Zapatista uprising
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On 1 January 1994, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation coordinated a 12-day uprising in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, in protest against the enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Reporter photographing a rebel shortly after the uprising.
EZLN soldiers in 1996.
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
Zapatista uprising
…On 1 January 1994, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) coordinated a 12-day uprising in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, in protest against the enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement…
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."
Subcomandante Marcos of EZLN during the Earth Color March