The EZLN recently announced the details of the second encuentro, set for the end of July… The first encounter which took place in January of this year brought together thousands of community supporters and over 1,500 men and women from 40 countries around the world.

Compañeros and Compañeras:
Brothers and Sisters:

As was announced at the First Encounter of Zapatista Peoples with the Peoples of the World (held in January of this year), the Second Encounter will be held in the coming month of July. The objective of this encounter is that …

Zapatistas Announce Intercontinental Summit
To be hosted by the Yaqui of Vicam in Sonora, Mexico
Oct. 11 — 14, 2007

By Brenda Norrell - RANCHO EL PENASCO, Sonora, Mexico – Indigenous Peoples from Mexico and the United States met with Subcomandante Marcos and Zapatista Comandantes to establish the Indigenous Intercontinental Conference for 2007.

The Intercontinental gathering will be held in the Yaqui community of Vicam in Rio Yaqui, Sonora, on the northwest coast, Oct. 11 – 14, 2007.
Comandante David, Mayan from Chiapas, welcomed the world’s Indigenous Peoples to the intercontinental gathering.

“At this moment, we want to let the Indigenous Peoples of Mexico, Canada, …

Zapatistas Marcos Press Conference Sunday, April 22, 2007 By Brenda Norrell

MAGDALENA de KINO, Sonora, Mexico — Subcomandante Marcos and Mayan Comandantes plan a press conference here on Sunday, April 22, 2007, to announce details of the Indigenous International Conference, to be held in northwest Mexico in the fall of 2007.

Indigenous representatives from tribes in Sonora, Mexico and tribal members from Arizona Indian tribes have been invited to join Marcos at the Indigenous Intercontinental Conference announcement.

Marcos will be at the Rancho Penasco, where he held a listening session with O’odham …

Chiapas: campesinos protest illegal land sales
from ww4report.com
April 12, 2007

Representantives of dozens of ejidos (agricultural collectives) in the northern zone of Mexico’s Chiapas state issued a statement denouncing the approval of illegal sales of collective lands. The protesters, mostly Chol Maya from the municipalities of Tila and Salto de Agua, acused the federal Certification Program for Eijdo Rights and Land Titles (PROCEDE) of skirting regulations by approving sales which had not been agreed upon by all collective members, as required by law. The statement said the illegal sales have “left entire families without their patrimony.”

The affected communities include Usipá, La …

Marcos and Comandantes arrive in Sonora
By Brenda Norrell (website)
April 10, 2007

MAGDALENA DE KINO, Sonora, Mexico - Subcomandante Marcos and 10 Comandantes from Chiapas were welcomed by O’odham and friends in the state of Sonora and departed Monday for the Cucapa Peace Camp to uphold Indigenous fishing rights.

Marcos discussed the Intercontinental Indigenous Conference, planned for northwest Mexico for the fall of 2007.

During an interview, Marcos said he hopes the Intercontinental gathering will “touch the hearts and recuperate the souls.”

“When Indigenous Peoples come together from all regions, they will realize that money means nothing …

Zapatistas announce second phase of “Other Campaign”
by Bill Weinberg ww4report.com
March 25, 2007

Amid a growing threat of paramilitary violence in Mexico’s conflicted southern state of Chiapas, Subcomandante Marcos, leader of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), reappeared in the highland city of San Cristobal de Las Casas to announce the resumption of his nationwide civil political initiative known as the “Other Campaign.” The new phase is to begin March 24 in San Cristobal, where a series of meetings will be held with a Zapatista delegation and national and international supporters. In a document presented to the press, Marcos said the …

Zapatista peace camps threatened
from ww4report.com
March 19, 2007

Chiapas state authorities have declared a “Huitepec-Alcanfores Natural Protected Area” in exactly the location where a “Zapatista Communitarian Ecological Reserve” had been declared weeks earlier. The Zapatistas say the Huitepec area, just outside the highland city of San Cristobal de Las Casas, is coveted by corporate interests for its resources—both its timber and its watershed, for a local Coca-Cola bottling plant. The local environmental group Maderas del Pueblo (Timber for the People) called the government’s move a “provocation.” (La Jornada, Frayba, March 14; Narco News, March 13)

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Low Intensity War in Chiapas
By Alejandro Reyes, detodos-paratodos.blogspot.com
March 11, 2007

Since early this year the authorities of the zapatista communities in resistance have been denouncing increasingly serious aggressions and threats by the paramilitary organization Opddic (“Organization for the Defense of Indigenous and Peasant Rights”). Land invasions, threats of violence, shots to the air, destruction of corn fields and property, theft of crops, beatings, detentions, and kidnappings have become an everyday source of terror that affects hundreds of indigenous families in Chiapas. Even worse: according to the autonomous authorities, all of this is done with the support and complicity of the …

Zapatistas Inaugurate Two Peace Camps in Huitepec
By Laura K. Jordan, Special to The Narco News Bulletin
March 13, 2007

Huitepec Section II, Municipality of San Cristóbal, Chiapas, México — The Huitepec Zapatista Community Natural Protected Area and Reserve was inaugurated without incident Tuesday morning by the Junta de Buen Gobierno (Good Government Council) of the Highland Region. The event simultaneously launched two permanent Peace Camps on the site intended to monitor the Reserve.

The event was preceded by a caravan that travelled from the city of San Cristóbal to the rural locality of Huitepec Ocotal Section II, where the inauguration ceremony itself …

Cucapa Camp Regulations
By Accreditation Committee of Cucapa Camp
Translated by Zapagringo Blog

February 25, 2007

The Cucapas, Quilihuas and Zapatistas have united in defense of indigenous people and Mother Earth. They are calling on their fellow Mexicans and compas from around the world to support two encampments: one on indigenous Cucapa territory in Baja California and the other in indigenous Tzotzil territory in Chiapas. Read the invitation carefully and consider how you may support this latest initiative of the Other Campaign. (Also check out the Zapatista Sixth Commission’s website, Enlace Zapatista, to see the wave of …