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Since the last report was a description of everything and I do not have events in my life reported here, I will in this 7th Review also points to pick up some slightly older. It is actually already the second to last report before I start my big trip home to Germany. It would not take much to late August, when three new volunteers to replace us here. I use the last time even as good as possible and enjoy every day in this beautiful country in this wonderful city of San Cristobal.
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First I would like to report on the "Dia del niño" , the celebrated here in Mexico very large and is on the course the children are particularly pleased because - as the name suggests - in this case being a child is celebrated. Thus, all waiting very anxiously for the 30th April, hoping for
good food, lots of candy and an exciting day of games and fun. Since I work here as a volunteer at a children's project, we wanted to make as Sueniños organization the kids have an unforgettable day. So we all put together in the front Into the games played and what gifts should be distributed. Finally, we divided the children into five groups, in which stations they like football wall shooting,
Luftballondartwerfen, cinema, theater and shadow Schokoladenauspacken went through. The latter was my point - I suggested that I could not imagine that Mexican children have less fun in this game might as German. And in fact, they loved it, the cube was placed on hectic on, all waiting for a six, the next was my turn, was the previous cap, scarf and gloves literally torn from his head and with full zeal continue unpacking the newspaper about the chocolate . It was glorious, I had a great time watching the children and their enthusiastic faces. As a farewell, there was a huge cake for all and of course sweets. The Mexican tradition of a piñata we left off in the project because the children are indulged that day in almost all schools have this fun. A piñata is a figure of a clay body, covered with thousands of colored paper, suspended on a long rope. Blindfolded, the children have to try with a kind of baseball bats that figure to cut up. The difficult thing is that the figure is in constant flux and it so often takes several rounds until the piñata breaks filled with candy and sweets are distributed to all over the floor. This tradition is actually practiced at each child's birthday and on special festive occasions and I must say that I really like it and I already had my fun with it:)
addition, we have repeated the day before in the neighborhood "Explanada del Carmen" the performance of "Circus of Dreams". We invited all the children and with a small gift bag at the end they should also be able to enjoy their childhood.

short on it, namely on 10 May was celebrated here the "Dia de la mamá" . Unlike in Germany, he is always on 10 May, and - as I have noticed it - even celebrated
greater. I was lucky on Sunday to attend the workshop parents Suemapas it be allowed to have such and the parents of the children project already celebrated a day earlier. Also like the Dia del niño, we offered several stations that went through the parents (a father came up, as always, only Mom). Another time it was played at my Schokoladenauspacken and I found it great how even the adults have found it such a fun J was very interesting how different the mothers responded to the game. For example, made with some energy and enthusiasm, others did not trust himself and others really did not even know how to use a cube. In Allen, the day was brilliant, especially because I had so for the first time a closer contact with the parents and once they got to know of its kind. The parents are very different, some speak very good English and talked about God and the world with me, others were still very traditional and were very careful with me and were very polite. Especially a lot of strength to me was the comment of one mother, who on behalf of all us warmly thanked volunteers, that we address every day so lovingly and with enthusiasm for their children. On the day on it I asked some of my children as they have done their mom for mothers happy. Most particularly sweet I found Pancho, as he told me that he had saved for a long time before 50 $ (which is about 3 €) to be able to pay with his siblings her mother a cake. Also, I baked cookies with the children that we as a heart shape with colorful beads decorated. As much trouble as the children put into the decorating, they must love their moms really have!
If I'm honest I doubt that they are at the Father's Day (which is celebrated not to my knowledge in Mexico) would give as much trouble. Often it is simply that the dad is not really for their children, sometimes even other women into this home and also not hidden from his children.

