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Festival of Resistances begins in Xochicuautla
WHAT HAPPENS IN XOCHICUAUTLA IS A MIRROR OF WHAT HAPPENS IN OTHER TOWNS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY,” ORIGINAL PEOPLES SAY “The Mexican State at its three levels, has responsibility for what is occurring in the country, because of how it…
Read MoreSeptember 2014 Zapatista News Summary
SEPTEMBER 2014 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY  In Chiapas 1. The EZLN Issued 2 Comunicados – The first is a joint demand with the National Indigenous Congress for the freedom of the Yaqui leader Mario Luna, arrested to repress the Yaqui…
Read More3 more from Bachajón in prison on false charges
THEY SEND 3 INDIGENOUS TZELTALS TO PRISON ON FALSE CHARGES IN CHILON By: Hermann Bellinghausen The Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba), as well as the Tzeltal ejido owners of San Sebastián Bachajón, Chiapas, denounced the detention,…
Read MoreZapatista News Summary for April 2014
APRIL 2014 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Zapatistas Release 2nd Issue of Rebeldía Zapatista – The Zapatistas have released another edition of the Rebeldía Zapatista magazine. The Zapatista bases that participated in the Escuelitas give their impressions of the…
Read MoreA Possible Walmart Connection to San Sebastián Bachajón Dispossession?
RENDER HOMAGE TO DEFENSE OF LAND LEADERS MURDERED in CHILON, CHIAPAS ** They say the attempt to dispossess plots of land is for a toll road and a supercenter ** “Our struggle is peaceful, but we demand respect,” say the…
Read MoreZapatista News Summary for March 2014
MARCH 2014 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Zapatista Supporter Murdered Near Agua Azul – On March 21, Juan Carlos Gómez Silvano, 22, was ambushed and murdered while driving his small truck. He was hit by more than 20 shots….
Read MoreIndigenous Zapatista Supporter Murdered in Chiapas
ASSASSINATE YOUNG INDIGENOUS LEADER IN CHILON, CHIAPAS By: Hermann Bellinghausen, Envoy San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, March 22, 2014 Juan Carlos Gómez Silvano, adherent to the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandón Jungle from Chilón municipality, was assassinated this Friday…
Read MoreNoviembre de 2013 Resumen de Noticias sobre los ZAPATISTAS
NOVIEMBRE DE 2013 RESUMEN DE NOTICIAS SOBRE LOS ZAPATISTAS En Chiapas 1. EZLN publica 3 comunicados – Los zapatistas publicaron 3 comunicados: Malas y No Tan Malas Noticias; Rebobinar 3; y Cupo Completo para el Primer Grado de La…
Read MoreZapatista News Summary for November 2013
NOVEMBER 2013 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. EZLN Issues 3 Comunicados – The Zapatistas released 3 comunicados: The Bad and the Not-So-Bad News; Rewind 3; and Spaces Full for the December and January Escuelitas (Little Schools). In the first…
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