The government of President Enrique Peña Nieto will seek a constitutional reform this year to recognise the autonomy of the indigenous communities run by the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN), a senior official revealed on 1 January. The announcement comes as thousands of EZLN members marked the 20th anniversary of the launch of the armed Zapatista rebellion to oppose the entry into force of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) on 1 January 1994. The government’s call for the re-establishment of dialogue, however, was not reciprocated by ‘Subcomandante Marcos’, the enigmatic and reclusive leader of the EZLN who released a laconic statement claiming that “it is cold like 20 years ago and like then there is a flag that shelters us: that of rebellion”.End of preview - This article contains approximately 909 words.
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