Lupita: the indigenous activist leading a new generation of Mexican women

In a country where indigenous people are increasingly displaced and journalists are killed at an alarming rate, a courageous new voice has emerged: Lupita, a Tzotzil-Maya woman​ ​at the forefront of a Mexican indigenous movement.
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Twenty years after Lupita lost her family in the Acteal massacre in southern Mexico, she has become a spokesperson for her people​ and for a new generation of Mayan activists. She balances the demands of motherhood with her high-stakes efforts to re-educate and restore justice to the world
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  • @kourtneyloves6765
    @kourtneyloves67653 жыл бұрын

    I respect this woman deeply. One cannot deny the absolute resilience this woman exudes after experiencing tragedy such as that. Regardless of whether you support her cause or not, she is strong in a way that many people are never able to muster.

  • @thenostalchica
    @thenostalchica3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing their story. For the people who gave this video a thumbs down, I hope you find peace and compassion one day.

  • @UKgamer87

    @UKgamer87

    3 жыл бұрын

    its a shame there's soo many racist people on youtube.

  • @abdolpix4581

    @abdolpix4581

    3 жыл бұрын

    Many people hate the guardian so much that they can't even see an innocent video like this without a grain of salt.

  • @mjw12345

    @mjw12345

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah! It's troubling but I think meaningless - you'll see thumbs down for the loveliest musical performances. There is a resident population of unhinged, deranged on this planet. Still, I need to add a slight caveat - AMLOs imbecility on COVID has been stratospheric - fortunately mayors, state governors...have somehow mitigated somewhat the scale of the catastrophe. So, I suspect the thumbs down are chiefly Mexican - my friends pro-AMLO (I still remain but he has been an utter Bolsinaro, Trump-scale imbecile on COVID) but they totally despise anything, any criticism I direct at AMLO.

  • @auroracortez2022
    @auroracortez20223 жыл бұрын

    So much courage for this beautiful Mayan woman, may the Lord keep her safe and hope the Mexican Government will pay sooner or later the massacre they caused and continue to cause.

  • @tesoldemovideosforteacheri9032

    @tesoldemovideosforteacheri9032

    2 жыл бұрын

    Tzotzil is not the same as Mayan.

  • @Abdullah20042

    @Abdullah20042

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tesoldemovideosforteacheri9032 still indigenous

  • @laurolavanda1807

    @laurolavanda1807

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes ,she is beautiful t0 be indigen0us, 😲

  • @KingNoLuv

    @KingNoLuv

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Abdullah20042 doesn’t make it ok regardless if she’s indigenous every nation is different

  • @Abdullah20042

    @Abdullah20042

    Жыл бұрын

    @@KingNoLuv I never said it was okay, read my comment before responding to it.

  • @NancyRodriguez-ip5rj
    @NancyRodriguez-ip5rj3 жыл бұрын

    The indigenous peoples of this land, all of Turtle Island, deserve honor and respect. This injustice needs to end. Lupita, you are amazing and inspiring!

  • @senpai704

    @senpai704

    Жыл бұрын

    Stop selling drugs

  • @NancyRodriguez-ip5rj

    @NancyRodriguez-ip5rj

    Жыл бұрын

    @@senpai704 please educate yourself. Ignorance can be cured. All that you need to do is apply yourself.

  • @purpleblastoise

    @purpleblastoise

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@senpai704 How about those white settlers go back to eurotrashland and watching their king go to the town square and take a bath treated as if some kind of ceremony? Lol

  • @mikehungcho

    @mikehungcho

    10 ай бұрын

    @@NancyRodriguez-ip5rj we are We are not from the turtle island. People in Mexico are Anahuac people that’s how our land was known before the invaders arrive.

  • @danielmota1095

    @danielmota1095

    8 ай бұрын

    All of Latin America should be ashamed for mistreating and discriminating their NATIVES know full well some of their leaders have native blood in their veins!!!.

