Chiapas
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Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the states that make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 124 municipalities as of September 2017 and its capital a
View of the Usumacinta River
Jaguar sculpture from Cintalapa dating between 1000 and 400 BCE on display at the Regional Museum of Anthropology and History of Chiapas.
The Palace at Palenque
Ancient Maya city of Yaxchilan
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation, often referred to as the Zapatistas, is a far-left political and militant organization that controls a substantial amount of territory in Chiapas, the southe
Chiapas
…farmland and severe poverty afflict the Mayan Indians, which led to unsuccessful non-violent protests, and eventually, an armed struggle started by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation in January 1994. These events began to lead to political crises in the 1970s, with more frequent land invasions and takeovers of municipal halls. This…
Subcomandante Marcos surrounded by several commanders of the CCRI
A sign indicating the entrance of Zapatista rebel territory. "You are in Zapatista territory in rebellion. Here the people command and the government obeys."
Zapatistan partisans.
Subcomandante Marcos of EZLN during the Earth Color March