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Energy colonialism in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec

Read a press statement, issued on June 2, 2026, from community and local groups and from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and their supporters on land defense and the protection of lifeways in the face of militarized megaprojects

For more information, read the report from GeoComunes: Helax Istmo: the tip of the spear in a new wave of energy colonialism in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. This report from the GeoComunes collective investigates the plans to develop thousands of hectares of communally owned land in Santiago Ixtaltepec, Chivela, and Ixtepec, Oaxaca