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SIPAZ REPORTS
Articles published in the SIPAZ Quarterly Reports
21/12/2024
21/12/2024
November 2023 marked a significant moment for the Diocese of San Cristobal, celebrating 100 years since the birth of Samuel Ruiz Garcia, a bishop who dedicated his life to defending the rights of indigenous peoples and who, to this day, is fondly remembered as jTatik Samuel. His legacy lives on, reminding us of the importance of social justice and human dignity.
21/12/2024
In recent years, due to its geographical location connecting the north with the south of the American continent, Chiapas has become a territory disputed by different criminal groups, which has led to an alarming increase in violence in the state to which the entire population is vulnerable.
21/12/2024
The elections in the United States revive the saying: “Poor Mexico, so far from God, so close to the United States.” The elected candidate, Donald Trump, has declared that he will impose a 25% tariff war against Mexico if Claudia Sheinbaum’s government fails to contain the flow of migrants and fentanyl trafficking across the 3,000 kilometers of border that both countries share.
18/09/2024
18/09/2024
After 25 years working at the Commission for Support for Community Unity and Reconciliation (CORECO C.A.), Alejandra Rojas Chavez will close this cycle of her life at the end of this year 2024. In an interview, she shared with us her experiences, learnings and the processes she has accompanied during her collaboration with this organization.
18/09/2024
The history of the south-southeast region, where Chiapas, Guerrero and Oaxaca are located, has been marked by important social mobilizations.
18/09/2024
On June 2nd, Claudia Sheinbaum was elected Mexico’s first female president, gaining a 30-point lead over candidate Xochitl Galvez (PRI, PAN, and PRD, historic parties in Mexico).
30/06/2024
30/06/2024
In April 2024, at the facilities of the Institute of Intercultural Studies and Research C.A., a change of direction of the organization was made. Ernesto Martin Guerrero Zavala left office and Gerardo Torres Estrada took over as the new director.
30/06/2024
For some years now, various human rights organizations and groups of searching families have been documenting and denouncing the crisis of disappearances in Mexico. In 2023, people spoke with surprise about the alarming figure that had been reached: 100 thousand missing people; today there are more than 116 thousand.
30/06/2024
On June 2nd, 2024, more than 98 million Mexican citizens were called to vote in the largest elections Mexico has held to date.
30/06/2024
In March, the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations (UN), Volker Türk, said that the electoral process underway in Mexico “must be safeguarded from violence.” On June 2nd, these elections will lead to the appointment of more than 20,000 public officials, including the head of state, as well as members of both chambers of Congress and a wide range of representatives and state and local authorities.
22/03/2024
22/03/2024
After much speculation and rumors, the official invitation to the 30th anniversary of the armed uprising of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) was finally published on December 24th, after a series of 20 communiqués that explain its reading of the moment and the strategic option of the movement for the future.
22/03/2024
Civil society organizations in Chiapas joined their voices to highlight and demand that the situation of violence that has been experienced since 2021 in the border and mountain region of the state be recognized and addressed,