Citizens Protest Lack of Consultation about Canadian Mine in San Jose del Progresso

Popular Forces Occupy City Hall and Threaten to Incinerate Hostages

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

November 21, 2009

Media Campaign Seeks to Link Chiapan Social Organizations to Narcos

Government Allows Misleading and False Information to Spread in the Corporate Media

By Kristin Bricker
Via the Narcosphere

en español... Campaña mediática trata de vincular a organizaciones sociales de Chiapas con el narco
en français... Une campagne médiatique cherche à véhiculer les organisations sociales du Chiapas avec les trafiquants de stupéfiants

November 12, 2009

El Cortamortaja, the Newspaper of the People of Oaxaca, now Publishing in English

Narco News Makes this .pdf Document of the New Issue Available for Global Downloading and Reprinting

By the Colectivo Cortamortaja
Jalapa de Marqués, Oaxaca

November 8, 2009

Electricians Take Over Luz y Fuerza Buildings

Ex-Workers from Luz y Fuerza del Centro Tried to Enter the Pachuca Station and Hung Red and Black Banners in the Nuevo Necaxa, Puebla, Hydroelectric Plant

By Editorial
El Universal

en español... Electricistas toman instalaciones de LyFC

November 6, 2009

Milenio Gets Declassified Information

Ulises Ruiz “Used Mercenaries to Keep Himself in Power,” According to USA Documents Obtained by Milenio

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

en español... Milenio obtiene información desclasificada

November 1, 2009

Chiapas Government Tries to Pin Narco Arsenal on Peasant Leader

Conflicting Press Releases Cast Doubt on Government Claims

By Kristin Bricker
Via the Narcosphere

en español... El Gobierno de Chiapas trata de Adjudicar a un Líder Campesino un Arsenal Incautado
en français... Le gouvernement de l’Etat de Chiapas veut coller un arsenal de trafiquants de stupéfiants à un leader paysan

October 24, 2009

Detained Chiapan Peasant Leader Treated Worse Than a Drug Kingpin

Government Transferred “Don Chema” to a Federal Maximum-Security Prison

By Kristin Bricker
Via the Narcosphere

en español... El Líder Campesino Chiapaneco Detenido Tratado Peor que un Capo de la Droga
en français... Un leader paysan du Chiapas incarcéré traité pire qu’un chef de la drogue

October 21, 2009

Privatization Behind Calderon's Attack on Electricians Union

A Spanish Company and National Action Party Members Hope to Exploit Luz y Fuerza's Fiber Optic Network

By Kristin Bricker
Via the Narcosphere

en español... La Privatización detrás del Ataque de Calderón contra el Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas

October 18, 2009

“We’re Looking For the ‘President of Employment’”

Thousands of People March in Mexico City Against Calderon’s Order to Shut down Luz y Fuerza

By Fernando León
Special to The Narco News Bulletin

en español... “Andamos Buscando al ‘Presidente del Empleo’”

October 16, 2009

Supreme Court Overrides Justice Mariano Azuela´s Opinion

Ulises Ruiz Ortiz Judged Responsible for Violation of Rights in Oaxaca 2006-2007: No Penalties Need Apply

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

October 16, 2009

Military and Federal Police "Kidnap" Electricians to Put them to Work

Federal Agents Take Them By Force to Power Stations with Problems

By Patricia Muñoz and Fabiola Martinez
La Jornada

en español... Secuestran electricistas para que trabajen: SME

October 14, 2009

Transition to Democracy Forum Cancelled in Guelatao

La Santísima Virgen de las Barrikadas Appears Instead

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

October 12, 2009

Military, Federal Police Bust Mexican Electrical Workers Union

Calderon Uses 6,000 Federal Agents to Fire Over 44,000 Luz y Fuerza Workers

By Kristin Bricker
Via the Narcosphere

en español... La Polícia Federal y Militares Arremeten Contra el Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas

October 12, 2009

Mexico "Anarcho-Bombings" Spark Student Witch Hunt

Government Uses the Explosions Against Leftist Strongholds on University Campuses

