Huixta and Nueva Villaflores

January 13
Huixtla
In Huixtla and Nueva Villaflores the discussion on self-organization moves into self-governance (this is continued from the post below, you have to read backwards, that is, chronologically):
You saw what happened after the hurricane, there was no aid, they said it was coming but they didn’t deliver, they just took pictures. We have to find another path, we have to talk to each other and build a different way. We have to learn to govern, that’s what we mean when we say our right to self-govern, that’s what we do in the autonomous municipalities. We rotate governance, nobody gets paid, and after they finish their turn, they don’t get rich and leave, they go back to the fields with everyone else. People who can’t read or write can govern! All you need to govern is a good heart and the willingness to listen to the people—that is indigenous autonomy for us...(paraphrased from the Delegado's words in Huixtla/Nueva Villaflores)