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 […]
SIPAZ – Quaterly Report
31/08/2000
The Federal Preventive Police (PFP) first rose to public attention last February in Mexico City when it dislodged the students who for months had occupied the […]
31/08/2000
July 2 of the year 2000 is a date that will permanently remain in Mexico’s history. After 71 years of dominance by the Institutional Revolutionary Party […]
31/08/2000
“God protect us, so that we are not scared anymore” After six years of excessive military presence in Chiapas, little is known of some of its […]
31/08/2000
Between May and July 2000, team activities included the following: VISITS AND CONTACTS Visit to the northern region (communities in the counties of Tila and Sabanilla) […]
31/05/2000
The image of a tightly-sealed simmering pot describes Chiapas in recent months. The Mexican Army’s grip on the conflict area was tightened in the form of […]
31/05/2000
New Bishop On March 31, 2000, Felipe Arizmendi, Bishop of Tapachula (Chiapas), was named to succeed Mons. Samuel Ruiz, as bishop of the Diocese of San […]
31/05/2000
In recent months, a great number of international representatives have arrived in Chiapas: experts from the United Nations; the ambassadors of Germany, England and Japan; European […]
31/05/2000
To glance through local as well as national newspapers could give the impression that the inconclusive chapter on the Zapatista uprising of 1994 has been closed. […]
31/05/2000
Religious ill-feeling, exacerbated following the 1994 Zapatista uprising, has often been presented as the background to the conflict lacerating Chiapas: more than 30,000 Evangelicals expelled, more […]
31/05/2000
Among team activities during March-April 2000: CONTACTS AND VISITS Visit to the northern region (communities in the counties of Tila and Sabanilla) to speak with peasants, […]
31/03/2000
On December 30, the Vatican announced the transfer of Coadjutor Bishop Raul Vera from San Cristobal de Las Casas to Saltillo in northern Mexico. Having reached […]
31/03/2000
Uncertainty is the best word to characterize the current moment in Chiapas. This pre-electoral period the entire country is experiencing has a special cast to it […]
31/03/2000
Human Rights Promoters and Defenders in the Indigenous Communities of Chiapas Due to the lack of security in the conflict areas where the human rights promoters/defenders […]
31/03/2000
Visits and Contacts Several visits to the northern region (communities in the county of Tila) to speak with peasants, recently returned internal refugees, representatives of various […]
31/03/2000
The situation on the ground in Chiapas remained tense and often violent in recent months. Meanwhile political developments both within and outside the region diminished hopes […]