Neoliberalism
National Human Rights Commission Reports Major Flaws in Attorney General´s Handling of Brad Will´s Murder Invetigation
Translation by Scott Campbell
Recommendation 050/2008
Plan Mexico y la ASPAN
El Plan Mexico, oficialmente conocido como la Iniciativa Merida, es una parte de la codificacion de la Alianza para la seguridad y prosperidad de América del Norte (ASPAN) en Mexico.
Communities in Chicomuselo Organize Against the Mining Industry
by Loren Guerriero
The foreign mining industry has been exploiting communities for their natural resources in Central America for decades now, principally in Guatemala, and the industry is rapidly expanding. Today, foreign companies, especially Canadian Linear Gold, are turning their attention to the mountain ranges in eastern Chiapas, which known to be rich in various mineral resources, of which the most valuable and sought-after is gold. The market price of gold has reached US $2,000 per ounce and is continuing to grow. Prospectors have estimated the Chiapan mountain ranges hold up to 1.2 million ounces of gold. In Guatemala, a single mining site makes US $50 million on average per year. With several mining companies maintaining about 15 sites at any given time, the owners are making a killing.
CONSEJO DE EJIDOS Y COMUNIDADES OPOSITORES A LA PRESA LA PAROTA A LA CONVENCIÓN DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL, "LA PATRIA NO SE VENDE"
By CECOP
El Consejo de Ejidos y Comunidades Opositores a la Presa La Parota (CECOP), saluda los trabajos de esta Segunda Asamblea de la Convención Nacional Democrática (CND) y, con el aval y el peso de cuatro años de resistencia contra la construcción de la Presa La Parota, -en defensa de nuestras tierras y del agua del Río Papagayo- nos unimos a la lucha por la conformación de un gran movimiento nacional que enfrente la embestida del gobierno neoliberal, pero con la convicción de que vamos a ganar, tanto en nuestro movimiento regional como también en el gran movimiento social que requiere el país para acabar con el gobierno ilegítimo y espurio, antes de que él acabe con los recursos del país y con las condiciones de vida de la mayoría de los mexicanos.
Community radios Fighting the New Conquest of the Americas
By ARK
Radio replaces telephone and newspaper in Oaxacan indigenous villages.
Alfredo Landa walks into a small room, the walls of which have been covered with egg cartons.
Landa sits in front of the microphone and chooses the same song he starts every morning with. At seven o’clock, the community radio of San Juan Guichicovi plays the Mexican national song in local Mixe indigenous language. Mixe is one of the many indigenous languages spoken in the state of Oaxaca.
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