On April 21, the Oaxacan Collective in Defence of the Territories posted an update about the Vancouver-based Fortuna Silver Inc. San José mine in Mexico. Their article highlights that the Non-Mining Front for a Future of All met with the Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), Maria Luisa Read more…
On April 21, PBI-Mexico posted its 2020 Annual Report in English and Spanish. That Annual Report highlights: “In 2020, PBI Mexico provided international accompaniment to 11 organisations and two civil-society coordination spaces in Chihuahua, Coahuila, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla and Mexico City. PBI’s accompaniment – which includes physical presence; national and Read more…
On April 21, PBI-Mexico tweeted: “Defenders of water and the environment of the @fpdtampt [Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water] announce resistance actions in a context of continuous harassment and threats for their opposition to the PIM.” PIM refers to the Morelos Integral Project which consists of an Read more…
On April 15, Animal Politico reported: “In the first two years of [Mexican President Andrés Manuel] López Obrador’s government, a total of 45 human rights defenders have been killed in Mexico, nearly two activists dead each month.” That article adds: “This is documented by the All Rights for All Network Read more…
On April 10, PBI-Mexico posted: “Today we accompanied the Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water ((FDPTA) watching a mobilization and cultural minutes in memory of Zapata against the megaprojects and in defence of the land and water.” April 10th was the 102nd anniversary of the assassination of Mexican Read more…
On April 8, PBI-Mexico posted: “Despite the contingency, at PBI we celebrate the continuation of a strong relationship with the organization Alianza Sierra Madre A.C. (ASMAC) and the defenders and communities that they accompany.” They add: “PBI has accompanied ASMAC since 2018 due to the risks they face in their Read more…
Mexican soldiers in Chiapas near the border with Guatemala. Photo by Isaac Guzman/Agence France Presse. On April 12, Common Dreams reported: “Human rights defenders expressed concern Monday after the Biden administration announced it reached agreements with Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala for those countries to boost their deployments of military forces Read more…
PBI-Mexico with OFPC director Cristina Auerbach. The Associated Press reports Mexico’s state-owned electrical power company intends to buy 2 million metric tons of coal from Mexican producers between July and December of this year to burn in power plants. The Los Angeles Times further reports: “[President Andrés Manuel] López Obrador’s Read more…
Isela González of ASMAC with members from the community of Coloradas de La Virgen, including Otón Portillo and Celestino Carrillo (Julian’s son). In this feature article published in Spanish, Mongabay Latam reports: “Throughout February and the first days of March this year, the voice of some 20 displaced indigenous people, and Read more…
Photo by Santiago Navarro F. There is ongoing community opposition to the Canadian mining company Fortuna Silver and its subsidiary Compañía Minera Cuzcatlán in Oaxaca, Mexico. Last July, La Jornada reported: “The company has requested, for the second time, a new operating permit for the ‘San José II’ project, which Read more…