Indigenous representatives attending an intercontinental Indigenous gathering in Vicam , Sonora Mexico have called for a boycott of the 2010 Olympics Games.

Este artículo no pretende ser un estudio sociológico sobre el racismo y la cuestión "indígena" en América Latina. Mas bien, plantea una serie de ideas desarrolladas en los últimos años en que he asistido al desarrollo y despertar del movimiento “indígena” e indigenista en América Latina. Lo expuesto es resultado de la convivencia pueblos indios en Bolivia, Perú, Chile y Colombia (quechuas, aymaras, mapuche, kankuamos, arhuacos entre otros), así como del estudio, la lectura y la reflexión personal. La tésis central del ensayo es que: el racismo contra el indio es sintomático de relaciones sociales que se arrastran desde la Colonia; que la imposibilidad de negar su origen en el indio, a la vez que la discriminación centenaria de éste, hacen al mestizo mitificar el pasado, creando así un indio heroico y mítico como su ascendencia, a la vez que se vilipendia al indio actual; que en la comunidad indígena hay elementos que permiten la regeneración de América Latina.

The Cuban Libertarian Movement (CLM; in Spanish: Movimiento Libertario Cubano - MLC) presents for collective debate its reflections on the declarations made by the EZLN (the Zapatista rebels) in July 2005 in the state of Chiapas, Mexico.

On January 1st, 1994 the Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico came into effect, and along with the new year, spoiling the party of the powerful, from deep within the forgotten Lacandona jungle also came on scene “the fire and the word” of the Zapatista rebels...

The EZLN declared a Red Alert in Chiapas in June taking a number of steps including closing down the Caracoles and the Good Government offices, evacuating the civilian delegates who make up the zapatista structures of regional self management and creating a clear distinction between the military side of the organisation and the civilian healthcare side. This looked a lot like preparation for war but a communique released the following day revealed that the red alert was just a precautionary measure to allow a consulta to take place.

The 6th Declaration of the Selva Lacandona was then released - it outlines the new strategy

and the communiques which follow it add more detail.

Anarkismo.net brought you news and analysis of this situation as it developed. Here we carry the Zapatista communiques and background materials and links that help explain who the Zapatistas are, what they stand for and what are the causes of the conflict in Chiapas.

Text of a 1997 talk by Amor y Rabia (Mexico) member on the theme of Indigenous Autonomy