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Between Insurrection and Government—ICRC action in Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2010

Béatrice Mégevand
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Extract

On 1 January 1994, Mexico's awakening after New Year's Eve was rude to say the least, for that was the date chosen by a hitherto unknown guerrilla movement, the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Zapatista National Liberation Army), to launch a simultaneous attack on several municipalities in the south-eastern Mexican State of Chiapas, and particularly on its jewel, well known to tourists — San Cristobal de Las Casas.

Type
International Committee of the Red Cross
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 35 , Issue 304 , February 1995 , pp. 94 - 108
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1995

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Footnotes

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Original: French — September 1994.

References

1 More commonly known as EZLN or just EZ, or as “los Zapatistas”.

2 A body coordinating the work of Mexican NGOs.

3 The Institutional Revolutionary Party, which had held power uninterruptedly for over 65 years.