Emiliano Zapata
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Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the inspiration of the agrarian movement called Zapatismo.
Birthplace of Emiliano Zapata in Anenecuilco, today a house museum
Undated photo of Emiliano Zapata (right) and his older brother Eufemio (left), dressed in the charro fashion of the countryside. Some posthumous artistic renderings of Zapata show him dressed as an ordinary peasant
Zapatistas in Cuernavaca, 1911. Hugo Brehme, photographer
Zapatismo
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Zapatismo is the armed movement identified with the ideas of Emiliano Zapata, one of the leaders of the Mexican Revolution, reflected mainly in the Plan of Ayala (1911). The members of the Liberation Army of the South led by Zapata were known as "Zapatistas." Zapatismo is a form of agrarian socialism.
The Zapatista army
Emiliano Zapata and the Zapatistas.
Zapatistas in Zócalo