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Issue 69/70 - March/April 2009

March/April Newsletter

This month's newsletter includes articles on gender-based violence and the U.S. military's funding for mapping indigenous lands in Mexico.
By: 
Diana

Happy April Fool's Day from CASA Chapulín!

We hope you are all having tricky and silly days full of good jokes!

Photo Essay: Autonomy in the Sierra Juarez

A forum in Sierra Juarez on autonomy, food security, and the US backed Mexico Indigena mapping project.
By: 
Mandy Skinner

 

Welcome to the 8th Forum on "Globalization and the Natural Beings of the Sierra Juarez" and the 3rd Festival of Corn.  February 21-22, 2009 in the community of Lachixila (northeast Oaxaca, in the mountains of the Sierra Norte, or Sierra Juarez)  - organized by UNOSJO, Union of Organizations of the Sierra Juarez of Oaxaca.

Urgent Action for political activist Marcelino Coache and his family

Marcelino Coache Verano, political activist and his family, including son, Edgar Coache Verano - aged about 15

Sentencing Scheduled for ex-political prisoner David Venegas Reyes

An urgent action request for April 6th in support of an ex-political prisoner.

Declaratoria del segundo congreso de la Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca (APPO)

Los días 20, 21 y 22 del mes de febrero de 2009 se realizo el 2º congreso Estatal Ordinario de la APPO, que reunió a un total de 702 participantes, entre delegados y concejales

The U.S. Military's Mapping of Mexico's Indigenous Communities

An investigative report into Kansas University's D.O.D. funded mapping project of indigenous land in Oaxaca and San Luis Potosi.
By: 
Simon Sedillo

An edited and abridged version of the article "The Demarest Factor: The Ethics of U.S.

Stopping Violence Against Women in Oaxaca

Putting the “Men” in FeMENism

By Katharina Kempf

Migrant women in Mexico

A young Honduran woman visits a health clinic anticipating the dangers inherent in immigration.

By Juliana Morris

Interview with Oaxacan activist and journalist Doctora Berta

Doctora Berta views on the state of the social movements in Oaxaca.

By El Enemigo Común

Marcelino Coache Verano, former APPO political prisoner, abducted and tortured

Verano, a former APPO political prisoner, was tortured by unidentified assailants in March.

Pedro Matías Arrazola
Noticias
March 7, 2009
Translated by Scott Campbell