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Neocolonialism in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The Gringos are coming!
What follows is a statement from the Assembly of the Indigenous Peoples of the Isthmus in Defense of Land and Territory (APIIDTT)), dated March 13, 2023 and posted on the website of the National Indigenous Congress as background for the…
Read MoreEl Sur Resiste / The South Resists
Sunday, March 19, 2023 4 pm to 6 pm PDT Register here: https://tinyurl.com/Stop-Mega-Projects-Forum
Read MoreThe Interoceanic Corridor and the National Popular Interest
By: Gilberto López y Rivas The recycled mega-project of the Tehuantepec Interoceanic Corridor –whose origins lie in the regional development program of the Ernesto Zedillo government, and whose distant origins lie in the damaging McLane-Ocampo Treaty (1859)– continues its slow…
Read MoreSoutheast Mexico for sale under US Embassy promotion
By: Renata Bessi In the last six months an agenda of work and meetings between the seven governors of south-southeast Mexico, federal government agencies, representatives of the governments of the United States and Canada, as well as companies from these…
Read MoreUS, Mexico and the geopolitics of oil
By: Carlos Fazio At the dawn of the 21st century, after the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, United States president George W. Bush and his advisers sought to sustain the declining global political power of the…
Read MoreEndless Colonialism
By: Hermann Bellinghausen Outside of some academic debates, a taboo subject in Mexico, and in general the continent, is internal colonialism. Accepting that it exists, the majority societies fear, can undermine the Nation, that sometimes ameboid state that makes us…
Read MoreCNI-CIG obtains provisional suspension of presidential agreement on mega-projects
By: Isaín Mandujano The National Indigenous Congress and the Indigenous Government Council (CNI-CIG) announced that a federal judge granted them a provisional suspension of the presidential agreement that declares the federal government’s public works and projects [matters] of public interest…
Read MoreEmergency Appeal: Stand with the Indigenous & Zapatista Communities to Stop the Paramilitary Violence
The Chiapas Support Committee is inviting you to join us in taking urgent action NOW to stand in solidarity with Indigenous and Zapatista communities in Chiapas. The Indigenous communities are being attacked by paramilitary forces in collusion with and support…
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