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Cacique: local indigenous leader

Campesino: rural labourer; cultivator; agriculturalist

Chiapas:  A region in southern Mexico, bordering on Guatemala.  Largest city in the region is San Cristobel.

COCOPA: Comisión de Concordia y Pacificación (Commission of Agreement and Peacemaking

CONAI: Comisión Nacional de Intermediación (National Commission of Mediation)

EZLN: Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Zapatista National Liberation Army)

FZLN: Frente Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Zapatista Front of National Liberation)

INI: Instituto Nacional Indiginista (National Indiginous Institute)

Ladino: Non-indigenous person of Spanish cultural descent

Marcos: Leader of the EZLN.  A westernized mestizo.  His true name is unknown.

OCEZ: Organización de Campesinos Emiliano Zapata (Emiliano Zapata Campesino Organization)

PAN: Partido de Acción Nacional (National Action Party)

Zapata: Emiliano Zapata was a Mexican revolutionary in the early 20^th century.  His beliefs and ideals are the basis for the Zapatista movement.

Zapatista:  The Zapatistas are a revolutionary group in the Chiapas region of Mexico.  They are fighting to keep the land that is rightfully theirs from the Mexican government.  Their army is the EZLN.

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