Chiapas Web Links
Below are links by topical categories to resources about the conflict
in Chiapas from sources mainly active in Mexico.
These links complement the Institute Special Report: Southern
Mexico: Counterinsurgency and Electoral Politics.
General Resources
- Background
Notes: Mexico (May 1996)
[English] Basic information about the
country, and its history, social, political and economic conditions,
and foreign relations, from the U.S. Department of State. A list
of U.S. embassy officials and travel and business information dated
1996 are also provided.
- Latin American
Network Information Center (LANIC): Mexico
[English] Links to web sites dealing with
the arts, culture, tourism, economy, politics, history, science
and technology in Mexico. Also provides access to Mexican academic
web servers, subject indexes, online periodicals and discussion
groups.
Elections and Political Parties
- Federal Electoral Institute
[Spanish] Explains Mexican electoral laws,
links to the web sites of five political parties, provides the full
text of press releases and speeches by Federal Electoral Institute
officials, and shows recent electoral results via graphics and tables.
- Partido Acción Nacional
[Spanish] The web site of the National
Action Party (PAN) contains information about its history, programs,
organization, electoral participation, and legislative representatives
and activities, as well as news and publications.
- Partido de la Revolución
Democrática
[Spanish] Homepage of the Party of the
Democratic Revolution (PRD), containing party history, organization
and program, basic documents, press releases, speeches and interviews,
and list of legislative representatives.
- Partido del Trabajo
[Spanish] Basic information about the
Labor Party (PT), including its history, principles, program, and
statutes.
- Partido Revolucionario Institucional
[Spanish] Information about the principles,
history and organization of the Institutional Revolutionary Party
(PRI), including key documents, results from the 1998 elections,
and plans and platform for the 1999 elections.
- Partido Verde Ecologista
de Mexico
[Spanish & English] Includes information
about the principles and programs of the Mexican Ecological Green
Party (PVEM), a directory of officers and legislative representatives,
news releases, and periodical publication "Tucan".
Government Agencies
- Chiapas
[Spanish] Links to press statements, speeches
and documents relating to human rights and negotiations to the conflict
in Chiapas from the Office of the President of Mexico.
- Chiapas - Gobierno del
Estado
[Spanish] Web site of the state government
of Chiapas includes press reports in Spanish and photos on presidential
visits to the state.
- Mexico-U.S.
Relations
[Spanish] Report of the Mexican Ministry
of Foreign Relations regarding bilateral relations with the United
States, including meetings and visits, treaties and other agreements,
migration, border, and drug trafficking issues in 1997 and 1998.
- Procuraduría General
de la República
[Spanish] The site of the Attorney General's
office of Mexico contains documents explaining the concept, instruments
and institutions of international human rights law.
- Secretaría
de Gobernación (Mexico)
[Spanish & English] Mexico's Ministry
of the Interior site, with a Chiapas page that links to communiques
and policy statements, and text of agreements related to peace negotiations.
- U.S. Security Assistance
to the Western Hemisphere
[English] Although not a government agency,
Washington, D.C.-based Latin America Working Group provides a guide
to defense and security assistance programs for the region, including
a description for Mexico.
- U.S.
State Department - Bureau of Inter-American Affairs
[English] Links to official statements
and background reports, and to sites for information on finance,
economics and trade, North American Free Trade Agreement, Mexican
government, and travel.
Guerrilla Groups
- Ejército Popular
Revolucionario (EPR)
[Spanish] Provides access to Popular Revolutionary
Army (EPR) press releases, publications and list of organizations
active in Chiapas, and links to personal testimonies of EPR members
and to the web sites of mostly Latin American newspapers.
- ¡YA BASTA!
[Spanish & English] Contains essays,
speeches, communiques of the Zapatista National Liberation Army
(EZLN), and text and reports on peace agreements, related to Chiapas,
mostly in Spanish. Additionally, the English and French buttons
link to the Zapatista National Liberation Front (FZLN).
- Zapatistas
in Cyberspace, a Guide to Analysis and Information
[English] Annotated guide to many documents
and web sites dealing with the conflict in Chiapas, particularly
emphasizing information about the Zapatistas, or Zapatista National
Liberation Army (EZLN).
Human Rights and Related Civil Organizations
- Centro
de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de las Casas
[Spanish & English] Web
page of non-governmental human rights group based in San Cristóbal
de Las Casas, Chiapas. Links to reports in Spanish and English,
daily news and weekly summaries, and publications related to Chiapas.
- Comisión
Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos
[Spanish] Charts
of 1997 human rights violations in Mexico, news reports on Mexico
and Chiapas, and public statements.
- Comisión
Nacional de Derechos Humanos
[Spanish] The
site of the governmental National Human Rights Commission contains
information about its organization, activities and services, including
an online complaint form, and web pages for young people.
- Congreso
Nacional Indígena
[Spanish] The
site of the National Indigenous Congress, under contruction. Contains
text discribing the historic role and organization of indigenous
communities in Mexico.
- Enlace
Civil
[Spanish] Links
to descriptions of indigenous community development projects in
the states of Chiapas and Aguascalientes, and press releases, news
and reports relating to Chiapas.
- Frente
Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (FZLN)
[Spanish & English] Provides
information about the group, documents and statements from the Zapatista
National Liberation Army (EZLN), and reports about conflict in Chiapas,
with a focus on peace negotiations. English version is less up-to-date
than Spanish pages.
- La
Liga Mexicana por la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos
[Spanish & English] General
information about the group, recent reports on human rights, torture
and imprisonment in Mexico, reports and requests for action on specific
cases (also in English) dating back to 1996, including events in
Chiapas.
- Mexican
Academy of Human Rights
[Spanish & English] Provides
information about members, directors and advisors, departments,
publications (with one link to full text document on Chiapas), and
activites in Spanish and English.
- Red
Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos
[Spanish] Web
site of the coordinating body of 46 civil groups active in 17 states
of Mexico and links to their web pages when available. Contains
general information, publications and links to other human rights
sites.
- Servicio
Paz y Justicia
[Spanish] Describes
objectives of the group and contact information in the federal district
and the states of Chiapas, Morelos, Tabasco and Mexico; includes
published articles; and links to their Latin American and other
human rights sites.
Maps and Guides
- CIA
World Factbook: Mexico
[English] Basic map and facts about Mexico
from the 1997 edition of the World Factbook published by the U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency.
- CIEPAC maps of
the situation in Chiapas
[Spanish & English] Strategic Pastoral
Action includes in its Special Report on Chiapas, Mexico, maps prepared
by the Centro de Investigación Economíca y Politica
y Accíon Communitaria in Chiapas.
- PCL
Map Collection: Mexico
[English] Political map of Mexico dated
1997 from the Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL) Map Collection
of the University of Texas at Austin.
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Updated: September 7 1999
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