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Mapuche Leader Extradited to Chile from Argentina

Ñaní Pinto - 9 January, 2024

With a major operation coordinated between Interpol, the Federal Police of Argentina, and Airport Security Police, on January 4, the activist Facundo Jones Huala, considered a leader of the Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM), was...

Mexico

Court Order Threatens Freedom of Former Mazatec Political Prisoner

Aldo Santiago - 2 October, 2023

The ruling on the appeal orders the reinstatement of the process against former Mazatec political prisoner, Miguel Peralta, who now could be detained

Mexico

Resolution Pending in Case of Miguel Peralta Betanzos

Nolan Peltz - 5 June, 2023

Judge has until August to decide on Mazateco Indigenous freedom

Mexico

Yaqui Political Prisoner, Fidencio Aldama, Receives Fourteen Year Prison Sentence

Sare Frabes - 26 October, 2022

His legal team will appeal the criminalization of the Indigenous Yaqui who is imprisoned for defending his territory

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Mexico

Communities of the Choluteca Region Denounce the Contamination of Water Caused by Irregular Landfill Operation

Aldo Santiago - 11 April, 2024

Communities of the Choluteca region of Puebla demand the definitive closure of the landfill which is contaminating local wells and water sources.

Mexico

With Plan Sonora and Nearshoring in Mexico, the United States Seeks to Counter Chinese Industry

Aldo Santiago - 5 April, 2024

Infrastructure in northeast Mexico strengthens key sectors of the US economy in its competition with China.

Mexico

Altepee Collective Makes Wooden String Instruments to Resist the Interoceanic Corridor

Santiago Navarro F - 1 April, 2024

Through music and art, the Altepee collective defend memory and territory.