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Testimony before the Inter-American Court: The War Against the Zapatista Peoples
By: Hermann Bellinghausen AFFIDAVIT BEFORE THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS (REF.: CDH-5-2022/027). TESTIMONY FOR GONZÁLEZ MÉNDEZ V. MEXICO May 2023 I base this testimony on my daily experience as a reporter, permanent envoy of the national newspaper La Jornada…
Read MorePayán and the war in Chiapas
Carlos Payán Velver, founder and former director of La Jornada, died on March 17, 2023, at the age of 94. Below, Hermann Bellinghausen recalls La Jornada’s response to the Zapatista Uprising. By: Hermann Bellinghausen The days of January 1994 that followed…
Read MoreRadical artistic wealth blossoms in the southeast; in the Muy Gallery, a show
Located in the coleto [1] barrio of Guadalupe, the space is a living museum and supplier of plastic work of creators from Chiapas indigenous communities // It exposes and sells the work of painters, potters and photographers, such as Maruch…
Read MoreAn Indigenous cultural awakening radiates with intensity in San Cristóbal
In Ciudad Real de los Altos a scenario like few others has been created, in which creativity, art and literature flourish in cafes, galleries and bars where Tsotsil and Tseltal writers, plastic artists, filmmakers or academics gather By: Hermann Bellinghausen,…
Read MoreBullets rain again in Aldama, Chiapas
By: Hermann Bellinghausen, Envoy San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas After a month and a half of relative calm in the Tsotsil communities of Magdalena Aldama, the rain of bullets from snipers, alleged paramilitaries, posted in different Santa Martha towns,…
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