Rio Guzman's Journal

They were thrown out of their ancestral lands (homes) and their possessions burned. Injustice is still prevalent in Chiapas despite the Zapatista uprising some twenty years ago. They are camping at the square, right now, in front of the San Cristobal de las Casas’ cathedral, as a  gesture of protest, and to try to reclaim their land (50 families).

The Camp at the square

The human tragedy: most people who walk by do not see the struggle as their own. They ignore the problem. They have been programmed to do so. The Matrix, a trap for the mind.

In English

Please be advised. The struggle that you see in these pictures, the widespread poverty in the world, and the constant war, all have the same origin. And if you support their system and turn a blind eye, you’re an accomplice. And what we sow we shall also reap

But remember . . .

In fact, it is already doing it to You.

Don’t be misled. The Cathedral and the cross to the left do not represent the Christ; they represent a slavery system.

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