21/10/2024
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21/10/2024
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Chiapas: SIPAZ regrets the murder of Father Marcelo Pérez

The International Service for Peace (SIPAZ) regrets the murder of Father Marcelo Pérez Pérez that occurred on October 20 in San Cristóbal de Las Casas. According to preliminary reports, he was shot four times by unknown persons on a motorcycle while he was heading to the Guadalupe temple, after celebrating mass in the Cuxtitali neighborhood in this same city.
21/10/2024
30/06/2024
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30/06/2024
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ARTICLE: Ecumenism and Networking, Paths of Hope for Chiapas

In April 2024, at the facilities of the Institute of Intercultural Studies and Research C.A., a change of direction of the organization was made. Ernesto Martin Guerrero Zavala left office and Gerardo Torres Estrada took over as the new director.
30/06/2024
30/06/2024
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Activities for our missing people within the framework of Mother's Day, San Cristóbal de las Casas, May 2024 © SIPAZ
30/06/2024
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FOCUS: I name you, Mexico, a country of disappeared people

For some years now, various human rights organizations and groups of searching families have been documenting and denouncing the crisis of disappearances in Mexico. In 2023, people spoke with surprise about the alarming figure that had been reached: 100 thousand missing people; today there are more than 116 thousand.
30/06/2024
22/03/2024
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Pilgrimage of Pueblo Creyente of the Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas, January 2024 © SIPAZ
22/03/2024
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LATEST: 2024 Elections, under fire?

In January, the report “Voting Under Fire: Understanding Political-Criminal Violence in Mexico” was presented, which documents that in 2023 there were 574 incidents of political-criminal violence. 264 of them were against public officials or candidates for elected office, says Data Civica, the consulting firm behind the report.
22/03/2024
27/09/2023
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© Melel Xojobal
27/09/2023
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ARTICLE: Spinning Alternatives with Children and Adolescents in Chiapas

In August, the Forum “Spinning Alternatives with the Children of Chiapas” was held in San Cristobal de Las Casas, convened by Melel Xojobal, the Network for the Rights of Children and Adolescents (REDIAS) and Slamalil Kinal.
27/09/2023
27/09/2023
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Flag Day ©president.gob.mx
27/09/2023
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LATEST: Mexico, Continued Insecurity

In June, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) recognized that during his government recorded homicides have exceeded those of previous administrations. In 2019, 34,690 murders were recorded, in 2020, 34,554, in 2021, 33,308 and in 2022, 30,968, while in the first quarter of 2023 there were 9,912, an average of 83 per day.
27/09/2023
08/12/2021
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Communities in a situation of forced displacement: one of the faces of the violence and impunity that prevail in the state © Chiapas Paralelo
08/12/2021
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FOCUS: Violence, a high tide on a full moon in Chiapas

If we have the chance to see some documentary that shows us images of the decades of the '60s and '70s in Chiapas, it is not difficult for us to stop thinking that those same takes could have been filmed today. More than 50 years after those original takes, in many regions of the state, the clock has stopped. But more than time, justice.
08/12/2021
27/09/2019
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Community reconstruction on the Coast © SweFOR
27/09/2019
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ARTICLE: Earthquakes – Community Reconstruction as an Alternative Route

The night of September 7, 2017 represents a traumatic moment in the lives of tens of thousands of people, when a magnitude 8.2 earthquake shook the coastal areas of Chiapas and Oaxaca, leaving 102 people dead, thousands homeless, and the region in chaos.
27/09/2019