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5th Anniversary Of The Takeover Of The National Institute Of Indigenous Peoples (INPI) In Mexico / 533 Years Of Indigenous Resistance / Columbus Day

Members of the displaced Otomi Indigenous Community residing in Mexico City, supporters of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, and various social organizations hold a political and cultural event at the ''Samir Flores Soberanes'' House of Indigenous Peoples and Communities (ya nghu ya jhoy) in Mexico City, on October 12, on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the struggle and resistance to the takeover of the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples in Coyoacan, renamed the ''Samir Flores Soberanes'' House of Indigenous Peoples and Communities (ya nghu ya jhoy). The community claims that the takeover of the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples takes place five years ago as an act of repudiation of the paramilitary attacks and counterinsurgency war against the National Liberation Army (EZLN) and the Zapatista communities, the dispossession of their lands for megaprojects, as well as against the peoples and communities belonging to the National Indigenous Congress and the Indigenous Governing Council. During this event, they reportedly denounce that, just as they have for 533 years, they continue to face discrimination, racism, contempt, murder, displacement, and genocide of their indigenous peoples and communities. (Photo by Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto)

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