Atenco, the upcoming elections, our June 8th event in San Francisco, and a delegation with Global Exchange.

By Lilia Lopez

Republicans need some form of immigration reform to assure electoral success in the upcoming November legislative elections, this much is clear to most US political analysts these days. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like a Bush administration victory on this issue is going to be quite as easy as they’d hoped.

By Lilia Lopez

On Monday May 8, police forces removed and detained dozens of protestors from the mayors’ offices in Bochil, and Escuintla, Chiapas. The community members originally took the government offices in protest against mayors Daniel Morales and Darinel Méndez whom they accused of corruption and inaction in the wake of Hurricane Stan, respectively.

By Lilia Lopez

This month´s update on the Mexican Presidential Race

PRD   
After weathering a surprise drop of support in major public opinion surveys last month, Andrés Manuel López Obrador has regained a slight lead according to a new poll of Mexican voters published on May 29.

By Chris Thomas  

A reflection on media spin and the Otra Campaña in the wake of the violence in Atenco earlier this month.

By Joy Truskowski

A human rights observer writes about her time in the conflict zone in eastern Chiapas.

An evening to support Indigenous resistance in Oaxaca, Mexico.

The volunteers, board and staff of Chiapas Peace House were shocked and appalled by the violent repression in Atenco, Mexico last week.  We will continue to follow events and post analysis, urgent actions and perspectives.  In the meantime, you can read stories by independent journalists, first hand accounts, communiques and other background on these websites:

San Salvador Atenco, Mexico—At 7 AM this past Wednesday, May 3rd, state police blocked 60 flower vendors from setting up their stands at the Texcoco local market in the State of Mexico, about 20 miles east of Mexico City. The police beat and arrested those who resisted. The flower vendors called to the residents of neighboring San Salvador Atenco for help and the Atenco residents blocked the highway that borders their town and leads to Texcoco.