*A couple weeks ago, we published a summary of this conversation, but the full interview exposes critical details about the patterns in violence that plagues the Mexican countryside.
Intense Violence Against Originary Communities: Interview with Carlos González READ MORE »
In a report entitled, Chiapas: the Pending Peace, Human Rights Groups contrast testimomies gathered in the Sierra Fronteriza with the official narrative of the state.
“Criminal Governance” is Taking Shape in the Border Mountains of Chiapas: Report Warns READ MORE »
The recent violence in Guerrero is not new. Though the government has intervened and provided services and aid, this situation is far from resolved.
We share three articles that paint a more complete picture of the criminal violence that has plagued the region for more than a decade.
The Horror of Violence READ MORE »
An educational tradition committed to the underclasses, normal schools ike Ayotzinapa and the student teachers graduating from them have long served peasant and indigenous communities across the Mexican countryside. But the State, has long considered them a threat.
The Three Wars Against Ayotzinapa READ MORE »
‘But one only had to look at the rough sandals and dusty feet, the faces wrinkled by the sun, the broken teeth of many of the peasants who came with their bamboo clubs to the capital of Guerrero. Poverty is far from extinct. And what’s more, the leaders of the demonstration camouflaged their demands, which the government summed up in the release of two detained gangsters, with a list of social improvements in their communities: sewage drainage, asphalt streets, educational improvements and security on the roads. No one has any doubt that this is also necessary. But the absence of the State has been giving way to drug trafficking, little by little, election after election.”
Organized Crime Shows Social Muscle among Poorest Classes Months before Elections READ MORE »
