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The State organizes violence in Chiapas: TPP
THERE HAS BEEN STATE VIOLENCE AGAINST THE ZAPATISTAS, the PERMANENT TRIBUNAL of the PEOPLES CONCLUDES By: Hermann Bellinghausen, Envoy San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, July 19, 2014 In El Limonar community, in the jungle north of Ocosingo, they held…
Read MoreZapatista News Summary for August 2013
AUGUST 2013 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Around 1700 Students Attend “Little Zapatista Schools” – From August 12 to 16, around 1700 students attended the “Little Zapatista Schools” (Escuelitas), to learn about Freedom According to the Zapatistas. Prior to…
Read MoreParamilitaries Re-Emerge Near Site of Acteal Massacre
PARAMILITARIES RE-EMERGE NEAR SITE OF ACTEAL MASSACRE by: Mary Ann Tenuto-Sánchez “We fear another massacre; we know that the police can again train the paramilitaries, who are active, and can extend the violence to other communities,” Las Abejas representatives from…
Read MoreZapatista News Summary – May 2013
MAY 2013 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. News Update on Alberto Patishtan – On May 31, the FPDT (Atenco), Las Abejas and Alberto Patishtan’s son, Hector, released a short documentary on YouTube about Alberto’s case….
Read MoreResumen de noticias de los zapatistas – Abril de 2013
Abril DE 2013 RESUMEN DE NOTICIAS SOBRE LOS ZAPATISTAS En Chiapas 1. Asesinato político de líder pro-zapatista en San Sebastian Bachajón – El miércoles 24 de abril, Juan Vázquez Gómez, líder de los pro-zapatistas en San Sebastian Bachajon, fue asesinado…
Read MoreZapatista News Summary for October 2012
OCTOBER 2012 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Las Abejas (the Bees) Denounced the Reactivation of Paramilitary Groups – Las Abejas of Acteal, a civil society organization, denounced the reactivation of the paramilitary group, Mascara Roja, in Chenalhó Municipality. They…
Read MoreResumen de Noticias sobre los Zapatistas – Septiembre del 2012
[Por favor, disculpe el retraso. Estábamos muy ocupad@s por la celebración el 14 de octubre.] SEPTIEMBRE DEL 2012 RESUMEN DE NOTICIAS SOBRE LOS ZAPATISTAS En Chiapas 1. Paramilitares causan desalojo de 2 comunidades Zapatistas: Comandante Abel y Unión Hidalgo –…
Read MoreReactivation of Paramilitary Groups In Chiapas
[Editors’ Note: The conflict in Chiapas is intensifying with the re-emergence of paramilitary conflicts.] Las Abejas Denounces the Reactivation of Paramilitary Groups in Chenalhó ** The organization reports that an indigenous Zapatista support base was shot one month ago **…
Read MoreZapatista News Summary – February 2012
FEBRUARY 2012 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Seven More Released in Acteal Case – On February 1, 7 of the men convicted of murder and other crimes in the Acteal Massacre case were released from prison after serving 14…
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