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We, as defenders of La Montaña , want to be faithful to the struggle of indigenous peoples and be inspired by their example. It is certain that they will continue in their struggle; they were born to fight for their children, their life , their land and for their peace. Our role as human rights defenders is to give voice to their cries and hopes . This is the barometer by which we measure our collaboration with their struggles . I would like to share how we experience the daily struggle together with them. We want to share the experiences we live every day, the problems and the hopes.
Mtro. Abel Barrera Hernández, Director of the Human Rights Center of La Montaña ‘Tlachinollan’, in La Montaña de Guerrero, Mexico. Email: abel.barrera@tlachinollan.org. He is an anthropologist and human rights defender. He founded the Tlachinollan Center in 1994 in Tlapa, La Montaña in Guerrero. He received several awards for the defence and promotion of human rights from Amnesty International, Germany (2011) and the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights (2010).
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Prior to 2003, Metlatónoc was listed as the municipality with the lowest human development index (HDI) in Mexico. When a decree divided the territory, Cochoapa remained with the towns with the highest poverty levels and became the municipality with the lowest HDI (UNDP 2005), that is, the poorest municipality in the country, while Metlatónoc rose seven places in the list of marginal municipalities. However, it did not stop being the poorest municipality of the country. Administrative action by the state government did not raise the living standards of its population, which is why the social and economic backwardness of its population continues at the same level. The nearest town to reach both municipalities is Tlapa de Comonfort, a municipality that is considered the heart of La Montaña and the political and administrative centre of the whole region where the main commercial activities are carried out. Various municipalities and localities of the region, almost all with very poor infrastructural development, belong to it. Although efforts have been made in recent years to improve the communication channels in this region, they have not been sufficient. In November 2012, the extension of the rural road from Tlacoachistlahuaca to Metlatónoc was inaugurated, which required an investment of 1.5 billion pesos. In 2013, 30 million pesos were used to restore the asphalt in some sections of the road from Tlapa to Metlatónoc. It is an 80-kilometre-long road in pitiful condition. However, the tropical depression Hurricane Manuel destroyed most of the roads and caused numerous deaths and serious damage to the productive and communicative infrastructure that has not yet been repaired.
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Hernández, A.B. (2018). Human Rights, Peace and Security in Mexico and in La Montaña, Guerrero. In: Oswald Spring, Ú., Serrano Oswald, S. (eds) Risks, Violence, Security and Peace in Latin America. The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science, vol 24. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73808-6_11
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