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San Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico), Dec. 15 (EFE / EPA) .- What were corn crops became Christmas tree plantations, in a sustainable project promoted by Tzotzil Indigenous from the Mexican state of Chiapas since 11 years ago.(CAMERA: Mitzi Fuentes)IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES FROM JOSÉ LÓPEZ CRUZ, NATIVE TZOTZIL AND JOSÉ MANUEL PAZCACIO VELAZQUEZ, DIRECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND SOCIETY, CIVIL ASSOCIATIONTRANSLATIONJOSÉ LÓPEZ CRUZ: 1. "It was agricultural land, but since we started planting the trees and they grew then we stopped planting corn and now we only have the trees"2. "In this project, only my family, my children work. Right now I already stopped working myself on this because I don't have time, and my children take care of it to support their families"JOSE MANUEL PAZCACIO VELAZQUEZ: 1. "In recent years, forest management has been greatly encouraged and in certain areas of the state there has even been forest recovery, and there is currently a state strategy that seeks to recover those forests. At a national level, we have the goal of zero deforestation by 2030, that is the first goal, but in Chiapas we also want to recover forest areas"
Israeli army artillery guns stand next to a road in the south of the country, near the Gaza Strip, as Israel launched hundreds of attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip on Monday. In the wake of the October 7 attacks, when militants from the Palestinian Islamist movement began a deadly cross-border assault that has killed 1,400 people, Isreal has embarked on a brutal retaliatory bombing campaign, which Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says has now killed more than 5,000 people. IMAGES
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Oct 14 (EFE).- Mexican community of Tuxla Gutiérrez carried out Thursday the procession of Virgins, a walk of about 15 kilometers, a tradition that has been practiced for over 300 years by the Zoque indigenous people of Copoya. (Camera: MITZI FUENTES).SHOT LIST: INDIGENOUS PEOPLE MARCH IN THE PROCESSION OF THE VIRGINS IN TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, IN THE STATE OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO.
Mexico City, Sep 13 (EFE).- For Pedro Reyes, creator of "Tlali", the sculpture of an indigenous woman that will replace the statue of Christopher Columbus in Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City, this commission is an honour that will help to vindicate the Mexican roots and the necessary care of the planet.FOOTAGE OF THE STATUE.
San Cristobal de las Casas, June 3 (EFE), (CAMERA: Mitzi Fuentes Gomez) .- The indigenous peoples in the state of Chiapas face the elections Sunday in Mexico with little political participation, despite the influence that the Zapatista movement has had in the area.
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