Chiapas Support Committee

Category: Territory


EZLN Subcomandante: The Zapatista vocation is to be of “good seed’

By Elio Henríquez, La Jornada correspondent, November 21, 2023 The Zapatista vocation, according to “a laconic definition,” is “to be a good seed,” stated Subcomandante Moisés of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN, Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional). “We do not…

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CNI calls for global action against the war on indigenous peoples

Mexico City | Desinformémonos. The Congreso Nacional Indígena (CNI, National Indigenous Congress) – Consejo Indígena de Gobierno (CIG, Indigenous Council of Government) (CNI-CIG) have called for a global action to stop the war against the people of Mexico and the…

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¡Stop the war against the people of Mexico and the world!

By Gilberto López y Rivas, La Jornada The National Indigenous Congress (CNI, Congreso Nacional Indígena) and its Indigenous Council of Government (CIG, Consejo Indígena de Gobierno) made public a call to commemorate, this October 12, the 531 years of the…

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The Inter-Oceanic Corridor Lacks Water

By Emilio Godoy / IPS Photo Caption: The megaproject places greater pressure on water resources in a region where abundance and overexploitation of the resource coexist. For example, according to Conagua figures, of the 21 aquifers in Oaxaca, five register…

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Violence against activists who oppose the Interoceanic Corridor increases

By Renata Bessi Original in Spanish published by Avispa Midia, August 16, 2023 Panel of community speakers at the Puente Madera Oaxaca Foro Político Cultura de Rebeldías y Resistencias held during the El Sur Resiste Caravan (April 2023). On August…

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National and international statement in response to the aggression against the Moisés Gandhi community: Stop the paramilitary violence against the Zapatistas

National and international statement in response to the aggression against the Moses Gandhi community [Puedes leer la versión original en español AQUI.l June 2023 To the peoples of Mexico and the world, To the individuals, collectivities and peoples who defend…

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AMLO issues new decree so that mega-projects are considered as national security

By: Desinformémonos Editors May 19, 2023 Mexico City | Desinformémonos President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) issued a new decree considering the federal government’s infrastructure projects to be national security matters, just hours after the Supreme Court of Justice of…

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The narco’s shadow extends throughout the Lacandón Jungle

By: Ángeles Mariscal Crime has been incrusted in the recesses of the Chiapas jungle and advances non-stop throughout the State, under the cover of omissions, bureaucracy and lack of political will of governments. “They left us alone to face this…

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Lacandón comuneros accuse Julia Carabias of seeking to divide and confront them

By: Isaín Mandujano Authorities of the Lacandón Zone’s Communal Assets (LZCA), [also known as the Lacandón Zone Commons], denounced that with legal devices and influence peddling, the environmentalist Julia Carabias Lillo, through her civil organizations, Natura and Mexican Ecosystems, intends…

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El sur resiste | The south resists: Gathering on the Zapatista & Indigenous struggles against mega-projects

El sur resiste | The south resists Updates on the Zapatista movement & land justice struggles in México: On the CNI campaign to stop the “Maya Train” & Inter-Oceanic Corridor An Evening of Solidarity, Poetry & Zapatismo At Medicine for…

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