08/03/2025
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U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, on Jan. 22, 2025. On his first day in office, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border "to repel the disastrous invasion of our country" © Charly Triballeau / AFP
08/03/2025
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FOCUS: New Challenges in an Increasingly Turbulent World

The international scene has been marked by instability and conflict: the war in Ukraine, the Israeli massacre in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli incursions in Lebanon and Syria, the civil war in Sudan, the armed conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar, Pakistan, Iran, Colombia, Haiti and Mexico, to name a few, encompass devastation and a worldwide number of people dead, missing, displaced and in need of humanitarian aid, which has reached its highest level in decades.
08/03/2025
07/03/2025
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Demonstration against the deportation policy © Europa Press / La Gaceta.es
07/03/2025
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NEWS: Mexico — a political agenda marked by the decrees of US President Donald Trump

Since taking office in January, US President Donald Trump has signed a host of executive orders, several of them with strong immediate or potential impacts worldwide and, in particular, in Mexico.
07/03/2025
21/12/2024
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Thousands of people of different nationalities prayed before moving forward in a new migrant caravan with the hope of reaching the United States. At the front, some carried a wooden cross, with a banner that read: "the exodus of poverty" © Damián Sánchez/cuartoscuro.com
21/12/2024
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LATEST: “Poor Mexico, so far from God, so close to the United States” …

The elections in the United States revive the saying: “Poor Mexico, so far from God, so close to the United States.” The elected candidate, Donald Trump, has declared that he will impose a 25% tariff war against Mexico if Claudia Sheinbaum’s government fails to contain the flow of migrants and fentanyl trafficking across the 3,000 kilometers of border that both countries share.
21/12/2024
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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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
30/06/2024
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The presidential candidate of the ruling party MORENA, Claudia Sheinbaum, addresses her supporters after winning the election, in Mexico City, Mexico, on June 3, 2024 © Fernando Llanos / Ap Photo
30/06/2024
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LATEST: Elections amid High Levels of Political Violence

In March, the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations (UN), Volker Türk, said that the electoral process underway in Mexico “must be safeguarded from violence.” On June 2nd, these elections will lead to the appointment of more than 20,000 public officials, including the head of state, as well as members of both chambers of Congress and a wide range of representatives and state and local authorities.
30/06/2024
22/03/2024
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© ChiapasParalelo
22/03/2024
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FOCUS: Southern Border and Sierra trapped in the middle of relentless terror

Civil society organizations in Chiapas joined their voices to highlight and demand that the situation of violence that has been experienced since 2021 in the border and mountain region of the state be recognized and addressed,
22/03/2024
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
16/12/2023
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Mobilization for the release of José Diaz, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, November 2023 © SIPAZ
16/12/2023
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FOCUS: Arbitrary detentions; a frequent practice, pain and injustice in Mexico

According to various reports from Mexican and international human rights organizations, arbitrary detentions are a recurring practice in Mexico. This phenomenon involves the arrest of individuals without valid justification or illegally,
16/12/2023
16/12/2023
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Event on Peacebuilding, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, December 2023 © SIPAZ
16/12/2023
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LATEST: Human Rights – Pending agenda for candidates for the 2024 elections

In September, the National Peace Dialogue was held in Puebla, after talks and Justice and Security Forums were held in the states in which more than 18 thousand people participated in the last ten months.
16/12/2023
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
09/03/2023
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“The Earth is not for sale, it is loved and defended”, MODEVITE © SIPAZ, Archive
09/03/2023
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FOCUS: Megaprojects, a risk factor for those who defend territory

According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), Mexico is the fourth country worldwide with the greatest biological biodiversity. Thanks to its geographical location, relief and diversity of climates, the country has nine of the 11 types of ecosystems; about 200 thousand different species and is also home to approximately 12% of the biodiversity in the world.
09/03/2023
09/03/2023
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Joe Biden, Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Justin Trudeau - Xth Summit of North American Leaders © REUTERS
09/03/2023
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LATEST: 10th Summit of North American Leaders takes place in Mexico

On January 9th and 10th, the 10th Summit of North American Leaders was held in Mexico City. Prior to the meeting, various civil organizations from the three countries sent a letter to the leaders of Mexico, the United States, and Canada requesting that they put on the table "the most urgent crises of our time: armed violence, environmental destruction, and the criminalization of migration."
09/03/2023