Gobiernos precarios. Afectados ambientales en Puebla-Tlxcala (México): Reflexión y breve relatoria

Abstract

In a general view, the current governments, in almost all parts of the world, direct their actions following modernity principles to conduit their people to development and finally to progress. Development and progress have been seen as the main objectives and goals for all human beings. Nevertheless, governorship is being criticized in many parts of the world. In Latin America, the processes of governorship have become very complex and unsatisfactory by large groups of different societies. This growing dissatisfaction has created several and different conflicts. Some of those conflicts have ended up in a direct confrontation with the government and its representatives against its own towns and people. At times, these conflicts get to high levels of confrontation that result in extreme violence where illegal things lead to blood spill. To oppose government decisions that affect people’s lives and patrimonies, some civil associations have been created. This paper shows a specific conflict in two States of the center of the Mexican republic. An open conflict among the State Government whose project is to build a highway destroying the legitimate dwellers patrimonies, and those dwellers who see themselves as people affected by the environment. This paper narrates the conflict by using the voices of the affected ones who reflect on the fight to keep their real state, lifestyle, and the ecosystems of those communities being affected by that highway construction project.