08/03/2025
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Event for the change of coordination in Melel Xojobal, August 2024 © SIPAZ
08/03/2025
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ARTICLE: “The Children’s Perspective is what Gives us Light for the Path”

For 22 years, Jennifer Haza Gutierrez was part of the organization that defends children’s rights, Melel Xojobal C.A., based in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas. Last December, she left her position as director. In an interview, she shared her experiences, lessons learned, and her hopes with us.
08/03/2025
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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Pilgrimage of the Ecclesiastical Province of Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutierrez, September 2024 © SIPAZ
21/12/2024
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ARTICLE: Seeds of Struggle. Legacies of Hope and Justice

November 2023 marked a significant moment for the Diocese of San Cristobal, celebrating 100 years since the birth of Samuel Ruiz Garcia, a bishop who dedicated his life to defending the rights of indigenous peoples and who, to this day, is fondly remembered as jTatik Samuel. His legacy lives on, reminding us of the importance of social justice and human dignity.
21/12/2024
21/12/2024
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Action by the Network for the Rights of Children (REDIM) in San Cristobal de Las Casas, San Cristobal de Las Casas, February 2024 © SIPAZ
21/12/2024
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FOCUS: Violence against Children and Adolescents in Mexico. The Case of Chiapas

In recent years, due to its geographical location connecting the north with the south of the American continent, Chiapas has become a territory disputed by different criminal groups, which has led to an alarming increase in violence in the state to which the entire population is vulnerable.
21/12/2024
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
18/09/2024
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18/09/2024
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ARTICLE: Strengthening the Heart to Continue Building Peace

After 25 years working at the Commission for Support for Community Unity and Reconciliation (CORECO C.A.), Alejandra Rojas Chavez will close this cycle of her life at the end of this year 2024. In an interview, she shared with us her experiences, learnings and the processes she has accompanied during her collaboration with this organization.
18/09/2024
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
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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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
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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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