On June 28, members of the Maya group Tujaal, a word in Maya K’iche’ meaning “tender maize,” released a statement opposing a proposed U.S.-based project seeking to privatize archeological sites in the Maya Biosphere Reserve in Petén, Guatemala. Inside the protected bioreserve sits El Mirador, a 2,450 square mile basin and Maya cultural site, and a site of contention between Maya Indigenous communities and U.S.-based archaeologists. 

Por José Luis Santillán 
 

Cirino Placido Valerio fue un dirigente Indígena Mixteco del estado de Guerrero, oriundo del ejido de Buena Vista, municipio de San Luis Acatlán, Guerrero. Era usual encontrarlo en su casa leyendo un libro en su hamaca, sentado escribiendo en su computadora, o verle con un AR-15 terciada, en una camioneta llena de Indígenas armados vistiendo sus uniformes de la Policía Comunitaria. 
 

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