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Marichuy denounces INE’s system for collecting signatures via cell phone
By: Isaín Mandujano TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Chiapas (apro) The candidate nominated by the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) and the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) to the presidency of the Republic, María de Jesús Patricio Martínez (Marichuy), today denounced “the simulation” and…
Read MoreMarichuy, a very different campaign
By: Luis Hernández Navarro Some 21 years ago, on October 11, 1996, an indigenous Nahua from Jalisco read the political statement of the nascent National Indigenous Congress. In the name of more than 600 delegates coming from all over the…
Read MoreMarichuy in La Garrucha
WORDS OF MARÍA DE JESÚS PATRICIO MARTÍNEZ IN THE CARACOL OF LA GARRUCHA Brothers and Sisters, it is the time of the peoples, it’s time that we unite, it’s time that together we take out these big capitalists that have…
Read MoreWords of Marichuy in Morelia, Chiapas
WORDS OF MARÍA DE JESÚS PATRICIO MARTÍNEZ IN THE ZAPATISTA CARACOL OF MORELIA ON OCTOBER 15, 2017 Well, we already listened to our council member compañeras that make up the Indigenous Government Council and before beginning (my talk) I want…
Read MoreMarichuy begins her tour in Guadalupe Tepeyac
“THE TIME HAS COME TO DECIDE: DESTINY IS IN OUR HANDS and THOSE OF THE MEXICAN PEOPLE” From the Editors Guadalupe Tepeyac, Chiapas The indigenous Nahua woman María de Jesús Patricio, known as Marichuy, spokesperson for the Indigenous Government Council…
Read MoreMaría de Jesús calls to organize the “pains and rages” of the peoples
By: Claudia Herrera Beltrán María de Jesús Patricio Martínez, Marichuy, spokesperson for the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) and the Indigenous Government Council (CIG), presented her intention to be an independent candidate to the Presidency of the Republic with a call…
Read MoreChiapas communities denounce abandonment after earthquake
AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE, THEY DENOUNCE ABANDONMENT OF THE COMMUNITIES OF ARRIAGA, TONALÁ and PIJIJIAPAN By: Isaín Mandujano A dozen social and civilian organizations denounced today that hundreds of vulnerable families continue being completely abandoned in the municipalities of Arriaga, Tonalá…
Read MoreCNI & CIG Declaration 3 years after Ayotzinapa
Declaration from the National Indigenous Congress and the Indigenous Governing Council Three Years after the Disappearance of 43 Students from the Isidro Burgos Rural Teachers College of Ayotzinapa To the fathers and mothers of the 43 student compañeros of Ayotzinapa…
Read MoreDonate to Express Solidarity with Mexico Earthquake Victims
It began on September 7 off the Pacific coast of Chiapas with an 8.2-magnitude earthquake, the strongest ever recorded in Mexico. Both Chiapas and Oaxaca suffered extensive property damage and a loss of life. Homes, businesses, churches and highways are…
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