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FEATURED VIDEO:
A VISIT TO LOMAS DEL POLEO

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"Erasing Every Trace of Us"
Stories of violence, intimidation & murder

                     
 North American Human Rights Delegation Report  Lomas del Poleo & the Segundo Barrio

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How to Carry Out a Land Grab in a Few Easy Steps: A Do-It-Yourself Manual

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Downtown-Segundo Barrio Plan is Unjust:
Letter from the El Paso Catholic Diocese

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Mission Statement & Petition

The Paso Del Norte Plan proposes the destruction of the heart of the Segundo Barrio, both a living community and the oldest neighborhood of El Paso. To replace the neighborhood with a "big-box retail store" (Wal-Mart or Target), a strip mall and service economy jobs is reprehensible. We are long past the mentality that says we had to destroy the village in order to save it. El Segundo Barrio is not part of downtown. El Segundo Barrio is not for sale.
Read more / Lea la petición

Latest News & Articles                last update: 8-2-08


TOP STORIES (ENGLISH & SPANISH)
 

 = MORE TAX BREAKS FOR HIS FATHER IN LAW— O'Rourke claims there's no conflict of interest here either (NPT)

= "EVEN IN DEATH YOU'RE A CURIOISITY": The assassination of the Lomas del Poleo lawyer (by Jeff Berg)


= VIDEO : INTERVIEW WITH MARTHA MALDONADO: On the removal of working-class and Mexican bus passengers from the downtown plaza (ACORN)

=  LAWYER FOR LOMAS DEL POLEO RESIDENTS  is assassinated two blocks away from Chihuahua courthouse (GrassRoots Press)

= "AN ALLIANCE OF UNIMAGINABLE PROPORTIONS": Interview with  Lomas del Poleo attorney Carlos Avitia a year before his assassination (Summer 2007)

=  A MEXICAN RETALIATION: EL PASO INC. Says Doña Ana Commissioners Should Have Stayed Out of Lomas del Poleo (El Paso Inc.)

= UPDATES : Protest in Ciudad Juárez against repression and dispossession in Lomas del Poleo on Saturday May 17

=  ELOY VALLINA: The Verde Group's Major Partner for its Binational Plan

=  WILLIAM SANDERS: The man behind the demolition plan

=  PDNG PUTS ALL ITS MONEY behind candidate for City Council seat

=  SUNLAND PARK RESIDENT complains against Verde Group (KFOX TV)

=  EL BARRIO FIGHTS BACK against globalized gentrification (CounterPunch)

=  REMEMBERING CHAVEZ RAVINE (LA Times)

=    LOMAS AND SEGUNDO BARRIO IN FRENCH : Ciudad Juárez ou le règne de l’impunité (Ouvaton)

=  NEW VIDEO: Erasing Every Trace of Us: Stories of violence, intimidation and murder in Lomas del Poleo

= PROPOSED ROAD FROM Downtown Juárez to Santa Teresa through Lomas del Poleo will be a Toll Road (Diario de Juárez)

= ZERO EVICTIONS CAMPAIGN: Stop the demolitions and corruption in New Orleans (International Alliance of Inhabitants)

= BORDER LAND BATTLE Pits Development against Human Rights (Kent Patterson, Center for International Policy)

= TIMELINE: Lomas del Poleo

= RADIO ZAPATISTA: A binational story of dispossession (15 minute reportage in Spanish)

= NEW VIDEO: A visit to Lomas del Poleo 

= A TIMELINE of the Paso Del Norte Group Plan and the Segundo Barrio's fight for justice

=  DOÑA ANA COUNTY commissioners visit Lomas del Poleo, call it "a concentration camp" (Las Cruces Sun-News)

=  LOMAS DEL POLEO sparks cross-border protests (Grassroots Press)

= VISITA Lomas de Poleo comisión de Nuevo México (El Diario de Juárez)

= LOS DE ABAJO: Resistencia en Lomas del Poleo (La Jornada)

= NEW VIDEO: TWO CITIES, ONE CAUSE: The binational protests against displacement in El Paso and Juárez

= VERDE GROUP SUPPORTS Sunland Park-Lomas del Poleo port of entry (Verde letter to Sunland Park mayor Ruben Segura)

= THE GLOBALIZATION OF IMPUNITY: The Zaragoza Fuentes Family Archive

= GRASSROOTS PRESS: A milder resolution

= REMEMBER THE ALAMO: The Plaza de los Lagartos has become San Jacinto Square Again (The Border Blog)

= VERDE GROUP says Santa Teresa is turning into a "debacle" (E-mail from Blankenship to McCamley)

= VERDE GROUP DENIES any connection to binational development project in San Jeronimo 

=   VIOLENCE & BINATIONAL DEVELOPMENT— Doña Ana county commissioners hear the evidence (Videos and transcript)


LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS  ››

= REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS abuses in Lomas del Poleo (North American Human Rights Delegation)

=   ZARAGOZA GUARDS THROW STONES at Las Cruces Sun-News reporter (Sun-News)

= DONA ANA COUNTY Commissioners unanimously vote to come to aid of embattled Juárez colonia (Las Cruces Sun-News)

=   AN ATROCIOUS SITUATION: Verde Group needs to straighten out its collaborators (nmpolitics.com)

=   DOÑA ANA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS denounce human rights abuses resulting from binational development projects (KRWG - Las Cruces radio)

