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Words of Comandanta Hortencia in Oventik
Words of Comandanta Hortencia in the name of the CCRI-CG of the EZLN in Oventik, Chiapas, Mexico, on October 19, 2017 Part I Compañeros and compañeras of the Indigenous Government Council Compañeros and compañeras of the National Indigenous Congress…
Read MoreThere is a worrisome inability to govern in Chiapas
IN CHIAPAS “THERE IS A WORRISOME INABILITY TO GOVERN:” ACADEMIC By: Hermann Bellinghausen Being a situation latent and encouraged for years, since last October, when an age-old conflict over boundaries between the Tsotsil municipalities of Chenalhó and Chalchihuitán sharpened to…
Read MoreNarco-politics in Chiapas, a time bomb that increases the risk of another massacre
By: Blanche Petrich Three weeks ago, the parish priest of Simojovel, Marcelo Pérez, started to tour the steep trajectory of at least four hours that goes from his parish to the border communities between Chenalhó and Chalchihuitán, in Los…
Read More7,000 displaced due to violence in Chiapas
VIOLENCE AND DISPLACEMENTS ESCALATE DUE TO THE CONFLICT IN CHIAPAS A Special Report by: Isaín Mandujano TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Chiapas (apro) The director of the Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba), Pedro Faro, warned that another massacre like…
Read MoreThe Indigenous confront an economic model based on dispossession
By: Fernando Camacho Servín The original peoples in Mexico and in other parts of the world confront an economic model based on the forced dispossession and occupation of their territories, with the objective that their natural resources will be used…
Read MoreThe State against the pre-candidacy from below and to the left
By: Gilberto López y Rivas The civil association “The Time Has Come for the Flourishing of the Peoples” (Llegó la Hora del Florecimiento de los Pueblos) was constituted for the purpose of obtaining and supporting the registration of the spokesperson…
Read MoreConstructing something new from below: the CNI in San Cristóbal
By: Radio Zapatista Chiapas Mexico, November 8, 2017 The plaza of the San Cristóbal cathedral, affectionately called Plaza de la Resistencia (Resistance Plaza), was full. A four-deep wall of women and men from communities belonging to the National Indigenous Congress…
Read MoreRegister for ConSciences for Humanity, Second edition
ANNOUNCING THE SECOND EDITION OF “ConSciences for Humanity,” themed: “THE SCIENCES CONFRONT THE WALL ” To the scientific community of Mexico and the world: To the National and International Sixth: The second edition of “ConSciences for Humanity,” themed “The Sciences…
Read MoreZapatista Moon film screening
NOVEMBER 18, 2017 – 7:00-10:00 PM AT THE OMNI COMMONS, 4799 SHATTUCK AVE., OAKLAND, CA You are invited to a work-in-progress screening of Zapatista Moon, a feature documentary by local filmmaker Thor Anderson that narrates one man’s journey in Chiapas as…
Read MoreProtests demanding reconstruction of Chiapas schools escalate
PROTESTS DEMANDING the RECONSTRUCTION of CHIAPAS SCHOOLS AFFECTED by the EARTHQUAKE ESCALATE By: Isaín Mandujano TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Chiapas (apro) With marches, the takeover of public plazas, blockages of roads, streets, maritime ports, border bridges and other protest actions, teachers, parents…
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