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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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