Orcao

The Wanderings of Orcao

by Raúl Romero For more than 20 years, the Regional Organization of Coffee Growers of Ocosingo (Orcao) has constantly attacked the EZLN  bases of support communities. In the past three years, the attacks have intensified. The aggressions have been varied: insults, amenazas, beatings, kidnappings, theft, shootings, fires, torture, dispossession of lands, forced displacement… The denunciations by collectives in solidarity with the Zapatista communities are numerous. Human rights organizations have documented the incidents. Journalists and the communication media have covered the facts. Individuals in the academic and artistic worlds have signed letters and appeals for the situation to to be addressed. …

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Autonomous Community in Chiapas Denounces Armed Attack by ORCAO

By: Elio HenríquezFeature photo: Red de Resistencia y Rebeldía AJMAQ San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas — The Network of Resistance and Rebellion Ajmaq denounced that members of the Regional Organization of Coffee Growers of Ocosingo (Orcao) once again began armed attacks against the support bases of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) in the autonomous community of Moisés and Gandhi. In a communiqué, the organization said that according to information from the Good Government Council (JBG) New Dawn in Resistance and Rebellion for Life and Humanity, the aggressions began on Wednesday at 8:30 pm. He added that at …

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