Chiapas Support Committee

Category: Dams

Forget the San Andrés Accords

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By Carlos Manzo, Ojarasca The San Andrés Sakamch’en de los Pobres Accords, signed on February 16th, 1996 by the federal government and the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), seem to be a matter forgotten by the Mexican State, political…

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 Category: Adherents to the Sixth Declaration, Article 27 Counter-Reform, Autonomy, Autonomy, Dams, El Sur Resiste!, EZLN, Indigenous Rights, Inter-Oceanic Corridor, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Megaprojects, Mexico's Social Movements, National Indigenous Congress, San Andrés Accords, Self-Determination, Solidarity, The Common, Zapatismo, Zapatista Words, Zapatistas      Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Change in era and ethnocide

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By Francisco López Bárcenas I have to tell you that I am indeed amazed. I did not think things would be like this. I believed that the Fourth Transformation (4T, Cuarta Transformación, for more on the 4T, click here, )…

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 Category: Capitalism, Dams, Displacement, Dispossession, Extractive Model, Territory      Tags: , ,

98 dams threaten water and life in Chiapas

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Dams in Chiapas would fundamentally be to provide water and electricity to mining and oil extraction projects that exist in the state. There is resistance because of human rights violations. Some 79 dam projects are planned in the state, proposed…

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