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Violence against the Indigenous Peoples
By: Francisco López Bárcenas Popular predictionsat the beginning of the year announced that January would bring storms, but few imagined the magnitude of them. The violence against indigenous peoples in this first month of 2023 has acquired such dimension and…
Read MoreMassacre in Peru: Democracy at war against the peoples
By: Raúl Zibechi “In the Andes massacres follow one anotherwith the rhythm of the seasons.There are four in the world; in the Andes there are five:spring, summer, autumn, winter and massacre.”Manuel Scorza On January 4, a regional strike began in…
Read MoreMexico III. Father Marcelo: “The earth groans the pains of childbirth”
Raúl Zibechi interviews Father Marcelo By: Raúl Zibechi “We are living something similar to the times of Jesus. The Romans had no mercy. The narco has no mercy,” says Father Marcelo Pérez, sitting in the dining room of the parish…
Read MoreForced displacement of 6 Zapatista families in Chilón, houses and belongings burned
New attacks on Support Bases of the Zapatista National Liberation Army Six families from the town of “El Esfuerzo”, Comandanta Ramona Autonomous Municipality. The Federal and State Governments are oblivious in the face of permanent violence and dispossession against autonomous…
Read MoreEcologists advocate for Tsotsil priest in Chiapas
By: Carolina Gómez Mena On July 4, the Tsotsil priest Marcelo Pérez found out that he had an arrest warrant against him, but he didn’t flee, because “I am innocent; after praying deeply, I decided to continue with my pastoral…
Read MoreThe IACHR will visit Chiapas to evaluate precautionary measures in favor of Tsotsils
By: Jessica Xantomila Next week, members of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), led by the rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Esmeralda Arosemena de Troitiño, will visit Chiapas, for the purpose of evaluating the precautionary measures dictated…
Read MoreCatholics march in 10 Chiapas cities demanding peace and justice
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…
Read MoreThe Inertia that prevents us from reacting to the collapse
By: Raúl Zibechi That humanity is beginning to suffer the confluence of crises and pandemics that configure a situation of chaos or collapse of life on the planet, seems out of the question. That the ruling classes play their own…
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