Chiapas Support Committee

Category: Maya Train


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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They evict campesinos who block work on the trans-isthmus train in Oaxaca

Above Photo: Members of the “Tierra y Libertad” encampment, who have maintained a blockade for 60 days in Guichicovi, Isthmus de Tehuantepec municipality, were expelled yesterday by members of the National Guard, Navy and state police. To the right, members…

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Day 3 – El Sur Resiste caravan joins protest against the Interoceanic Corridor

On the third day of the tour, the arrival was with the compañeros of UCIZONI (Union of Indigenous Communities of the Northern Zone of the Isthmus), who the night before provided a place to spend the night and take food…

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“The Territory is ours and we will defend resisting”

By: Diana Manzo / IstmoPress News Agency #PuenteMadera (#Istmopress) – The voices and struggles of the peoples, collectives, communities and defenders reached Oaxaca on the Southern Caravan, which left Chiapas yesterday. The objective is to articulate the struggles around defense…

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The South Resists | El Sur Resiste: Day 2 – Oaxaca

By: Yessica Morales They invited all the organizations from below and to the left with a presence in Chiapas, in the region of the Isthmus, Tabasco and the Yucatan Peninsula, to communicate through elsurresiste@riseup.net, to add themselves to the events…

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