30 December 2006 – 2 January 2007 The First Encounter between the Zapatistas and the Peoples of the World is held in Caracol 2, Oventik in […]

January 1st The “Other Campaign” begins. A number of commanders and thousands of people from the support bases of the EZLN arrive in San Cristóbal de […]

January 1st On the eve of January 1, the date that the new municipal authorities take power after the elections in October 2004, demonstrations are held, […]

January 1 The tenth anniversary of the armed uprising of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN). The event is not accompanied by any political communiqué […]

First of January The EZLN breaks its silence. In the largest gathering to date of members from communities supporting the EZLN (its ‘support bases’), more than […]

27th of January Twenty social, political, and religious organizations of El Limar in the municipality of Tila sign a reconciliation agreement, with the exception of the […]

10th of January The army abandons the Cuxuljá military encampment in the municipality of Ocosingo. 17th of January The military base in the community of Roberto […]

1821 Mexican Independence. 1823 Chiapas separates from Guatemala and joins Mexico. 1910-1920 Mexican Revolution. 1917 Proclamation of the Constitution, which is still in force today. 1919 […]

1st of January The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States, Canada and Mexico comes into force. Armed uprising of the Zapatistas: the […]

1st of January In the Third Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle, the EZLN proposes to civil society the formation of a Movement for National Liberation. Mid-January […]

1st of January In all five newly constructed “Aguascalientes“, the EZLN simultaneously announces (Fourth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle) the creation of the Zapatista Front for […]

11th of January The EZLN rejects the government counterproposal and announces that it will not return to the negotiating table until the San Andres Accords are […]

Beginning of January Francisco Labastida replaces Emilio Chuayffet as Secretary of the Interior. Governor of Chiapas Julio César Ruiz Ferro is replaced by Roberto Albores Guillen […]

20th of February Six members of the alleged paramilitary group Los Chinchulines, based in Bachajón, are set free. 24th of February The Chiapas State Congress approves […]

30th of January In Europe, President Zedillo affirms that the Zapatistas do not have “one gram of good faith,” although he adds that whether or not […]