Chiapas
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Oct 31, 2026
Shayla LoveNARRATOR
An ambitious young woman from rural West Virginia realises that she lacks the means to go to college.
Shayla LoveNARRATOR
An indigenous writer from Chiapas who works in his mother tongue accepts that his texts will not be read by many.
Shayla LoveNARRATOR
The chair of the literature department of a small university comes to terms with the fact that the administration is gradually eliminating the humanities.
Shayla LoveNARRATOR
Failure helps us learn that our conditions are not right for the goal we are pursuing.
Shayla LoveNARRATOR
Sometimes it is better to change ourselves.
Shayla LoveNARRATOR
That wisdom can be found in René Descartes' words, "...my maxim was to endeavour always to conquer myself rather than fortune, and change my desires rather than the order of the world." Maybe that ambitious young woman from rural West Virginia must find ways to succeed that do not involve college.
Shayla LoveNARRATOR
Perhaps the writer from Chiapas needs to learn to write some texts in English, and the literature professor may need to find a way to make a living outside academia.
Shayla LoveNARRATOR
Consider again the original question.
Vijay PrashadGUEST
So we saw the struggles.
Vijay PrashadGUEST
I would say that when Fidel Castro brings together a conference against debt in Havana in 1985, that itself is the opening of a new epoch, because out of that struggle will emerge the so-called anti-globalization movement, the movements that, you know, whatever happened in Chiapas in 94, that's what will bring forth eventually the Occupy movement, the big strikes in India, hundreds of millions of workers on strike, the farmers' struggle in India.
Vijay PrashadGUEST
You know, all of this is of a piece.
Vijay PrashadGUEST
But it's all movements testing the waters, seeing where breakthroughs can come.
Greg PraskerGUEST
It's called San Cristobal.
Greg PraskerGUEST
It's in Chiapas.
Greg PraskerGUEST
And it was a good stepping stone.
Greg PraskerGUEST
I really did love it.
Craig WalkerHOST
yeah yeah
Greg PraskerGUEST
boy vn street you know she's never she's from a village in sri lanka she never saw this shit and we're like out there she's like a kid in a candy store you know
Greg PraskerGUEST
so i've i've never you know hated uh just regular people like a lot of the new age spiritual are so judgmental on if you're not this if you're not this and um yeah where i lived in mexico was a very spiritual place i lived with a lot of um let's say it was, it was the poorest state in Mexico, Chiapas.
Greg PraskerGUEST
It is.
Aurea ToxquiGUEST
In the 1539, if we talk about the specific central conquest of some areas, or 1697, if we talk about the last village falling in the hands of the Spaniards.
Aurea ToxquiGUEST
In terms of countries, it encompasses parts of Mexico, southern Mexico, that is what nowadays is the state of Chiapas, that is the most southern state of Mexico, and then the Yucatan Peninsula or the states of Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo are located.
Aurea ToxquiGUEST
And then we're going south and we have the countries of Guatemala and Belize and parts of El Salvador and parts of Honduras.
Aurea ToxquiGUEST
So that's the area mostly where the
John KobyltHOST
Arreguin spent just 15 days in custody.
John KobyltHOST
Then he was put on a jam-packed deportation flight in southern Chiapas near the border of Guatemala.
John KobyltHOST
And then he took a bus back up to the northern border.
John KobyltHOST
I had a five bedroom house in Fresno.
Tim ClowersGUEST
And then after that in November, I'm going back to southern Mexico.
Tim ClowersGUEST
The Chiapas region will be in San Cristobal for a few days, just kind of chilling out there.
Tim ClowersGUEST
Then we're going to be in this one town called Tuxla.
Tim ClowersGUEST
And my wife is the speaker at a women's conference there that occurs Friday and Saturday.
speaker_2HOST
My grandfather's name was Teodoro.
speaker_2HOST
He was born and raised in a small town in Chiapas called San Lucas del Monte.
speaker_2HOST
From an early age, he was known for being hardworking, stubborn, and rather solitary.
speaker_2HOST
His family instilled in him from the time he was very young a belief that was regarded as practically law in that town.
Amy ArthurNARRATOR
An ambitious young woman from rural West Virginia realizes that she lacks the means to go to college.
Amy ArthurNARRATOR
An indigenous writer from Chiapas who works in his mother tongue accepts that his texts will not be read by many.
Amy ArthurNARRATOR
The chair of the literature department of a small university comes to terms with the fact that the administration is gradually eliminating the humanities.
Amy ArthurNARRATOR
Failure helps us learn that our conditions are not right for the goal we are pursuing, yet reality is not so malleable.
Kate NelsonGUEST
I have to ask you, if you had to pick just one, what adventure would you go on? I've been
Jen ChoiHOST
dying to go to Chiapas for a very long time.
Jen ChoiHOST
A friend of mine who helped connect me with Silvano.
Jen ChoiHOST
She's really involved in the community there and throughout Chiapas and is born and raised there.
Jen ChoiHOST
And she connected us with Silvano.
Jen ChoiHOST
And I would love to go on that tour, which is… through a jungle for a portion of it.
Keith WheelerGUEST
What country was that in? That was in the southern state of Mexico.
Keith WheelerGUEST
It's called Chiapas.
Keith WheelerGUEST
Chiapas.
Keith WheelerGUEST
Right.
Keith WheelerGUEST
I
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