Angélica Ayala (Nahua)

 

In 2012, during the administrations of former Mexican President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa and Governor Graco Ramírez Abreu, a roadwork project sponsored by the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT) was approved. The project will widen a 20 kilometer highway through El Tepozteco National Park and the Ajusco-Chichinautzin Biologic Corridor into a four-lane roadway. These areas comprise an area protected by a presidential decree.

 

By Luna Negra* (Amuzga)

 

Women from the communities of Rebolledo, Los Arquitos, and Río Minas in San Pablo Cuatro Venados, Oaxaca, have organized to defend their land from a Canadian mining project installed by Arco Resources Corporation. The Zapotec women in these communities shared the story of their organization, fight, and work to continue living and planting on their lands, which were once defended by their ancestors and have always been communal.

 

 

By Amalia Pérez (Tzeltal)

 

Catalina has been a midwife since she was 15 years old, helping hundreds of women give birth. She is originally from the community of Samaria, in the municipality of Ocosingo, Chiapas. She was born on September 16, 1951. For Catalina, the midwife's work is to help and contribute to improving other people's lives. 

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