Mexico

Punching Holes in the Desert

dawn — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:33:30 +0000

Mine exploration by Canadian company spotlighted in double murder

BENITO JUÁREZ, MEXICO—It was a day he'll never forget, but it began like any other for Erick Solorio Solís, an engineering senior at the Autonomous University of Chihuahua (UACh) in Chihuahua, Mexico.

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Idle No More Beyond Borders

SandraCuffe — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:20:49 +0000

KI First Nation finds common ground at Mesoamerican gathering against mining

CAPULÁLPAM DE MÉNDEZ, MEXICO—The presence of a representative of the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation at a Mexican anti-mining event has helped to strengthen international solidarity between Indigenous activists inspired by Idle No More.

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The Way the Town is Now

correybaldwin — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:24:23 +0000

Canadian mine brings violence and social division to Oaxacan community

SAN JOSÉ DEL PROGRESO—“The mine is responsible for the way the town is now. They have stepped all over us. They have humiliated us,” said Mr. López one afternoon last November in San José del Progreso, a small Indigenous community in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca.

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