Chiapas

Paramilitary violence is not new in Chiapas. The men who make up the units now referred to as paramilitaries used

Several decades ago in the Mexican state of Chiapas and in neighboring Guatemala, geologists discovered deeply buried rock strata of

Shortly after the 1994 New Year rebellion, the Zapatistas and the government negotiated a cease-fire. Four years later, Chiapas has

The Cessna bush plane takes off from Ocosingo, where the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico slope down to the Lacandon Selva—the

The massacre at Acteal last December was not an accidental or isolated event. In fact, it was a carefully planned

The people of Nuevo San Isidro watched warily as a helicopter appeared over the horizon, circled in over their seven

The Zapatistas have touched a raw nerve in a political system that once seemed unshakable, prompting a military and paramilitary

(far left) A young girl tries to protect herself from the rain in a temporary shelter for refugees of the

It was two in the morning when I was awakened to begin a journey that would take me high into