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Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno is Free part 2

In this clip, Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno shares with us words of hope upon recently being release from prison. He was imprisoned for over 16 months for being wrongfully accused for the murder of Bradley Will, Indymedia journalist, who was documenting...

Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno is Free

In this clip, a community member shares with us some words while waiting for the release of Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno. Juan Manuel was imprisoned for over 16 months for being wrongly accused for the assassination of Bradley Will, Indymedia reporter...

Honoring the life of Lorenzo Sampablo Cervantes during Day of the Dead

La lucha sigue three years after the assassination of Lorenzo Sampablo Cervantes-husband and father of four-who was assassinated on August 22, 2006 by paramilitary troops under the orders of...

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Issue 69/70 - March/April 2009

March/April Newsletter

This month's newsletter includes articles on gender-based violence and the U.S. military's funding for mapping indigenous lands in Mexico.
By: 
Diana

Happy April Fool's Day from CASA Chapulín!

We hope you are all having tricky and silly days full of good jokes!

Photo Essay: Autonomy in the Sierra Juarez

A forum in Sierra Juarez on autonomy, food security, and the US backed Mexico Indigena mapping project.
By: 
Mandy Skinner

 

Welcome to the 8th Forum on "Globalization and the Natural Beings of the Sierra Juarez" and the 3rd Festival of Corn.  February 21-22, 2009 in the community of Lachixila (northeast Oaxaca, in the mountains of the Sierra Norte, or Sierra Juarez)  - organized by UNOSJO, Union of Organizations of the Sierra Juarez of Oaxaca.

Urgent Action for political activist Marcelino Coache and his family

Marcelino Coache Verano, political activist and his family, including son, Edgar Coache Verano - aged about 15

Sentencing Scheduled for ex-political prisoner David Venegas Reyes

An urgent action request for April 6th in support of an ex-political prisoner.

The U.S. Military's Mapping of Mexico's Indigenous Communities

An investigative report into Kansas University's D.O.D. funded mapping project of indigenous land in Oaxaca and San Luis Potosi.
By: 
Simon Sedillo
An edited and abridged version of the article "The Demarest Factor: The Ethics of U.S.

Stopping Violence Against Women in Oaxaca

Putting the “Men” in FeMENism

By Katharina Kempf

Migrant women in Mexico

A young Honduran woman visits a health clinic anticipating the dangers inherent in immigration.

By Juliana Morris

Interview with Oaxacan activist and journalist Doctora Berta

Doctora Berta views on the state of the social movements in Oaxaca.

By El Enemigo Común

Marcelino Coache Verano, former APPO political prisoner, abducted and tortured

Verano, a former APPO political prisoner, was tortured by unidentified assailants in March.

Pedro Matías Arrazola
Noticias
March 7, 2009
Translated by Scott Campbell

Dignified Rage, Internally Displaced People and “Buying Consciences”

A report on the Zapatista Festival of Dignified Rage and visits to Polhó, San Manuel and La Garrucha (December 28, 2008 to January 14, 2009).
By: 
Mary Ann Tenuto Sánchez

Part I: Digna Rabia in San Cristóbal de las Casas and a Visit to Polhó.