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  • Chiapas: ERA Opens Construction of Palenque-Ocosingo Highway
    by SIPAZ on 10/06/2025 at 20:06

    @Quadratin On June 8th, Eduardo Ramirez, governor of the state, presided over the inauguration of the Palenque-Ocosingo highway construction with a Mayan ritual and the blessing of the machinery. The first phase will include a 4.65-kilometer stretch. Infrastructure Secretary Ana Karen Gomez Zuart announced that the construction will include 94 kilometers of main road and

  • National/International: Sheinbaum’s Government Rejects OAS Report on Judicial Elections
    by SIPAZ on 10/06/2025 at 19:57

    @Proceso Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), rejected the preliminary report prepared by the Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) on the judicial elections held on June 1st, in which the organization recommended, among other things, not replicating the popular election model for judges in any other

  • National/International: US Supreme Court Dismisses Mexican Lawsuit against US Arms Manufacturers
    by SIPAZ on 08/06/2025 at 19:43

    @CNN On June 5th, it was announced that the United States Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the $10 billion lawsuit filed by the Mexican government against eight major firearms manufacturers, accusing them of contributing to gun violence perpetrated by drug cartels on its territory. The Supreme Court argued that the Mexican lawsuit does not plausibly allege

  • Guerrero/National: Jose Luis Abarca Velazquez Absolved in Ayotzinapa Case
    by SIPAZ on 07/06/2025 at 18:43

    On June 3rd, the Second Collegiate Court of the Nineteenth Circuit in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, acquitted former Iguala mayor Jose Luis Abarca Velazquez in the case of the disappearance of the 43 classmates on the night of September 26th, 2014, in Iguala, Guerrero. This was due to the finding that there was insufficient evidence to link

SIPAZ Report Vol XXX Nº 1 – March 2025

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07/03/2025

NEWS: Mexico — a political agenda marked by the decrees of US President Donald Trump

Since taking office in January, US President Donald Trump has signed a host of executive orders, several of them with strong immediate or potential impacts worldwide and, in particular, in Mexico.
08/03/2025

FOCUS: New Challenges in an Increasingly Turbulent World

The international scene has been marked by instability and conflict: the war in Ukraine, the Israeli massacre in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli incursions in Lebanon and Syria, the civil war in Sudan, the armed conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar, Pakistan, Iran, Colombia, Haiti and Mexico, to name a few, encompass devastation and a worldwide number of people dead, missing, displaced and in need of humanitarian aid, which has reached its highest level in decades.
08/03/2025

ARTICLE: “The Children’s Perspective is what Gives us Light for the Path”

For 22 years, Jennifer Haza Gutierrez was part of the organization that defends children’s rights, Melel Xojobal C.A., based in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas. Last December, she left her position as director. In an interview, she shared her experiences, lessons learned, and her hopes with us.

Important Dates

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Peace Process, War Process

Brief history of the conflict in Chiapas

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