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	<title>Alive in Mexico</title>
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		<title>Mexico&#8217;s New Tolerance Zone - Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.aliveinmexico.org/video/2007/12/01/mexicos-new-tolerance-zone-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tolerance Zone which the governor of Tlaxcala, Enrique Ruiz Peña proposes, has opened the discussion around sex work and prostitution.
The sex workers talk about the discrimination they face in their work, and how by dedicating themselves to it they are criticized and many times not respected and are abused by the police, the clients, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Tolerance Zone which the governor of Tlaxcala, Enrique Ruiz Peña proposes, has opened the discussion around sex work and prostitution.</p>
<p>The sex workers talk about the discrimination they face in their work, and how by dedicating themselves to it they are criticized and many times not respected and are abused by the police, the clients, and sometimes even by their families, witch lowers their self-esteem, allowing this type of violence.   But upon organizing themselves and having psychological support, they have come to realize that their work is like any other which serves to make money for one&#8217;s family, and they claim it as a respectable job.  Because of this they don&#8217;t speak of prostitution but of sex work.  In the collectives they organize themselves so that their work is less difficult and dangerous, and more rewarding, because being on the street the pimps threaten to take away most of the money that they make without themselves doing anything, leaving the workers to be sexually exploited.  That is why there is opposition to the Tolerance Zone, as it will return the women into the hands of pimps, who are the police, the hotel, restaurant, and pub owners.   The governor and the business owners never talked about sex work, but about legalizing prostitution (which is illegal almost everywhere in the country) in a specified area for adult entertainment and knowing that significant sums of money will be moved since &#8220;that&#8217;s where the business is&#8221; as well allow the trafficking of women to the United States, as well as the sexual exploitation of children, since the corruption and the mafias of traffickers colluded with the authorities would allowed it to be hidden in the VIP zones.</p>
<p>In this second part of the video of Apizaco, several workers talked with AiM to tell us their experiences and problems, and one of them explained to us through her personal experience the difference between working in a collective and being exploited by a pimp. </p>
<p>**Español**</p>
<p>La <a href="http://www.lajornadadeoriente.com.mx/2007/09/05/tlaxcala/tla104.php">zona de tolerancia</a> que el gobernador de Tlaxcala, <a href="http://www.erestlax.com/2007/07/02/quieren-convertir-apizaco-en-el-paraiso-del-xxx/">Enrique Ruiz Peña</a> propone, ha abierto la discusión alrededor del trabajo sexual y la prostitución.</p>
<p>Las trabajadoras sexuales hablan acerca de la discriminación ante su trabajo y de cómo por dedicarse a el son criticadas y muchas veces no son respetadas y son abusadas <a href="http://unionrebelde.blogspot.com/2007/09/sobre-la-represin-en-tlaxcala.html">por la policía</a>, los clientes y algunas veces incluso por sus familias, lo cual baja su autoestima permitiendo este tipo de violencia, pero al organizarse, y al tener apoyo psicológico, se han dado cuenta que su trabajo es como cualquier otro, el cual sirve para ganarse  el dinero para su familia, y lo <a href="http://sabotaje.blogsome.com/2007/09/06/explotacion-sexual-y-represion-a-la-otra-campana-en-tlaxcala/">reivindican como un trabajo digno</a>, por eso no hablan de prostitución sino de trabajo sexual, en los colectivos se organizan para que su trabajo sea menos difícil y peligroso y mas remunerativo, por que al estar solas en la calle los proxenetas las amenazan quitándoles la mayoría del dinero que ganan sin ellos hacer nada, dejando de ser trabajadoras para ser explotadas sexualmente, por ello es la oposición a la zona de tolerancia por que vuelve a poner a las mujeres en las manos de los padrotes, que son la policía, los hoteleros, los restauranteros, los empresarios de las cerveceras, el gobernador así como los empresarios nunca hablaron de trabajo sexual sino de legalizar la prostitución (que es ilegal en casi todo el país) en una zona especifica para la diversión de los adultos y sabiendo que se moverán cantidades importantes de dinero pues “ahí esta el negocio” además de consentir <a href="http://www.proceso.com.mx/noticia.html?nid=22976&#038;cat=1">el trafico de mujeres</a> hacia Estados Unidos así como la explotación sexual infantil, pues la corrupción y las mafias de traficantes coludidas con <a href="http://www.lajornadadeoriente.com.mx/2007/09/27/tlaxcala/tla105.php">las autoridades permiten</a> esconderlo en las zonas VIP.  </p>
<p>En esta segunda parte del video de Apizaco, varias trabajadoras hablaron con AiM para contarnos sus vivencias y problemas, y una de ellas nos explica por su propia experiencia, la diferencia entre trabajar en colectivo a ser explotada por un padrote. </p>
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		<title>Mexico&#8217;s New Tolerance Zone - Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.aliveinmexico.org/video/2007/10/26/a-new-red-light-district-for-mexico-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[[Editor&#8217;s note: It&#8217;s come to our attention that the translation of Zona de Tolerancia, as &#8220;Red Light District&#8221; is just wrong. Although &#8220;Tolerance Zone&#8221; is perhaps unclear to some viewers, we&#8217;re now using this for lack of a better term. If you&#8217;d like to make a suggestion of a better term, please be in touch.]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[Editor&#8217;s note: It&#8217;s come to our attention that the translation of Zona de Tolerancia, as &#8220;Red Light District&#8221; is just wrong. Although &#8220;Tolerance Zone&#8221; is perhaps unclear to some viewers, we&#8217;re now using this for lack of a better term. If you&#8217;d like to make a suggestion of a better term, <a href="http://aliveinmexico.org/contact/">please be in touch</a>.]</p>
<p>On October 5, the <a href="http://www.cimacnoticias.com/site/07091207-Trabajadoras-sexual.30299.0.html">Forum of Analysis and Discussion</a> about the Tolerance Zone took place in the city of Apizaco, Tlaxcala.  There sex workers, as well as members of human rights and labor organizations, in the fight against Sida, reaffirmed their stance against the government proposal to create a <a href="http://www.cimacnoticias.com/site/07061111-Trabajadoras-sexual.17963.0.html">Tolerance Zone</a> in which prostitution would be legal.  The said proposal, besides lacking public support, does not offer any opportunity to sex workers, but rather forces them to work for businessmen under the conditions that they stipulate.  Apizaco, as a migrant city, has a population that is vulnerable to job shortage.  It is here where many women are <a href="http://www.lajornadadeoriente.com.mx/2007/09/05/tlaxcala/tla104.php">sexually exploited</a> before being taken to the United States where pimps make a lot of money with them.</p>
<p>This video is the first of two parts where we will see from the stories told to AiM by <a href="http://www.lafogatadigital.com.ar/zapatismo/zapa_24-1.htm">organized sex workers</a> and organizations that support them, the harsh reality in which the sex workers in Mexico survive.</p>
<p>**Español**</p>
<p>El pasado 5 de octubre se llevo a cabo el <a href="http://www.cimacnoticias.com/site/07091207-Trabajadoras-sexual.30299.0.html">Foro de Análisis y Discusión sobre la Zona de Tolerancia</a> en la ciudad de Apizaco, Tlaxcala ahí, las trabajadoras y trabajadores sexuales así como integrantes de organizaciones de derechos humanos, laborales y en la lucha contra el Sida, reafirmaron su postura en contra de la propuesta del gobierno de crear una <a href="http://www.cimacnoticias.com/site/07061111-Trabajadoras-sexual.17963.0.html">Zona de Tolerancia</a> en la cual la prostitucion seria legal, dicha propuesta además de carente de apoyo ciudadano, no ofrece ninguna oportunidad a las trabajadoras sexuales, sino que las obliga a trabajar para empresarios bajo las condiciones que ellos estipulen, Apizaco como ciudad migratoria cuenta con una población vulnerable por la falta de empleos, es aquí donde muchas mujeres son <a href="http://www.lajornadadeoriente.com.mx/2007/09/05/tlaxcala/tla104.php">explotadas sexualmente</a> para luego ser llevadas a Estados Unidos donde padrotes ganan mucho dinero con ellas.</p>
<p>Este video es el primero de dos partes donde veremos, a partir de las historias que las <a href="http://www.lafogatadigital.com.ar/zapatismo/zapa_24-1.htm">trabajadoras sexuales organizadas</a> y organizaciones que las apoyan contaron a AiM, la dura realidad en la que sobreviven las y los trabajadoras y trabajadores sexuales en México.</p>
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		<title>Pasta de Conchos: Explotation and Insecurity</title>
		<link>http://www.aliveinmexico.org/video/2007/10/07/pasta-de-conchos-explotacion-e-inseguridad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stevie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The families of the miners of Santa Rosita, Coahuila have a sit-in in the DF, where they demand of the Secretary of Labor the search and rescue of the bodies of the 63 miners who were trapped after an explosion on February 19, 2006 inside a mine known as the Pasta de Conchos Mine.
