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Neoliberal integration and defense of territory
By: Raúl Romero* When in 2001 the Mexican political class denied the possibility of a profound reform of the Mexican State, which through recognition of the San Andrés Sakamch’en de los Pobres Accords opened the door to a new relationship between…
Read MoreSanta María Ostula, mining and organized crime
By: Luis Hernández Navarro On the Michoacán coast, the territory and natural resources of Santa María de Ostula community are in dispute. It’s literally a struggle for life and death in which the comuneros defend their land and their habitat…
Read MoreRecovering Paradise
This documentary film tells the story of indigenous people in Michoacán, Mexico, who recuperated ancestral land in Santa María Ostula and suffered armed attacks as they constructed their autonomy. This screening is a benefit for the National Indigenous Congress and…
Read MoreJoint CNI-EZLN communiqué on Santa María Ostula
JOINT COMUNICADO OF THE CNI AND THE EZLN IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY OF SANTA MARÍA OSTULA, MICHOACÁN November 4, 2016 To the Nahua community of de Santa María Ostula, Michoacán: To the peoples of the world: To National…
Read MoreAyotzinapa: the government rewards those responsible
THE GOVERNMENT REWARDS THOSE RESPONSIBLE and THOSE THAT LIE and IT PURSUES THOSE THAT SEEK TRUTH and JUSTICE [Admin: the recent joint comunicado from the EZLN and the CNI has not been posted in English on Enlace Zapatista, so we…
Read MoreOstula: Autonomy, Self-Defense, Natural Resources and Narcos
The community recuperation of Xayakalan on the Michoacán Coast is about their lands, guards and autonomy All kinds of interests cross each other within their territory: the governments seek to implement highway projects that facilitate the shipment of merchandise and…
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