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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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NAFTA, Insecurity, Power Vacuums y Violence in Rural Mexico

If the fields are burning, it is not only due to the “bad guys”–the drug cartels, hit men and thugs and much less to the self-defense forces, community police groups or farmers defending their territories. Rural Mexico is experiencing a crisis in human security crisis, where criminal violence is not the only factor present or the main cause. The drastic…
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2 junio, 2014
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Mexico mega-projects will rob resources from indigenous communities

Under the pretext of progress, authorities from the three levels of government have joined with economic powers, mostly foreign, to steal resources, territories and the cultural heritage of dozens of indigenous peoples from Mexico with the construction of mega-projects, warned participants of the forum ‘Accounts of Dispossession: The Peoples’ Fight Against Mega-Projects, Central Region ’, which took place in the…
HagamosWeb
29 mayo, 2014
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Paramilitaries Are Still Murdering Zapatistas in Mexico

The phrases “You are not alone” and “Long live Galeano” have been circulating on social networks across the globe recently. They refer to the recently assassinated Zapatista teacher José Luis Solís López. Solis, known by the Zapatistas as Galeano, was murdered in paramilitary attack on May 2 in Chiapas, Mexico. He died from both gunshots and machete wounds. Galeano’s death…
HagamosWeb
23 mayo, 2014
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‘Torture increases the spiral of violence’

In Latin America, torture remains an "endemic" problem for all democratic governments in the region. In countries like Mexico, torture is "widespread," but not state policy says UN Special Rapporteur Juan E. Méndez. On his recent visit to Mexico, Méndez evaluated how serious the problem is of torture practices by law enforcement institutions in that country. In an interview with…
HagamosWeb
21 mayo, 2014
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U.S. pushes for energy integration as Mexico finalizes Energy Reform legislation

A series of reforms introduced during President Enrique Peña Nieto’s first year in office represent the deepest structural changes to Mexico’s economic order since the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement 20 years ago. The measures passed easily through Congress thanks to a legislative pact which includes the two largest political parties. While there’s no question about the…
HagamosWeb
20 mayo, 2014
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Oaxaca: Relatives of Loxicha prisoner denounce psychological torture and isolation

On 7 May, relatives of Loxicha prisoner Zacarías Pascual García López denounced the inhumane treatment, psychological torture, and isolation that Zacarías has suffered for 11 months in the Federal Center for Social Readaptation (CEFERESO) located in Mengolí de Morelos, Miahuatlán, Oaxaca.  “We are only allowed a four-hour visit once a month; we cannot touch him because they threaten to cancel…
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19 mayo, 2014