The relatives [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The families of the miners of <a href="http://www.diario.com.mx/nota.php?notaid=d7302741db3c0026fb47cac0e6109ea3">Santa Rosita, Coahuila</a> have a <a href="http://www.el-universal.com.mx/notas/450673.html">sit-in in the DF</a>, where they demand of the Secretary of Labor the <a href="http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/ElFinanciero/Portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm?docId=80818&amp;docTipo=1&amp;orderby=docid&amp;sortby=ASC">search and rescue</a> of the bodies of the 63 miners who were trapped after an explosion on February 19, 2006 inside a mine known as the <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desastre_minero_de_Pasta_de_Conchos">Pasta de Conchos Mine</a>.</p>
<p>The relatives argue that the owners of the Industrial Minera Mexico company do not comply with <a href="http://www.proceso.com.mx/noticia.html?sec=0&amp;nta=48283">mine security standards</a> and maintain a framework of corruption with the labor authorities, which has generated a greater risk of fatal accidents to the miners, costing human lives.</p>
<p>The rescue efforts have been stopped for months by orders of the company and <a href="http://www.oem.com.mx/elmexicano/notas/n427562.htm">the government</a>, which is why the relatives of the victims think that the bodies were only a short distance away from being rescued. This would confirm <a href="http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/429839.html">their assertions</a> that what killed the miners was the <a href="http://www.elsemanario.com.mx/news/news_display.php?story_id=2311">company&#8217;s irresponsibility</a> and eagerness for greater profit, and not an unforeseeable accident.</p>
<p>The mining industry has been a hard contradiction for Mexico and other countries where it operates.  While for a few it generates multimillionaire gains, the legions of workers it condemns to a life of low wages and deplorable conditions.</p>
<p>**Español**</p>
<p>Las Familias de los mineros de <a href="http://www.diario.com.mx/nota.php?notaid=d7302741db3c0026fb47cac0e6109ea3">Santa Rosita</a>, Coahuila; tienen un <a href="http://www.el-universal.com.mx/notas/450673.html">plantón en el DF</a> donde demandan a la Secretaria del Trabajo, la <a href="http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/ElFinanciero/Portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm?docId=80818&amp;docTipo=1&amp;orderby=docid&amp;sortby=ASC">búsqueda y rescate</a> de los cuerpos de los 63 mineros que quedaron atrapados después de una explosión dentro de una mina el 19 de febrero de 2006, conocida como <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desastre_minero_de_Pasta_de_Conchos">la Mina Pasta de Conchos</a>.</p>
<p>Las familiares argumentan que los dueños de la empresa Industrial Minera México no cumplieron con las normas de <a href="http://www.proceso.com.mx/noticia.html?sec=0&amp;nta=48283">seguridad</a> en la mina y mantienen un entramado de corrupción con las autoridades laborales, lo que ha generado en un mayor riesgo de accidentes fatales a los trabajadores mineros que han costado vidas humanas.</p>
<p>Las labores de rescate están paradas desde hace meses por órdenes de la empresa y del <a href="http://www.oem.com.mx/elmexicano/notas/n427562.htm">gobierno</a>, por lo cual los familiares de las victimas piensan que el extraer los cuerpos que están a poca distancia de ser rescatados daría certeza a sus <a href="http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/429839.html">afirmaciones</a>, de que a los mineros los mato la <a href="http://www.elsemanario.com.mx/news/news_display.php?story_id=2311">irresponsabilidad</a> y afán de mayor lucro de la empresa y no un accidente inesperado.</p>
<p>La minería ha sido una dura contradicción para México y países donde se explota, pues mientras a unos cuantos les genera ganancias multimillonarias a las legiones de trabajadores se les condena a una vida de salarios bajos y condiciones deplorables.</p>
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		<title>Zapatistas Discuss Growing and Distributing Coffee</title>
		<link>http://www.aliveinmexico.org/video/2007/09/28/zapatistas-discuss-growing-and-distributing-coffee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tatawelo Coffee is the brand of coffee sold by the Zapatista autonomous communities of Chiapas. The Mayan indigenous organized in the Good Government Groups have decided to sell their products without an intermediary who often buys what they have grown for very low prices. You can purchase this coffee in cafes in Chiapas and Mexico [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.alterafrica.com/PBSCCatalog.asp?ItmID=1721095&#038;AccID=15840">Tatawelo Coffee</a> is the brand of coffee sold by the Zapatista autonomous communities of Chiapas. The Mayan indigenous organized in the Good Government Groups have <a href="http://www.chiapas.ch/cafe2.php?artikel_ID=422&#038;start=10&#038;j=10">decided to sell their products without an intermediary</a> who often buys what they have grown for very low prices. You can purchase this coffee in cafes in Chiapas and <a href="http://espora.org/pavelgonzalez/coopsmaliyel.htm">Mexico City (the Federal District)</a>.</p>
<p>Since they decided to manage their own coffee two years ago they have been recognized internationally for their totally organic production. As a result it has been distributed as a form of solidarity, to various parts of the world including the <a href="http://highergroundstrading.com/coffees-for-change/cafe-zapatista/prod_50.html">United States</a>, <a href="http://www.alterafrica.com/PBSCCatalog.asp?ItmID=1721095&#038;AccID=15840">Italy</a>, Germany and <a href="http://www.alterafrica.com/PBSCCatalog.asp?ItmID=1721095&#038;AccID=15840">Spain</a>.</p>
<p>Tatawelo Coffee is an example of just commerce, an honest practice to obtain support to maintain their autonomous projects.</p>
<p>In spite of the problems that have faced the indigenous communities, like the paramilitary bands that ravage the region, as well as a government that marginalizes them, the Zapatistas <a href="http://www.rebelion.org/otromundo/040608gerber.htm">continue constructing their possible world</a>.</p>
<p>**Español**</p>
<p>El <a href="http://www.alterafrica.com/PBSCCatalog.asp?ItmID=1721095&#038;AccID=15840">café Tatawelo</a> es la marca que comercializan comunidades autonomas zapatistas de Chiapas. Los indígenas mayas organizados en las Juntas de Buen Gobierno han decidido <a href="http://www.chiapas.ch/cafe2.php?artikel_ID=422&#038;start=10&#038;j=10">comercializar sus productos sin el intermediario</a> que comúnmente compra a muy bajo costo lo que han sembrado los indígenas. Este café se puede conseguir en cafeterias de Chiapas y <a href="http://espora.org/pavelgonzalez/coopsmaliyel.htm">el Distrito Federal</a> en Mexico.  </p>
<p>Desde hace un par de años han decidido gestionar que su café sea reconocido a nivel internacional por su producción totalmente organica, lo que ha permitido que se distribuya de manera solidaria por varias partes del mundo, principalmente <a href="http://highergroundstrading.com/coffees-for-change/cafe-zapatista/prod_50.html">Estados Unidos</a>, <a href="http://www.alterafrica.com/PBSCCatalog.asp?ItmID=1721095&#038;AccID=15840">Italia</a>, Alemania y <a href="http://www.alterafrica.com/PBSCCatalog.asp?ItmID=1721095&#038;AccID=15840">España</a> asi como de los consumidores locales. </p>
<p>El Café tatawelo es un ejemplo del comercio justo que practican, asi como una practica honesta de conseguir fondos para mantener sus proyectos de autonomia. </p>
<p>A pesar de los problemas que han enfrentado las comunidades indígenas, como las bandas paramilitares que asolan la región, así como un gobierno que los margina ellos, los zapatistas <a href="http://www.rebelion.org/otromundo/040608gerber.htm">siguen construyendo su mundo posible</a>..</p>
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		<title>A School for Mexica [Aztec] Dance and Culture</title>
		<link>http://www.aliveinmexico.org/video/2007/09/22/a-school-for-mexica-aztec-dance-and-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stevie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mexican culture was born in 1325, 682 years ago, in what now is the center of the Federal District [Mexico City], where the city Tenochtitlan rose. This culture was oppressed with the arrival of the Spanish colonizers in 1521, subdued and decimated by new European illnesses, military, and religious contrast.
