San Juan Copala: Autonomous Triquis want to go home
After 15 days of frustrating, deceitful negotiations, the Gabino Cue government was unwilling to keep its promise of guaranteeing a safe return to their homes.
El Enemigo Común
Bilingual independent media by, about, and for social movements in Mexico and beyond
El Enemigo Común
Bilingual independent media by, about, and for social movements in Mexico and beyond
Statement from the Communal Autonomous Council of San Juan Copala on the Caravan and Negotiations
Today we merely want to address you to tell you that we are doing everything in our power to find the path to peace through the word and we want to ask for your fraternal solidarity, which you have always shown us, so that today more than ever, the flower of the word does not die.
Displaced Triqui women to enter Copala on Thursday at 2
On Tuesday afternoon David Venegas was released from police custody after his arrest last Sunday.
The Caravan of the Displaced Returns to Yosoyuxi
As a security measure and to avoid the great risk that remaining isolated and out in the open near La Sabana (UBISORT territory), four kilometers from San Juan Copala, represented, the displaced from San Juan Copala, members of the Autonomous Municipality, and solidarity organizations returned to Yosoyuxi near nightfall.
Communiqué of the Community Council of the Municipio Autónomo de San Juan Copala – January 29
The Caravan to San Juan Copala is advancing, but the Oaxaca state government has definitely abandoned its responsibility to guarantee life and safety to the displaced women returning to their town.
Follow-up on return to Copala and arrest of David Venegas Reyes
Oaxaca de Juárez, January 29, 2012 10:42 pm Rally in support of Autonomy for San Juan Copala Monday, January 30, 5 pm, Cathedral, City of Oaxaca The state government’s false discourse of peace and progress was exposed for what…
State officials break off dialogue with arrest of David Venegas. Call for a new caravan.
This morning, Sunday January 29, 2012, we started out marching from Yosoyuxi towards San Juan Copala, and were stopped once again by more than 200 state riot police after we had gone about 3 kilometers.
We demand the presentation of David Venegas Reyes
At approximately 15:50 this Sunday, January 29, 2012, our comrade David Venegas Reyes was arbitrarily arrested under the direct orders of Jesús Martínez Álvarez, Secretary General of the government of Oaxaca.
Mexico City solidarity rally with Caravan headed for Copala
On January 28, Bucareli Avenue in front of the Ministry of the Interior was blocked for several hours by displaced indigenous people from the Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala in the Mixteca mountain range of Oaxaca.