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The new Honduran exodus
By: Luis Hernández Navarro Honduras, wrote Gregorio Selser, is a republic rented to the empire; it is the United States aircraft carrier in Central America. Today it is also a flagship of the continental narco-politics that carries water. The thousands…
Read MoreMigrant caravan breaks through Mexico’s fence
By: Rodrigo Soberanes Tecún Umán, Guatemala And when she opened her eyes, she thought she was in Mexico. When the young Honduran woman, who had fainted, opened her eyes, Mexico was now within her reach because the Migrant Caravan was breaking…
Read MoreEZLN: Declaration from the 2nd National Assembly of the CNI-CIG
DECLARATION FROM THE SECOND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CONGRESS AND THE INDIGENOUS GOVERNING COUNCIL To the Support Networks of the Indigenous Governing Council: To the National and International Sixth: To the peoples of Mexico and the world: Sisters,…
Read MoreZapatistas and Indigenous peoples mark distance from López Obrador
By: Isaín Mandujano SAN CRISTÓBAL DE LAS CASAS (apro) The Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) and the Indigenous Government Council (CIG) agreed this weekend to realize a consultation with each and every one of the…
Read MoreAn invitation to: “The Impossible Movie Theater”
ZAPATISTA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY Sixth Commission of the EZLN Mexico En español: http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2018/10/04/una-invitacion-a-el-cine-imposible-comision-sexta-del-ezln-octubre-del-2018/ October 2018 To the persons, groups, collectives and organizations of the national and international Sixth: To the support networks for the Indigenous Governing Council: To those for whom…
Read MoreAMLO, the Army and ’68 / AMLO, el Ejército y el 68
En español: https://www.jornada.com.mx/2018/10/02/opinion/023a1pol By: Luis Hernández Navarro There is a divorce between the Army and an enormous portion of Mexican society. The role that the armed forces played in the repression of the student movement and in the massacre on…
Read More“A revolution that lasted forever was born with the student movement”
By: Armando G. Tejeda Madrid, Spain Pablo González Casanova, an intellectual and former rector of the Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM), pointed out that: “50 years after the student movement of 1968 and after the Tlatelolco massacre, we see…
Read MoreFulfill the San Andrés Accords?
By: Gilberto López y Rivas It has become commonplace in the discourse of the political class, when talking about the original peoples, to repeat like a magic spell: “Fulfill the San Andrés Accords!” If this were truly one of the…
Read MoreChiapas earthquake victims claim abandonment by federal and state authorities
By: Isaín Mandujano TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Chiapas (apro) One year after the 8.2-magnitude earthquake in Chiapas, there are only deception and protests, serious violations of the right to dignified housing, threats to block roads and international border bridges. Friday, September 7,…
Read MoreThey demand cancellation of Santo Domingo Hydroelectric project
More than 800 people met on Tuesday, September 4, in the community of Amparo Agua Tinta, municipality of Las Margaritas, Chiapas, to participate in the first “Forum against hydroelectric dams in the border region,” in which they analyzed the problem…
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