In the Colony there were prohibitions [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mexican culture was born in 1325, 682 years ago, in what now is the center of the Federal District [Mexico City], where the city <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenochtitlan">Tenochtitlan</a> rose. This culture was oppressed with the arrival of the Spanish colonizers in <a href="http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/kids/history/html/conquista/tenochtitlan.html">1521</a>, subdued and decimated by new European illnesses, military, and religious contrast.</p>
<p>In the Colony there were prohibitions <a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cache.eb.com/eb/image%3Fid%3D93004%26rendTypeId%3D4&#038;imgrefurl=http://www.britannica.com/ebc/art-86709/The-11th-and-last-Aztec-emperor-Cuauhtemoc-surrenders-on-August&#038;h=450&#038;w=517&#038;sz=112&#038;hl=en&#038;start=14&#038;um=1&#038;tbnid">against languages, constumes, dances</a>, their form of dressing. Nonetheless the indigenous groups survived with these traditions in a clandestine manner.</p>
<p>With there drums prohibited, they played their music on mandolins, small guitars, in those rhythms, in these songs, their culture survived. <a href="http://www.cuauhtemoc.org/">Calpulli</a> is the name they gave their schools, and the name today for groups that preserve knowledge of this culture.</p>
<p>Their language is Nahuatl, which emphasizes the poetry, the architecture, the mathematics, among other amazing things, like the building of a city of more than 100,000 people on a lake. Their &#8220;gods&#8221; have <a href="http://www.cnca.gob.mx/cnca/nuevo/2001/diarias/ago/020801/coreome.html">mythical legends</a> like the greek, and these gods are the water, the wind, the fire and the land. The groups of dancers give tribute to this history, as do the groups studying Mexican culture, which have grown in the last century in Mexico, and <a href="http://www.cuauhtemoc.org/2007pages/Dates%20to%20know.html">throughout the world</a>.</p>
<p>&#8212;Español&#8212;</p>
<p>La cultura mexica nació en el año 1325, hace 682 años, en lo que hoy es el centro del Distrito Federal donde se levantaba la ciudad de <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenochtitlan">Tenochtitlan</a>, esta cultura fue oprimida con la llegada de los colonizadores españoles en <a href="http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/kids/history/html/conquista/tenochtitlan.html">1521</a>, sometidos y diezmados por las nuevas enfermedades europeas y el contraste militar y religioso.</p>
<p>Con la Colonia se prohibieron las <a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cache.eb.com/eb/image%3Fid%3D93004%26rendTypeId%3D4&#038;imgrefurl=http://www.britannica.com/ebc/art-86709/The-11th-and-last-Aztec-emperor-Cuauhtemoc-surrenders-on-August&#038;h=450&#038;w=517&#038;sz=112&#038;hl=en&#038;start=14&#038;um=1&#038;tbnid">lenguas, las costumbres, las danzas</a>, su forma de vestir; sin embargo los grupos indígenas sobrevivieron y con ellos de manera clandestina su historia.</p>
<p>Como sus tambores fueron prohibidos, su música la guardaron en mandolinas, pequeñas guitarras, en esos ritmos, en esos cantos sobrevive su cultura. <a href="http://www.cuauhtemoc.org/">Calpulli</a> es el nombre que le daban a sus escuelas y es el nombre que hoy conservan los grupos distintos grupos que conservan este conocimiento. </p>
<p>Su lengua es el Nahuatl, destaca su poesia, su arquitectura, su matematica, entre otras cosas asombrosas, como el levantar una ciudad de mas de 100 mil habitantes sobre un lago. Sus &#8220;dioses&#8221; tienen leyendas <a href="http://www.cnca.gob.mx/cnca/nuevo/2001/diarias/ago/020801/coreome.html">mitológicas</a> como los griegos, y a esos dioses que son el agua, el viento, el fuego, la tierra: le tributan los grupos de danzantes y estudiosos de la cultura mexica, que han crecido en el uiltimo siglo en Mexico y se ha <a href="http://www.cuauhtemoc.org/2007pages/Dates%20to%20know.html">extendido</a> a otras partes del mundo.</p>
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		<title>The Annual LGBT Pride March in Mexico City</title>
		<link>http://www.aliveinmexico.org/video/2007/09/15/the-annual-lgbt-pride-march-in-mexico-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For 29 years there has been a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered(LGBT) march in Mexico’s capital city. This year the march’s theme was the growing problem of discrimination against LGBT people for their sexual preferences.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For 29 years there has been a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT">Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered(LGBT)</a> march in Mexico’s capital city. This year the march’s theme was the <a href="http://www.cimacnoticias.com/noticias/04ago/s04080901.html">growing problem of discrimination</a> against LGBT people for their sexual preferences.</p>
<p>This <a href="http://www.saldelcloset.com/secciones/defondo/recorrido2.shtml">march grows each year</a>, not only in the number of people but also in the infrastructure that they use, which includes dozens of mobile scenes where they exhibit their outfits.</p>
<p>Various cities in the country have <a href="http://www.letraese.org.mx/queesladiversidad01.htm">similar marches</a> where, in a type of carnival, the LGBT groups have made their presence public in a <a href="http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/QAMEX00.pdf">society that commonly ignores them and discriminates against them</a>.</p>
<p>In this march they also encourage the use of methods to prevent <a href="http://www.letraese.org.mx/">sexually transmitted infections</a>, and to promote <a href="http://www.letraese.org.mx/">their rights</a> as an active sector in society.</p>
<p>&#8212;Español&#8212;</p>
<p>Desde hace 29 años se realiza una marcha de <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT">Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales y Transgenero (LGBT)</a> en la capital del país, este año el tema central de la marcha fue <a href="http://www.cimacnoticias.com/noticias/04ago/s04080901.html">creciente problema de la discriminación</a> hacia ellos por sus preferencias sexuales.</p>
<p>Esta <a href="http://www.saldelcloset.com/secciones/defondo/recorrido2.shtml">marcha crece año con año</a>, no solo en número de personas, sino también en la infraestructura que utilizan para llevarla a cabo que incluye decenas de escenarios moviles donde exhiben sus vestuarios.</p>
<p>Actualmente en varias ciudades del país se llevan a cabo <a href="http://www.letraese.org.mx/queesladiversidad01.htm">marchas similares</a> donde con una forma de carnaval los grupos LGBT han hecha publica su presencia en una <a href="http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/QAMEX00.pdf">sociedad que comúnmente los niega y discrimina</a>.</p>
<p>En esta marcha también se busca fomentar el uso de métodos de prevención contra enfermedades de <a href="http://www.letraese.org.mx/">transmisión sexual</a>, así como la promoción <a href="http://www.letraese.org.mx/">de sus derechos</a> como sector activo de la sociedad.</p>
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		<title>The Struggles of Mexico&#8217;s Real del Monte Miners</title>
		<link>http://www.aliveinmexico.org/video/2007/09/08/ex-mineros-del-real-del-monte/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 17:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The town of Real del Monte is in the state of Hidalgo, very close to Mexico’s capital, Mexico City. For more than 500 years mines for gold, silver and other minerals have operated there. Now they are all closed.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The town of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_del_Monte">Real del Monte</a> is in the state of Hidalgo, very close to Mexico’s capital, Mexico City. For more than 500 years <a href="http://paginah.inah.gob.mx:8080/dAntropologica/dAntropologica_Texto.jsp?sIdArt=318&#038;sVol=11&#038;sTipo=1&#038;sFlag=5">mines</a> for gold, silver and other minerals have operated there. Now they are all closed.</p>
<p>The former miners have organized to reclaim their rights for a <a href="http://www.geocities.com/ligamex/ini/real-monte.htm">dignified retirement</a> and medical care. The work in the mines caused <a href="http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/02/26/040n1est.php">many illnesses</a>, and only a few miners have medical insurance or benefits.</p>
<p>This <a href="http://www.projects.ex.ac.uk/cornishlatin/pachucarealdelmonte.htm">town has a long history</a>, including the <a href="http://libcom.org/history/1766-the-real-del-monte-miners-strike">first strike in America in 1766</a>. This town also produced one of the organizers of the strike of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cananea_strike">Cananea movement</a>, a precursor to the Mexican revolution. In addition, there one of the largest fortunes in the country was amassed, like that of <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Romero_de_Terreros">Romero de Terreros</a> who became the richest man in America in the 18th century. Finally, the continent’s <a href="http://cidadedofutebol.uol.com.br/cidade07/Site/Artigo/Materia.aspx?IdArtigo=2933">first soccer team</a> plays in Real.</p>
<p>&#8212;Español&#8212;</p>
<p>El pueblo <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_del_Monte">Real del Monte</a> se encuentra en el estado de Hidalgo muy cerca de la capital Durante mas de 500 años se han explotado <a href="http://paginah.inah.gob.mx:8080/dAntropologica/dAntropologica_Texto.jsp?sIdArt=318&#038;sVol=11&#038;sTipo=1&#038;sFlag=5">minas</a> de oro, plata y otros minerales que actualmente se encuentran cerradas.</p>
<p>Los ex mineros se han organizado para reclamar sus derechos para una <a href="http://www.geocities.com/ligamex/ini/real-monte.htm">jubilación digna</a> y atención médica ya que el trabajo en las minas consumió con <a href="http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/02/26/040n1est.php">enfermedades</a> y solo pocos cuantos con seguro medico o prestaciones.</p>
<p>Este <a href="http://www.projects.ex.ac.uk/cornishlatin/pachucarealdelmonte.htm">pueblo</a> cuenta con una larga historia, ahí se hizo la <a href="http://libcom.org/history/1766-the-real-del-monte-miners-strike">primera huelga de América en 1766</a> y de ahí salio uno de los organizadores de la huelga de <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cananea_strike">Cananea movimiento</a> precursor de la Revolución Mexicana también aquí se amasaron unas de las mas grandes fortunas del país como la de <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Romero_de_Terreros">Romero de Terreros</a> que se convirtió en el hombre mas rico de América en el siglo XVIII. En Real se jugo también <a href="http://cidadedofutebol.uol.com.br/cidade07/Site/Artigo/Materia.aspx?IdArtigo=2933">el primer partido de futbol</a> en el continente.</p>
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		<title>Zapatistas Practice Herbal Medicine</title>
		<link>http://www.aliveinmexico.org/video/2007/08/31/zapatistas-practice-herbal-medicine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Editor&#8217;s Note: This week the English blog was assembeled  by Brian Conley and the Spanish by Armando Gomez.] 
