A Place Called Chiapas Video This video was a very I opening piece on the situation in the Mexican territory known as Chiapas. ... After watching the Chiapas video I now know the conditions leading to the rebellion in 1994 and how things have progressed since. ... One idea is the relation to the problems in Chiapas to the NAFTA agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada. ...
Once declaring war, the 1500 indignous rebels took over almost all of the towns in the southernmost Mexican state of Chiapas. ... President Fox repeatly refused reforms for the people of Chiapas. ... While the zapatistas cause havoc on the cities surrounding Chiapas, most of the citiziens of mexico support the zapatista movement. ... Since the beginning of the zapatista movement the government has been trying to crush the rebellion. They have lied about wanting to make peace agreements just so they could build up their army presence around the state of chiapas. ...
The EZLN is established among the indigenous people who live in and around the jungle in Lacondona, east of the high plains of Chiapas. ... The EZLN fears that NAFTA (North America Free Trade Agreement will keep Chiapas more isolated and inderdeveloped. ... They send representatives to the council that is in charge of organizing the rebellion, the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Commitee. ... After the massacre, human rights groups and church leaders blamed the Mexican government as well, saying that it had not succeeded in disarming paramilitary groups and working to find a solution...
The legacy of the Revolution was never more clearly evident than in the present-day rebellion in Chiapas. ... The rebellion in Chiapas reflects long-standing social divides that still plague the country, especially among the indigenous people. The peasants in Chiapas are demanding more land, freedom, and other basic human rights after having been ignored for centuries. ...
In the midst of these factional struggles a political rebellion was begun by the Mexican people. Mexico has been rocked by political rebellion during most of its entire history in one way or another. ... A potentially beneficial economic development was the discovery in 1974 and 1975 of huge crude-petroleum deposits in Campeche, Chiapas, Tabasco, and Veracruz states. ...
