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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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Oaxaca: Harassment and death-threats directed against members of the Democratic Civic Union of Neighborhoods Colonies and Communities

On 15 February, Eva Lucero Rivero Ortiz, a human-rights defender and spokesperson for the Democratic Civic Union of Neighborhoods Colonies and Communities (UCIDEBACC), received two death-threats to her cell phone after having participated in a meeting with Oaxaca state officials. The previous day, other members of UCIDEBACC, María Dolores Merino Ortiz, Reina Clavel Tapia, Cinthia Narciso Bernal, and a minor,…
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5 marzo, 2014
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After The Plantones: Looking Back On An Autumn Of Struggle In Mexico City

The papers on every news kiosk in Mexico City in late August, 2013, blared denunciations: "Imagine - Mexico Without Soccer!" screamed one newspaper. Pictures of crying children stuck outside of a stadium clutching the colors of their favorite team were plastered on the front page of another paper. The target of the media's ire was the National Coordinator of Education…
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6 febrero, 2014
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Who We Are

WHAT IS EDUCA? AREAS OF WORK BOARD   WHAT IS EDUCA EDUCA is a non-governmental organisation based in the city of Oaxaca. It was founded in 1994 and conducted as a civil association since July 1994. EDUCA is a non profit organisation fostering democracy and development in Oaxacan communities, promoting justice, equality and social participation in order to achieve an…
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14 enero, 2014
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Mexican mine opponents held incommunicado

Early in the morning of Thursday 5 December, two residents of the small Zapotec town San José del Progreso, located in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, disappeared. It is presumed they were detained by federal agents, reports local NGO the Oaxacan Collective in Defence of Territories. The detainees are identified as Olegario Víctor Ruiz Martínez and his wife Salomé García López. They…
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9 diciembre, 2013
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Human rights a third class passenger on Mexico’s train

When Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto came to power a year ago, he was the new face of the old Partido Revolucionario Institucional, the political machinery that dominated the country for more than 70 years. With his carefully built image of a dynamic young professional, Peña Nieto started his term in office by launching multiple reform initiatives, covering numerous aspects of…
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6 diciembre, 2013
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Mexico’s Energy Reform Will Be Controlled By NAFTA

La Jornada: Alejandro Nadal*A long list of irregularities marked Peña Nieto's arrival at the Presidency. He took office by making a demagogic speech. The record of his first year in office is negative on all issues, particularly economics and security. Now he seeks, by all means, to impose on the country one of the most tragic reforms in our entire…
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4 diciembre, 2013