In Chiapas, medical aid and assistance is difficult to find. As we reported some months back, indigenous Mayan &#8220;Health Promoters&#8221; in Chiapas have begun teaching their communities about basic nutrition and hygeine, as well as providing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[Editor&#8217;s Note: This week the English blog was assembeled  by Brian Conley and the Spanish by Armando Gomez.] </p>
<p>In Chiapas, medical aid and assistance is difficult to find. As we reported some months back, indigenous Mayan &#8220;Health Promoters&#8221; in Chiapas have <a href="http://www.aliveinmexico.org/video/2007/03/02/indigenous-healthcare-in-chiapas/">begun teaching their communities about basic nutrition and hygeine</a>, as well as providing some medical services.</p>
<p>The have also begun renewing the <a href="http://www.pshm.org/curanderismo.shtml">traditions of their ancestors</a> by using herbal alternatives to treat medical problems dealt with pharmaceutically in places where resources are more available. Oventic, where our correspondent travelled to bring you this episode, is the center of the Mayans herbal medicine practice.</p>
<p>Due to the low intensity conflict in Chiapas, it is by turning to tradition that the indigenous Mayans of the Zapatista communities are <a href="http://www.pih.org/inforesources/essays/medicinal-herbs-chiapas.html">able to preserve their autonomy</a>. For more information about those working to preserve the herbal and other traditions of the Mayans, <a href="http://www.medicinamaya.org/">please see OMIECH&#8217;s website</a>.</p>
<p>&#8211;Español&#8211;</p>
<p>En las comunidades zapatistas se impulsan proyectos para fortalecer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomy">su autonomia</a>, un ejemplo de ello es el uso <a href="http://obberlin.myweb.uga.edu/research.html">de medicina tradicional</a>, como <a href="http://fmx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/17/3/235">la herbolaria</a> por parte de los Promotores de Salud que son los encargados de prevenir y resolver los problemas de las comunidades.</p>
<p>AiM estuvo en Oventik, <a href="http://www.visitmexico.com/wb/Visitmexico/Visi_San_Cristobal_de_las_Casas">Chiapas</a>, donde se encuentra uno de los <a href="http://www.radiozapatista.org/IIEncuentro/oventic_salud_areas.htm">centros de preparación de medicina herbal</a>. </p>
<p>En estas <a href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3800/is_200401/ai_n9466403">zonas las comunidades</a> han desconocido al gobierno local y nacional y han creado <a href="http://www.nodo50.org/pchiapas/chiapas/documentos/jbg.htm">Juntas de Buen Gobierno</a> donde pulsan proyectos para resolver  las necesidades de salud, alimentación, vivienda, trabajo y alimentación.</p>
<p>Los centros de trabajo colectivo abarcan áreas como la fabricación de zapatos, la comercializacion de artesania y elaboración de ropa, así como han construido clinicas y centros de salud con medicina tradicional y pero tambien con medicina farmaceutica y capacidad quirurgica.</p>
<p>Los promotores de salud de las comunidades zapatistas se forman en escuelas zapatistas que han credao un modelo educativo distinto.</p>
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		<title>The Other Campaign Visits Mexico City</title>
		<link>http://www.aliveinmexico.org/video/2007/08/24/the-prisoners-of-the-other-campaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Other Compaign is a political initiative that promotes the EZLN in order to coordinate the people&#8217;s struggles throughout the entire country.  This organizational proposal began on January 1st of 2006 with the tour of Sub Commander Marcos appointed as Delegate Zero to promote the Sixth Declaration of the Selva Lacandona, a document that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/category/la-otra-campana/">The Other Compaign</a> is a political initiative that promotes the <a href="http://www.ezln.org/">EZLN</a> in order to coordinate the people&#8217;s struggles throughout the entire country.  This organizational proposal began on January 1st of 2006 with the tour of <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1214676.stm">Sub Commander Marcos</a> appointed as Delegate Zero to promote <a href="http://www.eco.utexas.edu/~hmcleave/SixthDeclaration.html">the Sixth Declaration</a> of the Selva Lacandona, a document that raises its political proposal at a national level.</p>
<p>The tour was suspended on May 3rd of 2006 due to the repression of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_civil_unrest_in_San_Salvador_Atenco">the town of Anteco</a>, which is part of this movement, and was resumed later.</p>
<p>At present, the Intercontinental Reunion of the Indian Towns of America in the state of Sonora in the month of October is being prepared.  In the time that this movement has lasted, it has been a victim of many of its members being in prison or facing legal problems, Human Rights groups such as <a href="http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Regions/Americas/Mexico">Amnesty International</a> and the <a href="http://cciodh.pangea.org/quinta/061212_boletin_001_eng.shtml">International Civil Commission of the Human Rights</a>.</p>
<p>The Other Campaign has an organizational proposal at an international level named <a href="http://zeztainternazional.ezln.org.mx/">Zezta Internacional</a>.</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/category/la-otra-campana/">La Otra Campaña</a> es una iniciativa politicia que promueve el <a href="http://www.ezln.org/">EZLN</a> para coordinar las luchas populares en todo el país. Esta propuesta organizativa empezó el 1 de enero de 2006 con el recorrido del <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1214676.stm">Sub Comandante Marcos</a> nombrado como el Delegado Zero para promover la <a href="http://www.eco.utexas.edu/~hmcleave/SixthDeclaration.html">Sexta Declaracion</a> de la Selva Lacandona, documento que  plantea su propuesta politica a nivel nacional e internacional.</p>
<p>El recorrido fue suspendido el 3 de mayo de 2006 debido a la represion al pueblo <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_civil_unrest_in_San_Salvador_Atenco">de Atenco</a> que es parte de este movimiento y reanudado mas tarde.</p>
<p>Actualmente se prepara la reunion Intercontinental de los Pueblos Indios de America en el estado de Sonora en el mes de octubre, el tiempo que ha durado este movimiento ha sido victima de muchos de sus integrantes esten en prision o enfrenten problemas juridicos,  grupos de Derechos Humanos como <a href="http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Regions/Americas/Mexico">Aministia Internacional y</a> la <a href="http://cciodh.pangea.org/quinta/061212_boletin_001_eng.shtml">Comision Civil Internacional de Observación de los Derechos Humanos</a>.</p>
<p>La Otra Campaña tiene una propuesta organizativa a nivel internacional llamado La <a href="http://zeztainternazional.ezln.org.mx/">Zezta Internacional</a>.</p>
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		<title>ISSSTE: Social Security in Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.aliveinmexico.org/video/2007/08/17/issste-social-security-in-mexico/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ISSSTE (Institute of Social Security Serving the Workers of the State) is one of the country&#8217;s two largest and most important public Health and Social Security systems, in charge of hospitals, sports and vacation centers, provisions centers, pharmacies, childcare facilities, and a long list of infrastructure that, together with IMSS (Mexican Institute of Social [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="http://www.issste.gob.mx/reforma/home.html">ISSSTE (Institute of Social Security Serving the Workers of the State)</a> is one of the country&#8217;s two largest and most important public Health and Social Security systems, in charge of hospitals, sports and vacation centers, provisions centers, pharmacies, childcare facilities, and a long list of infrastructure that, together with <a href="http://www.imss.gob.mx/imss">IMSS (Mexican Institute of Social Security)</a>, attends to the majority of workers with social security in the entire country - In the case of ISSSTE, to workers serving the State, <a href="http://www.seccion18.org.mx/">such as schoolteachers</a>, which total 1,800,000 people, the workers of public universities, national institutes, and workers of the structure of the State.</p>
<p>A few years ago, the IMSS started modifying its laws, which generated major opposition from hundreds of thousands of workers all over the country, pointing out these changing as detrimental to their rights and those of millions of people who depend of this Institute.  Nevertheless, these legal reforms remain in effect.</p>
<p>With the <a href="http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=48788">reforms approved by ISSSTE</a>, the opposition was soon to follow, since the reform projects the creation of individual retirement fund accounts with an increase in contributions from the workers.</p>
<p>Since the month of May, <a href="http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/01/20/046n1soc.php">national strikes have been carried out by labor unions all over the country</a>, which have summed up hundreds of thousands of those affected. <a href="http://www.machetearte.com/machetes2/1178/doc2.htm">The demonstrations have been growing as time goes by</a>, and a <a href="http://www.unidad.org.mx/temas/rebeldia/alahuelg.html">sit-in has been set up outside the ISSSTE&#8217;s central offices in Mexico City</a>.</p>
