maya train

Mexico

Militarization, Ecocide, and Community Division Caused by the Maya Train in Campeche

Aldo Santiago - 13 November, 2023

Community members denounce the strategies used to impose the megaproject, along with the repression against those denouncing the negative effects of the train project

Mexico

Bacalar: Those Left Behind and Forgotten by the Dispossession of the Maya Train

Renata Bessi - 25 August, 2023

160 ejido members decided to sell the land; Múuch'Xíimbal Assembly of Maya People considers that their right to autonomy was not respected

Mexico

“The Land is Not For Sale”: Defenders in the Face of the Mis-named Mayan Train

Aldo Santiago - 6 April, 2023

Mayan communities gathered at the Múuch' Xíinbal Assembly have a main agreement in the face of megaprojects such as the Mayan train: the land is not for sale

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Special

Chapín Abajo: History of a Community in Resistance Against Industrial Oil Palm Cultivation

Renata Bessi - 27 November, 2023

Indigenous Maya Q’eqchi’ people are recuperating their lands despite the military presence.

South America

Security for Oil Palm Company Kills Indigenous Person in the Amazon

Renata Bessi - 24 November, 2023

Interview about ongoing land conflicts in the Brazilian Amazon between Indigenous peoples and the industrial palm oil company Agropalma.

Central America

Widespread Protests Continue Against Mining in Panama Despite Repression

Sare Frabes - 15 November, 2023

Protests have not stopped against the approval of the largest mining project in Central America. Going on one month, the people of Panama have maintained...