Oaxaca
A community portal about Oaxaca with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca or simply Oaxaca wahaka is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located in the southern part of Mexico, west... [more]
A community portal about Oaxaca with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca or simply Oaxaca wahaka is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located in the southern part of Mexico, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Oaxaca borders the states of Guerrero to the west, Puebla to the northwest, Veracruz to the north, and Chiapas to the east. To the south Oaxaca fronts the Pacific Ocean.
Marcella "Sali" Grace Eiler, a solidarity activist with the struggle in Oaxaca and Chiapas, was found dead last week in a deserted cabin twenty minutes from the village of San Jose del Pacifico, Oaxaca, Mexico. She was brutally raped and murdered. On different occasions and to different people...
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On Tuesday, September 30, which would have been Sali's 21st birthday, Sali's friends and comrades held a march in her honor and memory in Oaxaca, Mexico. About 200 people attended and marched from the Seven Regions Fountain to the Cathedral in the zocalo. The major themes were justice for Sali...
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Step back into time to experience authentic colonial charm and distinctive warm hospitality at Camino Real Oaxaca. Set in the heart of Mexico's provincial capital, also affectionately known as Verde Antequera, the Camino Real Oaxaca reflects the vice-regal splendor of New Spain in a...
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Community based human rights film-maker Simón Sedillo, whose work has centered on placing skills, cameras and editing equipment in the hands of communities in resistance, is on a speaking tour with three events in the Monterey Bay area. Sedillo has spent the last six years practicing and teaching...
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The body of United States citizen Marcella "Sali" Grace was found on September 24 in a deserted cabin 20 minutes from the village of San José del Pacífico, in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.
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After the troubles of 2006 the Mexican city of Oaxaca is back in business. Chris Moss reports.
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Zapotec weaver Pastora Gutierrez of Oaxaca, Mexico, and her Oregon host and interpreter, Juanita Rodriguez of Corvallis, present a new collection of brilliantly-colored, artistically-designed, hand-crafted rugs and tapestries of Oaxaca, Mexico, during a special event set for today (Wednesday) in...
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"We are all Zapatistas!", scream the voices, banners, and graffiti in Oaxaca. Thursday July 16th, community organizers gathered at the Emiliano Zapatista monument.
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Update and photos of events in Oaxaca, October- November. sali_130.jpg, image/jpeg, 1600x1200 October was a month full of events from the Preliminary Encuentro of Indigenous Peoples of Southern Mexico at the ...
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A weekly feature of readers' travel photos. Location: Oaxaca, Mexico Photographer: Debbie Palmer, Seattle Photographer's description: Sugar skulls for sale in Oaxaca, Mexico, for the Day of the Dead .
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