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Zapatista 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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OCTOBER 2013 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Alberto Patishtán To Be Free Soon! – The big news this month regarding Alberto Patishtán is that both chambers of the Mexican Congress wrote and moved through the legislative process legislation to expand…
Read MoreInterview with Alberto Patishtán
“I Have Been Free From Day One:” Patishtán By: Hermann Bellinghausen **A prisoner since 2000, he demands that his innocence is admitted “Inside myself I have been free from day one. They tortured me psychologically, threatened me, but I never…
Read MoreDeclaration from Indigenous Congress
Indian Mexico Continues Standing Despite Extermination, Indigenous Congress Declares We learned on this path that the powerful have no respect for the word; they betray and violate it. By: Hermann Bellinghausen, envoy Published: 08/19/2013 18:05 San Cristóbal de las Casas,…
Read More9 Indigenous Prisoners and Zapatista Supporters Free!
Nine Indigenous Free In Chiapas; Patishtán Will Continue A Prisoner ** The governor, Manuel Velasco Coello, went to the prison By: Hermann Bellinghausen, Envoy San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, July 4, 2013 It is the third time that Alberto…
Read MoreZapatista News Summary – May 2013
MAY 2013 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. News Update on Alberto Patishtan – On May 31, the FPDT (Atenco), Las Abejas and Alberto Patishtan’s son, Hector, released a short documentary on YouTube about Alberto’s case….
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APRIL 2013 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Political Assassination of Pro-Zapatista Leader in San Sebastián Bachajón – On Wednesday, April 24, Juan Vazquez Gomez, leader of the pro-Zapatistas in San Sebastian Bachajon, was assassinated by unidentified individuals as he…
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