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Mexican History

Overview History
  • Pre-Hispanic Mexico
  • Pre-Classical Period
  • Classical Period
  • Post-Classical Period
  • Spanish Conquest and Colonial Period
  • Towards Independence
  • War with the U.S. and Recolonization Attempts
  • The Mexican Revolution
  • The Zapatista Movement
  • Mexico Today

The Zapatista Movement

A Zapatista uprising ensued in 1994, in Mexico’s southernmost state of Chiapas, which pointed out the high levels of poverty which still exist in Mexico. The demands of this peasant army which calls itself Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN) and which took control over San Cristóbal de Las Casas were improved social and economic conditions.

The gap between the rich and poor in Mexico is still considerable. Although the Mexican Army soon retook control over the region, the Zapatista movement continues to this day.