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Mexico & Nafta - January 2014 (ISSN 1741-444X)
Engaging with the Zapatistas
The 20-year anniversary of the uprising in Chiapas by the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN, Zapatistas) on 1 January 1994 prompted an unexpected response from the government led by President Enrique Peña Nieto. Jaime Martínez Veloz, the commissioner for indigenous dialogue, marked the occasion by announcing that the government was prepared to re-establish dialogue with the group in a bid to promote peace in the country. Martínez’s announcement came as a surprise to many, given that the threat posed by the EZLN to the Mexican State today is nothing compared to that posed by organised crime. Moreover, the ELZN had loudly bemoaned the return to power in December 2012 of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), making any dialogue look unlikely.
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- After a dismal first year in office, Mexico City’s mayor gives signs of positive change
- Congress approves sweeping politico-electoral reform
- Engaging with the Zapatistas
- Plane crash puts Michoacán self-defence groups in the spotlight
- What now?
- Media revelations put US security involvement in Mexico back in spotlight