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In January of 1994, a group of rebels led by Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos in the Mexican state of Chiapas calling themselves the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) rose up in a 'Declaration of War' against several Mexican army barracks. In doing so, the guerrillas challenged the status quo in Mexico, namely the more than 60 years of political domination by the PRI. Their demands: jobs, housing, health, and education for Mexico's most impoverished peoples. Many observers inside and outside of Mexico have seen the Chiapas uprising as a call for real change in Mexico, a movement pushing forward truly democratic elections and process in that country. But what makes the Zapatistas so truly unique is their almost Yippie-esque knack for publicity and their saavy use of the Internet to get their message out unimpeded by the monolith of the Mexican state and the not so "free press" there.
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