristóbal
FRANCISCO CALLS FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE INDIGENOUS AND ASKING THEIR FORGIVENESS By: Hermann Bellinghausen San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas With his presence Pope Francisco made a broad vindication of the indigenous people, about whom, he said, “we have much…
Read MoreLas Abejas of Acteal issues statement
LAS ABEJAS: THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE of FRANCISCO HERE IS “TO DEFEND THE PEOPLE of MEXICO” By: Hermann Bellinghausen Acteal, Chiapas The indigenous of Las Abejas of Acteal are convinced that Pope Francisco, on his visit to Chiapan lands, “brings a…
Read MorePeople of Faith in resistance await Pope Francisco in Chiapas
BELIEVING PEOPLE IN RESISTANCE AWAIT POPE FRANCISCO IN CHIAPAS By: Enriqueta Lerma Rodríguez February 2, 2016 Beyond the condemning discourses about the Pope’s visit to Chiapas, accusing the event as a form of control of the masses that responds to…
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