Mayan train project
As COVID-19 cases surge, Mexico’s AMLO has nowhere to turn
Magdiel Sánchez Quiroz discusses some of the factors behind AMLO’s response to COVID-19 and the criticisms from Mexican social movements to his policies
Zapatistas vow to continue resistance, oppose president AMLO’s ‘Mayan train’ project
On the 25th anniversary of its formation, the Zapatista National Liberation Army said president Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s project of a train connecting heritage sites was an attempt to destroy the indigenous people
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