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Today In Latin American History

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Today in History: On January 1, 1994 the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), of the Zapatistas, declared war on the state of Mexico. More than 2,000 native Mayans in the state of Chiapas marched into San Cristobal de las Casas to seize control. The actions came in response to the enacting of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a treaty between the United States, Mexico, and Canada that loosened economic regulations between the nations. The Zapatistas felt that NAFTA would have a drastic negative impact on Mexico, most notably in the poor state of Chiapas. Clashes broke out between the Zapatistas and the various police forces ending in 145 being killed, most of whom were citizens.

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“We don’t want to impose our solutions by force, we want to create a democratic space. We don’t see armed struggle in the classic sense of previous guerrilla wars, that is as the only way and the only all-powerful truth around which everything is organized. In a war, the decisive thing is not the military confrontation but the politics at stake in the confrontation. We didn’t go to war to kill or be killed. We went to war in order to be heard.” - Subcomandante Marcos