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Since 1994, Educa A.C., as a civil organization, accompanies social movements, advises social organizations and indigenous communities in the defense of their social and civil rights, promotes civil and political education, advocates for the integral protection of human rights, and initiates projects of sustainable, rural development in the state of Oaxaca. As part of our strategy to promote civil and political education, we translate some of our publications into English and founded the Twitter account “Human Rights Oaxaca Mexico” to address an international audience. In the globalized world, we live in, today’s problems need to be viewed from different perspectives in order, to be solved. Therefore our work in English intends to give Oaxaca’s civil society a voice, create awareness and promote public dialogue. We cover topics such as social movements, gender and migration violence, territorial and environmental conflicts, indigenous resistance against transnational megaprojects, as well as other current issues Oaxaca’s civil society finds itself confronted with.

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The Social Movement in Oaxaca: Community Roots, Challenges and Prospects English

The Social Movement in Oaxaca: Community Roots, Challenges and Prospects

Celebrating its 30-year anniversary, EDUCA invited to a forum to reflect on the impact and challenges of the social movement in Oaxaca. Under the title “30 years of social movement and the reconfiguration of power”, more than 200 representatives of social movements, academia, and civil society organizations analyzed the relations between social movements and the state and their future perspectives.…
EDUCA Comunicación
12 diciembre, 2024
Local authorities accuse: Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection has not acted on new mining contamination in Oaxaca English

Local authorities accuse: Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection has not acted on new mining contamination in Oaxaca

Today, the alliance “No a la minería por un futuro de todas y todos” (No to Mining for a Future for All), made up of 12 communities from the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, denounced the contamination of the El Coyote River in Magdalena Ocotlán, presumably caused by the company Minera Cuzcatlán. Despite the seriousness of the situation, they point out…
EDUCA Comunicación
8 octubre, 2024
Report: Impacts of the Interoceanic Corridor on indigenous communities and land defenders English

Report: Impacts of the Interoceanic Corridor on indigenous communities and land defenders

The initiative Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) released a report detailing the impacts of the Interoceanic Corridor on the region and the accompanying violence against indigenous peoples and defenders of land. The Interoceanic Corridor (CIIT) is a 200km wide corridor that connects the pacific port of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca and the port of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico…
EDUCA Comunicación
18 septiembre, 2024
A portrait of transnational power in Mexico: the investment protection regime and its consequences (Report) English

A portrait of transnational power in Mexico: the investment protection regime and its consequences (Report)

This report is a compendium of investor cases against the Mexican State. All lawsuits are based on an international investment protection treaty, part of the 42 free trade agreements that Mexico has signed. With a total of 55 lawsuits, Mexico is the fourth most sued country in the world. With this arbitrary investment protection regime, more and more public money…
EDUCA Comunicación
10 septiembre, 2024
PBI-Mexico concerned by 226 attacks against community defenders opposed to Interoceanic Corridor megaproject English

PBI-Mexico concerned by 226 attacks against community defenders opposed to Interoceanic Corridor megaproject

The Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project is one of the 23 organizations in the Civilian Observation Mission (MCO), documenting human rights violations in the context of the Interoceanic Corridor megaproject. along with Union of Indigenous Communities of the Northern Isthmus (UCIZONI), the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHHRC), Services for an Alternative Education A.C. (EDUCA) and Espacio OSC. During the…
EDUCA Comunicación
28 junio, 2024
Documentary: Mining Without Consent EnglishMultimedia

Documentary: Mining Without Consent

Mining represents a serious threat to indigenous communities in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. In the Central Valleys, 12 communities have organized to confront this problem and to defend their territories and dignity. However, despite presenting evidence, testimonies, and records, and in violation of the communities' right to self-determination, the federal government, through the Mexican Ministry of Environment and Natural…
EDUCA Comunicación
22 abril, 2024
Eleven Zapotec communities in Mexico win injunction against Canadian mining company, say court order should be respected and the mine closed English

Eleven Zapotec communities in Mexico win injunction against Canadian mining company, say court order should be respected and the mine closed

An injunction/court order granted by a Mexican judge should protect eleven Zapotec communities in the Ocotlán Valley of Oaxaca state from Vancouver-based Fortuna Silver and its subsidiary the Cuzcatlán mining company. A statement from the communities says: “Faced with the negligence and omission of the federal government, we decided to appeal to the justice system through an amparo on December…
EDUCA Comunicación
5 abril, 2024