Claudia Martínez Sánchez

Artist, activist and nice picture

The first month of 2022 has shown how difficult it has been for a couple of decades to carry out journalistic work in the country, with four journalists murdered and many more threatened, harassed and persecuted. Claudia Martínez Sánchez is one of them. Because the artist and activist is also President of the National Collective "Alerta Temprana de
Periodistas y Defensores" (Early Alert of Journalists and Defenders). This makes her the target of threats and intimidation. Claudia's artwork also deals with the issue of human rights.
And in a very concrete way. Her paintings are expressive and authentic.
Claudia Martínez Sánchez

see the documentation:

https://youtu.be/944uN4WF6f4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lJzMPo7hFo

Due to the aggressions and incriminations by the state government, the people of Coyomeapan decided to organise themselves and take to the streets to put a stop to the chieftainship of the Celestino Rosas brothers, supported by Governor Barbosa, and to demand the release of the four human rights defenders in prison since 1 September 2021.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_n5g4OlATo

https://www.losangelespress.org/sierra-negra-de-puebla-azotada-por-caciques-y-crimen-organizado/

Su espíritu activista hace que pinte los rostros de un México roto; nos enumera las miradas de mujeres y hombres que han sido víctimas de la violencia, así como de la devastación a causa de las empresas transnacionales o el rostro de la madre tierra. La concepción en sus obras es una denuncia abierta para romper los silencios de aquellos que no pueden gritar justicia.
 Her activist spirit makes her paint the faces of a broken Mexico; V lists the faces of women and men who have been victims of violence, as well as the devastation caused by transnational companies or the face of mother earth. The conception in her works is an open denunciation to break the silences of those who cannot cry out for justice.

Artist, activist and nice picture

Desde el 11 de febrero del 2022 vive un desplazamiento forzado por severas amenazas de muerte por parte de David Celestino Rosas y su hermana la Diputada Federal Araceli Celestino Rosas ambos caciques.
 Since February 11, 2022, she has been living a forced displacement due to severe death threats from David Celestino Rosas and his sister, Federal Deputy Araceli Celestino Rosas, both caciques.
Los trabajos periodísticos de Martínez Sánchez lograron evitar que el pueblo fuera reprimido con el uso de la fuerza pública. El gobierno de Luis Miguel Barbosa Huerta en reiteradas ocasiones intentó violentar al pueblo con elementos de la policía del estado. Al no lograrlo, David Celestino y Araceli Celestino contrataron sicarios para intentar ejecutar a 11 defensores indígenas en Coyomeapan.
Martínez Sánchez's journalistic work managed to prevent the people from being repressed with the use of public force. The government of Luis Miguel Barbosa Huerta tried on several occasions to violate the people with elements of the state police. When they failed, David Celestino and Araceli Celestino hired hitmen to try to execute 11 indigenous defenders in Coyomeapan.
El último hecho violento iba dirigido hacia Claudia Martínez Sánchez cuando el Señor Placido Hernández defensor indígena de Coyomeapan y la periodista preparaban un amparo para defender al pueblo por un impuesto anticonstitucional llamado DAP. 
The last violent act was directed against Martínez Sánchez when Mr. Placido Hernández, the indigenous defender of Coyomeapan, and the journalist were preparing an injunction to defend the people against an unconstitutional tax called DAP.
En esos días el 21 de enero la periodista recibió las primeras amenazas de muerte en sus redes sociales sin embargo fue el 22 de enero cuando supo que irían por ella luego de que el defensor Placido Hernández Vázquez sufriera un atentado en carretera; su vehículo fue baleado con la intención de asesinarlo, por fortuna, salió con vida. Fue así como la periodista tuvo que salir esa misma madrugada para salvaguardar su vida. 
 In those days, on 21 January, the journalist received the first death threats on her social networks; however, it was on 22 January when she learned that they would come after the defender Placido Hernández Vázquez suffered an attack on the road; his vehicle was shot at with the intention of assassinating him, fortunately, he got out alive. The journalist had to leave that same morning to save her life.
Pero el 11 de febrero recibió una llamada telefónica en la que le advertían que tenía que salir de Puebla porque ahora irían tras ella. 
But on 11 February she received a phone call warning her that she had to leave Puebla because they would now come after her.
Es así como la periodista retoma el arte para salvar su vida. En sus colores en blanco y negro realiza una serie de obras en blanco y negro que se llama La Periodista. 
 This is how the journalist takes up art to save her life. In her black and white colours she creates a series of black and white works called La Periodista (The Journalist).
Para Claudia Martínez Sánchez está serie es una manifestación de la tinta que ha sido derramada metafóricamente por los asesinatos de sus compañeros periodistas los que no pudieron terminar de contar historias que el mundo tenía que conocer. Qué historias no querían esos asesinos que no contarán nuestros compañeros-dice Claudia-. 
For Claudia Martínez Sánchez this series is a manifestation of the ink that has been metaphorically spilled by the murders of her fellow journalists who could not finish telling stories that the world needed to know. What stories those murderers didn't want our colleagues to tell," says Claudia.
Otros de los trabajos de Claudia Martínez Sánchez como artista es el rostro de la madre tierra mediante una serie de rostros trágicos: Erosión, La muerte de la tierra y el hombre en búsqueda de otro planeta azul. 
El último de sus trabajos que ella expresa en sus obras es una expresión abstracta en la que manifiesta la violencia y el dolor de los presos políticos de la sierra negra de Puebla en Coyomeapan.
Another of Claudia Martínez Sánchez's works as an artist is the face of mother earth through a series of tragic faces: Erosion, The death of the earth and man in search of another blue planet. The last of her works is an abstract expression in which she expresses the violence and pain of the political prisoners of the black mountains of Puebla in Coyomeapan.  

 

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