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Territories of Resistance and Healing

Women’s Movement in Defense of Mother Earth and Territory seeks a way to join efforts with other movements in the country and the world in defense of nature, the environment, peasants, indigenous peoples, and women who are the most affected by the violence of the capitalist system. The movement, driven by the strength and determination of indigenous and peasant women, has sought, since its inception, to transcend individual and local processes, heading towards the regional construction of the Movement to fight against all forms of violence against women and their families generated by the neo-liberal, patriarchal and neo-extractivist capitalist system — from the increase in poverty, migration and drug trafficking, to the dispossession of land by other groups, organized crime, or even sometimes by their own family members.

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More journalists killed in Latin America and Caribbean than Ukraine in 2022

Although no country in Latin America is officially at war, it is the most dangerous place in the world to exercise the profession of reporting with some thirty journalists murdered in 2022. Topping the list was Mexico with a record 13 deaths, two fewer than Ukraine. This article by Guardian Latin American correspondent, Tom Phillips, examines the current situation and dangers facing reporters and journalists.

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Video: Armed Group Emerges in Chiapas and Announces it Will Defend the People from Jalisco New Generation Cartel

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) has sown such terror in Mexico that an armed group has emerged in Chiapas to combat the hired killers and defend communities from the crushing pace of the criminal organization. This was made known through a video presentation disseminated on social networks.

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Chiapas: Residents Denounce the Reactivation of Mine in Chicomuselo Under Intimidation and Without Environmental Permit

In a previous article Raúl Zibechi examines the criminal underpinnings of gold mining in Peru.

In the southern Sierra of Chiapas, in the municipality of Chicomuselo, residents are living under same rampant violation of rights and intimidation as a Canadian mining company imposes its activities through any means necessary. The residents have had enough.

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