Fifth Part: “Sorry for the Blow, Lad”
The Captain issues an admonishment (or two) and other cultural musings.
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Of Captains and Teachers
This November 17 marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN). Six people, three indigenous and three mestizos, one woman and five men, established a guerrilla camp in Tierra y Libertad, in the depths of the Desert of Solitude, where there was not a single soul. Nine months later, in August-September 1984, second captain Marcos joined the contingent.
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New Migrant Caravan Leaves Tapachula, Chiapas
Out of desperation with their conditions in Tapachula and long bureaucratic delays, a group of some 500 migrants are making their way to Huixtla to join the caravan of 5,000 other migrants who hope to make their way safely through Mexico to the US. “We decided to walk because we have no money, we have no choice, we no longer want to be here, there is no work, and the papers tell us one date and then they change us to another,” said Guatemalan Juana Pérez.
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Part Four and First Approach Alert. Several Necessary Deaths.
Subcomandante Moises announces changes in the EZLN, to be detailed later, and an invitation of sorts.
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Third Part: Dení
A third communiqué from EZLN Insurgent Captain Marcos describes the gaze of the autonomous Mayan communities.