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Modern Day Zapatistas
The roaring cry of “para todas todo, para nosotros nada” (for everyone everything, for us nothing) fills the land of Mexico, bringing hope and faith to the indigenous people. Since the 1990s, the Zapatistas have brought independence to Mexican citizens, fought for rights of all people, and brought back what was originally theirs. Even now, the modern day Zapatistas are continually fighting for their cause in more nonviolent ways. Power and control are allowed to be fought by the Zapatistas because the Mexican government is unfairly using their authority, and the actions of the Zapatistas allow their cause to increase in support. The Zapatistas used many justified ways to fight the control over Mexico. The modern day leader and spokesman

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