Amidst this conflict, a battle for peace and conciliation began in 1994 and since then has confronted great obstacles. Democracy with peace and dignity as a political solution to the problems of discrimination, injustice, authoritarianism and repression, confronts ancestral interests alive today. Now the accumulation of political and social forces for peace confront the strategy of internal war, of a dirty war and a war of low intensity. This strategy seeks to conquer in order to negotiate. The attack includes the Diocese de San Cristobal de las Casas.
Reality is worse than it seems.
Today, there is also a battle against and for mediation. In a strict sense, mediation is not only Don Samuel Ruiz. The game of war will win if mediation is eliminated. The Diocese of San Cristobal de Las Casas plays an important role in favor of peace with dignity and for dialogue in which all parties respect themselves and respect those with whom they negotiate. In the current stage, it is endeavoured that the war lead to negotiations in which peace with dignity and democracy does not exist.