NMSU Library--Border & Latin American Information

MEXICO NEWS ARCHIVES

Calavera de un revolucionario zapatista, Jose Guadalupe Posada

Several sites provide current coverage and/or archives of Mexico news dating back to about the beginning of 1994. Access this file with live links at http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/mxarch.html

Accion Zapatista
Links to various EZLN news sources and archives from an organization in Austin, TX
URL: http://www.utexas.edu/students/nave

CHIAPAS-L list archives
Archive includes current year only.
URL: gopher://profmexis.sar.net:70/11/foros/chiapas-l/anios

Chiapas95 Archives
Well-organized archive on the EZLN and other aspects of Mexican politics from 1994--present. Includes postings on themes such as internet activism by compiler, Harry Cleaver, Professor of Economics, University of Texas.
URLs:http://www.eco.utexas.edu:80/Homepages/Faculty/Cleaver/chiapas95.html gopher://mundo.eco.utexas.edu:70/11/mailing/chiapas95.archive

Chiapas News Archive via Applied Anthropology Network
Internet news postings from January-April 1994 in the earliest days of the Zapatista struggle.
URL: http://anthap.oakland.edu/anthap1/Chiapas_News_Archive/

Frente Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional
Homepage for the Zapatista political organization in Mexico. "...organización civil y pacifica, independiente y democrática, mexicana y nacional, que lucha por la democracia, la libertad y la justicia en México". Excellent source for current and archival news on the military and civil struggle in Chiapas. English mirror site Zapatista Front of National Liberation. Email contacts [floresu@spin.com.mx] or [joshua@peak.org].
URLs: http://spin.com.mx/~floresu/FZLN/
http://www.peak.org/~joshua/fzln/

Mexico & Border News from Internet Sources
Includes archives by date from August 1994-September 1995 and MEXPAZ and Mexico2000 archives from February 1996--present
URL:gopher://lib.nmsu.edu:70/11/.subjects/.border/.news/.netnews

MEXICO--Consulado General en Nueva York [Mexican Consulate, New York]
OFFICIAL news from Mexican government ministries, stock market, central bank and other sources.
URL: http://www.consulmexny.org/

Mexico-LA JORNADA(newspaper)
Access to this independent newspaper from Mexico DF via the net began in February 1995 and is now provided and maintained by the UNAM. The service provides same day access to text and graphics from the daily paper. The archive includes over a year's worth of articles and a search engine for locating stories by keywords. For more info contact jornada@condor.dgsca.unam.mx. Several mirror sites exist in the US and Canada. Netiquette recommends that you use the nearest site to you.
Main site: URL: http://serpiente.dgsca.unam.mx/jornada/index.html
Mirror sites: http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~justin/jornada (Swarthmore College, USA)
http://csgrs6k2.uwaterloo.ca/jornada/index.html (Univ. of Waterloo, Canada)

MEXICO: Online Newspapers by State
Links to Mexican newspapers organized by state. Compiled by Rita Wilson, UT-San Antonio [rwilson@utsa.edu]
URL: http://www.lib.utsa.edu/Instruction/helpsheets/mexstates2.html

Mexicanos Exiliados Pro-Democracia/Mexican Exiles for Democracy
A progressive NGO based in the United States providing information on current Mexican politics. Access to Mexico2000 newsgroup and other sources. For more information:info@mep-d.org. [Note: 10/25/2000: This link no longer works. I will attempt to update with correct URL for this group.mm]
URL: http://www.mep-d.org/

National Commission for Democracy in Mexico (NCDM)
Official EZLN representative in the United States. Includes links to Peacenet conference reg.mexico and other sources.
URL:http://www.igc.apc.org/ncdm

reg.mexico
Archives and current postings to the Peacenet conference reg.mexico. Requires Peacenet account to access

soc.culture.mexican usenet newsgroup
Daily postings on many topics relating to Mexico

YA BASTA! EZLN information page
Complete archive of EZLN communiques, many photos, articles, etc.
URL: http://www.ezln.org

Zapatistas in Cyberspace
Excellent set of links to analysis and activism related to the Zapatistas
URL: http://www.eco.utexas.edu:80/Homepages/Faculty/Cleaver/zapsincyber.html

Zapatista Women/Mujeres Zapatistas
Interactive discussion and creative space for issues of importance to women in Chiapas. Encourages contributions from participants. A project of ZapNet-- http://www.actlab.utexas.edu/~zapatistas/guide.html and the ACTlab--http://www.actlab.utexas.edu at the University of Texas-Austin.
URL: http://www.actlab.utexas.edu/~geneve/zapwomen


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Last updated October 25, 2000