Chiapas: Third Forum for the Defence and Care of Mother Earth in Chicomuseloby SIPAZ |
From 10 to 12 November, in the Chicomuselo municipality, different activities were organized to protest mineral exploitation and to organize in defence of life. At the end of a march held on 10 November, Chicomuselo was declared a “municipality free of mining.” On 12 November, the Third Forum for the Defence and Care of Mother Earth took place, with the participation of 3,500 persons.
At the close of the event, participants declared their opposition to mineral exploration and exploitation operations, as well as wind-energy plants, natural gas ducts, hydroelectric dams, and superhighways sought to be imposed on their lands. They noted that the structural reforms advanced by the federal government “in no way benefit the campesino and indigenous peoples of our country but instead seek to facilitate once again the looting of our common goods and…
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