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The Mexican Government launched a recent, short-lived offensive in Zapatista-held territory in Chiapas.

A recent killing of Tzotziles by the Mexican government symbolizes the larger struggle between the Mexican government and the Zapatista movement. The Zapatistas continue to push for autonomy and respect.

Zapatista Army of National Liberation rose up in Chiapas highlighting Indigenous rights and issues including the lauding of Indigenous culture and leaders in the past while ignoring the problems facing current indigenous populations and marginalizing…

The massacre of the Tzotzil Indians in Acteal was not an isolated incident. There have been multiple violent incursions since. The passage of the San Andres Agreements would give autonomy to more than 12 million Indiginas.

Zapatista Army of National Liberation rose up in Chiapas highlighting Indigenous rights and issues including the lauding of Indigenous culture and leaders in the past while ignoring the problems facing current indigenous populations and marginalizing…

Tensions rise between the Mexican government and the Zapatistas following the arrest of Javier Elorriaga and Sebastian Entzin, among other Zaptistas.

Indigenous communities, some linked to the Zapatista movement, have been targeted for killings and kidnappings.

The Mapuche Situation, with Decree Law 2568 of 1979, the military regime of Pinochet provides for the extermination of Mapuche communal lands.

Traditional communities are subject to serious violations of their human rights since the military government was installed under General Pinochet in the bloody coup in 1973.

The on-going conflict between the inhuman dictatorship of General Pinochet and grassroots organizations continues to effect the Mapuche. On September 3, in Temuco, 300 miles south of Santiago, paramilitary commandos fired at the office of the Mapuche…

In August of 1985 Juan Francisco Fresno, Cardinal
of Santiago, issued the "National Agreement
for the Transition to a True Democracy" which
called for reconciliation and a move toward democacy.

"It has been more than two hundred years since the wars of Indian liberation led by
Tupak Amaru and Tupak Katari. A war of liberation ends when the cause of justice
triumphs, or when the enemy totally destroys the people.