In the last two months a new wave of violence has begun in Chiapas. Several indigenous communities have been attacked by paramilitary militias with handguns and machetes, leaving four dead, dozens wounded, and forcing the population to flee into the mountains without the resources necessary for survival. Simultaneously, the Supreme Court of Mexico has thrown out more than 300 constitutional complaints against an indigenous rights bill that directly undermines the San Andres Accords, which were the fruits of years of peace negotiations.

The Botswana government is pushing on with their ethnocidal policies toward San communities in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Maintaining that the expenses for providing services to communities residing in the reserve are too high, the government stopped delivering water and other essential services to the San last month. This month authorities are intensifying the pressure on Gwi and Gana communities to resettle by dismantling their local boreholes and water pumps, and emptying their reserves onto the desert ground.