SIPAZ – Quaterly Report

18/03/2021

FOCUS: Human rights in the hands of corporate goodwill

Globalization in today's world has resulted in changes at both the micro and macro levels, with pros and cons, including new challenges when it comes to the protection of human rights (HR). The globalized world has reshaped economic powers into a world in which multinational companies have especially come to gain unprecedented power and influence.
18/03/2021

LATEST: Mexico – “A long way to go to exit human rights crisis”, Government

On December 10th, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, the Report “Second Year, A New Human Rights Policy and Presentation of the National Human Rights Program” was presented by the Ministry of the Interior.
15/12/2020

ARTICLE: The Contributions of Indian Theology in the Transformative Commitment of the Catholic Church in Chiapas

The first month of the coming year will mark the tenth anniversary of the passing of Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia (1924-2011), a recognized defender of the rights of indigenous peoples in Mexico and Latin America. Also known as j'Tatik Samuel (which means father in the Tseltal language), he is - possibly - the bishop who has most promoted what is usually called Indian Theology.
15/12/2020

LATEST: COVID-19 – Health, economic and social Impacts increase

In August, Mike Ryan, director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Depart-ment, pointed out that the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic could be underestimated in Mexico due to the low number of tests carried out.
04/09/2020

ARTICLE: Expressions of Solidarity in Chiapas in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Much of the little that has been published in the national media about Chiapas since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic has been sensationalist news about attacks against health personnel, in addition to attacks on personnel from other agencies, among other violent actions, due to the suspicion that by sanitizing, they would be spreading the coronavirus.
04/09/2020

LATEST: Mexico continues to rise in the ranking of the countries most affected by COVID-19

In recent weeks, Mexico became one of the countries with the most cases of COVID-19 worldwide with at least more than half a million cases of contagion (sixth place) and, by mid-August, one of those with the highest mortality rates (third place), with more than 50 thousand dead.
02/06/2020

LATEST: Mexico – The risk of invisibility and aggravation of multiple pending human rights issues in the context of the pandemic

In April, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) presented his fifth quarterly report. Facing the COVID-19 pandemic, he reported that this year there will be 22 million beneficiaries of the different social programs and that in nine months two million new jobs will be created, among others by the Sembrando Vida (Sowing Life) program.