Radio Zapatista

On October 24 Tampico and federal police troops illegally destroyed the settlement Mano con Mano, with brutality and commiting numerous human rights violations. Since November 1 former residents and members of the Other Campaign have set up an information booth in downtown Tampico. We interviewed a former resident and an activist from the Other Campaign Tamaulipas.

By Alejandro Reyes – Radio Zapatista

Intellectuals, scholars, lawyers, indigenous and peasant representatives, and activists debate on the situation of justice in Latin America and the construction of an autonomous justice. (Most of the voices in this documentary are from interviews done at the Continental Encounter against Impunity and for Autonomous Justice (20-21 Jun 2009) at the Caracol of Morelia, Chiapas.) (Descarga aquí)   With the participation of:

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Interview with Víctor Hugo López from the Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center about the growing state and paramilitary violence in Chiapas against the communities who oppose the construction of the San Cristóbal-Palenque highway and the mega tourism projects.

Interview with Tatiana Rojas about her new documentary, “Guerreros del arcoiris,” which focuses on the political situation in Bolivia and specifically the separatista movement, led by right-wing governors seeking to counteract the national government of Evo Morales. We spoke about the different uses of the concept of autonomy and the centralization/decentralization of power in Bolivia and Venezuela.

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Violence and resistance in Mitzitón: The communal authorities of Mitzitón, Chiapas, denounce new agressions against them in the context of the construction of the San Cristóbal-Palenque highway.

People’s Guelaguetza in Oaxaca: Oaxaca celebrates the People’s Guelaguetza and renews the spirit of struggle of the people of that state. Interview with Omar from Radio Plantón.