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Confrontation in Chiapas leaves one dead
AUTHORITIES and TEACHERS ACCUSE EACH OTHER of PROVOKING TEACHER’S DEATH By: Elio Henríquez, Correspondent San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas One teacher dead, six detained and five injured (three of them police) is the result of a confrontation that occurred…
Read MoreLópez y Rivas: Video for Level 2 of the Escuelitas
The SECOND LEVEL of the ZAPATISTA ESCUELITAS By: Gilberto López y Rivas / III Students of the Zapatista Escuelita (Little School) that hope to pass the second level had access to a video more than three hours long, a significant…
Read MoreEjido Morelia: the Army’s impunity
By: Miguel Angel de los Santos* In January 1994 an internal armed conflict began in Chiapas, when the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN, its initials in Spanish) declared war against the Mexican National Army and took various municipal capitals. Armed…
Read MoreMexico protects those without papers in word only
“Operations in secret places become human witch hunts” You can give the government a 10 on its political message, but in fighting crime it doesn’t even attain zero, because it has not even made the attempt, the Jesuit explains. He…
Read MoreTlatlaya Massacre and U.S.Military Support
By: Laura Carlsen A few weeks ago and for the second time, the Sedena [1] denied a request for access to information that asked for documentation related to training given in the United States to members of the 102nd Battalion….
Read MoreMexico now deports more Central Americans than the U.S.
THE SOUTHERN BORDER PROGRAM INCREASES DEPORTATIONS and RISKS FOR MIGRANTS In seven months, 92,889 undocumented detained; The U.S. Migra arrested 70,448 By: Arturo Cano, Envoy Tenosique, Tabasco To be a migrant one must have good legs and poor hearing. That’s…
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