At the beginning of 2013, several analysts used the expression “the Mexican moment” in reference to the expectations generated by the change in federal administration. The […]
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE AND ACCOMPANIMENT CHIAPAS Northern Zone In September, we carried out a one-week visit to the Northern Zone. We attended an assembly organized by the […]
As a number of reports have illustrated in recent months, the situation of violence against women in Mexico is far from being resolved. These reports speak […]
On 1 September the Mexican federal government submitted its First Report, a document that identifies a number of challenges the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) seeks […]
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE AND ACCOMPANIMENT CHIAPAS Nothern Zone At the beginning of June, we carried out a visit to Palenque and Salto de Agua with a representative […]
The six-year term of Felipe Calderón from the National Action Party (PAN) was characterized by an explosion of violence in several regions of Mexico as a […]
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE AND ACCOMPANIMENT CHIAPAS Northern Zone At the end of February and end of April, we carried out prolonged visits to different municipalities of the […]
“There is still racism within the Mexican justice system.”Leonel Rivero, defense counsel for Patishtán “The struggle that I am undertaking is not just for me; it […]
The mining industry is one of the largest industries of the global economy. It is the mega project with the biggest social and environmental impact not […]
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE AND ACCOMPANIMENT CHIAPAS Highlands On 10 December, we were present at the event carried out by the Las Abejas Civil Society in the Chenalhó […]
Just 17 years after the signing of the San Andrés Accords on indigenous rights and culture, this between the Mexican federal government and the EZLN, the […]