La lucha contra la ronda petrolera en México: el antagonismo del pueblo zoque de Chiapas

In the humid Mexican tropics, the State has been promoting an undercovered internal extractivism based on oil revenues to integrate the area into national development through energy matrix projects since the 1950´s. However, on June 22, 2017, Zoque communities managed to suspend the government’s flagship project, the 2.2 oil round that sought to extract 239 million barrels of oil from 10 indigenous municipalities in Chiapas. This article reflects on the political action of Movimiento Indígena del Pueblo Creyente Zoque en Defensa de la Vida y la Tierra (ZODEVITE) that is unfolding under the encyclical of the Laudato Sí of Pope Francis, in northern Chiapas.