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Prison and the pandemic: freedom, according to Chiapas indigenous prisoners
By: Al-Dabi Olvera * The Covid-19 infection of eight indigenous activists in a small San Cristóbal de las Casas prison and the subsequent outbreak of hunger strikes in prisons de throughout Chiapas, once again lift the veil from the structure…
Read MoreThe Maya Train and the rights to health and life
By: Giovanna Gasparello * and Jaime Quintana Guerrero ** Last May 8, the response to the demand for an amparo [a protective order, in this case a suspension] filed by members of the Ch’ol Maya indigenous people of the municipalities…
Read MoreDisplaced indigenous people, between aggressions from paramilitary groups and Covid-19
By: Hermann Bellinghausen In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, more than a thousand people displaced because of continuous violence in the Tzotzil municipality of Chalchihuitán [1], in the Highlands (Los Altos) of Chiapas, denounced another armed attack last May…
Read MoreIndigenous people of Palenque win suspension of the Maya Train
First is health, judge decides By: Elio Henríquez San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas A federal court granted a protective order (amparo) to Chiapas indigenous people by means of which it orders that work on the Palenque stretch of the…
Read MoreDisplaced from Los Altos of Chiapas, defenseless against the virus and armed groups
By: Hermann Bellinghausen In Los Altos of Chiapas, the displaced Tzotzils from Aldama municipality are in a doubly vulnerable situation. To the attacks from armed groups, tolerated by the state government, are added increasing health risks during the health emergency,…
Read MoreJoint pronouncement for life. “A systemic change is necessary”
CHIAPAS: JOINT PRONOUNCEMENT FOR LIFE. “A systemic change is necessary,”social organizations demand To the people of Chiapas : To the EZLN Good Government Boards: To Indigenous and campesino organizations: To federal, state and municipal Governments: To federal, state and district health…
Read MoreNecropolitics, collapse and the coronavirus
By: Gilberto López Y Rivas Two new events went unnoticed in the media, saturated as they are around the Covid-19, which has impacted the lives of millions of people in the world, demonstrating, even more than the effects of that…
Read MoreCNI-CIG Denunciation regarding the harassment of CNI Chiapas compañeros
March 7, 2020 To the People of Mexico: To the Networks of Resistance and Rebellion: To the National and International Sexta: To the Communications Media: To the Human Rights Organisms: To the Organizations in Defense of Territory and Mother Earth:…
Read MorePanic Buying in San Cristóbal de Las Casas shopping areas
By: Félix Camas San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas Given the evident presence of Coronavirus infections in the state of Chiapas, self-service stores, supermarkets and commercial chains, as well as in the public plazas of this city, are taking all…
Read MoreBecause of Coronavirus, the EZLN Closes the Caracoles and Calls to not Abandon Current Struggles
March 16, 2020 To the people of Mexico: To the peoples of the world: To the National Indigenous Congress – Indigenous Governing Council To the national and international Sixth: To the networks of resistance and rebellion: Sisters and brothers: Compañeros,…
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