12/3/02	Silence in the Mexican south -- A tiny old man wearing a green oilskin hat and a red poncho comes shuffling up to me in the street. He's got a huge plastic bag hanging down his back, held on by a strap across his forehead, and he wants to sell me whatever is in it. He is one of the majority of indigenous people who live in this region in Mexico's deep south.(BBC World Service)
9/12/02	Intensification of the war climate in Chiapas -- The below-signed organizations are making a call for urgent mobilization, because of the intensification of the war climate - the confrontations, harassment and assassinations in indigenous communities, which have taken place during the month of August in.(Enlace Civil)
9/12/02	Background to the current hostilities -- In the last two weeks, the conflict in Chiapas has escalated, culminating in confrontations, forced displacement and the murders of 3 Zapatistas. The Human Rights Center 'Fray Bartolome de las Casas' reports that the number dead is 5. Old paramilitary groups have reactivated, while others, like the OPDIC, have appeared publicly for the first time. The paramilitaries' actions have been complimented by the deployment of hundreds of additional Mexican soldiers throughout the "canyon" region of Chiapas. (Global Exchange)
9/12/02	Installation of a Mexican Army convoy without the permission of the community authorities -- The Community Defenders Network of the northern Zone of Chilón denounces the recent installation of a new military camp that is harassing the Xanil population, Xanil 2º seccion, San Juan Chichnitic and Chaban of the municipality of Chilón Chiapas.(The Community Defenders Network of the Northern Zone of Chilón)
9/12/02	Human Rights Activists Protest Increasing Paramilitary Violence in Chiapas -- As a result of the recent attacks against the Autonomous Municipalities in Chiapas (which have left four dead, more than 20 wounded, families displaced and great tension in the indigenous communities), environmental as well as human rights civil groups and solidarity committees, persons engaged in various cultural fields and academic specialists, have all sent urgent messages to the Mexican president, and the embassies are beginning to receive protests over paramilitary violence in Chiapas.(La Jornada, Hermann Bellinghausen)
9/4/02	Conflicts in Chiapas signal lack of dialogue -- Recurring conflicts between rival groups in the southernmost state of Chiapas that this week killed three people highlight the consequences of the lack of dialogue between the federal government and the Zapatista guerillas, local sources say. The most recent violence occurred in the "autonomous municipalities" of Ocosingo and Altamirano, independently governed areas set up by Zapatista rebels after the1994 indigenous uprising.(AFP)
9/4/02	Third Zapatista supporter killed in Chiapas -- A Zapatista leader was shot and killed Sunday in Chiapas, bringing to three the number of rebel supporters killed that day in the nation's southernmost state, authorities said late Wednesday. Zapatista officials in a village outside the township of Chilon said paramilitary gunmen affiliated with a radical right-wing group known as "Los Aguilares" gunned down Zapatista leader Antonio Mejia.(AP)
7/3/02	Will Mexico Use Armed Force to Evict Indigenous Communities from the Lacandon Jungle? -- According to a series of articles in La Jornada, Mexico's progressive daily newspaper, U.S. government officials are side by side with those of Mexico in pressing for the eviction of indigenous communities living inside the Lacandon Community and the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve. (Chiapas Support Committee)
5/27/02	Three Zapatista prisoners freed in Chiapas -- Mexico's government released three Zapatista sympathizers Thursday who were sentenced to eight years in jail in the southern state of Chiapas. (AP)
5/24/02	Freed general calls on Mexico to remove remaining troops from Chiapas -- A general who spent eight years in prison as Mexico's "last prisoner of conscience" called on President Vicente Fox on Friday to remove remaining government troops from Chiapas and let the Zapatista rebels "live in peace." (Associated Press)
5/17/02	Dislocation Plan for Montes Azules is Still Intact -- The inter-institutional environmental table, which coordinates federal and state governments activities "in order to resolve the denunciation of seizure and ecological damages and the possible relocation-indemnification negotiated with the settlements" in the protected natural areas of Chiapas drew up a report on April 30 concerning the so-called" irregular settlements" in the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve.(La Jornada)
4/18/02	Creel urged to free prisoners -- The Conciliation and Pacification Commission (Cocopa) on Wednesday urged the Interior Secretariat to intervene in the case of eight imprisoned Zapatistas in a new effort to ease tension between the rebels and the federal government. (TheNewsMexico)
