Author: Avispa Midia

About Avispa Midia

A Spanish-language site based in Mexico. We are a group of journalists and autonomous researchers who seek to discern the political, economic and social occurrences in our geographies in Latin America and the contexts we share.

Jul 21, 21

Government of Oaxaca Prepares Repression Against Indigenous Zapotecos

Indigenous Zapateco communities belonging to San Pablo Cuatro Venados, Oaxaca, denounce ongoing threats and harassment seeking to dispossess them of their territories... Read Full Article

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Feb 4, 21

Amidst Aggressions, EZLN Support Bases Suspend Planting Activities

Report from Avispa Midia on the continued aggressions being carried out against the community of Nuevo San Gregorio in the Autonomous Zapatista... Read Full Article

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May 30, 19

Growing Surge Joining May 31 Global Action Against the Militarization of Zapatista Territory

The below article by Ñaní Pinto from Avispa Midia, translated by Scott Campbell, looks at the upcoming Global Action in response to... Read Full Article

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May 7, 19

The Neoliberalism of Mexico’s New Government Continues to Dispossess and Kill

The following article by Ñaní Pinto from Avispa Midia reports on the recent killings of two indigenous community leaders and ongoing state... Read Full Article

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Apr 18, 18

Support Avispa Midia’s Independent Journalism in Latin America

Avispa Midia, an independent media collective based in Mexico whose work has appeared in translation on It’s Going Down, recently launched a... Read Full Article

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Dec 18, 17

Mexico: Indigenous Community in Oaxaca Threatened with Demolition for Tourism Development

By Santiago Navarro F Overnight, the authorities responsible for carrying out justice in the area of agrarian rights in Mexico ignored the... Read Full Article

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Dec 2, 17

Oaxaca: Plans for New, Enlarged Military Base on Communal Lands

By Ñaní Pinto In the beginning of 2017 after an order from the federal government, Alejandro Murat, the governor of Oaxaca, announced... Read Full Article

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Nov 28, 17

Shock Doctrine Implemented in Oaxaca After Earthquake

By Renata Bessi and Santiago Navarro F. October 11, 2017 Naomi Klein, in her book The Shock Doctrine, argues that the economic... Read Full Article

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Jun 14, 17

Oaxacan Indigenous Communities Resist Megaprojects

By Renata Bessi and Santiago Navarro F The Chinantec people, inhabitants of the Cajonos River basin in the north of the state... Read Full Article

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