  • @jossheaton6148
    @jossheaton61483 жыл бұрын

    she's an inspiration and a born spiritual leader

  • @schiomchio
    @schiomchio2 жыл бұрын

    She’s so beautiful sheeesh. Y’all don’t understand the power, capability, and rage it takes to not be scared of death-Believing in yourself, believing in your community and a cause this much. To live for something and be willing to die for something- to see it through till the end. Shes a true activists to the core. And she needs to be protected. Her life shouldn’t be the one questioned. She’s what is necessary in this world.

  • @schiomchio

    @schiomchio

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have so much to work towards to get to that point. There’s too much fear pushed on us, we don’t know how to stand for something, and this is especially true for people living in the us.

  • @MefizTofelFolk
    @MefizTofelFolk3 жыл бұрын

    Qué hermosa indígena en todos los sentidos, esa gente hermosa de mi pueblo que viva México

  • @rodrozil6544
    @rodrozil65443 жыл бұрын

    Indigenous/tribal/native people always suffer by greater/mainstream communities. Everywhere in the world. Only they know the real pain to be wiped out from existence. Maybe someday their curse will show

  • @lilmonsta6701
    @lilmonsta67012 жыл бұрын

    Their language is so pretty.

  • @theovanrossum8652

    @theovanrossum8652

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's Tzotzil

  • @jellybean6778
    @jellybean67783 жыл бұрын

    Excellent reporting. Please follow-up and keep us informed.

  • @NikoHL
    @NikoHL3 жыл бұрын

    A fantastic, courageous woman. I fear for her safety.

  • @ADI-rn7vm
    @ADI-rn7vm2 жыл бұрын

    just watched this on argo...loved this ...I respect her for her bravery...how she handled herself after her family members died ❤

  • @ostairs9916
    @ostairs99163 жыл бұрын

    We need more strong people like this.

  • @StillJess-wg6yb
    @StillJess-wg6yb3 жыл бұрын

    Bless her heart and soul! May all the Ancestors keep her safe and strong!

  • @coolboykamo1677
    @coolboykamo16773 жыл бұрын

    Who would dislike this 😤

  • @abdolpix4581

    @abdolpix4581

    3 жыл бұрын

    Many people hate the guardian so much that they can't even see an innocent video like this without a grain of salt.

  • @NikoHL

    @NikoHL

    3 жыл бұрын

    Fascists & White Supremacists...

  • @AndrewArminRyan

    @AndrewArminRyan

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@NikoHL I don’t see how those two concepts relate to this video.

  • @theovanrossum8652

    @theovanrossum8652

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@abdolpix4581 A grain of salt?

  • @kerawyd

    @kerawyd

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AndrewArminRyan they are talking about the people who disliked the video fall into that category,

  • @jazminsanchez8046
    @jazminsanchez80462 жыл бұрын

    She spits straight Facts! 💯👏

  • @fkoff0407

    @fkoff0407

    Жыл бұрын

    True!

  • @SergioBriMa
    @SergioBriMa2 жыл бұрын

    I love her passion but it’s always scary when the dead speak through the living, as she says her father does through her.

  • @eduardosalas2640
    @eduardosalas26402 жыл бұрын

    When a leader is needed one will rise. Pray for continued strength and courage for her, her sisters, and her community! So brave, so brave.

  • @CM-xh6uc
    @CM-xh6uc3 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful activisim from the ignored but not forgotten indigenous people. I wish there was a way to help there cause. 😕

  • @decolonizationisforeveryon1514

    @decolonizationisforeveryon1514

    Жыл бұрын

    We can help by abolishing the christian doctrine of discovery which justifies colonialism. We can do it by demanding that the true history of indigenous people be taught.

  • @israelresendiz6480
    @israelresendiz64807 ай бұрын

    ¡ EXCELENTE DOCUMENTAL! ¡ NI PERDÓN, NI OLVIDO!

  • @NikoHL
    @NikoHL3 жыл бұрын

    I would fight too in their position. Solidarity.. 👊

  • @devildog2313
    @devildog23132 жыл бұрын

    The soldiers are Native Americans also which makes it worse

  • @marixcx

    @marixcx

    2 жыл бұрын

    The thing is that they did lose most of the native culture their ancestors had and therefore don’t see themselves as that anymore

  • @destinyhernandez1035

    @destinyhernandez1035

    Жыл бұрын

    @@marixcx huh?😭😭😂are you talking about the Zapatistas?

