31/08/2001
The optimism that prevailed since the beginning of the year was shattered by the approval of a constitutional reform on indigenous rights and culture that was […]
SIPAZ – Quaterly Report
31/08/2001
According to the Miguel Agustin Pro Human Rights Center and SERAPAZ (Peace Services and Consulting), the following are basic differences between the COCOPA legislative proposal on […]
31/08/2001
Between May and July 2001, SIPAZ activities included the following: VISITS AND CONTACTS Visits to the northern region of Chiapas to speak with a variety of […]
31/05/2001
During the first five months of President Vicente Fox’s term, important progress was made toward reinvigorating the stalled peace process in Chiapas. However the hopes raised […]
31/05/2001
On February 24, 23 commanders of the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) and Subcommander Marcos embarked on a peaceful […]
31/05/2001
Action in Congress on the indigenous rights bill took place after this report was largely prepared. Here we provide a brief update, acknowledging it is limited […]
31/05/2001
“Today war is a little further away and peace with justice and dignity a little closer. Today dialogue is closer and confrontation is more distant.”(Subcommander Marcos, […]
31/05/2001
The San Andres Accords, signed February 16, 1996 by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) and the federal government of Ernesto Zedillo, contain the results […]
31/05/2001
VISITS AND CONTACTS Visits to the northern region of Chiapas to speak with political and religious leaders about the impact of the new political situation on […]
28/02/2001
December marked the inauguration of a new president in Mexico (Vicente Fox) and of a new governor in Chiapas (Pablo Salazar). In both cases they are […]
28/02/2001
On December 1, President-elect Vicente Fox Quesada was sworn in before the Mexican Congress, becoming the first president of the post-revolutionary era to come from a […]
28/02/2001
The conflict in Chiapas is now seven years old. The third president since its beginning, Vicente Fox, inherits a particularly complex situation. Nevertheless, for the first […]
28/02/2001
The large presence of the Mexican army in Chiapas since the Zapatista uprising in 1994 has been the object of criticism from the EZLN (Zapatista Army […]
28/02/2001
VISITS AND CONTACTS Participation in a gathering of base communities in the northern region of Chiapas on the theme of community reconciliation. Meetings with a variety […]
30/11/2000
Pablo Salazar Mendiguchia, representing the opposition Alliance for Chiapas, was elected governor on August 20. Salazar took 51.5% of the vote compared to 45.7% for Sami […]
30/11/2000
On August 20, Chiapas elected a new governor. Pablo Salazar Mendiguchia, representing the Alliance for Chiapas, won with 535,860 votes (51.5%) while Sami David, of the […]