Category: Las Abejas
By: Rafael Landerreche* What’s happening in Chenalhó (I use the present because the fire has not been put out) must be examined beyond the obvious dimension of post-electoral conflicts or of the undeniable but partial component of gender. But to…
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By: Hermann Bellinghausen, Postcards from the revolt In the mountains of Chiapas “friendly fire” has created a conflict that can only be seen as lamentable. The Civil Society Organización Las Abejas, founded in 1992, an expression of Liberationist Theology framed…
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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…
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[Intro: The Ejido Tila continues to occupy the municipal building that its members partially destroyed and then occupied on Decembers 16, 2015. Ejido members occupy the building and the ejido publishes frequent updates (comunicados) on their website: http://laotraejidotila.blogspot.mx/ The comunicado below…
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“THE WEAR AND TEAR HAS BEEN STRONG THROUGHOUT THESE 6, 512 DAYS,” Chiapas, Mexico, October 20, 2015 “They gave us a blow, but now we are here to seek justice,” Juan Vázquez Luna, a member of Civil Society Las Abejas…
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MEMBERS of the NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CONGRESS ARE IN SOLIDARITY with AYOTZINAPA Chiapas Mexico, September 27, 2015 “With all respect and if you permit us, we want to be in the heart of the young normalistas’ parents, we want to be…
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IT’S NOT THE GARBAGE DUMP OR THE FIFTH BUS; IT’S THE C-4 By: Rafael Landerreche* Although the communications media has taken it up a lot, the most important part of the GIEI’s Ayotzinapa Report is not that which refutes the…
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Category: Ayotzinapa, Counterinsurgency, Human Rights, Las Abejas, Mexico Drug War, Mexico's Social Movements
Tags: Ayotzinapa, Chiapas, GIEI, Guerrero Student Massacre, Rafael Landerreche, Zapatistas
Last week, the Civil Society Las Abejas organization of Acteal (hereafter, Las Abejas) issued two public denunciations. The first described the murder of their compañero Manuel López Pérez, a member of Las Abejas, as well as fear for the lives…
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DECEMBER 2014 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY HAPPY NEW YEAR! / ¡FELIZ AÑO! In Chiapas 1. EZLN Issues Comunicado “On Ayotzinapa,”and much more – On December 14, the EZLN released a long statement with the title “On Ayotzinapa, the Festival and hysteria…
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Category: Ayotzinapa, EZLN, Las Abejas, Mexico's Social Movements, National Indigenous Congress, News Summaries, San Sebastián Bachajón, Zapatista Communiqué
Tags: Ayotzinapa, Capitalism, Chiapas, Current EZLN News, Current Zapatista News, Guerrero, Guerrero Student Massacre, Marcos, Mexico, Zapatistas
NOVEMBER 2014 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Ayotzinapa Caravan Meets with EZLN in Oventik – On November 15, the Caravan of relatives and compañer@s of the murdered and disappeared Ayotzinapa students that traveled south met with Zapatista bases and…
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Category: Environment/ecology, Events, EZLN, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Las Abejas, Luis Hernández Navarro, Mexico Drug War, Mexico's Social Movements, News Summaries, Student Movements, Zapatista Communiqué
Tags: Ayotzinapa, Chiapas, Current EZLN News, Current Zapatista News, Guerrero, Guerrero Student Massacre, Mexico, Zapatistas
