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The Isthmus is ours
By: Raúl Romero* The road from Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, to Juchitán, Oaxaca, is a true postcard of the “capitalist war:” the imposing oil wells are the prelude to the wind parks and their gigantic mills. At different points on the road,…
Read MoreIndustrializing: the plan for Tehuantepec
By: Susana González G. The project to create seven Special Economic Zones (SEZ) launched in the last presidential term to impel the development of Mexico’s southeast will be formally buried with a presidential decree that the legal advisors of the…
Read MoreEZLN and CNI-CIG on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec referendum
COMMUNIQUE FROM THE CNI-CIG AND THE EZLN: Another Simulated Referendum to Justify Megaproject Development on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec To the people of Mexico: To the people of the world: To the CIG Support Networks: To the Networks of Resistance…
Read MoreConstructing the Maya Train “is going to be a disaster,” Francisco Toledo warns
The painter asks the President “to assert the right that the region’s indigenous communities have to grant or refuse their consent” to that infrastructure project Photo by Jorge A. Pérez Alfonso: Francisco Toledo, who participated in inauguration day of the…
Read MoreDonate to Express Solidarity with Mexico Earthquake Victims
It began on September 7 off the Pacific coast of Chiapas with an 8.2-magnitude earthquake, the strongest ever recorded in Mexico. Both Chiapas and Oaxaca suffered extensive property damage and a loss of life. Homes, businesses, churches and highways are…
Read MoreCNI comunicado on the earthquake in Chiapas and Oaxaca
CNI Comunicado for solidarity with the peoples affected by the earthquake and denouncing the continuity of capitalist dispossession To the National and International Sixth To the free communications media To the people of Mexico The indigenous peoples, nations, tribes and…
Read MoreMining and the Oaxaca massacre
By: Agustín Ávila Romero The massacre in Nochixtlán, Oaxaca where 11 people lost their life, more than 100 were injured and 18 were removed from a funeral so that the Federal Police could present them as detainees, not only shows…
Read MorePsychosis in Nochixtlán, Oaxaca
PSYCHOSIS IN NOCHIXTLÁN AFTER THE BRUTAL EVICTION, THE MAYOR ELECT DENOUNCES By: Gabriela Romero Sánchez Almost one week after the eviction of the Section 22 teachers belonging to the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) by the Federal Police, residents…
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