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Frayba: The opaqueness and inaction of the Mexican State is an imminent threat to peace in Chiapas
San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, MéxicoMay 26, 2023Bulletin No. 12 Tension in Zapatista territory On January 1, 1994, the Zapatista National Liberation (EZLN, Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional) took up arms, declaring war on the Mexican State, fighting for…
Read MoreIn a climate of siege against NGOs, Dora Roblero assumes the leadership of Frayba
By: Elio Henríquez, Correspondent San Cristóbal De las Casas, Chiapas Dora Roblero, the new director of the Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba), took office yesterday, in a ceremony in which she reaffirmed her “commitment to walk…
Read MoreCommuniqué of the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee-General Command of the Zapatista National Liberation Army
[Admin: Bishop Samuel Ruiz García died 10 years ago, on January 24, 2011. Below, we re-publish the EZLN’s communiqué issued upon his death with English interpretation.] January 2011 To the people of Mexico: The Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee-General Command of…
Read MoreChild victims of the war in Chiapas
A PUBLIC APOLOGY WITHOUT THE AGGRESSOR PRESENT; THEY ACCUSE THE ARMED FORCED OF BEING A POWER SUPERIOR TO THE CIVILIAN By: Angeles Mariscal Ever since military personnel arrived in Chiapas in 1994 to carry out actions against the Zapatista National…
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