Land and violence in the south sierra of Oaxaca, México
The states of Oaxaca, Chiapas, Veracruz and Guerrero have a great presence of rural communities with elevated indicators of poverty, illiteracy and an absenceof the most basic services. Diverse political parties, civil organizations, lawyers, priests and regional bosses take advantage of this situat...
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| description | The states of Oaxaca, Chiapas, Veracruz and Guerrero have a great presence of rural communities with elevated indicators of poverty, illiteracy and an absenceof the most basic services. Diverse political parties, civil organizations, lawyers, priests and regional bosses take advantage of this situation in order to promote socialtensions that become divisions between neighboring towns, due to land possession, the use of water and natural resources.In this text we present a general landscape of the dificult situation of the agrarian issue in Oaxaca, of the people’s manifestations regarding agrarian conlicts, their demands, tactics, and the ways in which federal and state institutions have attempted to solve them. In the same way, we present the testimony of a case occurredon May of 2002, where under the pretext of an ancestral dispute between two towns regarding the indeinition of their territorial boundaries, forest exploitation and that of other natural resources, 26 natives were massacred by a paramilitary group, a crime that remains unpunished to this date. Government authorities promote permanentoblivion, while the 28 widows and 89 orphans continue to wait for the support offered, and for the material and intellectual authors of the crime to be punished accordingto the law. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-19632023-11-22T16:35:34Z Land and violence in the south sierra of Oaxaca, México Tierra y Violencia en la Sierra Sur de Oaxaca, México Villavicencio Rojas, Josué Mario comunidades rurales violencia conflictos agrarios Oaxaca México The states of Oaxaca, Chiapas, Veracruz and Guerrero have a great presence of rural communities with elevated indicators of poverty, illiteracy and an absenceof the most basic services. Diverse political parties, civil organizations, lawyers, priests and regional bosses take advantage of this situation in order to promote socialtensions that become divisions between neighboring towns, due to land possession, the use of water and natural resources.In this text we present a general landscape of the dificult situation of the agrarian issue in Oaxaca, of the people’s manifestations regarding agrarian conlicts, their demands, tactics, and the ways in which federal and state institutions have attempted to solve them. In the same way, we present the testimony of a case occurredon May of 2002, where under the pretext of an ancestral dispute between two towns regarding the indeinition of their territorial boundaries, forest exploitation and that of other natural resources, 26 natives were massacred by a paramilitary group, a crime that remains unpunished to this date. Government authorities promote permanentoblivion, while the 28 widows and 89 orphans continue to wait for the support offered, and for the material and intellectual authors of the crime to be punished accordingto the law. En los Estados de Oaxaca, Chiapas, Veracruz y Guerrero se presentan en mayor frecuencia comunidades rurales con elevados indicadores de pobreza, analfabetismo, y ausencia de los servicios más elementales. De tal situación se aprovechan algunos partidos políticos, organizaciones civiles, abogados, sacerdotes y caciques regionales para promover tensiones sociales que devienen en divisiones entre los pueblos colindantes, debido a la posesión de latierra, uso del agua y de los recursos naturales.En este texto se presenta un panorama general de la difícil situación en que se encuentra la cuestión agraria en Oaxaca, de cómo se manifiestan los pueblos ante los conflictos agrarios, sus demandas, sus tácticas y la forma en que las instituciones federales y estatales tratan desolucionarlos. Asimismo, el testimonio de un caso ocurrido en mayo de 2002, que bajo el pretexto de una disputa ancestral entre dos pueblos debido a la indefinición de sus límites territoriales, la explotación forestal y demás recursos naturales, 26 indígenas fueron masacrados por un grupo paramilitar, a la fecha, la impunidad continúa. Las autoridades gubernamentales apuestan al olvidopermanente, mientras tanto, las 28 viudas y 89 huérfanos siguen esperando los apoyos ofrecidos y que los autores materiales e intelectuales sean castigados de acuerdo a las leyes. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2013-01-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/historia_memoria/article/view/1963 10.19053/20275137.1963 Historia Y Memoria; No. 6 (2013): That green was my valley. Land and power ; 67-100 Historia Y Memoria; Núm. 6 (2013): Enero-Junio 2013. Qué verde era mi valle. Tierra y poder ; 67-100 Historia Y Memoria; No 6 (2013): Enero-Junio 2013. Qué verde era mi valle. Tierra y poder ; 67-100 2322-777X 2027-5137 spa https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/historia_memoria/article/view/1963/1958 |
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| title | Land and violence in the south sierra of Oaxaca, México |
| title_alt | Tierra y Violencia en la Sierra Sur de Oaxaca, México |
| title_full | Land and violence in the south sierra of Oaxaca, México |
| title_fullStr | Land and violence in the south sierra of Oaxaca, México |
| title_full_unstemmed | Land and violence in the south sierra of Oaxaca, México |
| title_short | Land and violence in the south sierra of Oaxaca, México |
| title_sort | land and violence in the south sierra of oaxaca mexico |
| topic | comunidades rurales violencia conflictos agrarios Oaxaca México |
| topic_facet | comunidades rurales violencia conflictos agrarios Oaxaca México |
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