2/28/02	Indian group denounces gov't plans for violent displacement in Chiapas -- Indians living in Chiapas' Lancandon rainforest have filed a human rights complaint claiming the government plans to forcefully remove them from their land to open up the region to natural resource exploration by foreign companies. (News Mexico)
2/16/02	Mexico detains alleged paramilitary leader -- Authorities in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas said on Saturday they arrested the alleged leader of a paramilitary group linked to the killing of dozens of indigenous Indians. (Reuters)
2/13/02	The Demons Run Wild: The Current Chiapan and National Context -- The first few months of the new year have been marked by many important local, national and international events on an economic, political, social and military level. (CIEPAC)
2/8/02	Chiapas governor travels to Washington, talks investment and security -- During the first day of a very busy two-day trip to Washington, Chiapas Gov. Pablo Salazar Menduguchia met with U.S. President George Bush and a host of top officials to discuss foreign investment and border security. (The News Mexico)
1/9/02	European Union grants Mexico 1.58 million dollars in humanitarian aid -- The European Commission announced Friday it was allocating 1.58 million dollars in humanitarian aid to Mexico, destined for displaced persons from the Chiapas conflict. (The News Mexico)
1/9/02	Chiapas governor collecting signatures to reopen discussion on indigenous law -- The governor of Chiapas said "at least 150 members of congress" have signed a document that seeks to garner support to reopen discussion on the indigenous reform bill passed by Congress last April. (The News Mexico)
12/17/01	Legislators to investigate paramilitaries in Chiapas -- Next week, the human rights arm of the state Congress will begin touring the region to investigate reports armed paramilitaries are conducting a terror campaign. (The News Mexico)
11/26/01	Acteal: Improper Justice -- The release of six paramilitaries involved in the Acteal massacre is a confirmation of the failure of the Department of Justice of the Republic in the legal processes to demonstrate the responsibility of those involved. Source: Miguel Angel de los Santos (Miguel Angel de los Santos)
11/25/01	Release of Acteal murderers generate protest in Chiapas -- Almost four years after the Acteal massacre, members of the Las Abejas organization are protesting this week's release of six prisoners they consider to be responsible for the murder of 45 men, women and children. (TheNewsMexico.com)
10/9/01	Chiapas Elections: PRI retains dominance, abstention rates very high -- In local Chiapas elections this Sunday October 7 the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) retained its dominance in the municipal governments and State Congress, followed by the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) and the National Action Party (PAN). (Global Exchange)
9/21/01	Peace and justice threatens to "disappear Zapatista bases" -- On August 20, in San José Bascán, four families were expelled by PRIs from the Emiliano Zapata Ejidal Union, with the complicity of the PRD organization Kichañob. (La Jornada)
9/12/01	Bishop Arizmendi asks Mexican indigenous people to "bury their weapons" -- A Chiapas bishop asked the Tzotzile indigenous community in Los Altos de Chiapas to stop buying arms and to "bury" the ones they already have. (Associated Foreign Press)
9/4/01	Mexico presses Zapatistas to return to peace talks -- Presidential peace envoy Luis H. Alvarez urged enigmatic Subcommander Marcos, leader of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), to return to the negotiating table despite differences with the government over recently enacted reforms aimed at giving Indians more autonomy. (Reuters)
9/3/01	Conditions Are Not in Place for Dialogue Renewal: Pablo Salazar and Felipe Arizmendi -- The 15 minutes which Vicente Fox said would be enough for him to resolve the Chiapas conflict have dragged out now for nine months. The problem has not been resolved, and, on the contrary, the peace process has been plunged into one of its worst crises of the eight years of the armed uprising. (La Jornada)
8/27/01	Fox talks development for Chiapas -- One day after he offered to talk with Mexico's rebel groups, President Vicente Fox toured rebellion-plagued Chiapas state with a message that focused on self-reliance and development, not on uprisings. (Associated Press)
6/23/01	Chiapas mayors protest modified bill -- Seventeen mayors and thousands of residents from Mexico's southernmost state gathered to protest changes to an Indian rights bill aimed at restoring peace to the troubled region. (Associated Press)
6/15/01	Fox in El Salvador: "Zapatismo in process of deactivation", There is no longer a conflict in Chiapas "we have a blessed peace" -- "There is no longer a conflict in Chiapas, we have blessed peace" affirmed president Vicente Fox Quesada, and suggested in defense of the Plan Puebla-Panama (PPP), to "not give any more space or power to the zapatismo," a movement which according to him was "in the process of deactivation." (La Jornada)
