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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 Oaxacan Collective in Defense of Territories demands security mesures for Paso del la Reyna, Oaxaca English

The Oaxacan Collective in Defense of Territories demands security mesures for Paso del la Reyna, Oaxaca

Since the beginning of 2021, five people from the community of Paso de la Reyna, Oaxaca have been murdered, two of them human rights defenders. Fidel Heras Cruz was murdered on Jan. 23, 2021 and Jaime Jimenez Ruiz on March 28, 2021. Both were involved in protecting the river Río Verde, which is vital to the way of life and…
EDUCA Comunicación
31 marzo, 2021
In the face of attacks, civil society supports UNOSJO’s work English

In the face of attacks, civil society supports UNOSJO’s work

Some 120 civil organizations from all over the country support the work of the Union of Organizations of the Sierra Juárez de Oaxaca SC (UNOSJO), based in Guelatao, in the face of the attacks suffered by this organization. On March 14 and 15, 2021, a group of citizens and community members of Ixtlán de Juárez invaded the land where the…
EDUCA Comunicación
23 marzo, 2021
The Mexican State is not effectively protecting environmental defenders English

The Mexican State is not effectively protecting environmental defenders

70% of defenders killed in Mexico in 2020 defended territory and the environment. On January 23, 2021, the lifeless body of Fidel Heras Cruz was found with gunshot wounds inside his truck at the entrance to the La Esperanza community, Jamiltepec municipality. Previously, the defender had received threats for his work defending the Río Verde. Two days earlier, on January…
EDUCA Comunicación
22 marzo, 2021
Petition condemning assassination of water protector Fidel Heras Cruz in Oaxaca, México English

Petition condemning assassination of water protector Fidel Heras Cruz in Oaxaca, México

Sign the petition condemning the assassination of water protector Fidel Heras Cruz in Oaxaca, Mexico. Fidel received threats for opposing extraction from the Río Verde. We demand a full investigation of his murder. Firma la Acción Urgente: Condenamos el crimen del defensor comunitario Fidel Heras Cruz More information in english: UN slams killing of anti dam activist in southern Mexico…
EDUCA Comunicación
29 enero, 2021
PBI-Mexico monitors highway blockade in opposition to Canadian mine in Oaxaca English

PBI-Mexico monitors highway blockade in opposition to Canadian mine in Oaxaca

On December 14, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted on its Facebook page: “Today we are monitoring the situation in Valles Centrales de Oaxaca, where the No to Mining for a Future of All Front is mobilizing to demand immediate audience with Maria Luisa Albores Gonzalez, Director of the Media Secretariat Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), to solve the problems…
EDUCA Comunicación
17 diciembre, 2020
PBI-Mexico accompanied Educa Oaxaca opposes a new permit for the Vancouver-based Fortuna mine in San José del Progreso English

PBI-Mexico accompanied Educa Oaxaca opposes a new permit for the Vancouver-based Fortuna mine in San José del Progreso

On July 27, the Oaxacan Collective in Defence of the Territories posted this statement that reports that the Compañía Minera Cuzcatlán, a subsidiary of Vancouver-based Fortuna Silver Mines Inc., has submitted an environmental impact assessment (MIA) for approval by the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT). That MIA, which has not yet been approved by SEMARNAT, seeks a…
EDUCA Comunicación
18 agosto, 2020
Pandemic Intensifies Women’s Struggle for Water in Oaxaca, Mexico (NACLA) English

Pandemic Intensifies Women’s Struggle for Water in Oaxaca, Mexico (NACLA)

In Oaxaca's Mixe region, the community of Ayutla has been without potable tap water for three years. On the dusty path between the natural spring and her home, Laura Morales hauled as much water as her thin frame could bear—her tenth bucket that day. Water for cooking black beans and kneading tortilla dough, water for washing her children’s t-shirts and…
EDUCA Comunicación
16 julio, 2020