04/09/2013
The six-year term of Felipe Calderón from the National Action Party (PAN) was characterized by an explosion of violence in several regions of Mexico as a […]
SIPAZ – Quaterly Report
27/05/2013
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE AND ACCOMPANIMENT CHIAPAS Northern Zone At the end of February and end of April, we carried out prolonged visits to different municipalities of the […]
27/05/2013
“There is still racism within the Mexican justice system.”Leonel Rivero, defense counsel for Patishtán “The struggle that I am undertaking is not just for me; it […]
27/05/2013
The mining industry is one of the largest industries of the global economy. It is the mega project with the biggest social and environmental impact not […]
27/05/2013
At the beginning of May, President Enrique Peña Nieto met for the first time as president with Barack Obama, president of the U.S.A. In this first […]
24/02/2013
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE AND ACCOMPANIMENT CHIAPAS Highlands On 10 December, we were present at the event carried out by the Las Abejas Civil Society in the Chenalhó […]
24/02/2013
“We see then that in work with youth and women there remains much to be done.” On 22 and 23 January 2013 the annual meeting of […]
24/02/2013
Just 17 years after the signing of the San Andrés Accords on indigenous rights and culture, this between the Mexican federal government and the EZLN, the […]
24/02/2013
As was foreseen, between October and December—though with some difficulties and tensions—in Chiapas the new governor, municipal mayors, and part of the new Congress came into […]
28/11/2012
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE AND ACCOMPANIMENT CHIAPAS Highlands On 4 September, we accompanied the pilgrimage of the Believing People in the Tsotil zone that took place in the […]
28/11/2012
With women’s eyes, minds, and hearts …We encourage new groups Where they do not existPromoting among womenHusbands and family membersThe participation of allAlthough sometimes they do […]
28/11/2012
““For my daily practice, social denunciation has been a means of reaffirming myself. I have never lost the strength to continue. They […]
28/11/2012
“We are not one, nor are we 100: IFE, count us well!” expressions of post-electoral protest in San Cristóbal de Las Casas © Emma Rodríguez Unsurprisingly, […]
28/08/2012
International presence and accompaniment Chiapas Human rights defenders At the end of July we visited Margarita Martínez and Adolfo Guzmán, human rights defenders who have been […]
28/08/2012
“I want justice not just for Itzel, but also for all other women who have been killed in the country and in […]
28/08/2012
The presidential elections of 1 July 2012 have provoked strong criticisms, both in terms of the pre-electoral process and election day itself. According to the vote […]