A collection of autonomous rural communities in the Chiapas state of southern Mexico controlled and governed by the\u00a0Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ej\u00e9rcito Zapatista de Liberaci\u00f3n Nacional, EZLN), a guerrilla movement comprised largely of farmers that sought to revolt against the high-poverty and low-social service environment of the rural Mexcian south — facts of life that were presumed to worsen under the adoption of the North American Free Trade Agreement.<\/p>\n
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A collection of autonomous rural communities in the Chiapas state of southern Mexico controlled and governed by the\u00a0Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ej\u00e9rcito Zapatista de Liberaci\u00f3n Nacional, EZLN), a guerrilla movement comprised largely of farmers that sought to revolt against the high-poverty and low-social service environment of the rural Mexcian south — facts of life … <\/p>\n