Chiapas presently finds itself in a pre-election context given that on October 3, 118 municipal mayors and 40 state deputies will be elected. In spite of […]
ACCOMPANIMENT In August we participated in an observation caravan in the Montes Azules Biosphere (Jungle region). Also in August, we attended the first anniversary party of […]
Certainly, Chiapas no longer occupies the first pages of national newspapers like it did in the first years after the armed uprising of the Zapatista Army […]
The Facts of the Conflict Last April 10th, Zapatista supporters from the Highlands of Chiapas suffered an ambush by members of the PRD (Party of the […]
Human Rights Observation During the last month the Puppet group “Diversity“, in which SIPAZ participates, preformed its pieces about the value of diversity and reconciliation in […]
September marked seven years since the suspension of talks between the federal government and the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN). On November 17th, the EZLN […]
Part of my work at SIPAZ consists of receiving visitors and delegations, many of which arrive from the United States. Also, volunteers from the U.S. come […]
In Order To Silence The Weapons, The People Speak! FIRST HEMISPHERIC CONFERENCE ON MILITARIZATIONSAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS (CHIAPAS)MAY 6-9 2003 From May 6-9, the First […]
Accompaniment In May and July we traveled to the Northern zone of Chiapas to talk with different political and social actors of the region. In June, […]
Last July, the Zapatista Army for National Liberation (EZLN) reclaimed the initiative with a series of communiqués, which announced the end of the Aguascalientes (meeting spaces […]