By: Isaín Mandujano More than a thousand Catholic men and women from the Tseltal region of Chilón held a march-procession to demand the freedom of nine community leaders, two from that region, five from San Juan Cancuc and two from…
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By: Mary Ann Tenuto-Sánchez When discussing the increased violence in Chiapas, it’s helpful to remember that there is a neoliberal effort underway, promoted by the World Bank, to bring indigenous peoples in southeast Mexico into the capitalist marketplace. The vehicle…
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Category: Capitalism, Counterinsurgency, Dispossession, Drug War Violence in Chiapas, EZLN, Narco violence, Organized Crime, Paramilitary Violence, Pueblo Creyente/Believing People, San Cristóbal-Palenque Superhighway
Tags: "Scooters" | Motonetos, Chiapas Organized Crime, Mexico, Zapatistas
By: Elio Henríquez, Correspondent San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas – Thousands of Catholics of the Diocese of San Cristóbal participated in what was called a Pilgrimage for Peace and Justice in at least 10 cities to protest the violence…
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Alto a la guerra paramilitar contra las comunidades indígenas y zapatistas Alto a los megaproyectos e industrias extractivas en territorios indígenas y zapatistas To read the version in English, click here: End all Mexican Government support & disband the paramilitary…
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Category: Adherents to the Sixth Declaration, Anti-systemic Movements, Autonomy, Capitalism, CNI, Congreso Nacional Indigena, Counterinsurgency, Displacement, Extractive Model, EZLN, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Las Abejas, Maya Train, Megaprojects, Mexico Drug War, Mexico's Social Movements, militarization, Mining, NAFTA, NAFTA, National Indigenous Congress, National Indigenous Congress, Neoliberalism, Paramilitary Violence, PIM (Morelos Integral Project), Pueblo Creyente/Believing People, Repression, Resumenes en español, Territory, Zapatistas
CHIAPAS: “We propose constructing autonomy in our communities,” 25 anniversary of Pueblo Creyente* Communiqué of Pueblo Creyente (Believing People) on the Sixth Anniversary of the Death of Jtatik Samuel (Bishop Samuel Ruiz) “We denounce the death projects” To public opinion…
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