Voices of Mexico no. 27
Our Voice
The uprising of poverty-stricken Indian peasants at the beginning of the year has had domestic and international repercussions. All eyes were to have been turned to NAFTA, then coming into effect; instead they focused on the armed rebellion of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN).
The campesinos of Chiapas, who since the time of the Spanish Conquest have suffered pillage, abuse, neglect and death, took the narre of the peasant hero Emiliano Zapata, who rose up in arms in 1910 in the state of Morelos under the slogans "Land and Freedom" and "Bread for All." The demands which led to that revolution remain unfulfilled; while there has been significant progress in Mexico, it has not spread throughout the nation.
At the beginning there was an effort to crush the armed revolt in Chiapas through force. Armed clashes and aerial bombings shook public opinion not only in Mexico but throughout the world. Fortunately a ceasefire was declared and peace negotiations begun. In eight days of talks, 34 demands were put forward, with point-by-point answers to each. It is noteworthy that this dialogue was achieved in such a short period of time.
Editorials
Our Voice
Hugo B. Margáin
The Other Mexico
Reflections on the country's situation and
the continuity of current policies
Miguel A. Ortega
Politics
Limited transition: the Chilean case
José Francisco Ruiz Massieu
Mexico's presidential candidates
Hernán Ancona C.
Women and electoral politics:
the Canadian federal elections of 1993
Verónica Vázquez García
Museums
The Olympic Museum
Alejandro Lazo
The University Museum of Contemporary Art
Marybel Toro Gayol
Free Trade
Sovereignty and free trade:
reflections on the Canadian experience
Julián Castro Rea
NAFTA, cultural industries and
cultural identity in Canada
Graciela Martínez-Zalce
Juridical aspects of NAFTA
Fernando Serrano Migallón
In Memoriam
Ricardo Pozas Arciniega
Elena Poniatowska
Interviews
Mariana Yampolsky, the singing camera
Gabriela Rábago Palafox
The passion of Fernando García Ponce
Laura Emilia Pacheco and Karla Vander
Chiapas
Science, Art and Culture
Remedios Varo (1908-1963)
Dinorah Isaak
Depression, the illness that overwhelms us
Luis A. Toro