<p>The right to health and to retirement with dignity is a conquest of the workers&#8217; struggle of half of the twentieth century.  The ISSSTE and the IMSS were built under a model of cooperation and mutual support, which has now been distorted and dismantled by neoliberal projects. </p>
<p>&#8212;Español&#8212;</p>
<p>El <a href="http://www.issste.gob.mx/reforma/home.html">ISSSTE (Instituto de Seguridad Social al Servicio de los Trabajadores del Estado)</a>es uno de los dos sistemas de Salud y Seguridad Social publicos mas grandes e importantes del país, encargado de hospitales, centros deportivos y vacacionales, centros de abasto, farmacias, guarderias, y una larga lista de infraestructura que junto con el <a href="http://www.imss.gob.mx/imss">IMSS (Istituto Mexicano del Seguro Social)</a> atienden a la mayoria de trabajdores que cuentan con seguridad social en todo el pais, en el caso del ISSSTE atiende a los trabajadores alservicio del Estado <a href="http://www.seccion18.org.mx/">como Maestros</a> que suman 1 800 000 personas, los trabajdores de universidades publicas, institutos nacionales, trabajadores de la estructura del estado.</p>
<p>Hace unos años el IMSS fue modificado en sus leyes lo que genero gran inconformidad de cientos de miles detrabajadores en todo el pais que señalan esos cambios como perjudiciales para sus derechos y lo de millones de personas que dependen de ese Instituto, sin embargo las reformas legales se mantienen.</p>
<p>Con las <a href="http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=48788">reformas aprobadas al ISSSTE</a> la inconformidad no se ha hecho esperar, pues la reforma proyecta la creación de cuentas individuales para el fondo de retiro, con un incremento de las aportaciones de los trabajadores.</p>
<p>Desde el mes de mayo se han llevado a <a href="http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/01/20/046n1soc.php">cabo paros nacionales por sindicatos de trabajadores en todo el pais</a> que han sumado a cientos de miles de afectados, <a href="http://www.machetearte.com/machetes2/1178/doc2.htm">las manifestaciones han ido creciendo con el paso del tiempo</a>, asi como se ha intalado un <a href="http://www.unidad.org.mx/temas/rebeldia/alahuelg.html">planton a las afueras de las oficinas centrales del ISSSTE en la ciudad de Mexico</a>.</p>
<p>El derecho a la salud y a un retiro digno es una conquista de lalucha delos trabajadores de la mitad del siglo XX, el ISSSTE y el IMSS se contruyeron bajo un modelo de cooperacion y apoyo mutuo, lo que hoy a sido desvirtuado y desmantelado por los proyectos neoliberales.</p>
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		<title>The Community Police of Indigenous Guerrero</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In San Luis Acatlan is the Coordinating Committee of the Community Authority, which brings together the elected authorities for the uses and customs of more than 60 indigenous settlements of the coast and part of la Montaña Chica de Guerrero.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In San Luis Acatlan is the Coordinating Committee of the Community Authority, which brings together the elected authorities for the uses and customs of more than 60 indigenous settlements of the coast and part of la Montaña Chica de Guerrero.</p>
<p>This coordinating committee is also the place where orders and regulations are given to the Community Police, which is a grouping of peasants that provides its services free of charge, and is elected by the assemblies of their communities in order to offer this security work.  Achieving the rank of commander requires 3 years of collaboration, for police class a year, and for volunteers only 15 days, during which time passes the &#8220;jail&#8221; or prisoner caravan which carries the offenders, touring all the communities in order to carry out community work and complete the punishment that the assembly has assigned to the prisoner.</p>
<p>This Community Police has existed for scarcely 11 years, and for most of this time it had to face the delinquency and insecurity of its towns which had been abandoned by their state governments, and created rural militias after losing trust in a government that declared them outside of the law despite the great results that they have achieved.</p>
<p>This zone is an example of the autonomy project that the indigenous towns look for and construct.   This zone is also considered to be the poorest region of Mexico, having more infant mortality due to inadequate nutrition and a lack of medical attention.</p>
<p>The Community Police brings together hundreds of men that participate in providing security to the communities, where prior to the existence of the Community Police there was a high index of assault, aggression, and rape.</p>
<p>&#8212;-ESPAÑOL&#8212;-</p>
<p>En San Luis Acatlan se encuentra la Coordinadora Regional de Autoridades Comunitarias <a href="http://www.policiacomunitaria.org/">CRAC</a> que reune a las <a href="http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2005/09/27/022a1pol.php">autoridades elegidas</a> por usos y costumbres de mas de 60 poblados indigenas de la Costa y la parte de la <a href="http://www.sipaz.org/crono/gcrono_eng.htm">Montaña Chica de Guerrero</a>. </p>
<p>Esta Coordinadora es tambien el lugar donde se dan las ordenes y reglamentos a la Polica Comunitaria, que es un agrupamiento de campesinos que prestan su servicio de manera gratuita y que son elegidos por las asambleas de sus comunidades para brindar ese trabajo de seguridad; para el grado de Comandante se colabora por 3 años, para Policia razo un año y para los voluntarios tan solo de 15 dias, el tiempo en que pasa  la “carcel” o caravana de presos, que va llevando a los infractores dando un recorrido por todas  las comunidades para realizar trabajo comunitario y cumplir el castigo que la asamblea le haya designado al preso.</p>
<p>Esta policia comunitaria cuenta con apenas <a href="http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2002/03/18/oja59-veredas.html">11 años de existencia</a> y a lo largo de ese tiempo han tenido que enfrentar primero la delincuencia e inseguridad de sus pueblos <a href="http://www.suracapulco.com.mx/anterior/2004/julio/13/pag1.htm">abandonados por los gobiernos estatales</a> y para lo cual crearon sus milicias campesinas, despues la desconfianza de un gobierno que los ha declarado fuera de la ley a pesar de los grandes resultados que han logrado.</p>
<p>Esta zona es una muestra de el proyecto de Autonomia que buscan y construyen los pueblos indigenas, tambien esta zona es considerada como la region mas pobre de México y donde hay mas muertes infantiles por desnutricion y falta de atencion médica.</p>
<p>La policia comunitaria agrupa a centenas de hombres que <a href="http://www.sipaz.org/gro_scivil/just_comun/reduce_e.htm">participan dando seguridad a sus comunidades</a>, donde antes de que existiera policia comuitaria se daba un alto indice de asaltos, agresiones y violaciones.  </p>
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		<title>The Voice in the Air</title>
		<link>http://www.aliveinmexico.org/video/2007/08/04/the-voice-in-the-air/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;The Voice in the Air in the House of Rain&#8221; is a community radio station in the Town of Buena Vista. Located on a hillside in the
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>- A Story of Community Radio -</p>
<p>&#8220;The Voice in the Air in the House of Rain&#8221; is a community radio station in the Town of Buena Vista. Located on a hillside in the<br />
state of Guerrero, the radio station was bought by a farmers co-op in the area who gather to determine what is aired and, who will act as local authorities and as a voice of the police.</p>
<p>Buena Vista is a small community of about 2,000 residents who are mostly indigenous mixtecos, tlapanecos, and amuzgos, in the middle of the mountains near the Pacific coast.  The area straddles two timezones and has trucks coming and going several times a day to the municipal capitol in San Luis Acatlan.</p>
<p>Despite diverse problems problems from great distances to lack of equipment, the radio is a powerful force in the region.  Replacement parts are expensive and hard to come by because of long distances, but by broadcasting in Castile Spanish is able to  understand the news and stay in touch with their community.</p>
<p>The radio is not a project run by any group or person, but &#8220;an agreement that arises from the assembly of indigenous towns&#8221; that see the possibility of promoting their agricultural products and protecting their culture and way of life.</p>
<p>Those in charge of the radio are from all different backgrounds and form a committee to determine how things should work to help everyone in the community the most.  They maintain the project because it is in the best interest of everyone in the area - it helps neighbors and friends, and everyone chips in to pay for repairs and maintenance of this vital service. </p>
<p>&#8212;Español&#8212;</p>
<p>&#8220;La Voz en el aire, en la casa de la Lluvia&#8221; es una estacion de radio comunitaria del poblado de  Buenavista en la Montaña Chica del estado de Guerrero, esta radio fue comprada por la cooperacion de los campesinos del lugar que se rigen por usos y costumbres, donde la asamblea es el maximo lugar de desicion y es donde se elige a las autoridades locales y a los encargados de los trabajos comunitarios como la radio o la policia la cual tambien es comunitaria.</p>
<p>Buenavista es una comunidad muy pequeña de solo 2000 mil habitantes, en su mayoria son indigenas mixtecos, tlapanecos y amuzgos, en medio de las altas montanas cercanas a la costa del pacifico el tiempo parece transcurrir a otro ritmo, el transporte sale de la comunidad 2 veces al dia a las 3 y 5 de la mañana desde San Luis Acatlan que es la cabecera municipal.</p>