  • @marixcx

    @marixcx

    Жыл бұрын

    @@destinyhernandez1035 I'm talking about the mestizo cops/soldiers.... they're brown too

  • @kevinlezo1046

    @kevinlezo1046

    Жыл бұрын

    @@marixcx stop calling people mestizo. That term was used to erase our indigenous identity. They have every right to call themselves indigenous if they know their tribe. Mestizo means you are below the Spanish and above the Indians. It’s a made up term used by Spanish colonizers

  • @realistic1038
    @realistic1038 Жыл бұрын

    Bien Trabajo Lupita. Eres fuerte, intelligente, y gran leader.

  • @mistermagoo8685
    @mistermagoo86853 жыл бұрын

    They keep switching back and fourth with Spanish and their indigenous language like it’s nothing

  • @RONPEE-STINGER

    @RONPEE-STINGER

    Жыл бұрын

    Have u heard of spanglish

  • @mistermagoo8685

    @mistermagoo8685

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RONPEE-STINGER yes yo habló Spanglish. But I never really thought about a Spanish-indigenous language

  • @RONPEE-STINGER

    @RONPEE-STINGER

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mistermagoo8685 in mexicali they're ppl tht switch from Chinese to Spanish

  • @mistermagoo8685

    @mistermagoo8685

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RONPEE-STINGER that doesn’t really surprise me. I know about Chinos. And Latin America isn’t homogeneous either. I knew about indigenous people like these folks who never mixed with the Spanish. But I never thought about their language and speaking both Spanish and their native language.

  • @kevinlezo1046

    @kevinlezo1046

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mistermagoo8685 mixed people still have every right to claim indigenous. If they know what tribe they belong to

  • @aguirrrejazmin527
    @aguirrrejazmin527 Жыл бұрын

    My heart breaks so much but what she’s doing is HOPE , it’s Inspiring it’s what the people need ❤

  • @infernalrakket1
    @infernalrakket13 жыл бұрын

    Las Zapatistas have been one of a number of indigenous communities on this continent doing vital work at the intersection of anti-militarism, indigenous sovereignty, anti-capitalism, earth stewardship, anti-violence and feminism (like the anti-DAPL organisers & the Water Protectors movement). 🤔 Hey Guardian, how about showing (at least like a 30 second) history of las luchas (fights/struggles) of groups like Zapatistas instead of just depicting one singular (albeit powerful) organizer? This is how media deifies and disempowers popular movements.

  • @RONPEE-STINGER

    @RONPEE-STINGER

    Жыл бұрын

    Y dont u do it on your own channel

  • @luisc2975
    @luisc29753 жыл бұрын

    Proof that political corruption reaches even those that have done nothing to no one. It’s all about the land and all the money they can make from it.

  • @DavidKralj84
    @DavidKralj842 жыл бұрын

    Te adoro Lupita

  • @herlindavasquez406
    @herlindavasquez4063 жыл бұрын

    Conparta porfabor es muy inportate celes quiere 😘😘😘

  • @tudormiller887
    @tudormiller8873 ай бұрын

    Indigenous Lives Matter! ❤

  • @OrigamiPenguin101
    @OrigamiPenguin101 Жыл бұрын

    Importantly, the documentary's director asked permission from the autonomous council of Acteal who allowed it on the condition that the people in the community were involved in as much of the documentary's production as possible. The beauty of this film reflects the democratic artistry of the people of Acteal.

