Chiapas Support Committee

Category: Megaprojects


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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Chiapas court sentences the “Cancuc 5” to 25 years in prison

Bulletin No. 10San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, MexicoMay 17, 2023 The judicial power of the state of Chiapas condemns the five indigenous Tseltals from San Juan Cancuc to 25 years in prison for defending their territory The criminalization of…

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Maya Train change causes discord in Nicolas Bravo

Text by: Arturo Contreras Camero, Pie de Página MEXICO CITY – “We expected the train to pass through the town, to generate the sale of our products, we thought sales were going to grow, but now where they left it…

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Pronouncement of the International Gathering El Sur Resiste May 7, 2023

¡EL SUR RESISTE 2023/ THE SOUTH RESISTS! CARAVAN  INTERNATIONAL GATHERING OF THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST        “Global corporate capitalism, Planetary patriarchy, Autonomies in rebellion” CIDECI-UNITIERRA / CARACOL JACINTO CANEKMay 7, 2023PRONOUNCEMENTTo the General Command of the EZLNTo the National Indigenous CongressTo the Indigenous…

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Raúl Zibechi on the importance of the El Sur Resiste Caravan

El Sur Resiste | The South Resists By: Raúl Zibechi On Thursday, May 4, the tour of the El Sur Resiste | The South Resists caravan, organized by local groups of the National Indigenous Congress (CNI), concluded. After touring seven…

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Day 10 – Palenque, Chiapas: First health, food and justice, not a train that is not Maya

The El Sur Resiste | The South Resists Caravan arrived at its last stop, Palenque, Chiapas, before the start of the “International Gathering El Sur Resiste 2023,” which will take place on May 6 and 7 in the Jacinto Canek…

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Day 9: Xpujil, Campeche – The Army reconfigures Maya territory illegally

On day 9 of the El Sur Resiste | The South Resists caravan, we visited the Xpujil [1] community, Calakmul, Campeche; one of the places where section 7 of the Maya Train project is being built and has one of…

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Day 8 – Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo: Maya Jungle leveled by Maya Train

On the 8th day of the El Sur Resiste | The South Resists Caravan arrived in the city of Felipe Carillo Puerto where we marched through the streets of the city making visible the problems caused by the Maya Train…

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Day 7: Valladolid, Yucatán, The people, like the jungle, always sprout

Mar, 05/02/2023 Day 7 of the El Sur Resiste |The South Resists Caravan begins with a ritual among all those who make it up: women and small children, youth and babies, as well as elderly people. Many come from other…

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