On March 30, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted on Facebook this excerpt: ′′Mexico tops the list of countries with the largest number of mining conflicts in Latin America, with a total of 58 cases, of which 29 belong to Canadian mine projects.” Sin Embargo reports: “According to the Observatory Read more…
On March 28, this article was published in Spanish in Agencia Quadratín: Peace Brigades International (PBI) considered urgent “a firm commitment” of the Mexican government to advance in the investigations and identify the material responsible and intellectuals of the threats and murders of human rights defenders in Mexico. In a Read more…
Peoples’ Front: “The demonstration was mobilized from CONAGUA to the State Congress.” On March 22, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted: “Today we accompanied the Peoples’ Front of Morelos, Puebla and Tlaxcala in a series of activities called within the framework of World Water Day.” “During the morning, we went Read more…
The Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra y el Agua de Morelos, Puebla y Tlaxcala (Peoples’ Front in Defense of the Land and Earth of Morelos, Puebla and Tlaxcala) has posted on Facebook about protests on March 22, World Water Day. They say: “WE CALL on everyone to Read more…
On March 11, Sierra Madre Alliance (ASMAC) director Isela Gonzalez participated in a webinar organized by Peace Brigades International and Amnesty International. She spoke about the assassination of Rarámuri land and territory defender Julian Carrillo, a protector of the community of Coloradas de la Virgen in the Sierra Tarahumara region Read more…
‘No to the San Jose 2 mine’ On our recent webinar, Neftali Reyes of Educa Oaxaca noted that a decision on the San José mine is expected by the end of this month. Pedro Máximo Aquino, Efrén Jacinto Sánchez, and Rubén Flores, authorities from Magdalena Ocotlán, also spoke on this Read more…
PBI-Mexico accompanied the FPDTA-MPT at a march on November 28, 2020, just days after the National Guard raided the Cuautla River blockade. Jacob Alabab-Moser reports in Latino Rebels: “Operations at the newly constructed thermoelectric plant in Huexca, Morelos could begin in the near future, despite years long delays caused by Read more…
The PBI-Mexico accompanied Sierra Madre Alliance (ASMAC) and the Centre for Women’s Human Rights (CEDEHM) have commented on the “historic sentence” for the killing of Indigenous human rights defender Julián Carrillo Martínez. This statement notes that “the Mina Judicial District in Chihuahua issued the sentence for the murders of Julián Read more…
Communities affected by the Marlin mine demonstrate at the Canadian embassy in Guatemala City. Photo by Projet Accompagnement Québec Guatemala. Canadian Lawyer magazine reports: “Osgoode Hall professor Shin Imai has filed suit against the federal foreign affairs minister contending that Canada has improperly withheld information about its diplomatic interventions on Read more…
More than 120 people took part in a webinar today on the impacts of Canadian mining companies on Indigenous rights in Mexico. Nearly 70 percent of foreign-owned mining companies operating in Mexico are based in Canada. To watch the video of the webinar, click here. The webinar featured Isela Gonzalez Read more…