VIDEO: The land belongs to those who work it (A community in Chiapas faces paramilitaries and the government)

The community of Bolon Aja'aw is located in Chiapas, close to the touristic Agua Azul waterfalls. Currently, the state of Mexico is using paramilitaries to try to displace the community and in this way it is for the benefit of business in the tourist zone. This video, recorded in 2004, clearly shows us the Mexican government's hypocrisy where it tries to disguise its interests underneath an ecological discourse. Facing this scene, the Zapatistas strip the government's facade.

The video “The Land Belongs to Those Who Work It” was made by the Zaptatisa video promotors of the Northern Zone, when the community of Bolon Aja’aw still was coordinating with the Caracol V, Roberto Barrios. Currently the community is coordinating with the autonomous Zapatista authorities of Caracol IV of Morelia.

As an informative compliment, the report below by Hermann Bellinghausen for “La Jornada” covers the same community of Bolon Aja’aw on March 9, 2007. Video, 15'

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