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Bishop Samuel Ruiz García, Defender of Mexico’s Mayans, Dies

January 27, 2011
Bishop Samuel Ruiz García, Defender of Mexico’s Mayans, Dies

By JULIA PRESTON New York Times, January 26, 2011 Bishop Samuel Ruiz García, an impassioned defender of the Mayans in southern Mexico and a mediator in peace talks between Indian rebels and the government, died on Monday in Mexico City. He was 86. Pascual Gorriz/Associated Press Bishop Samuel Ruiz García on his way to...
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Journey to El Norte: The Plight of the Undocumented

October 16, 2008

Jim Harney Posibilidad, Bangor, Maine, Fall 2007 Recently, Ellsworth police stopped a car without a license plate. They arrested five Mexican undocumented workers. I tried to visit them in the Penobscot County jail. A jail official told me they were gone: she had no idea where they were taken. I called Homeland Security and...
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Federal Police Continue Repression in Oaxaca Against Civil Society

October 15, 2008

Oaxaca Solidarity Network Spring 2007 Oaxaca, Mexico has long been one of the country’s premier tourist destinations, with the world-renowned archeological site of the ancient Zapotec city of Monte Alban, a vibrant indigenous culture, diverse artisan and culinary traditions, and natural beauty. In May this year, Oaxaca’s state-wide teachers’ union initiated a strike and...
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Federal Forces Sent to Quell Violence in Oaxaca

October 14, 2008

By Diego Cevallos Mexico City, October 28 (IPS) The Mexican government announced Saturday that it was sending federal police to the capital of the southern state of Oaxaca to restore law and order, after four people were killed and 23 injured there Friday. Striking teachers and hundreds of local residents living in camps have...
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Coca-Cola, Religion and Water in Chiapas

October 14, 2008

by Beverly Bell Thousands of candles flicker in the dim chamber. The air is thick with smoke from copal incense. Men in black wool tunics and white knee-length pants play ancient music on drums and gourds. Below them, a score of Tzotzil Mayan Indians chant in small circles on the pine needle-covered floor. In...
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  • RIGHTS-CUBA: Dissident Group Reports Uptick in Arrests September 8, 2011
    The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation criticised the situation in this Caribbean island nation in a report released three days after government media warned that a new smear campaign was being organised against the country. […]
  • MEXICO: Traditional Maize Can Cope with Climate Change September 8, 2011
    Maize, Mexico's staple food as well as a symbol, has the potential to adapt to climate change and mitigate its effects without any need for genetically modified seeds, according to agricultural scientists. […]
  • ARGENTINA: Against the Current in Nuclear Energy September 8, 2011
    While the tendency in the industrialised world in the wake of the Mar. 11 nuclear meltdown in Japan is to abandon plans for further nuclear energy development, in Argentina the capacity of existing plants is being strengthened, and new reactors are being built. […]
  • US-LATAM: Human Trafficking Scourge Needs More Than Policing September 7, 2011
    South American experts and officials met in Washington this week to discuss current policy initiatives to combat human trafficking in their respective countries, part of a broader U.S.-wide tour to share information and strategies to deal with the issue. […]
  • Nicaragua's Antidote to Violent Crime September 7, 2011
    The so-called "Northern Triangle" of Central America, plagued by poverty, violence and the legacy of civil war, is considered one of the most violent areas in the world. But neighbouring Nicaragua has largely escaped the spiralling violence, and many wonder how it has managed to do so. […]
  • Q&A: Mighty Maya Cities Succumbed to Environmental Crisis September 7, 2011
    The latest archeological findings in the Mirador Basin of Guatemala lend further credence to the theory that the Maya civilisation that once flourished there was brought down by environmental causes such as deforestation. […]
  • OP-ED-RIGHTS: "We Just Want to Know Where They Are" September 7, 2011
    The last time Supaya Serrano saw her sisters Erlinda and Ernestina, they were just three and seven years old, respectively. […]
  • ARGENTINA: Purging the Legal System of Dictatorship Accomplices September 6, 2011
    As human rights cases from Argentina's 1976-1983 military dictatorship move ahead in the courts, cases of judges and prosecutors who were accomplices in the crimes are coming to light. […]
  • BOLIVIA: Rainforest Road Will Have Environmental and Cultural Impacts September 6, 2011
    A richly biodiverse rainforest the size of 3,000 soccer fields in central Bolivia will be the first victim of the road planned to run through the Isiboro Sécure Indigenous Territory and National Park (TIPNIS), say environmental activists. […]
  • CUBA: Catholic Church Takes the Pulse of Religious Sentiment September 6, 2011
    The Catholic Church seems to be expecting a rise in religious sentiment among the Cuban population as a result of the climate of dialogue and more relaxed relations with the government seen since the 1998 visit of Pope John Paul II. […]