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Chiapas peasants and indigenous people rebelled against the Mexican government

31
years ago

01 January 1994,

The peasants and indigenous people of Chiapas rebelled against the Mexican government. The Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) caught everyone in surprise on behalf of indigenous and poor peoples facing the North American Free Trade Agreement and globalization. “Here the people command and the government obeys,” they said.

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