Video: Plan Mexico threatens peaceful Mexican communities

Plan Mexico, officially called the Merida Initiative, is a $1.4 billion U.S. aid package to Mexico in order to “fight drugs.” Mexico’s law enforcement is extremely corrupt; its members consume the drugs themselves and commit hundreds of human rights violations…

Appeal for Funds from CODEDI in Santiago Xanica

TO SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS TO COLLECTIVES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TO ANARCHIST GROUPS TO SISTER ORGANIZATIONS TO THE PEOPLE IN GENERAL Three years and four months after the imprisonment of Noel Garcia Cruz, Juventino Garcia Cruz and Abraham Ramirez Vasquez, members of…

Plan Colombia Heads for Mexico

by Stephen Lendman It’s called “Plan Mexico,” or more formally the “Merida Initiative,” and here’s the scheme. It’s to do for Mexicans what Plan Colombia has done to that nation since 1999, and, in fact, much earlier. Since then, billions…

Standing With Those Who Fight for Themselves

[ The cover image of this issue was created by Simón P. Sedillo. It portraits Tonantzin, a mother goddess and lunar deity from Aztec mythology, also known as the “Mother of the Corn.” ] by Simón Sedillo Originally published in…

Plan Mexico Passed

by Kristin Bricker – May 22, 2008 It’s official: Congress has approved Plan Mexico. The House of Representatives approved the Merida Initiative, also known as Plan Mexico, last week by a vote of 256-166. Excelsior reports that 244 Democrats and…