MEXICO INDIGENOUS
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Social Issues
Schools, communities in western Mexico fight to preserve indigenous languages
By Mariana Gonzalez-Marquez Guadalajara, Mexico, Feb 21 (EFE).- Communities and schools in western Mexico are acting on multiple fronts to…
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Conflicts & War
Indigenous Mexicans denounce forced displacement, deaths in conflict
Chenalhó, Mexico, Oct 5 (EFE).- Some 200 Tzotzil indigenous people, mostly women and children, denounced on Wednesday that they have…
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Religion
Indigenous Mexicans celebrate festival in honor of San Lorenzo
By Mitzi Mayauel Fuentes Zinacantán, Mexico, Aug 9 (EFE).- Hundreds of Tzotzil Mayans participated in a religious festival on Tuesday…
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Arts & Entertainment
Mexican dance collective explores living legacy of indigenous textile-making
By Monica Rubalcava Mexico City, Mar 4 (EFE).- A contemporary dance performance that explores the sounds, the feel and the…
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Conflicts & War
Thousands of Mexican indigenous people flee homes for fear of armed attacks
By Mitzi Mayauel Fuentes Gomez Aldama, Mexico, Nov 5 (EFE) – More than 3,000 members of Tzotzil indigenous communities in…
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Arts & Entertainment
Indigenous people in southern Mexico honor Mother Earth
By Mitzi Mayauel Fuentes Gomez Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico, Oct 14 (EFE).- Some 700 bearers of the Mayan culture legacy are…
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Social Issues
500 Years after conquest, Mexico’s indigenous peoples continue to resist
By Eduard Ribas i Admetlla Mexico City, Oct 12 (EFE).- While President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s government has put the…
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Conflicts & War
Mexican indigenous kids’ schooling interrupted by armed conflict, Covid-19
By Mitzi Mayauel Fuentes Gomez Aldama, Mexico, Sep 17 (efe-epa).- Maria Luciana Lunes, 13, is still recovering after being shot…
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