Mexico

Mexico: Zapatistas support striking farmworkers

Zapatista leaders in Chiapas declared support for striking farmworkers in Baja California's San Quintín Valley, who clashed with police at a march for a $13-a-day minium wage.

Mexico

Mexico: a new Pax Mafiosa?

Reports of a summit of cartel "capos" in Piedras Negras fuel speculation that President Enrique Peña Nieto seeks to rebuild the "Pax Mafiosa" of Mexico's old one-party state.

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Subcommander Marcos ‘ceases to exist’

A new communique from the Zapatistas' Subcommander Marcos states that he is stepping down as the public voice of the indigenous rebel army in Mexico's Chiapas state.

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Mexican military harasses Zapatista gathering

The Zapatista rebels in Chiapas charged that military planes are overflying the settlements where they are holding an international activist gathering dubbed the Freedom School.

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Mexico: Israel training Chiapas police?

Israel’s embassy in Mexico City denied widespread reports in the Mexican media that Israeli military advisors are training police in the southern state of Chiapas. 

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Hezbollah link to Zapatistas? Not!

An Israeli press account plays a cynical game of connect-the-dots to link Hezbollah and the Zetas to the Zapatista rebels in Chiapas. Don't believe the hype.

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Chiapas: Abejas mark 1997 Acteal massacre

Followers of the indigenous pacifist group Las Abejas held a ceremony at the hamlet of Acteal in the Chiapas Highlands to remember the 1997 massacre there and demand justice. 

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Mexico ex-prez gets immunity in massacre suit

The US State Department issued a finding that Mexico’s ex-president Ernesto Zedillo should be immune from a suit brought against him in connection with the 1997 Acteal massacre.