June 8, 2009 For several weeks, from the highest levels of the government of [Oaxaca governor] Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, a state-wide campaign of defamation, harassment and persecution has been orchestrated and unleashed against the Committee in Defense of the Rights of the People (CODEP-APPO), a campaign that brings as one... » read this article

27 March 2009 WSWS - With the announcement of a new border security plan Monday and the two-day visit by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Mexico City and Monterrey which ended Thursday, Washington is launching a major intervention in Mexico in the name of combating drug trafficking and associated... » read this article

Editor's Note: For years we and our readers have been hearing about the ongoing battles between the people of Oaxaca and the U.S.-backed Mexican Government which has been using oppressive measures to crush dissent. This press release by the Indigenous Community in Oaxaca provides a brief but helpful background for understanding their... » read this article

On December 27, the Israeli army intensified its military campaign against the Palestinian people. From that date until the writing of this declaration, approximately 750 Palestinians have died, many of them non-combatant women and children, and the number of wounded has risen to more than 3,000. The Zionist outpost of... » read this article

In the latest of a string of intimidations and attacks, an attempt is made on the life of the libertarian activist and former APPO Councillor RUBÉN VALENCIA NUÑEZ. Oaxaca of Magon City of Resistance Saturday 10th January 2009-01-11 Urgent Action: ATTEMPTED MURDER OF COMRADE RUBÉN VALENCIA NÚÑEZ We wish to... » read this article

Axis of Logic is seeking telephone numbers and e-mail addresses for activists to use to bring international pressure on the authorities in Mexico responsible for the injustices described below. If successful, we will republish this article with "UPDATE" in the title. - Axis Editors   Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca, November... » read this article

Pedro Matías, a well-known reporter who writes for Noticias, a local daily paper, as well as the national weekly Proceso, was kidnapped, beaten, tortured and robbed on Saturday night in Oaxaca. Reporters Without Borders statesthat, Matías was kidnapped as he left the newspaper to go home on the evening of... » read this article

Editor's Note: Anytime we see a U.S. anti-drug initiative taking place south of the border, we can bet that an agenda for controlling the government of the target country lies beneath the surface. Incidentally (and you won't see this on CNN), Telesur has been showing daily coverage of Mexicans en-masse, demonstrating in the streets against President Felipe... » read this article

Originally published 4/7/2008 The right-wing government of President Felipe Calderon is about to present a plan which opponents fear will entail the privatization of Mexico's government-owned petroleum industry. Battles are already developing within and between the major political parties about how to respond to this governmental plan. Calderon, counting on... » read this article

Subcomandante Marcos got everyone�s attention when he presented "Feeling Red: The Calendar and Geography of War" at a symposium in honor of the late Andr�s Aubry in San Crist�bal de las Casas, Chiapas. Marcos announced that they (the EZLN) would not be attending conferences, encuentros or giving interviews for a... » read this article

Wednesday, 30 January 2008 Zapatista women enter encuentro On December 29 - 31 women from all five Zapatista Caracoles (centers of resistance) gathered in the community of La Garrucha, Chiapas to meet with women who had come from all around the world to hear their stories of struggling, organizing, and... » read this article

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In June I took a television crew out to Cabeza de Ju�rez, a sprawling public housing project on the outskirts of Mexico City. Here families live on the edge of survival�the precariousness of their lives makes them a sensitive barometer of changes in the Mexican economy. We went out to... » read this article

"We All Have to Get Together to Fight Colonialism� Special to The Narco News Bulletin October 23, 2007 TUCSON, Arizona: Mohawk Warriors joined in solidarity with Subcomandante Marcos and the Zapatistas at the Gathering of Indigenous Peoples of Am�rica. They quickly learned that one factor is the same for indigenous... » read this article

Editor's Note: Read about the torture, arrests, threats, harassment and political prisoners of Ulises Ruiz Ortiz’s regime below. - LMB   August 22nd, 2007 - Carolina writes: The road to Xanica climbs up from Huatulco through a beautiful forest. It’s rough and unpaved, but the driver of our wooden-railed pick-up knows... » read this article

Autism, a pathological isolation affecting human beings and leading them to lose contact with reality, seems to characterize Mexican President Felipe Calder�n, who from his illicit presidency is unable to pay attention to the roar coming from wide sectors of society extremely concerned about the country�s impending fall over the... » read this article

Autism, a pathological isolation affecting human beings and leading them to lose contact with reality, seems to characterize Mexican President Felipe Calder�n, who from his illicit presidency is unable to pay attention to the roar coming from wide sectors of society extremely concerned about the country�s impending fall over the... » read this article

March 24, 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... » read this article

Mexicans eat a lot of corn.  They have, over the centuries, bred a very fine quality of corn that is theirs alone.  It has been nourishing them for centuries.  Unfortunately, they are in danger of losing their inheritance.   (by the way, for UK citizens, for 'corn' read 'sweetcorn' or 'maize'. ... » read this article

Diplomatic relations between Mexico and Venezuela seem to have become a sort of sequel to the famous Mexican film �Dos tipos de cuidado� (Two Dangerous Fellows) [*]. President Felipe Calder�n even went so far as to imitate one of the most memorable moments in the film, the scene where Pedro... » read this article