Without consulting the indigenous peoples of the mountains of Guerrero state, the Mexican government granted the British company Hochschild mining claims for 50 years. The settlers, who learned via the Internet that their towns were given away for the extraction of gold and silver, sued for their right to consultation and information. Also, the politician Porfirio Muñoz Ledo insists that society should be consulted on energy reform. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.
Recorded audios: Agapito Cantú Manuel, President, Communal Property Commissariat of San Miguel El Progreso; Santiago Aguirre, lawyer; Abel Barrera, Director, Tlachinollan Mountain Center for Human Rights; Magdalena Gómez, specialist in indigenous rights, Porfirio Muñoz Ledo, politician. Citizens: Elsa Martínez Ruiz, Trinidad, Sachila, Oaxaca; Ronaldo Cano González and Ramón Vidal Jiménez, Chiapas; Luis and José Mario Servín Rivera, Valle de Santiago, Guanajuato; Margot Martínez Gómez, Pueblo Viejo, Oaxaca. (Istmo de Tehuantepec)
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