<p>El alcance de la radio es amplio, su señal a pesar de las dificultades llega a varias comunidades y se transmite en Amuzgo, que es su lengua materna y en &#8220;Castilla&#8221; o español, las problematicas a las que se enfrentan son diversas como la falta de equipo, agravada por las distancias que tienen que recorrer y el dinero que deben gastar para ir a comprar refacciones o lo necesario para sostener la radio.</p>
<p>La radio no es un proyecto de un colectivo o una persona, es un acuerdo que surge de la asamblea de el pueblo indígena que la ve como una posibilidad de promover sus productos agrícolas y fomentar su cultura.</p>
<p>Los encargados de la radio lo forma un comité elegido en asamblea por usos y costumbres y hacen todo tipo de labores. Ellos piden solidaridad para mantener y este proyecto pues los fondos son precario s, pues solo cuentan con las aportaciones de vecinos y amigos para costear las reparaciones y faltantes de la joven radio comunitaria.</p>
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		<title>The Anniversary of the Movement in Oaxaca</title>
		<link>http://www.aliveinmexico.org/video/2007/07/26/the-anniversary-of-the-movement-in-oaxaca/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
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In June of 2006 the Government of Oaxaca launched an offensive against striking teachers. This action prompted the formation of a popular movement who made their actions famous around the world facing off against local and federal police and erecting over 2,000 barricades in one night.  In the violence that ensued Indymedia [...]]]></description>
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<p>In June of 2006 the Government of Oaxaca launched an offensive against striking teachers. This action prompted the formation of a popular movement who made their actions famous around the world <a href="http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/07/25/021a1pol.php">facing off against local and federal police and erecting over 2,000 barricades in one night</a>.  In the violence that ensued Indymedia reporter Brad Will (from the United States) was murdered by off duty police and a warning was issued by the Embassy to Americans to stay away from the conflict zone.</p>
<p>In this second visit to Oaxaca, Alive in Mexico interviews human rights defenders, teachers, and relatives of victims who died in the conflict.  A year after the conflict the members of the movement recount their struggle, discuss the current situation that exists, and participate in several planned activities.</p>
<p>Alive in Mexico was in Oaxaca in June.  Lately the situation has been extremely tense because of <a href="http://elenemigocomun.net/988">new repression by the government</a>. Hundreds of thousands of <a href="http://indy.espora.org/Guelaguetza">Oaxacans protested and boycotted the festival</a> called &#8220;The Mondays of the Hill&#8221; or &#8220;Guelaguetza&#8221; because it has been <a href="http://www.aoaxaca.com/guelaguetza/">commercialized and organized by the government</a>.</p>
<p>*****</p>
<p>En Junio de 2006 <a href="http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/06/15/003n1pol.php">la ofensiva del gobierno de Oaxaca en contra de maestros dio inicio al movimiento popular</a> que ha dado la vuelta al mundo por sus <a href="http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/07/25/021a1pol.php">famosas barricadas que fueron levantadas hasta 2 000 en una noche y por enfrentar a la policía local y federal</a>, así como por el asesinato del reportero de Indymedia Brad Will por lo cual la embajada de Estados Unidos considero a Oaxaca un lugar peligroso para que sus ciudadanos visiten la zona por conflictos políticos. </p>
<p>Con entrevistas a defensores de derechos humanos, maestros, familiares de las victimas mortales del conflicto AiM  entrega este segundo video de su vista a Oaxaca.</p>
<p>Un año después la gente del movimiento oaxaqueño recuerda e informa de la situación actual que existe en la entidad, participando en varias actividades programadas.</p>
<p>AiM estuvo en el mes de Junio Oaxaca, en la actualidad la situación se encuentra en extrema tensión, <a href="http://elenemigocomun.net/988">primero por una nueva represión</a> en los últimos días cuando cientos de miles de oaxaqueños <a href="http://indy.espora.org/Guelaguetza">celebraban una fiesta nombrada la Guelaguetza popular</a> a contra de <a href="http://www.aoaxaca.com/guelaguetza/">otra fiesta comercial organizada por el gobierno</a> con una fuerte publicidad a pesar de que el movimiento ha llamado a boicotear esa actividad como lo hiciera el año pasado.   </p>
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		<title>Radio Planton in Oaxaca</title>
		<link>http://www.aliveinmexico.org/video/2007/07/20/radio-planton-in-oaxaca/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
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A sit-in or &#8220;plantón&#8221; is a demonstration method that is used to press [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[Editor&#8217;s Note: We&#8217;d like to give a special thanks to John Little, who volunteered to translate for us recently. He only asked that we let our viewers know about <a href="http://beyond.euskalaretoa.com/belief/YaBB.pl">his own labor of love over here</a>, so after the video, check it out!]</p>
<p>A sit-in or &#8220;plantón&#8221; is a demonstration method that is used to press the government to address a problem. People get blankets and supplies and sit down in front of public offices or public areas and are accompanied by other protesters who march, and they continue their actions until the government meets their demands.</p>
<p>The sit-in went on to inspire the radio project of the teachers&#8217; struggle and the creation of Sit-In Radio or &#8220;Radio Planton&#8221; that has become an important part of the long running conflict in Oaxaca and an example to the popular movements. Alive in Mexico was in Oaxaca a year before the beginning of the conflict and this is the first story<br />
from that visit to the territories south of Mexico.</p>
<p>Early on June 14th there was an attempt by police to the evict the teachers&#8217; union seat and destroy the FM radio installed to support them. But this radio has become a symbol of the APPO [people&#8217;s] movement and grows in frequency and range with the movement.  While the movement grew over several months and broke out of government control the radio and television stations maintained almost complete control over the city as several zones of the state faced stones, wood, molotovs, and the entrance of military police into the zone.</p>
<p>Sit-In Radio served as the voice of the movement by dispersing information about the movement and played a key role in organizing the participation of hundreds of thousands of people.</p>
<p>In Oaxaca the tradition of community radio and free radio has received ample testimony to it&#8217;s importance. In the future Alive in Mexico will be covering the first Anniversary of the repression of the Oaxacan Movement and its popular radio.</p>
<p>Un  plantón es un método de manifestación en México, para presionar a las autoridades sobre algún asunto o problema, se instalan casas de campaña hechas con   mantas y  plásticos frente a oficinas de gobierno o en zonas publicas, acompañadas de otras protestas como marchas,   hasta ver avances en sus demandas.</p>
<p>El planton fue lo que inspiro al proyecto radiofonico de la lucha de los maestros, Así nació  <a href="http://www.radioplanton.net/">Radio Planton</a> que hoy en día es un personaje central dentro del largo conflicto en Oaxaca y a sido un ejemplo de lo que los medios en manos de movimientos populares es capaz de hacer. AiM estuvo en Oaxaca a un año del inicio del conflicto y esta es la primera entrega de esa visita a tierras del sur de Mexico. </p>
<p>La madrugada del <a href="http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/06/15/003n1pol.php">14 de junio</a> en el intento de desalojo la policia ocupa la sede del sindicato de maestros y destruye la radio de FM instalada en apoyo a los maestros, esta radio se vuelve a equipar y crece en frecuencia y en audiencia, al mismo tiempo que crece el movimiento de la <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asamblea_Popular_de_los_Pueblos_de_Oaxaca">APPO</a> que durante varios meses desarticulo el aparato estatal, tomo estaciones de radio y televisión, mantuvo el control casi total de la ciudad y de varias zonas en todo el estado, así como enfrento con piedras, palos y molotovs, el ingreso de policia militar a la zona.</p>
<p>Radio Planton sirvió para comunicar en el momento de los hechos toda la informacion del movimiento y fue un elemento clave de su horizontalidad y participación activa de cientos de miles de personas.</p>
<p>En Oaxaca la tradición de las <a href="http://radio.espora.org/article.php3?id_article=76">radios comunitarias y radios libres</a> lleva un amplio recorrido este es uno de sus testimonios. AiM estuvo otra vez en Oaxaca atento al primer aniversario de la represión al movimiento oaxaqueño y su radio popular.</p>
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		<title>Selling the News in Mexico City</title>
		<link>http://www.aliveinmexico.org/video/2007/07/12/selling-the-news-in-mexico-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Newspapers are ubiquitous in Mexico City – they are sold on the street, in corner newsstands, by children walking in busy areas and in stores. Mexico City hosts multiple different daily newspapers, presenting news from various political viewpoints. This episode highlights how newspapers are distributed and sold in Mexico City.</p>
