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Militarization and “Shock Doctrine” Policies Abound After Earthquake in Mexico

The colored tarps hung over streets and patios of homes awaiting repair have become part of the everyday landscape of the Isthmus communities in Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, after the 8.2 magnitude earthquake...

The US Southern Command’s Silent Occupation of the Amazon

Brazil, Colombia and Peru share a triple borderland separating north from south on the South American continent. Located deep in the Amazon forest, this is the theater of operations in which more than 30...

International Labor Organization’s Convention 169 Helps Legalize Land Grabs on Indigenous Territories

Indigenous peoples' territories are some of the few places where natural resources are preserved throughout the world. In fact, they protect about 80 percent of the planet's biodiversity but are legal owners of less...

Oaxacan Indigenous Communities Resist Megaprojects

Traslate by itsgoingdown The Chinantec people, inhabitants of the Cajonos River basin in the north of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, are carrying out an organizational process throughout their entire territory, the Chinantla, against economic...

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In a new order, Mexico gives in to U.S. pressure over banning genetically modified corn

The deadline has been removed for banning genetically modified corn in animal feed and the food industry, creating dependence on the existence of sufficient supply.

In Defense of the Isthmus: The Persistent Struggle Against the Interoceanic Corridor

The Binizaá community of Puente Madera have denounced the simulation to approve the construction of an industrial park as part of the Interoceanic Corridor; now they face criminalization

Resistance Grows Against Water Privatization in Mexico

Participants from 18 states and 6 countries, around 500 people, celebrated the Second National Assembly for Water and Life in rebel Otomí territory