Tag: Mexico

Zapatistas Mourn a Death and Begin a New Cycle of Building Indigenous Autonomy

June 18, 2014

On Friday May 2, 2014 an Indigenous Zapatista teacher, Jose Luis Solís López – known by his name ‘in the struggle’ as “Compañero Galeano” – was ambushed and murdered. The murder of Galeano has galvanized a re-organization within the ranks of the Zapatistas and a renewed international solidarity movement.

NAFTA, Insecurity, Power Vacuums and Violence in Rural Mexico

May 31, 2014

Rural Mexico is experiencing a crisis in human security crisis. The drastic transformation of public policies toward the agricultural sector, induced by programs of structural adjustment and trade liberalization especially the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), created conditions for the emergence of the multiple forms of violence in Mexican agriculture.

Mexico’s Oil Privatization: Risky Business

May 28, 2014

Opponents are prepared to fight the energy sector reforms while the government talks about “the public good.” But, as transnationals are poised to enter the Mexican market, it is apparent that it is not about the oil flow but rather about the capital flow.