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Cherán (Spanish pronunciation:) is a municipality located in the Mexican state of Michoacán, which is situated in the central western portion of Mexico, extending west to the Pacific Shore.
12 Okt 2016 · BBC News, Cheran. In Mexico, organised crime reaches everywhere, even into the smallest village - except for one small town in the state of Michoacan. Led by local women, the people of Cheran...
30 Nov 2021 · How a Rebellion Planted Seeds of Revival in Rural Mexico. In 2011, the women of Cherán led a revolt against illegal logging and corruption. Today, the forests are coming back, and the Indigenous...
2 Dis 2016 · San Francisco Cherán, is an indigenous community of the Purépecha town located in the state of Michoacán, Mexico. It has a territorial extension of 221,000 square kilometers and a population of...
28 Jun 2018 · Cherán is a town of some 20,000 inhabitants in the highlands of Michoacán, one of the Mexican states that’s suffered most in the drug wars of the last decade...
Learn how Cherán, a Purépecha community in Michoacán, resisted organized crime and reclaimed its political and environmental autonomy in 2011. Discover how Cherán practices self-governance, self-defense and alternative media to protect its territory and culture.
10 Jul 2017 · The town of Cheran in Mexico’s Michoacan state has thrown out politicians, cops and the mayor to relieve itself from violence and illegal logging.
