The Zapatista Army of National Liberation, known by its Spanish initials EZLN, is a left-wing political and military movement based in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. It was formed in the 1980s by a group of activists, some of them from urban Marxist backgrounds, together with indigenous Maya communities, and it takes its name from the revolutionary Emiliano Zapata. The EZLN rose to international attention on 1 January 1994, when it briefly occupied several towns on the day the North American Free Trade Agreement came into force. After a short period of fighting it turned to negotiations and civil resistance, and it set up autonomous communities. Its spokesman, Subcomandante Marcos, became a well-known figure.
Before and after
- 30 November 1982Birth of Elisha Cuthbert
- December 1982Release of AutoCAD
- 10 December 1982United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
- 1983Construction of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- 1983Rise of Zapatista Army of National Liberation
- 1983Origins of K League 1
- 1983Creation of C++
- 1983Creation of ABAP
- 1983Rise of Sudan People's Liberation Movement
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- 1950Origins of Formula One
- 1959HIV/AIDS
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