The Influence of NAFTA in the Zapista Movement

Abstract: 15 pages in length. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) started on January 1, 1994. On this day the people of Chiapas Mexico had planned to celebrate its beginning. When they awoke that morning, however, "two thousand indigenous guerrillas had taken over four major county seats, including the colonial capital of San Cristobal de las Casas. Why did this happen and what did NAFTA have to do with it? This paper is an in-depth look at those questions. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

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Catagory: Latin-America / Mixed

Subcatagory: Latin-American & Carribean Studies

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