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http://aztlan-network-news.blogspot.com/2014/01/1012014-aztlan-network-news-via.html
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1/01/2014  2013 In Review: Power, Politics and Resistance via @democracynow
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/1/1/2013_in_review_power_politics_and
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#Green Party’s gubernatorial candidate Luis Rodriguez @luisjrodriguez focuses on poverty http://www.laactivist.com/2013/12/31/green-partys-gubernatorial-candidate-focuses-on-poverty/
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Luis Rodriguez, the Green Party’s 2014 gubernatorial candidate, talks about his campaign at a news conference in Venice on Dec. 28. Rodriguez wants to end poverty in California. (Dan Bluemel / LA Activist)
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VIDEO: Momentos clave tras el alzamiento del #EZLN en 1994:
http://youtu.be/ZlA-AZckqMM  ~Pub Dec 23, 2013 ~Link via @ElenaSouridi
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1/01/2014 Chiapas: Zapatistas mark 20 years of resistance via @WW4Report
http://www.ww4report.com/node/12881
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1/01/2014  Struggling on: Zapatistas 20 years after the uprising via @BBCWorld  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25550654
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Subcomandante Marcos now takes to the airwaves rather than call to arms
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Residents of Oventic remain deeply suspicious of outsiders
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Oventic has its own small health clinic
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Its school is emblazoned with Zapatista mottos and imagery
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Almost 50 people were killed by paramilitaries in Acteal in 1997
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Residents of Acteal are proud of their indigenous traditions
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#Mexico City dig turns up unusual #Aztec offering: a dog's skull via @NBCNewsScience: http://www.nbcnews.com/science/mexico-city-dig-turns-unusual-aztec-offering-dogs-skull-2D11825902
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An image released by Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History shows the skeletons of a dog and humans found during excavations for a subway line in Mexico City.
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The skeleton of a person lies next to an incense holder after its discovery during excavations for a Mexico City subway line. The find was recorded in 2009, but the discovery was kept under wraps until Tuesday's announcement.
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▶ Fewer Crossing But Increased Deaths at US-Mexico Border:
http://youtu.be/-IWlsce62AQ  ~Pub Dec 29, 2013 via @therealnews
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#Uruguay may have started a marijuana legalization storm in Latin America
via @robferdman: http://qz.com/161903/uruguay-may-have-started-a-marijuana-legalization-storm-in-latin-america/
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Marijuana burning. All that potential tax revenue, up in flames. Reuters/Jorge Duenes 
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Subcomandante Marcos Reflects On 20th Anniversary Of Zapatista Rebellion In New Communique via @thelatintimes:
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Subcomandante Marcos (C) smokes a pipe during opening of the forum to mark the fifteenth anniversary of the Zapatista uprising in San Critobal de las Casas in Mexico's state of Chiapas, January 2, 2009. Reuters/Jorge Dan Lopez
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Masked Zapatistas check the identifications of visitors wishing to enter the village of Oventik. The Zapatistas regard outsiders with a substantial distrust.
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12/29/2013  Mexican Immigrants Seeking Asylum In US: Is Drug Violence Enough For American Authorities? ~By Oscar Lopez via @thelatintimes http://www.latintimes.com/mexican-immigrants-seeking-asylum-us-drug-violence-enough-american-authorities-141202
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Mexican immigrants seek asylum at the US border. Reuters
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12/28/2013  The Zapatista rebels of #Mexico: 20 years on and in retreat via @ajam: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/12/29/the-zapatista-rebelsofmexico20yearsonandinretreat.html
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A woman stands in front of a Cooperative Crafts store in Oventik, a community in Zapatista territory, in early December. Twenty years ago, rebels from the area rose up to declare their independence from Mexico.
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A mural of Emliano Zapata, a hero of the 1910 Mexican Revolution, from whom the rebels took their name, on the walls of the Cooperative Crafts store. Alicia Vera for Al Jazeera America
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A café in the community is named El Paliacate, (“The Bandana”). Alicia Vera for Al Jazeera America
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 A 1994 photo of Subcomandante Marcos. Omar Torres/AFP/Getty Images
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12/28/2013  A Civil Servant in #Mexico Tests U.S. on Asylum via @nytimes:  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/world/americas/path-to-asylum-for-mexicans-bearing-letter.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20131229&pagewanted=all
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C. Ramon Contreras Orozco is a local official in La Ruana.
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Isamar Gonzalez was deported to Mexico when she sought asylum, but her mother was allowed to stay in the United States to await a court date.
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A neighbor, Amparo Zavala, left, and her daughter-in-law, Blanca Figueroa, also were deported though other relatives remained.
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