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Voices Yolo Martínez Spinoso and Alejandro Beltrán Cordero Voices Yolo Martínez Spinoso and Alejandro Beltrán Cordero

Arbol de Fuego (Tree of Fire)

Suffocated by the accumulated heat of the day, the night became long. The smell of smoke woke us up. At that moment we thought that some neighbor was burning garbage. We soon realized that the smell was different. It smelled more like burnt wood.

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News, Voices Alejandro Beltran Cordero News, Voices Alejandro Beltran Cordero

Cirio Ruiz Gonzalez

To know Cirio Ruiz is to know the history of CORECAFECO. He has been part of this council for approximately 40 years. What is CORECAFECO? It is the Coatepec Regional Coffee Council. It is an organization that strives for dignified and fair treatment for coffee workers accomplished through community organization and clean processes, the production of coffee free of agrochemicals. They fight for fairer prices, valuing human and environmental life, taking care of biodiversity and ensuring that the land and water remain healthy.

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News Skylar Bergeron News Skylar Bergeron

Resistance Flows On: Mexico’s Water Defenders Unite Their Efforts Once Again

The Fifth Community Assembly for Water (La Quinta Asamblea Comunitaria por el Agua) was held on Friday, May 5, 2023, in Pacho Viejo, Veracruz, Mexico. Pacho Viejo seems an apt location for a convention on the protection and conservation of la Cuenca la Antigua (the Antigua Watershed). It is in the geographic heart of this river basin, situated between the cities of Xalapa, the capital of Veracruz, and Coatepec, often called “the Coffee Capital of Mexico.” This assembly of Sentinelas de rio (River Sentinels) represented a convergence of undercurrents running beneath the region’s rich culture, ongoing political strife, and incredible biodiversity, all flowing toward safeguarding the ultimate source of life: water.

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News, Voices Weave News News, Voices Weave News

Resisting “Death Projects”: An Interview With Carlos Beas Torres

The following is an interview with Carlos Beas Torres, a member of the Unión de Comunidades Indígenas de la Zona Nortel del Istmo de Tehuantepec (Union of Indigenous Communities from the North of the Isthmus or UCIZONIT), an organization that has resisted the CIIT since its conception and forms part of the “El Sur Resiste” (The South Resists) Caravan.

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News, Voices Weave News News, Voices Weave News

Alert: Repression and Eviction of the “El Sur Resiste” (The South Resists) Caravan in Guichicovi, Oaxaca

Translation of a statement issued on April 28 by the National and International Caravan “El Sur Resiste” (The South Resists) regarding the repression and eviction of the "Tierra y Libertad" (Land and Liberty) protest camp, which was located in the Mogoñe Viejo community, Huichicovi, Oaxaca. Mexico. Read the original Spanish statement.

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Voices, News Talking Wings Voices, News Talking Wings

Art From the Frontlines of a Threatened Mountainside

In a follow up to “Coatepec: The Fight for the Cloud Forest”, a Forest Guardian from Movimiento por la Defensa de la Sierra describes the impact of art on their movement. The artists in question are children, and the young Earth Guardians are inspiring their community to rise up and protect their forests.

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News, Voices Talking Wings News, Voices Talking Wings

The River Says NO

On January 20, 2015, the PUCARL Collective (United Communities of the Antigua Watershed for Free Rivers) blocked the entrance to the Río Pescados (River of Fishes), halting the construction of a dam that was threatening the entire region. The 43 communities along the Rio Pescados are the first to defeat Odebrecht, thus protecting their waterways for the generations to come.

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News, Voices Alejandro Beltran Cordero News, Voices Alejandro Beltran Cordero

¡Sí a La Vida, No a La Mina! (Yes to Life, No to the Mine!)

A new gold mine in Veracruz, Mexico, will be the first one in the world to be opened only two miles away from a nuclear reactor and from many pipelines - all in the middle of a densely populated, touristic area that is also the most important migratory route in North America. These are some of the main reasons why local activists are strongly opposing the project.

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Stories, Voices, Analysis Talking Wings Stories, Voices, Analysis Talking Wings

Let's Celebrate Earth Guardians and Environmental Solutions

On this Earth Day, we from the Talking Wings Collective are saying no to doom and gloom. Especially during the current pandemic, it is easy to succumb to an apocalyptic worldview. But we must also celebrate the brave work of human communities who are striving to plant the seeds of global/local change. At this very moment, these “earth and water guardians” are pushing back the hands of the doomsday clock and working against time to create a sustainable and regenerative future.

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Stories, News, Analysis, Voices Savannah Crowley Stories, News, Analysis, Voices Savannah Crowley

Sinaloa, Mexico: Remembering Javier Valdez and Standing for Freedom of Expression

By Savannah Crowley

In her latest post for our Weaving the Streets project, Savannah Crowley reflects on her experience of traveling to Culiacan, Sinaloa (Mexico), to “learn from activists and community leaders on the ground who are building peace in the heart of the Drug War” in the aftermath of the assassination of renowned journalist Javier Valdez.

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Stories, News, Voices, Analysis Savannah Crowley Stories, News, Voices, Analysis Savannah Crowley

Deported Veterans: A Visit to 'The Bunker'

By Savannah Crowley

On Sunday, April 23, I had the honor to ride alongside Mr. Jan Ruhman, a United States’ Marine Corps Veteran who served during the Vietnam War, on the drive South of San Diego to the US/Mexican border at Tijuana. Crossing the border in Jan’s Ford Ranger, a speed bump was the only thing in our way, but for Jan’s friends and the United States veterans that I would soon meet, they would never again be allowed to cross the border and return home to the United States. They’ve been permanently banished from the same country they swore to serve and defend.

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Stories, Voices, News Julianne DeGuardi Stories, Voices, News Julianne DeGuardi

Interweaving: NCPR's David Sommerstein on Migrant Dairy Farm Workers in the North Country

By Julianne DeGuardi

As part of her ongoing research into the story of migrant farm workers in the North Country dairy industry, Weave News reporter Julianne DeGuardi spoke with another local reporter who has done extensive work on the topic: David Sommerstein of North Country Public Radio (NCPR). Enjoy the latest installment in our Interweaving series!

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Stories, Analysis Julianne DeGuardi Stories, Analysis Julianne DeGuardi

Free Trade of Goods and People? The Macro Context of Mexico-US Migration

By Julianne DeGuardi

Migration is never an isolated phenomenon; it is always situated within a larger macro political-economic framework. Migration rates from Mexico to the US within the last 20 years must be examined within the context of the political-economic relationship between Mexico and the US from the late 1980s to the present. Although there has been a high demand for low wage migrant labor within the US, especially in the dairy industry, migration cannot solely be explained by the demand for labor in the destination country. Migratory trends are equally propelled by the political, social, and economic situation in the emitter country.

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