Oaxaca

Mining Culture Wars Escalate In Oaxaca

December 9, 2019 Samantha Demby, Nacla.org Resist! Canada, Imperialsim, Mexico, Mining, Oaxaca, Tourism

Tourism is on the rise in the picturesque city of Oaxaca, known for its smoky mezcal, activist art scene, and diverse patchwork of Indigenous cultures. This year, visitors to the tiny airport in southern Mexico—where traffic is up 34 percent—were greeted by a billboard depicting smiling miners in a verdant field. “Welcome to Oaxaca,” the sign read, “where progress and nature coexist. Cuzcatlán Mining Company.” Cuzcatlán is the wholly-owned subsidiary of Fortuna Silver Mines, a Vancouver-based company that operates a gold and silver mine an hour south of the airport.

Mexico: Brutal Repression Of Teachers Movement Kills Six

June 21, 2016 Jorge Martín, www.marxist.com Resist! killed by police, Mexico, Murder, Oaxaca, Strikes, Teachers

By Jorge Martín for In Defense of Marxism - This is the latest instance of brutal repression by the Mexican government of Peña Nieto against the months long movement of teachers against an education counter reform. On Friday, June 17, thousands of police officers formed a human wall which prevented a teachers’ demonstration from reaching the centre of Mexico City, where their camp had already been brutally evicted days earlier. Thousands of teachers have been sacked from their jobs for refusing the pass tests which are part of the education “reform”, hundreds have been arrested including many of the leaders of the democratic teachers’ union, CNTE.

Major State Repression In Oaxaca: Several Killed, Dozens Wounded And Detained

June 20, 2016 Scott Campbell, www.itsgoingdown.org Resist! Mexico, Oaxaca, Repression, Strikes, Teachers

By Scott Campbell for It's Going Down - The looming federal police attack on the people and striking teachers of Oaxaca, Mexico has begun. There are reports of between six and eight demonstrators killed Sunday morning at the teachers-peoples highway blockade in Nochixtlán, northwest of the city of Oaxaca. The eight dead that the movement is confirming are Oscar Aguilar Ramírez, 25, Andrés Sanabria García, 23, Anselmo Cruz Aquino, 33, Yalit Jiménez Santiago, 28, Oscar Nicolás Santiago, Omar González Santiago, 22, Antonio Perez García, and Jesús Cadena Sánchez, 19.

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