Zapatista territories
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The Zapatista territories are a de facto autonomous region controlled or partially controlled by neo-Zapatista support bases in Chiapas, Mexico. They have existed since the Zapatista uprising in 1994
The sign reads (top): "You are in Zapatista rebel territory. Here the people rule and the government obeys." Bottom: "North Zone. Council of Good Government. Trafficking in weapons, planting of drugs, drug use, alcoholic beverages, and illegal sales of wood are strictly prohibited. No to the destruction of nature." Federal Highway 307, Chiapas.
Zapatistas Territory sign in Chiapas, Mexico
Chiapas conflict
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The Chiapas conflict consisted of the 1994 Zapatista uprising, the 1995 Zapatista crisis, and the subsequent tension between the Mexican state, the Indigenous peoples and subsistence farmers of Chiapa
Zapatista territories
…partially controlled by neo-Zapatista support bases in Chiapas, Mexico. They have existed since the Zapatista uprising in 1994 and are part of the wider Chiapas conflict. From 1994 to 2003, the Zapatista territories were structured as regional community centers called Aguascalientes. In 2003, the Aguascalientes were…
Guerrilla during the Zapatista Uprising
President Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Subcomandante Marcos (In English: Subcommander Marcos)
Subcomandante Marcos at the March of the Color of the Earth.