= AN UNETHICAL VOTE: O'Rourke casts deciding vote on eminent domain despite admitting conflict of interest

= A TWO CITY PROTEST AGAINST DISPLACEMENT by El Diario de Juárez

= SIMULTANEOUS DEMONSTRATIONS against Displacement: Photos and Letters to Consulate

= THE FACES OF IMPUNITY by Willivaldo Delgadillo 

=   DEVELOPING THE BORDER by Pulitzer winner Eileen Welsome
=  READERS FROM EL PASO & the rest of the country respond

= PUBLIC CORRUPTION AND THE PDNG: Ten out of twenty-two targets of the FBI investigation belong to the Paso Del Norte Group

= THE VERDE GROUP contributed $66,000 to New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson in 2006 (Albuquerque Tribune)

= THE SAME ON BOTH SIDES of the Border (The Daily Planet)

= SECOND FORUM AT LOMAS DEL POLEO is blocked by gang members hired by the Grupo Zaragoza

= LA OTRA CAMPANA of Ciudad Juárez and the PDN Civil Rights Project of El Paso respond to El Paso City Council Representative

= BINATIONAL CONNECTIONS: "It's the same group of businessmen who are threatening Lomas del Poleo and the Segundo Barrio"

= "A HUMAN RIGHTS FORUM Across Barbed Wire at Lomas de Poleo" by David Dorado Romo

= NATIONAL CHICANO ORGANIZATION denounces the Segundo Barrio Demolition Plan
= EXPOSING CITY HALL'S CAMPAIGN of Deception: The Truth about Downtown Taxes by Enrique Medrano, attorney at law

= TEXAS OBSERVER: Eminent Disaster—A cabal of politicians and profiteers targets an El Paso barrio

= GLASS BEACH and the City Council's Racist Marketing Campaign by Jenni Burton

= MÁS noticias en español

= MORE Local News


PASO DEL SUR VIDEOS  ››

= NEW VIDEO: Erasing Every Trace of Us: Stories of violence, intimidation and murder in Lomas del Poleo

= A VISIT TO LOMAS DEL POLEO: Doña Ana County Commissioners visit a community held hostage by binational land developers

= TWO CITIES, ONE CAUSE: Binational protest in front of U.S. and Mexican consulates against displacement

=   VIOLENCE & BINATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (Two Videos)

= NEW VIDEO: "You Can't Do This to People" Sacred Heart Parishioners and their Supporters Address City Council

= NEW VIDEO: Chihuahua State human rights official is prevented from entering Lomas del Poleo

= FEATURED VIDEO: Exposing a Juárez Mayor

=  II For por la Defensa de la Tierra (Leon de la Rosa)

=  Second Forum at Lomas del Poleo (by Paso Del Sur)

=  Lomas del Poleo-Segundo Barrio Under Siege—Four Videos on the UTEP Forum

=  Lomas del Poleo & Segundo Barrio Connect: "It's the love of our barrios that unites us"

=  Father Bill Morton: Witness to Human Rights Abuses in Lomas del Poleo

= Lomas del Poleo Resident Petra Medrano Denounces Human Rights Violations

=  "We Are Not For Sale! Segundo Barrio residents Speak Out"

=   Barrio Residents to O'Rourke: "Your father-in-law is the true fear-monger"

= Pulitzer Finalist Wants to Save Teresita Urrea Home from Demolition

= "Poleo Speaking: A Juarez Community Under Siege" (English subtitles)

= The Chavez Ravine Story or What Price Baseball? (The animation)

= Pachuco Boogie Great Don Tosti: Segundo Barrio Music Prodigy

= Luchando por El Barrio: The Sacred Heart Street Festival

= Chavez Ravine and Segundo Barrio: A Film Discussion

=  More Videos ››

NATIONAL & EMINENT DOMAIN NEWS  ››
 

= THE WORST IS STILL to come for down-and-out REITs (USA Today)

=NOT GETTING IT ABOUT NEW ORLEANS - Mainstream Media Backs Developers Instead of Residents (CounterPunch)

= The Zapatistas Help Spanish Harlem Fight Gentrification (NarcoNews)

= Gentrifying Downtown (ColorLines)

=   Molly Ivins: Eminent Development (AlterNet)

=  Chavez Ravine CD: The Destruction of a Chicano Community (By Mike Davis)

=  More National News ››


SOCIAL JUSTICE NEWS   ››

= RAY HUNT OF THE VERDE GROUP board of directors and the environment threat of the Amazonian Forest

= Latino Community vs. the Minutemen: Showdown in Phoenix, Arizona (Barriozona)

= Blackwater's Run for the Border (salon.com)

= Rounding Up Our Neighbors in Chaparral, NM

= Dead without Papers on the U.S.-Mexico Border

= What the Nazis Learned From South El Paso: (The First Post)

= VIDEO: The Hatred and Venom Behind the Anti-Immigration Crowd

= VIDEO: Police Brutality during Peaceful Immigration Rally in Los Angeles

=VIDEO: A Monument to Genocide?
 

"Our struggle is not easy. Those who oppose our cause are rich and powerful and they have many allies in high places. We are poor. Our allies are few. But we have something the rich do not own. We have our bodies and spirits and the justice of our cause as our weapons."

-Cesar Chavez                                   


 
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