ARTICLE: International Accompaniment, a Tool that Remains Valid despite Contextual Changes

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SIPAZ Report Vol XXXI Nº 2 – June 2026
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ARTICLE: International Accompaniment, a Tool that Remains Valid despite Contextual Changes

Although the quote with which we opened this article refers to the project of the Civil Peace Camps (CCP) and later the Civil Peace Brigades (BriCOs) developed by the Coordination of Non-Governmental Organizations for Peace (CONPAZ) and by the Fray Bartolome de Las Casas Center for Human Rights (Frayba) in Chiapas after the uprising of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) in 1994, it also refers to the backbone of what a year later was to become the International Service for Peace (SIPAZ): international accompaniment.
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FOCUS: Megaprojects, a risk factor for those who defend territory

According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), Mexico is the fourth country worldwide with the greatest biological biodiversity. Thanks to its geographical location, relief and diversity of climates, the country has nine of the 11 types of ecosystems; about 200 thousand different species and is also home to approximately 12% of the biodiversity in the world.
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