[IMC-NYC] Zapatista Caravan Schedule

[Michael Eisenmenger]

Plan your travel now - a new Chiapas IMC is also underway . . .
Let's ensure the spirit of the zapatista caravan continues all the 
way to Quebec.

Michael

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Zapatista Army of National Liberation.
Mexico.

January 24, 2001.


TO the national and international press:


Here we are sending you the detailed route and the scheduled dates.  There
is also a letter which is being sent to an Hidalgo indigenous community,
accepting their hospitality.

We humbly accept the undeserved praise given to us by the business sector.
While they discuss ski-masks or no ski-masks up there, down here they are
already organizing to receive and accompany the caravan.  There is a
national outcry demanding the constitutional recognition of indigenous
rights and culture.

Vale.  Salud and, if they're going to arrest us, we're asking that they put
us in the high (hah!) security prison in Puente Grande, Jalisco.  Because
then one might just feel like going out to eat some cakes in Guadalajara.

>From the mountains of the Mexican Southeast.

Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos.
Mexico,  January of 2001.

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[#2]

Zapatista Army of National Liberation.
Mexico.

January 24, 2001.

To the community of Tephe', municipality of Ixmiquilpan,
         Hidalgo, Mexico.

Indigenous brothers and sisters of Tephe':


We were greatly moved when we read the letter you sent us, inviting our
delegation to pass through your community during the trip it will be making
to Mexico City.  We are including your words here so that other brothers
and sisters might know them:

"We know you are soon going to be coming to our state of Hidalgo, we want
you to come and have your meeting here in the indigenous community of
Tephe', here in Ixmiquilpan, we have a spa and a hotel so you can sleep a
bit and bathe if you are tired.  We also want to hear what you say here
also.  The indigenous community of Tephe' is expecting you soon."

Then, brothers and sisters of Tephe', we would like to tell you that it
would be a great honor for us to be able to share shelter and food with you
on our trip.  We, like you and like all honest men and women in Mexico,
want peace and the recognition of the rights which we have as the Mexican
indigenous we are.  That is why we are making this trip, and that is why we
are most sincerely grateful for the help you are giving us.

We are letting you know that we will be arriving in your community on
February 28, 2001.  We are 24 delegates, 5 are women and 19 are men.  We do
not need anything special for sleeping or eating.  Your solidarity with us
is enough shelter to cover us, and your words shall be enough food to
nurture us.

Salud brothers and sisters of Tephe', Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo.  We shall meet
on February 28, 2001.

>From the mountains of the Mexican Southeast.

Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos.
Mexico,  January of 2001.

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[#3]

Communique' from the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee -
General Command of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.
Mexico.

January 24, 2001.

To the People of Mexico:
To the Peoples and Governments of the World:

Brothers and sisters:

The CCRI-CG of the EZLN is releasing the details of the route it will be
following to Mexico City during the months of February and March, 2001.  As
you will see, the route will take in the territory of 2 more states of the
federation:  Guanajuato and Guerrero.  This is at the express request of
organizations and groups from those states.  For the same reason, the
arrival dates in the Federal District have been changed.

These are the dates and points of the zapatista delegation's travels during
their trip for the constitutional recognition of indigenous rights and
culture:

Saturday, February 24, 2001. -  Gathering of zapatista delegates in the
city of San Cristo'bal de Las Casas, Chiapas.

Sunday, February 25, 2001. -  The zapatista delegation leaves San Cristo'bal
de Las Casas, Chiapas, heading towards the city of Juchita'n, Oaxaca.  It
will pass through Tuxtla Gutie'rrez, Tapanatepec and La Ventosa.  Central
event in Juchita'n, Oaxaca.  The delegates will spend the night in this
city.

Monday, February 26, 2001. -  The zapatista leave Juchita'n, Oaxaca, heading
towards the state capital.  They will pass through Tehuantepec and Villa de
Mitla (crossroads).  Central event in Oaxaca, Oaxaca.  They will spend the
night in this city.

Tuesday, February 27, 2001. -  The zapatista delegation leaves Oaxaca,
Oaxaca, heading towards the city of Puebla, Puebla.  They will pass through
Tehuaca'n (Puebla) and Orizaba (Veracruz).  Central event in Puebla, Puebla.
  They will spend the night in some, as yet unconfirmed, community, close to
this city.

Wednesday, February 28, 2001. -  The zapatista delegation leaves Puebla,
Puebla, heading towards the municipality of Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo.  They
will pass through Tlaxcala (Tlaxcala), Emiliano Zapata (Hidalgo), Ciudad
Sahagu'n (Hidalgo), Pachuca (Hidalgo), Actopan (Hidalgo), Francisco I.
Madero (Hidalgo), Tepatepec (Hidalgo).  Central event in Ixmiquilpan,
Hidalgo.  The delegates will spend the night in the community of Tephe',
municipality of Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo.

Thursday, March 1, 2001. -  The delegates leave Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo,
heading towards the Purepecha community of Nurio, Michoaca'n.  They will
pass through Quere'taro (Quere'taro), Aca'mbaro (Guanajuato), Zinape'cuaro
(Michoaca'n), Morelia (Michoaca'n), Patzcuaro (Michoaca'n) and Uruapan
(Michoaca'n).  Central event in Nurio (Michoaca'n).  The delegates will spend
the night in this community.

Friday, March 2, 2001. -  The EZLN delegation will participate in the work
of the 3rd National Indigenous Congress in Nurio, Michoaca'n.

Saturday, March 3, 2001. -  The EZLN delegation will participate in the
work of the 3rd National Indigenous Congress in Nurio, Michoaca'n.

Sunday, March 4, 2001. -  The EZLN delegation will participate in the work
of the 3rd National Indigenous Congress in Nurio, Michoaca'n.

Monday, March 5, 2001. -  The delegates leave Nurio, Michoaca'n, heading
towards the city of Toluca, in the State of Mexico.  They will pass through
Morelia (Michoaca'n) and Zita'cuaro (Michoaca'n).  They will spend the night
in an as yet unconfirmed community in the Toluca Valley.

Tuesday, March 6, 2001. -  The zapatista delegation will leave Toluca,
heading towards Tepoztla'n, Morelos.  They will pass through Cuernavaca
(Morelos).  The delegation will spend the night in Tepoztla'n, Morelos.

Wednesday, March 7, 2001. -  The EZLN delegation leaves Cuautla, Morelos,
heading towards the city of Iguala, Guerrero.  Central event in Iguala,
Guerrero.  The delegates will return to spend the night in Cuautla,
Morelos.

Thursday, March 8, 2001. -  The EZLN delegation leaves Cuautla, Morelos,
following the route of Emiliano Zapata, heading towards Milpa Alta, in the
Federal District.  Central event in Milpa Alta, DF.  The delegation will
spend the night in Milpa Alta, DF.

Friday, March 9, 2001. -  The zapatista delegates will remain in Milpa
Alta, DF.

Saturday, March 10, 2001. -  The zapatista delegation will travel to
Xochimilco, DF.

Sunday, March 11, 2001. -  The EZLN delegation will make their entrance
into Mexico City.  Details of the route will be made available later.
Central event in the Zo'calo of Mexico City.

THE ZAPATISTA DELEGATION'S SCHEDULE IN MEXICO CITY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE
LATER.

Democracy!

Liberty!

Justice!

>From the mountains of the Mexican Southeast.
By the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee -
General Command of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.

Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos.
Mexico,  January of 2001.
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