The International Tribunal for the Rights of Nature, which is an ethical court, delivered its verdict on the Mayan Train on Wednesday morning at the offices of the Presidency of Mexico. The sentence is signed by 23 honorary judges from various countries of the world.
“They want to take over our decisions, our resources, they are taking over the family, the water, the air. Everything we need to live, they want to take control. In parts where there is no organization they have succeeded, in other places, like here, we have managed to resist.”
Daliri Oropeza brings us an account of the ongoing process of militarization of indigenous towns, the effects of this in communities, and the struggle of organized resistance to put a halt to this.
