31/08/1999
During the last few months, the atmosphere in Chiapas has once again grown tense. The recurrence of violence by security forces has taken place within a […]
SIPAZ – Quaterly Report
31/08/1999
“[The State] will promote the recognition within Mexican statute law of the authorities, regulations and procedures related to internal conflict resolution of the indigenous peoples and […]
31/08/1999
31/05/1999
On March 21, 15,000 polling places were set up at the EZLN’s initiative, in order for Mexicans to express their opinions regarding indigenous rights. More than […]
31/05/1999
The “National Consultation For the Recognition of the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples and for an End to the War of Extermination,” promoted by the EZLN […]
31/05/1999
I arrive at the jail and the first thing they ask me at the entrance is to show my identification. I go down six steps, and […]
31/05/1999
Information Visit to the northern region (counties of Yajalon, Tila, Sabanilla and Tumbala); included interviews with displaced persons who had returned to their communities as well […]
31/05/1999
Working together with Mexican civil society groups, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) organized a national referendum on indigenous rights on March 21. Before the […]
31/05/1999
At the beginning of March, Chiapas Governor Roberto Albores Guillen presented his own state legislative proposal concerning indigenous rights and culture. Albores said that this proposal […]
26/02/1999
Sumary Amid continuing tension and violence, 3000 representatives of Mexican civil society gathered in Chiapas in November to discuss ways to revive the stalled peace process. […]
26/02/1999
“It is on the horizon.I take two steps closer, it takes two steps back.No matter how far I walk,I will never reach it.Of what use is […]
26/02/1999
In October 1998, SIPAZ organized an exhibition in San Cristobal de Las Casas on the life and thought of Gandhi, social and political activist who led […]