Guerrero Ecologists Promote Drug Crop Alternatives
It was two in the morning when I was awakened to begin a journey that would take me high into ...
Zapatismo and the Emergence of Indigenous Feminism
One thing I am clear about is that since I realized, at the age of 13 or 14, that something ...
Who are the Paramilitaries?
Paramilitary violence is not new in Chiapas. The men who make up the units now referred to as paramilitaries used ...
What Lies Beneath: Oil, Subsoil and the Chiapas Conflict
Several decades ago in the Mexican state of Chiapas and in neighboring Guatemala, geologists discovered deeply buried rock strata of ...
Peace Talks, But No Peace
Shortly after the 1994 New Year rebellion, the Zapatistas and the government negotiated a cease-fire. Four years later, Chiapas has ...
Election Day in Chiapas: A Low-Intensity War
That morning, in an act of military precision, ten Zapatista sympathizers drove into San Andras, jumped onto the kiosk where ...
Mexico: Lacandon Selva Conflict Grows
The Cessna bush plane takes off from Ocosingo, where the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico slope down to the Lacandon Selvathe ...
The Escalation of the War in Chiapas
The massacre at Acteal last December was not an accidental or isolated event. In fact, it was a carefully planned ...
