Marc and Cheryl in Chiapas

Cheryl and I spent New Years 1998 at Oventic, Aguascalientes II in Chiapas Mexico. This web page tells the story of that trip.

Reports from our trip

• Read our Chiapas Trip Report which gives a day-by-day description of what we experienced.
• Photos from our trip to Chiapas
• Video clips from the trip
• Testimonies of survivors of the December 22, 1997 massacre at Acteal, collected by our Bridge of Hope Caravan at Polhó, Chenalhó, Zapatista Autonomous Municipality, Chiapas, Mexico, on December 30, 1997 (también disponible en español).
• Abuelita's description of our evacuation of Oventic on January 1, 1998, given at El Angel in Mexico City on Saturday, January 3, 1998 (también disponible en español).

Newspaper articles

• Articles which we have written about our experiences in Chiapas
  • ¡Zapata Vive! A Week with the Zapatistas in Chiapas, Mexico, by Cheryl Musch (written for The Octopus, Champaign, IL, January 30, 1998)
  • Face to Face With the Military in Chiapas, Mexico, by Marc Becker (written for the Post Amerikan, Bloomington, IL, February-March 1998)
• Newspaper articles about our experiences
  • ISU teacher, wife record Mexico crisis (from the Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL, February 4, 1998)
  • Professor of Latin American history gained a firsthand understanding of chaotic situation (from the Daily Vidette, Illinois State University, February 4, 1998)
  • Speakers discuss situation in Southern Mexico (from the Daily Vidette, Illinois State University, February 23, 1998)
  • Professor Talks To Chiapas Massacre Survivors (from ISU Media Relations News Service, February 3, 1998)

Other web documents and resources on the Zapatistas

• Frente Zapatista de Liberación Nacional. This is the official site of the political wing of the Zapatistas. There is also an English version of this page.
• Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional. This site includes the official communiques (in Spanish and English) from the Zapatista Army, as well as other related information.
• A Brief History of the Zapatistas
• Youth Initiative High School trip to Chiapas. A high school group from Wisconsin which was with us on this trip.
• Oventic Aquascalientes II School. This site describes the Indigenous secondary school at Oventic.
• Chiapas School Construction Teams

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