Zapatista Army of National Liberation
Libertarian socialist political and militant group in southern Mexico
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| 2023 | The local formations of Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities (MAREZ) continued to operate under the CRAREZ structure up to this year. |
| 2023 | EZLN invited supporters to Chiapas for a two-day celebration marking their 30th anniversary. |
| November 2023 | EZLN reorganizes MAREZ into thousands of 'Local Autonomous Governments' (GAL), which form area-wide 'Zapatista Autonomous Government Collectives' (CGAZ) and zone-wide 'Assemblies of Collectives of Zapatista Autonomous Governments' (ACGAZ). |
| November 2023 | EZLN announced a new, more decentralized structure to replace the dissolved Municipalities, aimed at allowing base communities to better unite and act. |
| November 2023 | Due to increased cartel violence, the EZLN announces the dissolution of MAREZ, keeping only Caracoles open to locals. |
| November 2023 | Subcomandante Moises issued a communique announcing the dissolution of the Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities (MAREZ) and their Councils of Good Government, citing rising cartel violence and instability in Chiapas. |
| November 2023 | The EZLN reorganized their governance structure by transforming the MAREZ into thousands of 'Local Autonomous Governments' (GAL), which form area-wide 'Zapatista Autonomous Government Collectives' (CGAZ) and zone-wide 'Assemblies of Collectives of Zapatista Autonomous Governments' (ACGAZ). |
| November 2023 | The EZLN announced the dissolution of the Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities due to increasing regional violence. |
| 2021 | Zapatista representatives visited various activist groups in Europe, extending their international outreach and political engagement. |
| September 2021 | EZLN described the situation in Chiapas as a 'civil war', highlighting escalating violence and conflict in the region. |
| 2020 | The EZLN announced the Journey for Life, highlighting their continued activism and opposition to mega-infrastructure projects in the region. |
| 2019 | Term 'CRAREZ' officially coined to describe the Zapatista autonomous organizational structure |
| August 2019 | Subcomandante Insurgente Galeano announced the EZLN's expansion into 11 more districts. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador welcomed the expansion, provided it occurred without violence. |
| August 17 2019 | Zapatistas announce a significant expansion of autonomous municipalities, declaring 11 new Centers of Autonomous Resistance and Zapatista Rebellion (CRAREZ), increasing the total number of Caracoles from five to twelve and Zapatista autonomous centers to 43. |
| May 2017 | María de Jesús Patricio Martínez, a woman of Mexican and Nahua heritage, was selected as the EZLN's potential candidate, but failed to gather the required 866,000 signatures to appear on the ballot. |
| 2016 | Maintained a fully-functional medical clinic in Oventic offering general consultations, gynecology, optometry, laboratory services, emergency care, dentistry, and ultrasound services. |
| 2016 | By this year, Subcomandante Marcos had been the subject of over 10,000 citations according to journalist Jorge Alonso, demonstrating the extensive global impact of his communications. |
| 2016 | At the National Indigenous Congress, the EZLN broke its two-decade tradition of rejecting electoral politics by agreeing to select a candidate for the 2018 Mexican general election. |
| June 23 2015 | The EZLN reported aggression against indigenous people in El Rosario, Chiapas. The Las Abejas Civil Society Organization reported the assassination of an indigenous Tzotzil person. |
| May 2014 | Teacher Galeano, a Zapatista education promoter, was murdered in an attack on a Zapatista school and health clinic by local paramilitaries, reigniting international attention to the Zapatista movement. |
| May 2014 | Subcomandante Marcos, the unofficial spokesperson of the Zapatistas, announced his stepping down in the weeks following Teacher Galeano's murder, during a mass mobilization of thousands of Zapatistas and supporters honoring the fallen teacher. |
| August 2013 | The Zapatistas hosted a three-day 'Little School of Liberty' fiesta to celebrate ten years of Zapatista autonomy, expecting 1,500 international activists to attend at the five caracoles of Chiapas. |
| December 21 2012 | Tens of thousands of EZLN supporters (around 40,000) conducted a massive silent march through five cities in Chiapas: Ocosingo, Las Margaritas, Palenque, Altamirano, and San Cristóbal. The march was notable for its silence and lack of speeches, with approximately 10,000 participants in San Cristóbal alone. |
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