5/14/01	Mexico To Announce New Strategy For Peace In Chiapas -- Mexican government peace mediator Luis Hector Alvarez said Monday that the government will announce a new strategy to help meet the demands of indigenous people and Zapatista guerrillas in southern Mexico. (EFE)
5/10/01	Mexican Church Warns Of Growing Paramilitary Presence In Chiapas -- The archdiocese of the Mexican town of San Cristobal, in Chiapas state, on Thursday warned that the influence and numbers of paramilitaries in the troubled region could increase due to the breakdown in peace talks between the government and Zapatista guerrillas. (EFE)
4/29/01	EZLN Communiques -- The communique' is off. So the "unholy trinity" (which, as its name indicates, is made up of four: Diego, Jackson, Chucho and Bartlett) have been up to their old tricks in the Senate? The war in Chiapas doesn't matter to them? Of course it matters! That's why they drew up this reform. (EZLN)
3/23/01	Mexico Congress Offers Rebels Forum -- Signaling a possible breakthrough in the country's stalled peace process, Zapatista rebels on Thursday accepted an invitation from Mexico's Congress to speak before lawmakers to promote an Indian rights bill. (Associated Press)
3/19/01	Zapatista Rebels Say They Will Leave Mexico City -- Blaming "caveman politicians" for failing to act quickly on an Indian rights bill or to let them address Congress, the Zapatista rebels announced Monday that they will head back to their jungle strongholds this week. (Associated Press)
3/19/01	Communiqué from the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee -- Ever since the EZLN made public its decision to march to Mexico City, it has been clear about the march's objectives.
3/12/01	Zapatista Rebels Rally in Mexico City: 2-Week Trek Culminates in Rally for Indian Rights in Mexico City -- The Zapatista rebels took their cry for Indian rights to the heart of Mexico's capital today, as roughly 100,000 supporters filled the city square for an act of political theater that has transfixed the nation. (New York Times)
3/11/01	Words of the EZLN -- When we say "we are," we are also saying "we are not" and "we shall not be." That is why it is good for those who, up above, are money and the ones who peddle it, to take note of the word, to listen to it carefully, and to look with care at what they do not want to see.
2/26/01	Mexican Rebels Begin Protest March to the Capital -- Piling into a caravan of vans, trucks and buses accompanied by human rights monitors and foreign sympathizers, the Zapatista rebels set off today from this colonial town where their insurrection began seven years ago on what they called a March for Dignity.
2/25/01	Rebels Start March to Capital -- A caravan carrying 24 masked but unarmed commanders of the rebel Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) left San Cristobal de las Casas in the southeastern Mexican state of Chiapas on Feb. 25 to begin an unprecedented march on Mexico City.
2/25/01	Under a New Moon, Resurgent Zapatistas Launch Risky 12 State Trek to Mexico City for Indian Rights -- The Denver Colorado cafe was packed to the rafters on a snowy Saturday night, all eyes glued to the video screen where raw footage of the New Year's eve takeover of a Chiapas military base by Zapatista rebels was being displayed. Cheers erupted as the unarmed but ski-masked Indians pushed aside the automatic weapons of the troops and declared the camp closed.
2/12/01	EZLN Communique -- The Mexico Solidarity Network sponsors a delegation of international accompaniment for the Zapatista March to Mexico City from February 24 to March 10, 2001. With this historic journey, indigenous people throughout Mexico will raise a banner for dignity, respect and justice. The MSN will organize ground transportation and lodging for people looking to travel along side the caravan.
1/30/01	Mexico Rebel Chief Says the Fight Is Now for Peace -- There was a different kind of fight in the rebel leader's voice. The urgency was unchanged from the day seven years ago when he first declared war against the Mexican government on behalf of a ragtag mob of Indians called the Zapatista National Liberation Army. Their cause, the pursuit of equal rights for all of Mexico's 10 million indigenous people, remained their primary goal.
1/24/01	EZLN Communique -- The CCRI-CG of the EZLN is releasing the details of the route it will be following to Mexico City during the months of February and March, 2001. As you will see, the route will take in the territory of 2 more states of the federation: Guanajuato and Guerrero.
1/4/01	Fox's Plan for Chiapas Peace is Suspect -- This week, amid growing criticism of Fox from the Zapatista high command, the newsmagazine Milenio published an explosive leaked army memorandum which suggests the President is following a military blueprint called "Chiapas 2000."