Chiapas Support Committee
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Category: Megaprojects
Chiapas: Modevite will consult their communities about EZLN proposal
THEY DEMAND RESPECT FOR SELF-DETERMINATION OVER THEIR TERRITORY and AGREE TO CONSTRUCT COMMUNITY GOVERNMENTS By: Angeles Mariscal In this state of the Mexican Southeast, the mining industry has been granted concessions to almost 20 percent of the territory, and there…
Read MoreAnd it trembled repeatedly…!
By: Gilberto López y Rivas With the date of October 14 of this year, the National Indigenous Congress [CNI] and the Zapatista National Liberation Army [EZLN] made public an historic document with the prophetic title of: “May the earth tremble…
Read MoreCNI-EZLN support Yaqui resistance
JOINT COMMUNIQUE FROM THE CNI AND THE EZLN SUPPORTING THE DIGNIFIED RESISTANCE OF THE YAQUI TRIBE October 2016 To the Yaqui Tribe, To the peoples and governments of the world, As the original peoples who make up the National Indigenous…
Read MoreCNI-EZLN: May the earth tremble at its core
MAY THE EARTH TREMBLE AT ITS CORE To the peoples of the world To the free means of communication To the National and International Sixth [la Sexta Nacional e Internacional] Brought together by the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of…
Read MoreIndigenous win lawsuit against the San Cristóbal-Palenque Superhighway
ANNOUNCE COURT ORDER AGAINST THE SAN CRISTÓBAL DE LAS CASAS-PALENQUE SUPERHIGHWAY From the Editors of Desinformémonos The amparo [1] against the San Cristóbal de las Casas-Palenque superhighway project, in Chiapas was granted to the Tsotsil community of Los Llanos last…
Read MoreEZLN-CNI Joint comunicado on Álvaro Obregón community
EZLN-CNI JOINT COMUNICADO ABOUT THE ATTACK ON THE COMMUNITY OF ÁLVARO OBREGÓN, OAXACA To the media To the solidarity organizations To the Human Rights organizations To the dignified Binizza community of Álvaro Obregón, Juchitán, Oaxaca Sisters and Brothers Our peoples,…
Read More60 Chiapas communities reject dam on the Usumacinta River
“According to researchers, the construction of dams across Mexico has displaced some 200, 000 people, while advocacy groups warn that the country’s new water law will just continue to make the situation worse. Many of Mexico’s 4, 462 dams registered…
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