THEY DEMAND RESPECT FOR SELF-DETERMINATION OVER THEIR TERRITORY and AGREE TO CONSTRUCT COMMUNITY GOVERNMENTS By: Angeles Mariscal In this state of the Mexican Southeast, the mining industry has been granted concessions to almost 20 percent of the territory, and there…
Read MoreWITH ROADBLOCKS, MARCHES, PROCESSIONS, PRAYERS AND TWO FEDERAL POLICE DETAINED, THEY PROTEST THE REPRESSION IN NOCHIXTLÁN Excerpt from an article in Chiapas Paralelo by Isaín Mandujano June 21, 2016 With roadblocks, public pronouncements, processions and religious prayers, as well as…
Read MoreIF THE REPRESSION CONTINUES, “ALL THE PEOPLE OF GOD WILL RISE UP,” THE BELIEVING PEOPLE WARN By Isaín Mandujano This Wednesday (June 8), thousands of indigenous Tsotils from different communities in the municipios of Simojovel, El Bosque, Huitiupán, Amatán and…
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