31/05/2001
On February 24, 23 commanders of the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) and Subcommander Marcos embarked on a peaceful […]
SIPAZ – Quaterly Report
31/05/2001
Action in Congress on the indigenous rights bill took place after this report was largely prepared. Here we provide a brief update, acknowledging it is limited […]
31/05/2001
“Today war is a little further away and peace with justice and dignity a little closer. Today dialogue is closer and confrontation is more distant.”(Subcommander Marcos, […]
31/05/2001
The San Andres Accords, signed February 16, 1996 by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) and the federal government of Ernesto Zedillo, contain the results […]
31/05/2001
VISITS AND CONTACTS Visits to the northern region of Chiapas to speak with political and religious leaders about the impact of the new political situation on […]
28/02/2001
December marked the inauguration of a new president in Mexico (Vicente Fox) and of a new governor in Chiapas (Pablo Salazar). In both cases they are […]
28/02/2001
On December 1, President-elect Vicente Fox Quesada was sworn in before the Mexican Congress, becoming the first president of the post-revolutionary era to come from a […]
28/02/2001
The conflict in Chiapas is now seven years old. The third president since its beginning, Vicente Fox, inherits a particularly complex situation. Nevertheless, for the first […]
28/02/2001
The large presence of the Mexican army in Chiapas since the Zapatista uprising in 1994 has been the object of criticism from the EZLN (Zapatista Army […]
28/02/2001
VISITS AND CONTACTS Participation in a gathering of base communities in the northern region of Chiapas on the theme of community reconciliation. Meetings with a variety […]
30/11/2000
Pablo Salazar Mendiguchia, representing the opposition Alliance for Chiapas, was elected governor on August 20. Salazar took 51.5% of the vote compared to 45.7% for Sami […]
30/11/2000
On August 20, Chiapas elected a new governor. Pablo Salazar Mendiguchia, representing the Alliance for Chiapas, won with 535,860 votes (51.5%) while Sami David, of the […]
30/11/2000
The democratic transition advanced by the victory of the opposition in July’s federal elections and those in August in Chiapas opens new possibilities. The electoral results […]
30/11/2000
During his visit to the X’oyep refugee camp on August 11, Chiapas gubernatorial candidate Pablo Salazar said, “In nine days there will be an election and […]
30/11/2000
Between August and October 2000, team activities included the following: VISITS AND CONTACTS First General Assembly of SIPAZ with member organizations of the coalition from Europe, […]
31/08/2000
The national elections on July 2 marked an historic shift in Mexico. After 71 years of uninterrupted rule, the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) lost the presidency […]