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Indigenous Territory in Latin America Increases Slowly
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As Latin American economies continue to be based on an extractivist model, recovery and control of territory by indigenous is gradually slowing down. This not only has dire consequences for the indigenous peoples directly affected themselves, but also for the entire planet, as the territories which are inhabited by these peoples are better conserved and have the highest levels of biodiversity on the planet.
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Chiapas: necropower and paramilitarism
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Chiapas 94 Campaign Plan. This plan had as its strategic-operational objective "to destroy the EZLN's will to fight, isolating it from the civilian population and achieving the support of the latter, for the benefit of the Army's operations". The tactical objectives of Plan Chiapas 94 included "to destroy and/or disorganize the political and military structure of the EZLN". For this purpose, together with intelligence, psychological, population control and logistical operations, it instructed to organize, train, advise and support "self-defense forces or other paramilitary organizations" (sic). And it added: "In case there are no self-defense forces, it is necessary to create them". It was ordered to "secretly organize certain sectors of the civil population - among others, cattle ranchers, small landowners and individuals characterized with a high sense of patriotism - who will be employed on orders in support of our operations".
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Urgent Action Needed for Displaced Children and Adolescents
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The recent spate of violence in Chiapas has left at least two youths dead as well as others injured. It has also resulted in the forced displacement of families and trauma experienced by girls, boys and adolescents who are trapped in the midst of this violence. It is estimated that some 7,000 children have been displaced since 2010 to date. REDIAS, an umbrella group for seven collectives that work with minors across the state of Chiapas, has made a call for urgent action for the latest victims to receive proper attention.
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Executions, Recruitment and Forced Displacement on the Southern Border of Chiapas
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San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas May 28, 2023 Urgent Action No. 2 Permissiveness by the Mexican State of grave human rights violations The municipality of Frontera Comalapa, Chiapas, is experiencing a profound crisis due to the spiral of violence experienced in the region and which has intensified in recent days, violating the right to life and personal integrity of …
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Zapatismo Returns to the Streets of Mexico City to Demand a "Stop to the War" in Chiapas
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Zapatismo has once again taken to the streets. A collective cry of thousands of voices tinged the air between the Angel of Independence and the Zócalo in Mexico City this Thursday afternoon. The demonstrators demanded a "stop to the war" against the communities of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), the guerrilla group that on January 1, 1994 took up arms against the structural inequality suffered by the indigenous peoples of Chiapas and all of Mexico.
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Statement from Schools for Chiapas On Stopping the War Against the Zapatista Communities
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From the mountains and forests of the northwestern Turtle Island, to the Emerald Isle of Slumil K’ajemk’op, (Unsubmissive Ireland), to the coastal territories of Baja California and the borderlands, to the jungles and highlands of the Mexican southeast, we - Schools for Chiapas call for an immediate end to the state-sponsored war against the Zapatista communities.
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Residents and Artisans from Zinacantán Respond to the DIOR Brand Appropriation of the Traditional Dress of the Municipality
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Cultural appropriation is just one more manifestation of the dispossession and extractivism that indigenous people in Chiapas are constantly subjected to. Recently, the DIOR brand stole and mutilated a traditional item of clothing from Zinacantán in the Chiapas Highlands, without any prior consultation with or the consent of the local people. Here is their response to the company.
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You can support local artisans from Chiapas by buying their products from us through our online shop https://schoolsforchiapas.org/donate/store/
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