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		<title>Mariachis in Garibaldi Plaza</title>
		<link>http://www.aliveinmexico.org/video/2007/07/05/mariachis-in-garibaldi-plaza/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mariachi music has become an international symbol of Mexican culture. This music, first developed in the state of Jalisco in the 1800s, is an integral part of many Mexican parties, weddings and other special events. </p>
<p>The classic Mariachi group consists of violins, trumpets, guitars, a vihuela (a high-pitched five string guitar) and a guitarrón (a small-scaled acoustic bass). Most of these instruments were brought from Europe by the Spanish conquistadors, replacing rattles, drums, conch-shell horns, and reed or clay flutes which were used by Mexico’s indigenous people. As a result, although Mariachi music originated in Mexico, there is some debate about whether it is the “most traditional” Mexican music.<br />
For more information about Mariachis, see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariachi">Wikipedia’s entry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Atenco, A Year of Repression</title>
		<link>http://www.aliveinmexico.org/video/2007/06/28/atenco-one-year-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[Editor&#8217;s Note: We&#8217;ve added a Spanish translation to this entry. We&#8217;re trying to keep up with the work, but are desperately in need of a Spanish translator, if any of our viewers would like to volunteer their time, please email us at aliveinmexico@gmail.com, and remember this is a grassroots operation, any donation of time, money, or equipment is greatly appreciated.]</p>
<p>San Salvador Atenco is a rural town 100km from Mexico City.  Since 2003 settlers have put up with the construction of an international airport  that threatens to destroy the land where they live and work.  The airport was thrust upon the people by the previous Federal government and was cancelled because the government had to recognize the rights of the settlers.  The fight for the defense of the land and its inhabitants has been an example for those fighting for territory all over the world.  Thus, the machete has become a symbol of the farmer&#8217;s movement.</p>
<p>In 2006 the people of Atenco were assaulted when the settlers drove the Zapatistas all around the country.  On May 3rd, the government ambushed a demonstration and evicted a group of flower vendors and jailed dozens of others.  This was especially disturbing to residence since say they had obtained permission to sell their flowers just two days before the incident.</p>
<p>In the evening, there was a confrontation between residents and the police officers who had beaten and arrested protesters earlier in the day.  As the confrontation escalated the residents of Atenco forced the police from their town as a sign of their displeasure with the situation.</p>
<p>The next day the police reentered the city with federal reinforcements to stop the demonstrators and residents of San Salvador Atenco. Using excess force, the police attacked women sexually, and for the 23 people that remain prisoners, the penal process has been long and full of irregularities.</p>
<p>Several prisoners have been released, but the process continues from others.  Those who are still imprisoned have been victimized in the prison system, suffering the full force of the penal system.  Two of them, Ignacio of Valle and Felipe Alvarez have been given 64 years in prison and still face more charges.</p>
<p>Now that the demonstrations have subsided, the government has once again begun threatening to build an international airport.</p>
<p><code></p>
<p>San Salvador Atenco es un poblado rural a cien kilómetros de la ciudad de México, ese lugar a sido conocido por que sus pobladores se han opuesto desde 2003 a la construcción de un <a target="_blank" href="http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/laboetie/cronoatenco.html">aeropuerto internacional</a>, que amenaza con quitarles las tierras donde viven y trabajan. </p>
<p>El aeropuerto, impulsado por el gobierno federal anterior fue <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2002/08/02/016n1pol.php?origen=index.html"> cancelado</a> y el gobierno tuvo que reconocer los derechos de los pobladores, esa lucha por la defensa de la tierra así como sus habitantes  han sido un ejemplo de la lucha por el territorio que ha recorrido el mundo empuñando un machete como símbolo de su movimiento campesino.</p>
<p>En 2006 la gente de Atenco fue victima de una salvaje agresión cuando sus pobladores impulsaban de  manera activa la iniciativa <a target="_blank" href="http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/la-otra-campana/377/">zapatista</a> de La Otra Campaña que promovía el sub comandante Marcos del EZLN en un recorrido por todo el país. </p>
<p>Desde el día 3 de mayo en una manifestación son emboscados y desalojados de un grupo de vendedores de flores y gente de Atenco, son encarcelados decenas de personas traicionando su palabra el gobierno municipal que días antes había acordado el permiso de la manifestación y la venta de flores. </p>
<p> Por la tarde habría una confrontación de la policía con pobladores de Atenco que en un primer ataque golpeo y detuvo a varias personas y después fueron los policías quienes fueron expulsados del poblado por habitantes descontentos. </p>
<p> El 4 de mayo en Atenco  entro la policía y policía federal a <a target="_blank" href="http://mujeressinmiedo.blogspot.com/2007/05/un-ao-del-enfrentamiento-en-atenco.html"> reprimir</a> a los manifestantes y a los pobladores en general de San salvador Atenco, en el operativo hubo exceso de uso de la fuerza policíaca, mujeres fueron agredidas sexualmente, y los procesos penales en contra de los detenidos ha sido largo, y lleno de irregularidades por parte de las autoridades que mantiene injustamente <a target="_blank" href="http://espora.org/pipermail/info_jar/2007-May/000097.html">presos</a>  a 23 personas</p>
<p>Han sido liberados varios de los detenidos, pero los procesos siguen alargándose y los presos que aun quedan han sido victimas de ultraje en las prisiones. A dos de ellos: Ignacio del Valle y Felipe Álvarez les han dictado sentencia de <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/05/06/index.php?section=politica&#038;article=003n1pol">64 años de prisión</a> por solo uno de los varios procesos penales que tienen. </p>
<p>Ahora el gobierno amenaza con llevar a cabo nuevamente el proyecto de aeropuerto internacional en ese mismo lugar. </p>
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<p>Condenan a 67 años de cárcel a líderes del FPDT de Atenco<br />
Leaders of the FPDT of Atenco sentenced to 67 years in jail</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/05/06/index.php?section=politica&#038;article=003n1pol">http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/05/06/index.php?section=politica&#038;article=003n1pol </a></p>
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<p>A un año de la represión en Atenco un mensaje de Amnistía Internacional </p>
<p>A year of repression in Atenco: A message from Amnesty International</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://mujeressinmiedo.blogspot.com/2007/05/un-ao-del-enfrentamiento-en-atenco.html">http://mujeressinmiedo.blogspot.com/2007/05/un-ao-del-enfrentamiento-en-atenco.html </a></p>
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<p>Carta de los presos del penal de Almoloyita de Juárez a un año de la represión</p>
<p>A Letter from the prisoners at the Jail &#8220;Almoloyita de Juarez&#8221; to a year of repression</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://espora.org/pipermail/info_jar/2007-May/000097.html">http://espora.org/pipermail/info_jar/2007-May/000097.html</a></p>
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<p>Palabras de marcos a Atenco</p>
<p>Words from Marcos to Atenco</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/la-otra-campana/377/">http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/la-otra-campana/377/</a></p>
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<p>Atrás el decreto expropiatorio</p>
<p>The Return of Expropriation (land being seized for the airport)</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2002/08/02/016n1pol.php?origen=index.html">http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2002/08/02/016n1pol.php?origen=index.html </a></p>
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<p>cronología</p>
<p>Chronology</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/laboetie/cronoatenco.html">http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/laboetie/cronoatenco.html</a></p>
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		<title>Artisan Market in Mexico City</title>
		<link>http://www.aliveinmexico.org/video/2007/06/21/artisan-market-in-mexico-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Translator&#8217;s Note: A Ciudadela is an area with some protection from the elements found in the interior of a large plaza. In the case of this specific Ciudadela it is a large market used for the sale of crafts and artisan works and plays an important role in the economic and cultural lives of the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[Translator&#8217;s Note: A Ciudadela is an area with some protection from the elements found in the interior of a large plaza. In the case of this specific Ciudadela it is a large market used for the sale of crafts and artisan works and plays an important role in the economic and cultural lives of the people living there.]</p>
