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Since 1994, Educa A.C., as a civil organization, accompanies social movements, advises social organizations and indigenous communities in the defense of their social and civil rights, promotes civil and political education, advocates for the integral protection of human rights, and initiates projects of sustainable, rural development in the state of Oaxaca. As part of our strategy to promote civil and political education, we translate some of our publications into English and founded the Twitter account “Human Rights Oaxaca Mexico” to address an international audience. In the globalized world, we live in, today’s problems need to be viewed from different perspectives in order, to be solved. Therefore our work in English intends to give Oaxaca’s civil society a voice, create awareness and promote public dialogue. We cover topics such as social movements, gender and migration violence, territorial and environmental conflicts, indigenous resistance against transnational megaprojects, as well as other current issues Oaxaca’s civil society finds itself confronted with.

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Wind-farms in Oaxaca: Not so “peacefully” green

In Oaxaca, indigenous peoples interrupt the land enclosures of renewable resources.  NACLA, Gabriela Valdivia & Scott A. Sellwood On a sunny afternoon in July 2013 we sat in a blockade in Alvaro Obregon, in the municipality of Juchitán, Oaxaca, along the southern Isthmus of Tehuantepec, to listen to fishers and farmers reflect on life at the Isthmus. Since 2012, these…
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11 agosto, 2015
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Mexican government takes steps to dismantle dissident teachers union in Oaxaca

Despite the mass attendance at Monday's protest, government officials said classes will begin as normal after summer vacation. Some 30,000 teachers from the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) union took to the streets in the Mexican state of Oaxaca Monday, protesting against the government's planned education reforms in the state that plans to essentially dissolve the union. Members of…
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31 julio, 2015
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Mexico Finally Opens Auction for Private Oil Exploration, But Gets Few Takers: Vice News

By Gabriela Gorbea After years of proposals, protests, popular resistance, and a constitutional reform law passed under President Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexico this week finally opened up its nationalized oil industry to private money. But once the auctioning for new exploration began on Wednesday, it turned out to be a flop. Mexico successfully auctioned off only two out of 14 oil exploration…
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17 julio, 2015
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A Oaxaca landmark worth fighting over

Activists led by artist Francisco Toledo temporarily interrupted construction of a massive convention center project within the Cerro del Fortín nature reserve in Oaxaca City. The Oaxaca state government was forced to halt construction on a parking garage in the Cerro del Fortín, a protected nature reserve, after activists won a second injunction from a judge on Wednesday, June 10. The parking…
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12 junio, 2015
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Urgent Appeal: The militarization of the electoral process shows a return to authoritariarism in Mexico

56 NGOs Appeal to the International Community from Oaxaca Spanish: Llamado urgente: Militarización del proceso electoral evidencia regresión autoritaria en México Mexico is facing an unprecedented political crisis. The violence that has taken place during the current electoral process—21 political assassinations during the campaign season—far surpasses that of previous national elections and it is the outcome of impunity, corruption, violence,…
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7 junio, 2015
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Unrest sweeps across Mexico prior to Sunday’s Midterm Elections

On June 7, midterm elections will be held in Mexico with voting to determine all 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, as well as nine governorships, 17 state legislatures and roughly 300 mayors. In the weeks and months prior to the elections however, the legitimacy of the electoral system have been challenged by voices across the political spectrum, including…
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5 junio, 2015