052321 Dreport Fidencio Aldama Yaqui Resistance by D Report published on 2021-05-23T17:51:53Z Topics: Yaqui Resistance, Fidencio Aldama, Gas pipeline construction, Loma de Bacum Title: A Conversation: Fidencio Aldama, Yaqui Resistance and a Multi-National Gas Pipeline Participants: Scott, Member of Fidencio Aldama Support Group Publish Date: 05/23/2021 Homepage : http://www.dreport.org Also available on: AnchorFM, iTunes, RadioPublic, Spotify, Soundclound Send comments about this segment to: comments@dreport.org Discussion Topics: Yaqui Political Prisoner Fidencio Aldama For more information visit the following web pages: – https://fidencioaldama.org/ – https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/mexico-pipeline-divides-yaqui-communities-and-triggers-wave-of-violence/ What is the history of Indigenous people’s claim to the land, and resistance in protection of the land? 1533 can be a starting point to understand present Yaqui communities’ resistance in protection of themselves and their homelands. What are the eight communities the comprise the Yaqui nation? Why does a U.S-based energy company want to build a gas pipeline through Yaqui territory in Sonora Mexico? How is the connection to an ancestral land a defining element for many indigenous communities? Why is asking indigenous people to move different from asking non-_indigenous people to move from New York to Los Angeles? Los Angeles is on occupied Togva land? Is it possible to organize against settler-colonial-nation states such as Canada, United States of America, and Mexico? The Yaqui people hold a memory of themselves before Spanish colonization, before the country of Mexico and before USA corporations. What is the responsibility of people inside theUS for the actions of American companies injuring people outside of the Unites States? When we talk about environmental issues, do we forget to include indigenous people? How are environmental issues tied to structural racism? Is the fight against the North Dakota Pipeline similar to the fight against the Sinaloa gas pipeline? Why have Indigenous people been paying the price for other people’s comfort. The company IEnova, that is building a gas pipeline through Yaqui territory in Sonora Mexico is a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, based in San Diego California. The gas pipeline would pass through Yaqui territory but would not provide gas to the Yaqui community? Did Sempra energy receive consent from all Yaqui communities to build a gas pipeline through Yaqui territory? What are the legal processes for international corporations to build on indigenous land? Loma de Bacum sued the energy company to halt construction of the Guaymas-El Oro gas pipeline through their territory. On August 26, 2016 the court of Sonora ruled that the gas pipeline construction through Yaqui territory had to stop because they company did not have consent. When the gas company ignored the court’s order to stop construction, the Yaqui community stopped construction through direct action. What happened during the attack in Loma de Bacum that resulted in the death of one person? Why was Fidencio Aldama taken into custody by the prosecutor of Sorona? What are the contradictions in the evidence used against Fidencio Aldama? Genre News & Politics