"Zapatista Rebels
In January, 1994, a group of rebels led by Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos in the Mexican state of Chiapas calling themselves the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) (Ejercito Zapatista de la Liberacion Nacional) rose up in a 'Declaration of War' against several Mexican army barracks. In doing so, the guerrillas challenged the status quo in Mexico, namely the more than 60 years of political domination by the PRI. Their demands: jobs, housing, health, and education for Mexico's most impoverished peoples. Many observers inside and outside of Mexico have seen the Chiapas uprising as a call for real change in Mexico, a movement pushing forward truly democratic elections and process in that country."
Quoted from Global Perspectives International Viewpoints

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