Lacandon Jungle
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The Lacandon Jungle is an area of rainforest which stretches from Chiapas, Mexico, into Guatemala. The heart of this rainforest is located in the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in Chiapas near the bo
The Laguna Miramar in the Lacandon Jungle
View of the Usumacinta River from the jungle of the Yaxchilan archeological site
Howler monkey at the Yaxchilan archeological site
View of Building 30 in the jungle at 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
Lacandon Jungle
…remain partially or fully unexcavated. This rainforest, especially the area inside the Biosphere Reserve, is a source of political tension, pitting the EZLN or Zapatistas and their indigenous allies who want to farm the land against international environmental groups and the Lacandon Maya, the original indigenous group…
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