12 wounded in new confrontations in Oaxaca

January 26th, 2007 – imc writes: Yesterday, the popular authority, Juan Valentin Aguilar, informed that around 11 pm, the mayor arrived followed by some 100 sympathizers armed with sticks, stones, bottles and pistols in order to violently interrupt the meeting,…

Call to Cacerolazo for Oaxaca in DC

Oaxaca Solidarity action January 28th, 2007 In DC, we will gather in Murrow Park at 5pm, across from the World Bank (18th and H, NW). The World Bank props up governments that destroy poor and indigenous communities in Oaxaca. At…

The shameful third world chaos of Oaxaca

January 17th, 2007 – Manuel Esparza writes in Noticias de Oaxaca: I returned to Oaxaca after a month of self-exile that served to restore my mental health. The inevitable questions about Oaxaca and its governor on the part of my…

Indiscriminate Repression on Oaxaca

January 15-21, 2007 – from Mexico Solidarity Network: Oaxaca Governor Ulises Ruiz is applying a coordinated judicial, police and military strategy to control and destroy popular mobilizations that threaten his power, according to a report by the International Civil Commission…

Renowned Lawyer Joins Brad Will Case

January 18, 2007 The Will family is pleased to have the renowned Mexican human rights lawyer, Miguel Angel de Los Santos Cruz, join the cause for justice in the case of Bradley Roland Will’s death. Brad, a New York based…