  • @robloxkaren101
    @robloxkaren1013 ай бұрын

    My father was near this town. I don’t know much about his family native side I just know they spoke the dialect. I wish to seek more of my native culture soon

  • @idiotusmaximus5530
    @idiotusmaximus55302 жыл бұрын

    amazing woman

  • @ashutter1809
    @ashutter18093 жыл бұрын

    Excelente película

  • @pistolpete8542

    @pistolpete8542

    Жыл бұрын

    Baboso it's a documentary

  • @POWPOWjess
    @POWPOWjess2 жыл бұрын

    wow and they ended it with Jenni💗 Lupita you are amazing

  • @merbst
    @merbst3 жыл бұрын

    ¡Viva Zapatistas!

  • @DavidKralj84
    @DavidKralj843 жыл бұрын

    ❤️

  • @tonymontana9754
    @tonymontana97542 жыл бұрын

    the true mexican genetics.

  • @user-kb4fx3xi9l
    @user-kb4fx3xi9l2 ай бұрын

    Tenlerimizin rengi farklı olsada gözyaşlarımızin rengi aynı 😭 Türkiye'den sevgiler 🇹🇷

  • @Happy_HIbiscus
    @Happy_HIbiscus2 ай бұрын

    lupita😊😊😊😊🌺🌺🌺🌺

  • @exotic8bit213
    @exotic8bit213 Жыл бұрын

    Did she have any nicknames ?

  • @allaeasyk2408
    @allaeasyk24082 жыл бұрын

    This video it is solid informative work about really crisis in life great peoples mass . I am feelings. And thankfully you after information.

  • @julijimenez2735
    @julijimenez27352 жыл бұрын

    Lo que dijeron me dejo impactado , fueron condenados a muerte simbólicamente y el poder de una palabra se cumple.

  • @Nderitu.G
    @Nderitu.G3 жыл бұрын

    Lupita Nyo'ngo was born in Mexico.

  • @theovanrossum8652

    @theovanrossum8652

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes and Acteal is also in Mexico.

  • @kevinlezo1046

    @kevinlezo1046

    Жыл бұрын

    Not indigenous

  • @aregup007
    @aregup0073 жыл бұрын

    ✨👍🏽✨

  • @hylozoic
    @hylozoic3 күн бұрын

    Those women were probably staring at the face of their attackers.

  • @hugopelaez3765
    @hugopelaez37658 ай бұрын

    Qué triste es ver al 'pueblo armado' (como perros y con perdón de los perros) atacando a otra parte del pueblo...

  • @Chipop267
    @Chipop267Ай бұрын

    Protect the indigenous

  • @tumblrcat7256
    @tumblrcat72563 жыл бұрын

    I support it

  • @tamlamoore7962
    @tamlamoore7962Ай бұрын

    HOLY TURTLE ISLAND 🌎. WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE 💰

  • @LuciferTheDogKiller
    @LuciferTheDogKiller3 жыл бұрын

    12:25 ... WOW 😍

  • @ericktellez7632

    @ericktellez7632

    2 жыл бұрын

    She is pretty cute.

  • @kadirreis__4003
    @kadirreis__40033 жыл бұрын

    Guys, you are tired, before doing reviews, you first read about FBC and their algorithm

  • @exotic8bit213
    @exotic8bit213 Жыл бұрын

    What’s her last name it’s for a school project

  • @manuelcastilla2728
    @manuelcastilla2728 Жыл бұрын

    DESDE ESPAÑA VIVA EL C.G.R.I Y EL E.ZL.N

  • @itsroween
    @itsroween3 жыл бұрын

    Whether this is being used for some type of hidden agenda it doesn’t change the fact the human beings can be treated so badly and forgotten.

  • @stevensanchez2556

    @stevensanchez2556

    3 жыл бұрын

    Girl what hidden agenda? She is part of the zapatistas, it’s not secret

  • @subjectively_objective

    @subjectively_objective

    3 жыл бұрын

    Capitalism is the enemy of the people

  • @theovanrossum8652

    @theovanrossum8652

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@stevensanchez2556 No, she is not part of the Zapatistas. Yes, you see a lot of Zapatista people in this video but she belong to the pacifist group *Las Abejas de Acteal* and they carry no weapons like the Zapatistas do. They have the same ideology and objectives as the Zapatistas but they don't believe in violence.

