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Activists Decry Arrest of APPO Members in Brad Will Murder

November 7, 2008 Kari Lydersen 0

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Video footage shot as NY journalist Brad Will was gunned down in Santa Lucia del Camino, Oaxaca on Oct. 27, 2006 show police officer Juan Carlo Soriano running with an automatic rifle and Santa Lucia del Camino mayor Pedro Carmona firing a gun. Witnesses say these men along with PRI government official Abel Santiago Zarate and town official Orlando Manuel Aguilar Coello were Will’s killers. Yet now an APPO activist, Juan Manuel Martinez, is in prison charged with Will’s murder. […]

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Development and the Desert: Border Land Struggle Turns Bloody in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

August 28, 2008 Kari Lydersen 0

Lomas de Poleo, in the Anapra region of Ciudad Juarez, is in the planned location for the cross-border Jeronimo-Santa Teresa project. Until 2002, no one showed much interest in the destitute parcels of land settled by migrants search of a humble plot of land to raise a few animals. Since then, the residents and the Zaragoza brothers – scions of local gas, dairy and Corona beer franchises – have been locked in a grueling, litigious and often violent struggle over the land.

 

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Mexico: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz Denied Entry Into Zaachila

July 1, 2008 elchapulin 0

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Oaxaca is not in peace. The conflict that exploded in 2006 continues unresolved, and is an open wound for everyone to see. Under the surface things are boiling and social conflicts seem ready to erupt at any moment. And that’s exactly what happened June 20 in Zaachila. […]

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There is No Poverty in a Mother’s Heart

Women actors name their mothers, one by one, to initiate their performance of "¡Somos Mujeres, Somos Madres!", an original, collectively- developed theater production based on their personal and ancestral stories.  At the Somos Mayfair organization, cultural work–especially theater–are critical tools that encourage immigrant women to tell their stories. 
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From NAFTA to the SPP

June 17, 2008 Katherine Sciacchitano 0

Source: dollars&sense  Here comes the Security and Prosperity Partnership, but—what security? whose prosperity? Which is closer to your vision of North America? Vision A: Three interdependent countries with vibrant social movements, respect for labor rights, […]

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