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these social movements. Mexico is a country in which although very strong social movements occurred, neoliberal policies continued to be implemented. 2. ZAPATISTA MOVEMENT On January 1, 1994 the NAFTA was put into effect; the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) seized control of six towns in Chiapas. • Carlos Salinas government removed Article 27 from the Constitution to make it compatible with NAFTA Also, Zapatista movement is important as one of the first social movements against globalization

The constructing of their identities from their own groups and communities arise from the rhetoric they employ, both written and spoken (Johnston and Shoo 462). Marcos’ writing has already been discussed in relation to the construction of the movement’s goals. Just by his written discourse alone there is already identifiable discourses that reflect the changes in movement’s tactics. The EZLN’s appropriation of the indigenous rights cause intertwines with this idea. For instance, even though Marcos

In A poetics of resistance: The revolutionary public relation of the Zapatista insurgency, Jeff Conant approaches the Zapatista revolution from a very particular point of view, focusing in the public image of this group in order to explain their strategies to be publicly active in national and international spaces and the importance of this aspect on the revolution for its self-protection and survival. In this book, Conant highlights the importance of the use of symbolisms, metaphors and other literary

Margaret Thatcher was Britain’s first female Prime Minister who had served from 1979 to 1990. The Iron Lady starring Meryl Streep, depicts Thatcher’s late-life struggle with dementia, as she remembers her early life and her political career. From the movie we can tell that she was a very strong and powerful woman who was devoted to her career. In her late eighties she feels regret since she had mainly focused on her political career and did not really care about her family. She had made several decisions

Evelyn Garcia Professor Amaro Chicano Studies 29 September 2014 Erased Faces by Graciela Limon identifies three main characters in the novel; The stories of Adriana Mora, Juana Galvan, and Orlando Flores are narrated as we are taken through the lives of each character and how they surpassed their struggles and continue with their journeys; Each character surpassing struggles of their own. Adriana who suffered through out most her life, a photojournalist, comes across Juana whom expresses the need

The Struggle of EZNL In Modern Mexico Introduction In so few words, the Zapatistas are a people united in the struggle for the rights and dignity of the indigenous people of Mexico. They are a group composed of the natives to the land of the state of Chiapas, the southernmost and poorest state in Mexico, which primarily consists of the tribes of the Mayan peoples. The conditions that these indigenous people live in are a testament to the injustices caused by the spread of colonialism and

infiltration of their lives and cultures by the formation of their own groups. The women of Chiapas, Mexico, are taking action. The rebel movement designed to combat the forces of the Mexican paramilitary is known as the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), and more than one third of the EZLN is female (Capozza 1). The Zapatistas have waged a small, yet ongoing war for over five years that is making slow, yet progressive steps towards giving the control back to the indigenous people over

The Mexican Peso Crisis This paper argues that the Mexican peso crisis of December 20 should have been expected and foreseeable. In the year preceding the crisis, there were several indicators suggesting that the Mexican economy and peso were already under extreme pressure. The economy bubble was ballooning to burst so much so that it was simply a crisis waiting to happen. Evidences Signaling the Crisis 1.     Decreasing Current Account Deficit versus Increasing Capital Account Balance

For over 200 years every treaty, negotiation, and promise to the Native Americans by the American government has been violated. Native Americans have faced oppression, starvation, cultural backlashing, and were pushed to the very edge of extinction at the hands of colonial settlers. The indigenous culture was viewed as recessive and primitive. Americans considered themselves as the superior race and forcefully assimilated the indigenous people. American society almost succeeded in eradicating indigenous

repressing politics: cutting off free imagination about our own future, discouraging thought and reflection, 'keeping it in the closet,' in other words: separating resistance from liberation. Fortunately, many things have changed in regards to public opinion of Mexico’s What we want to make understood is that we should not fall into the error of idealizing indigenous communities, while still recognizing their very real merits, and while making clear that despite centuries of attacks