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Silver Mine Upsets a Zapotec Town

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Bruce Bonta

Opposition by Zapotec people in the town of San José del Progreso to a polluting and destructive silver mine dates back more than ten years. The violence in the town, located south of Oaxaca City in southern Mexico, was described in news stories in 2012. Leaders of the Zapotec protests were murdered left and right […]

Posted in Zapotec Tagged mining, peaceful protests, San Jose del Progreso, silver mines
Quote from Benito Juarez: "Respect for the rights of others is peace."

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