Truthout
Mexico
Communal Lands: Theater of Operations for the Counterinsurgency
US mapping expeditions in indigenous lands in Mexico conceal strategic US military economic and geopolitical goals.
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Mexico: Electoral Reform Threatens the Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples
The political-electoral reform Mexico's National Congress approved to organize 2015 elections is a step backward for indigenous towns in Mexico.
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Laws That Kill Protesters in Mexico
A new law passed in Puebla makes it possible for police to use firearms or deadly force to break up demonstrations and local inhabitants felt the impact of the …
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The Changing Map of Latin America
The recognition of indigenous peoples' “ownership” of land in some Latin American countries has proved to be a disguised path to capitalist exploitation.
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Borderland Deaths of Migrants Quietly Reach Crisis Numbers
While most media attention has been focused on the surge of children fleeing Central American countries for the United States, the immigrant death toll on the US-Mexico border has …
Across Latin America, a Struggle for Communal Land and Indigenous Autonomy
With a rise in the number of Latin American indigenous groups drawing legal boundaries around their territories, neoliberal governments are attempting to grant access to transnational corporations to indigenous …
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Mexican Farmers Oppose Expansion of Transgenic Crops
Mexico does not need transgenics.
Border Wars in the Homeland: “Stop Stepping on the Pictures“
The usual rights meant to protect Americans from unreasonable search and seizure and unwarranted interrogation are up for grabs.
The US Re-Militarization of Central America and Mexico
In a letter sent to Obama and the region's other presidents last year, over 145 civil society organizations called out US policies that “promote militarization to address organized crime.”
The Future Is Now: Zapatista Memories of the Future
The Zapatistas have not only articulated a vision of the future outside of neoliberal disposability, but they are living that future reality now.