<p>The Ciudadela is a Mexican crafts market where cultural groups from around Mexico distribute their crafts to other parts of the country and the world.  These artists and have developed and maintained this space for more than 40 years.  The land the Ciudadela occupies has been <a href="http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/miami/24647.html">threatened</a> with <a href="http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/05/15/index.php?section=capital&#038;article=052n1cap">demolition</a>, to convert the area into a government office building. </p>
<p>The Ciudadela’s craftspeople are organizing so the eviction might be prevented. They are working to educate people about valuable cultural and artistic work that is done every day in the market.</p>
<p>The Ciudadela offers artwork made of wood, cloth, glass, paint, metal, pottery, and embroidery. You can purchase paintings, scultures, typical and traditional costumes, along with thousands more items.  The market sells crafts from the entire country, and members of at least 10 indigenous groups live there, including the Triquis, Tzeltales, Tzotziles, Huicholes, Mixtecos, Purépechas, Tlapanecos, Otomíes, Zapotecos, Nahuas and Mazahuas. These cracts people count on the Ciudadela space for art production as well as sales, employing more than 1200 craftspeople.</p>
<p>For more than 40 years the Ciudadela has been a hub for the world-wide distribution of Mexican crafts, and the market has also been a necessary stop for any tourist in Mexico City. During this time the knowledge of the artisan’s craft has been passed from generation to generation, and they continue with this work to this day.</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<p> La ciudadela es un mercado de artesanías mexicanas, donde grupos culturales de todo el país venden y distribuyen sus artesanías a otras partes del país y del mundo, ellos también son artesanos y han mantenido y hecho crecer este espacio durante más de 40 años. Sin embargo el lugar que ocupan ha sido amenazado de ser demolido para convertirlo en un edificio de oficinas para el gobierno.</p>
<p>Los artesanos de este mercado han decidido organizarse ante un posible desalojo y buscan dar a conocer lo que en La Ciudadela se hace todos los días para que sean considerados por su trabajo esencialmente cultural y artístico; para que con esto se reconsidere la intención de expulsarlos de su recinto.</p>
<p>En el mercado de la ciudadela se trabaja la madera, el hilo, el vidrio, la pintura, el metal, la escultura, la alfarería, el bordado, los trajes típicos y tradicionales entre mil cosas más. Se comercializan artesanías de todo el país y  viven en el mismo por lo menos integrantes de 10 pueblos indígenas: triquis, tzeltales, tzotziles, huicholes, mixtecos, purépechas, tlapanecos, otomíes, zapotecos, nahuas y mazahuas y cuenta con un espacio para  talleres, lo que da trabajo a mas de 1200 artesanos mas.</p>
<p>Con más de 40 años, este lugar se ha convertido en un difusor de las artesanías a nivel mundial y se ha convertido también en un paso obligado de los visitantes extranjeros de la ciudad de México y del país. Durante este tiempo los conocimientos de su trabajo han pasado de generación en generación y así se mantienen hasta la fecha.</p>
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		<title>Sex Worker Program in Mexico City</title>
		<link>http://www.aliveinmexico.org/video/2007/06/14/sex-worker-program-in-mexico-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sex workers are exploited and abused around the world. The Brigada Callejera, in Mexico City, helps sex workers fight these problems. The Brigada also offers education and many other services to help sex workers find dignity in their work, and develop the skills to find other work.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sex workers are exploited and abused around the world. The Brigada Callejera, in Mexico City, helps sex workers fight these problems. The Brigada also offers education and many other services to help sex workers find dignity in their work, and develop the skills to find other work.</p>
<p>Trabajadores sexuales son explotados y abusados en todo el mundo. La Brigada Callejera, en la Cuidad de Mexico, apoya a trabajadores sexuales a luchar contra estos problemas. Tambien La Brigada ofrece educación y muchos otros servicios para ayudar las trabajadores encontrar dignidad en su trbajo, y tener tan habilidades para encontrar el otro trabajo.</p>
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		<title>Labor Day in Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.aliveinmexico.org/video/2007/06/07/labor-day-in-mexico/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Esta semana, para inaugurar nuestras historias regulares desde ahora es esta pagina, AiM fue testigo de varios sucesos en los primeros dias de mayo, donde se juntaron fechas llenas de historia para la comunidad mexicana. Desde el fin de la revolucion mexicana de 1910 se festeja la lucha de los trabajadores en la defensa y [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Esta semana, para inaugurar nuestras historias regulares desde ahora es esta pagina, AiM fue testigo de varios sucesos en los primeros dias de mayo, donde se juntaron <a href="http://usuarios.lycos.es/Aime/feso14.html">fechas llenas de historia</a> para la comunidad mexicana. Desde el fin de la revolucion mexicana de 1910 se festeja la lucha de los trabajadores en la defensa y conquista de sus derechos</p>
<p>This week, to inaugurate our regular posts from this date on, AiM covers the first days of May in Mexico City, dates <a href="http://usuarios.lycos.es/Aime/feso14.html">filled with history</a> for the Mexican comminuty. Since the end of the 1910 Mexican revolution, Mexicans have celebrated the workers struggle and the defense of workers rights.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/64564.html">Este primero de mayo se dieron varias marchas de trabajadores</a>, una de ellas fue de organizaciones sociales y sindicatos independientes de las centrales obreras oficiales. incluyendo <a href="http://www.sme.org.mx/construccion_frame/UntitledFrameset-3.htm">electricistas</a>, <a href="http://www.bomberosmexico.com.mx/">bomberos</a> y maestros. <a href="http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/05/02/index.php?section=politica&#038;article=006n1pol">La segunda marcha</a> fue la realizada por integrantes de “<a href="http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/">La Otra Campana</a>” iniciativa politica encabezada por el EZLN. En esta marcha participaron trabajador@s sexuales, comerciantes del barrio de tepito, jovenes, campesinos de Atenco y otros grupos  que se dijeronen apoyo a la luchas de los trabajadores y exijieron la liberacion de los presos politicos del pais. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/64564.html">This 1st of May many workers marched</a>, from social organizations and independent unions of the working class, including <a href="http://www.sme.org.mx/construccion_frame/UntitledFrameset-3.htm">electricians</a>, <a href="http://www.bomberosmexico.com.mx/">firefighters</a> and teachers. <a href="http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/05/02/index.php?section=politica&#038;article=006n1pol">A second march</a> was organized by members of “<a href="http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/">La Otra Campana</a>” or “The Other Campaign,” a political initiative headed by the EZLN, also known as the Zapatistas from Chiapas, Mexico. This marched included sex workers, vendors from the Tepito neighborhood, young people, farmers from Atenco and other groups, that support the workers struggle and also demand the liberation of political prisoners in Mexico.</p>
<p>Los medios de comunicacion resaltaron el abandono de las autoridades gubernamentales del festejo del dia de los trabajadores en contraste con anos anteriores donde se realizaba una marcha oficial con la presencia de los representantes del gobierno mexicano.</p>
<p>Many media outlets noted the absence of government authorities on this Labor Day, in contrast to previous years when there was an official march with Mexican government officials present.</p>
<p>Los trabajadores manifestaron <a href="http://www.sme.org.mx/construccion_frame/UntitledFrameset-3.htm">su enojo ante las nuevas politicas laborales</a>, en especial con <a href="http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/miami/23948.html">las reformas a la ley</a> del <a href="http://www.issste.gob.mx/">ISSSTE</a> (Instituto de Seguriadad Social al Servicio de los Trabajadores del Estado) que fueron aprobado rapido en Marzo de este ano, sin tiempo por la participacion de los trabajadores. Los cambios al ISSSTE afectan a mas de 2millones de cotizantes a este instituto y a 10 millones de usuarios de servicios medicos, jubilaciones y pensiones</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.sme.org.mx/construccion_frame/UntitledFrameset-3.htm">workers demonstrated</a> their <a href="http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/miami/24466.html">anger with the new labor politics</a>, especially the reforms of the <a href="http://www.issste.gob.mx/">ISSSTE</a> law (State Institute for Social Security for Workers) that were <a href="http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/miami/23948.html">quickly approved in March</a> of this year with no time for worker comment or input. Changes to ISSSSTE affect over 2 million workers and10 million people who receive health care and pensions from ISSSTE.</p>
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