The coup d’état of September 11, 1973 against the government of Salvador Allende marked a profound turning point in recent history. The nation-states were totally remodeled by the ruling classes, neoliberalism was instituted, putting an end to the industrial process of import substitution, and the movements from below could no longer operate in the same way. Changes that need to be evaluated.
Despite promises of the current government to end the use of the armed forces for public security tasks, recent figures released by the Citizen Security Program show that the trend towards militarization continues and Mexico now deploys more soldiers than police for public security.
“Do you remember when they said that Mexico did not pay [for the construction] of the wall? […] Mexico gave us 28,000 free soldiers. That is much more than a little [money] for the wall.”
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.
González Méndez vs. Mexico.
Hermann Bellinghausen, permanent envoy to Chiapas for La Jornada for over 20 years, testifies to the Inter-American Court on Human Rights about the responsibility of the State in the paramilitarization of Chiapas in those years which led to the forced disappearance of Antonio González Méndez, and so many others.
