San Cristóbal de las Casas.- The mayor of this city, Mariano Díaz Ochoa, ordered the removal in the early hours of this Tuesday, in an operation with the Police, of the candy sales stalls owned by women artisans who had placed them in the corridors of the old town hall located in the historic center, […]
Members of Mexico’s dispersed caravan are hopeful they will get immigration permits
Thousands of people from a 4,000-strong migrant caravan that has been crossing southern Mexico by foot since Christmas Eve dispersed on Tuesday as they boarded buses to processing centers where they are expected to apply for travel permits today. Buses provided by Mexican immigration authorities took the migrants to facilities in Huixtla, just 25 miles […]
“The future is ours, we deserve it”: AMLO declared on January 1st
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador published a New Year’s message in a video from Palenque, Chiapas, where he wished that “all” Mexicans would do “well” in 2024, and asked to see things with optimism, as he predicted that “the future is going to be ours, we deserve it.” “From this mystical, sacred site, this political, […]
Thousands celebrate 30 years of Zapatista insurgency in Chiapas Ocosingo, Chiapas.
With a massive and multigenerational celebration, the commemoration for the 30th anniversary of the armed uprising of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) began, to which thousands of support bases from all regions under its influence arrived, as well as people, collectives and organizations from Mexico and twenty countries, mainly from Europe. The cultural […]
Caravan of more than 10 thousand migrants leaves Chiapas heading to the United States
This caravan walked about four hours from Tapachula to the ejido Álvaro Obregón, where its members lived Christmas under trees. On the eve of the visit of a delegation from the United States to address the migration crisis, a caravan of more than 10 thousand migrants left the southern border of Mexico on Christmas Eve […]
They warn of possible conflicts in Cuxtitali El Pinar
Residents ask for the release of their detained colleagues, otherwise they will hold protests San Cristóbal de Las Casas.- Around 150 people from the Cuxtitali El Pinar Ejido demonstrated outside the Palace of Justice, to request the release of their colleagues who were detained, when they were supposedly going to sign a civility pact, due […]
Haitians go to Pilares in Milpa Alta to learn Spanish and even dance salsa
Many of them have not found work, so they spend their time learning the language. Not only did they find in Milpa Alta a provisional place to continue with their dreams, but a space where there is no racism, but yes, love. About 15 migrants began to be seen by neighbors a month ago, at […]
In Chiapas, they locate human remains of one of the people who disappeared on December 6
The remains were transferred to the Forensic Medical Service where the corresponding expert examination will be carried out. The Attorney General’s Office of the State of Chiapas confirmed this Sunday night that the human remains located on the Ocozocoautla -Cintalapa highway section at kilometer 91 correspond to Carlos Amadeo Moguel Aguirre, one of the four […]
Huge oar fish appears in Chiapas; residents fear natural disaster
Upon arriving at the coast, the fishermen took the marine specimen off the boat, hung it on a tree and measured it: four meters long. A group of fishermen captured a specimen of a supposed four-meter-long rowing fish in the sea in the town of Paredón, municipality of Tonalá, Chiapas. Fishermen and local residents took […]
Migrants in Mexico: Violence against women and children in Oaxaca and Chiapas
A report published in mid-October warns about the intensification of terrible violence and kidnappings in Mexico. The increase in families on the route that connects the southern coast with central Mexico has triggered a new humanitarian emergency. This alarming situation is exacerbated by the high exposure to robberies, violence and constant discrimination, also by the […]