As violence explodes around the state of Chiapas, researchers look at the intensive militarization of the southeast Mexicos under AMLO, and the extreme power bestowed on the Armed Forces and National Guard.
Tag Archives: Tren Maya
Pedro Uc: Poetry Against the Plunder
“Pedro Uc Be reminds us of those poets that in wars past took the side of the most just, the most humane causes. In this war for territory and for life, the poetry of Pedro is a poetry that lives and gives life, and positions itself against the plunder.”
Fonatur Did Not Define the Feasibility or Social Risks of the Maya Train
By: Enrique Mendez and Arturo Sánchez Jiménez The National Fund for the Promotion of Tourism (Fonatur) started the Maya Train project in 2019 without having determined its social feasibility and without having a diagnosis that anticipates the possible effects and social risks that its construction and operation would cause, according to the Superior Auditor of […]
Sembrando Vida: At Ground Level
CECCAM director Ana de Ita takes a community-eye view of the AMLO’s star program for reducing poverty in the country.
EZLN Seen as a Risk for the Train
The National Trust for the Promotion of Tourism contracts with security agencies for the mitigation of potential “incidents” involving the Mayan Train.
