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Organized Crime Takes Control of Mining Territory in Chiapas
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In the last week of May, the deadly Sinaloa and CJNG Cartels ravaged the southern border of Chiapas in a dispute over territory. Residents were forcibly conscripted and threatened with their lives for four days before any State authorities intervened. While many factors are at play, this article fills in a details of some of the history and allure of the region.
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Volunteering with Frayba in Acteal, Chiapas
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As part of our ongoing collaboration with the Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Center for Human Rights, we are currently recruiting civil observers for placement in Acteal. Today we bring you a first-hand account of life as a volunteer in that community.
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"The Dispossession Has Just Begun and Will Last for a Long Time" -Raúl Zibechi
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Raúl Zibechi warns that the wars of dispossession against the peoples have only just begun. How do we face the storm?
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What "we see today is that an enormous storm is coming, that it is already underway, an infernal earthquake upon us. We cannot build material barriers against it (…) we can unite and give our arms and give ourselves to life and to mother earth, with the hope that she will show us the way.”
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Global Diaspora of Mexican Drug Trafficking
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A summary of the UN report ‘Global Report on Cocaine, 2023. Local Dynamics, Global Challenges’. It highlights how the Jalisco and Sinaloa cartels are no longer just a Mexican phenomenon but a globalized problem with presence on the five continents.
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National and International Statement in Response to the Aggression Against the Community of Moises Gandhi
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To the peoples of Mexico and the world
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To the individuals, collectivities and peoples who defend Life
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To those who feel the urgency to act in the face of a Mexican southeast in flames
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Today, at this moment, Mexico is at the limit; at that limit that always seems distant, until a bullet from above detonates the rage of Mexico from below. Our Zapatista compañero Jorge López Santíz is on the edge between life and death because of a paramilitary attack by the Regional Organization of Coffee Growers of Ocosingo (ORCAO is its acronym in Spanish), the same group that has been attacking and harassing the Zapatista communities.
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Chiapas is on the verge of civil war ...
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