Un documental que cuenta las historias de unos mexicanos indocumentados que viven en Richmond, Va., un viaje de su amiga norteamericana donde visita el pueblo de los indocumentados y la realidad de atravesar la frontera entre los E.U. y México...
Environment
Communities in Chicomuselo Organize Against the Mining Industry
by Loren Guerriero
The foreign mining industry has been exploiting communities for their natural resources in Central America for decades now, principally in Guatemala, and the industry is rapidly expanding. Today, foreign companies, especially Canadian Linear Gold, are turning their attention to the mountain ranges in eastern Chiapas, which known to be rich in various mineral resources, of which the most valuable and sought-after is gold. The market price of gold has reached US $2,000 per ounce and is continuing to grow. Prospectors have estimated the Chiapan mountain ranges hold up to 1.2 million ounces of gold. In Guatemala, a single mining site makes US $50 million on average per year. With several mining companies maintaining about 15 sites at any given time, the owners are making a killing.
Aunque Sea Tortilla Con Sal: Mexicans Rise Up In Defense of the Humble Tortilla
“We Want Tortillas, Not PAN!”
On January 31, 2007, tens of thousands of Mexicans filled the central plaza of the capital in the March for Food Sovereignty and In Defense of a Minimum Wage and Employment. This megamarcha in Mexico City was a mass expression of similar protests that have mobilized all over the country since the beginning of January when the price of tortillas increased drastically.
Citizens’ Initiative for Dialogue towards Peace, Democracy and Justice in Oaxaca
By Riccardo D'Emidio