  • @decolonizationisforeveryon1514

    @decolonizationisforeveryon1514

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@subjectively_objective Settler colonialism is the enemy of all people

  • @decolonizationisforeveryon1514

    @decolonizationisforeveryon1514

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@stevensanchez2556 Exactly. It's AAs who have a hidden agenda always using slavery as a pretext to claim a right to remain on indigenous lands because like whites they also live feed-off and benefit from colonialism and the ongoing ethnic cleansing against Mexicans and all native American nations

  • @rodrozil6544
    @rodrozil65443 жыл бұрын

    But why is only about women?

  • @frankiesalazar3515

    @frankiesalazar3515

    2 жыл бұрын

    Whats wrong with it?

  • @Mamnitaka
    @Mamnitaka Жыл бұрын

    Yuun botik Lupita ✊🏾

  • @gatogordo2197
    @gatogordo21972 жыл бұрын

    Colonialism is still alive. But we can't blame Spain anymore because it's us the mestizos who are doing it now.

  • @theovanrossum8652

    @theovanrossum8652

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well, nobody is blaming Spain anymore anyway. In fact a delegation of Zapatistas has recently paid a visit to their supporters in Spain.

  • @schiomchio

    @schiomchio

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah we can tf? we can blame Spain, mestizos and white people in power who allow this and created the dangerous systems(by enslaving communities) we are forced to live under now. We can blame everyone who had a part in it.

  • @fidelangel4737

    @fidelangel4737

    Жыл бұрын

    *Criollos (white mexicans) and american companies.

  • @overlordvelvet7301

    @overlordvelvet7301

    Жыл бұрын

    Not all of us are mestizos but I agree.

  • @kevinlezo1046

    @kevinlezo1046

    Жыл бұрын

    Stop calling people mestizo. It’s a made up term used by colonizers to put us in a caste system and erase our identity. Fk the caste system.

  • @kalifatokata
    @kalifatokata5 ай бұрын

    Thank the Brits for all of it.

  • @ninirema4532
    @ninirema4532 Жыл бұрын

    very fast news🌏🏝

  • @laurolavanda1807
    @laurolavanda1807 Жыл бұрын

    😮

  • @YummyFoodSecrets1
    @YummyFoodSecrets13 жыл бұрын

    💖🤝❤👍💖💟💞💖👌

  • @Talktopics2000
    @Talktopics2000 Жыл бұрын

    They should look to China and Russia

  • @gursangamsingh11
    @gursangamsingh113 жыл бұрын

    What is this matter 🤔🤔🙏

  • @rithisajkoe1065
    @rithisajkoe10653 жыл бұрын

    Saksaksak

  • @gursangamsingh11
    @gursangamsingh113 жыл бұрын

    Kissan ekta jindabad 💪🏻🙏👌👍 modi kteeed murdabad 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡👊

  • @crzgfx

    @crzgfx

    3 жыл бұрын

    This video is not about India

  • @eddyaragon8287
    @eddyaragon82874 ай бұрын

    American azteks

  • @glaceeleventeen967
    @glaceeleventeen9672 жыл бұрын

    Hahahahahahahahah

  • @johnblaze8774
    @johnblaze87743 жыл бұрын

    Completely separate point, I always find it weird that indigenous people adopt the religion of their conquers.

  • @thyikmnnnn

    @thyikmnnnn

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why shouldn't they ?

  • @jasoncano527

    @jasoncano527

    3 жыл бұрын

    Because my people are lost, until our race condemns that religion, and attacks the conquerors, we are nothing but sheep stuck in this society created by outsiders

  • @thyikmnnnn

    @thyikmnnnn

    3 жыл бұрын

    Chridtianity is true tho

  • @jasoncano527

    @jasoncano527

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@thyikmnnnn it’s not, it’s a farce, how can you say worshipping that is the true religion? How do you know it’s the truth, I don’t think you can prove that

  • @thyikmnnnn

    @thyikmnnnn

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jasoncano527 Its a lot more likely to be true than the religion they followed before.

  • @lennykoss8777
    @lennykoss87773 жыл бұрын

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