Zapatista Army of National Liberation

many movements throughout the world, and is still going on today. This movement was not exactly started by one person, but with small groups who would protest this movement. The origin of this movement came from the uprising of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation in

The Zapatista rebellion in Chiapas, Mexico got worldwide attention on January 1, 1994, when they marched to Mexico City against the signing of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The free trade agreement was intended to facilitate trading between Canada, United States, and Mexico. The Zapatista claimed that this agreement would affect the indigenous people of Chiapas by further widening the gap between the poor and the rich. In this paper I will examine the NAFTA agreement and the

Local Successes and National Failures of the EZLN Today On January 1, 2004, over one thousand people in the mountain hamlet of Oventic, Chiapas, celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) rebellion with song and dance. It seems a fitting time to take stock of the successes and failures of the Zapatista movement in the context of its original goals. The success of the establishment of thirty eight autonomous indigenous communities in Chiapas is overshadowed

The Zapatistas, rebelled in Chiapas, Mexico. They are an indigenous armed group army of women that declared war on the mexican government and demanded to get: food health, independence, liberty etc. They are also considered a terrorist group since they rebel against the government. The zapatistas are a group of women,. Most of the zapatistas were indigenous as women and men. Their goals were to better the economy they were living in, they wanted to end illiteracy, find jobs for indigenous people

The Successes and Failures of the Zapatista Movement On January 1, 2004, over one thousand people in the mountain hamlet of Oventic, Chiapas, celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) rebellion with song and dance. Thus, it seems a fitting time to take stock of the successes and failures of the Zapatista movement in the context of its original goals. While the EZLN has been able to establish thirty eight autonomous indigenous communities in Chiapas

Martin Cueto Jr Geography 101 Stateless nation 2 March, 2015 Zapatistas The Zapatista people were formed in a jungle in Chiapas, Mexico where they started to grow in numbers and started forming a small rural town. They are a movement, they are a revolution. The Zapatistas are men, women and children. The Zapatistas are farmers they call the earth their mother and call themselves the people of corn. The Zapatistas are indigenous Mayan people whom speak many languages and come from many cultures.

Chiapas suspected of supporting the Zapatista rebels (EZLN). When President Zedillo tried to solve the "Chiapas problem" in February 1995 by launching a military attack, domestic and international criticism forced him to

MIDDLE EAST TEHNICAL UNIVERSITY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ZAPATISTAS AND THE EZLN AS A CASE OF SOCIAL MOVEMENT - LEFT PARTY RELATIONS IN LATIN AMERICA HAZAL MELİKE AKBOĞA 2059434 PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF LATIN AMERICA Assoc. Prof. AYLİN TOPAL ANKARA JANUARY 2015 INDEX 1. INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………….……………………3 2. ZAPATISTA MOVEMENT AND THE EZLN.……………………………………………………………....3 3. THE PRD………………………………..…………………………………..........................................5 4. THE

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

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