By Kristin Bricker
Via the Narcosphere

en español... México: “Anarco-bombazos” Inician la Cacería de Estudiantes

October 11, 2009

“Transition to Democracy” Alliances Firm Up

Citizen Forums Face the PRI While Mexico’s Supreme Court Closes Legal Pathways

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

October 9, 2009

Six Ideas for Re-thinking the War in Mexico

The Security Situation has Worsened, and Mexicans are Desperate for Policy Change... Any Policy Change

By Sabina Berman
Proceso

en español... Seis ideas para repensar la guerra

October 6, 2009

Interview: José Manuel Hernández "El Chema" of OCEZ

Interview Recorded Five Days Before His Arrest by Federal Agents

By Chiapas Media Project
Interview

en español... Entrevista con José Manuel Hernandez "El Chema" de la OCEZ

October 3, 2009

OCEZ Leader Disappeared in Chiapas

Neighbors Suspect Police Kidnapped "El Chema" and Will Kill Him

By Kristin Bricker
Via the Narcosphere

en español... Líder de la OCEZ desaparecido en Chiapas
in italiano... Leader della OCEZ scompare Chiapas

September 30, 2009

Desperate Oaxaca Seeks Change in 2010

An Alliance of all Other Political Parties Might Defeat the PRI

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

September 30, 2009

US State Department's Merida Initiative Human Rights Report: Unconvincing Whitewash

US Likely to Release Millions in Training and Military Hardware to Mexico Despite Failure to Comply with Human Rights Conditions

By Kristin Bricker
Via the Narcosphere

September 29, 2009

Merida Initiative Police Screenings "Inefficient" and "Ineffective"

Lauded Polygraph Tests Have Failed to Reduce Corruption

By Kristin Bricker
Via the Narcosphere

en español... La Depuración Policiaca de la Iniciativa Mérida “Ineficiente” e “Ineficaz”

September 27, 2009

Help Narco News Keep Instilling the Work of Journalists with a Sense of Purpose

“Journalists instilled with the moral principles championed by Narco News possess the capability to redefine the faulty scheme”

By Belén Fernández
Special to The Narco News Bulletin

September 24, 2009

Oaxaca Government Seems to be Yielding to Section 22’s Popular Demands

"The Oaxaca LX Legislature in a extraordinary session agreed to initiate removal of power from the authorities in San Pedro Jicayán"

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

en español... El Gobierno de Oaxaca parece estar cediendo en las demandas populares de la Sección XXII

September 13, 2009

Section 22 Protests Another Murder with a 72 Hour Shutdown of Oaxaca

The Town of San Pedro Jicayán Throws Out Political Parties: “We are Prepared to Assume Power…”

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

en español... La Sección XXII protesta un nuevo asesinato con un paro de 72 horas en Oaxaca

September 4, 2009

Mexico Legalizes Small Quantities of Some Drugs

A Look at How the Law Is Implemented in Tijuana

By Rocky Neptun
Special to The Narco News Bulletin

August 30, 2009

Declassified Documents from the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency Confirm the Mexican Army Trained Paramilitary Groups

A Pentagon Report Dated 1999 Describes a Clandestine Network of “Human Intelligence Teams,” Created with Approval from then-President Carlos Salinas

By Kate Doyle
The National Security Archive

en español... Confirma EU: el ejército entrenó a grupos paramilitares
auf Deutsch... Die Mexikanische Armee und das Acteal Massaker von 1997

August 22, 2009

The Real Battle for Oaxaca: Who is Permitted to Earn Money, and Where?

"The lesser officials manage the street scene, but also the professionals, vendor bosses, who run a crew of ten or a dozen"

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

August 17, 2009

Lopez Obrador Continues his Tour in Oaxaca

PRI Goons Go Along to Hassle Him

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

August 10, 2009

Government and Media Trash 2006

The Campaign to Discredit the Social Movement Shifts into High Gear

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

August 6, 2009

Housesitting in Honduras

Voices from Catacamas, Hometown of Honduran President, Manuel “Mel” Zelaya

By Jonathan Treat
Special to The Narco News Bulletin

July 22, 2009