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Victory in Oxchuc, Chiapas
THE MAYOR OF OXCHUC RESIGNS AFTER SIX MONTHS OF PROTESTS By: Isaín Mandujano Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. (apro). After six months de protests on the part of residents of Oxchuc municipio, María Gloria Sánchez Gómez, mayor-elect of the Green Ecologist Party…
Read MoreOxchuc: From a postelectoral conflict to a social one
By: Isaín Mandujano The Oxchuc Rebellion… Many weeks ago Oxchuc went from being a post-electoral conflict to being a social conflict. The post-electoral protest that the ex-candidates for mayor of the Nueva Alianza and the Chiapas Unido started after…
Read MoreZibechi: From the Bagua Massacre to autonomous government
By: Raúl Zibechi The formation of Peru’s first autonomous government, on Sunday, November 29 in Soledad community in the Río Santiago District, in the Amazon Province, is the fruit of a long history of frustrations and struggles. That day,…
Read MoreAccuse Tila mayor of reactivating paramilitaries
THEY ACCUSE THE MAYOR OF TILA OF REACTIVATING THE PAZ Y JUSTICIA PARAMILITARY GROUP From the Correspondents Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas Tila ejido owners, adherents of the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandón Jungle accused municipal president Edgar Leopoldo Gómez Gutiérrez of reactivating…
Read MorePope Francisco to visit Chiapas
THEY FORMALLY ANNOUNCE POPE FRANCISCO’S VISIT TO CHIAPAS By: Isaín Mandujano This afternoon, the Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez confirmed the visit of Pope Francisco to Chiapas, where he will live and will send a message to indigenous peoples and migrants…
Read MoreRaúl Zibechi: Toward a new cycle of struggles
By: Raúl Zibechi The noisy fall in the price of raw materials closes an economic cycle, but also a political one. The illusion that we’re dealing with a momentary decline is giving way to the conviction that the low prices…
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