Where we are on the subject but "Mama" were. Although not quite in time for Mother's Day, but on 14
May I came to visit my mom. We spent three wonderful weeks together
took little excursions as on various Waterfalls, the beach and the ruins of Palenque. About the development of this area and the Mayan culture, I would like in this 7th Report also reported a little.
Palenque is one of the most important cities of the Maya and is now one of the most famous ruins throughout Mexico. In 1987 she was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The ruins are surrounded by jungle and the local population, the Lacandon regarded as direct descendants of the former inhabitants of Palenque. The first traces of settlement Palenque can be in the fourth century after Christ. The first historically known king K'uk 'B'alam I (431-435 AD) was. In the 6th Century developed Palenque is a local superpower, and had great influence on neighboring cities. Meanwhile, the city was opened to tourists, although to date only five percent of the buildings are exposed. The rest is still as it were, from the jungle "absorbed". The first excavations took place in 1940 and are ongoing forever. As mentioned above, Palenque was at that time a major Maya city. The Maya
are an indigenous people in Central America, in addition to the Aztecs represented the largest population in Mexico. The Maya lived in South and Southeast Mexico (Yucatán) and in parts of Guatemala, Honduras and Belize. This vast area included approximately 350,000 km ². Today, approximately 6.1 million Maya on the Yucatan Peninsula and Belize, Guatemala and Honduras. In Guatemala, including about 40% of the total population of the Maya - in Belize, there are about 10%. Even today, most Maya live on corn. Today's Maya religion is a mixture of Christianity and ancient Mayan traditions. As a still very traditional living group, the Lacandon, a jungle people in Chiapas, known. They can be recognized by their traditional dress of a simple white cotton robe. As with other indigenous cultures of Central America also plays the Mayan human blood plays a special role. In the view of the Maya was the blood of the soul and life force. Thus, human sacrifices were not uncommon. The type of ritual killings ranged from heads, drowning, hanging, stoning, poisoning, maiming to bury alive. One of the most gruesome killing one species like the Aztecs, the slitting of the belly and tearing out the still beating heart.

What's in a Review of June may not be missing is the hot topic of the football World Cup . Not only in Germany, this is followed with much excitement, joy, thrills and the odd disappointment. Even the Mexicans leave everything and when it comes to the subject of football and the World Cup. The stores make money on a number of merchandising, the bars are happy about more revenue and the public about exciting games and their stars of the Mexican national team. On a match day then you can meet with his friends at 9 clock in the morning or afternoon at half past one (or at 6h in the morning when Germany plays:)) in one of the many bars, ordered a round of beer for all and fires with shouts of "Viva México" (long live Mexico!) or "equipo vamos, vamos" (on
's go team looos!) to the green player. It is indeed a new experience to see the games once in the morning, so we have to cheer but with 7 hours' delay. " I like the atmosphere, they But not nearly as wild as in Germany. There is no 'motorcades, one does not hang more flags than usual on the houses and huge public viewing as I know from Frankfurt, it is also not here. It is celebrated just different! Moreover, one has to say to that basketball is still the national sport of Mexico, where soccer is catching up all right. I enjoy the time the World Cup here very much. Through my work, which falls to a few exceptions, most of the afternoon, it is possible to follow me all the games with friends and looking forward to sitting in front of the television.
The kids from the project are completely in football fever. I was proud Emma tells how she
1 Match against South Africa, especially with a TV have taken to school and refresco and Palomitas (soft drink and popcorn), the game looked
have in common - not homework! If then again, Mexico has played, I talk with the guys at dinner about how well "Geovanni" but played back or that there
"conejo" (the goalkeeper, who carries the nickname "Rabbit"), the one gate but could have been met. Recently, on the main square outside the cathedral, a canvas is built. Compared to what we in Germany knows, really small (maybe 3x4 feet). But there is something special, that really can follow all the World Cup and cheer for their team. There are even free beer and free Coca Cola for everyone. Meanwhile, I know that this was an election campaign one of the mayor candidates, which will take place in early July. With gifts and other such events, they try to convince voters of himself - and it works.
on Today 27th June 2010 I have this section for the World Cup, unfortunately, stop already. Mexico lost 3-1 in the second round against Argentina and South Africa must now leave behind. But next Saturday, Germany will take on Argentina and then we show them times as he took it! :)

With these words I say goodbye to you and leave you with my seventh
Review. He has become a little shorter than the previous one, which is partly because now everything is really so normal that I do write about my everyday life, not much.
am The next and last report I read about the "talleres de verano" (Summer Workshop) by Sueniños and write about a 2-week peace observation in a small village here in Chiapas, which I wanted to do since the beginning of my year here.

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"Ejército de Zapatista de Liberación Nacional"
Zapatista National Liberation Army
Abbreviation: EZLN

in everyday language use: Zapatistas

CONTENTS:
1) establishing
2) Pendant
- Revolutionary Women's Law
3) Political and social objectives
4) 1 January
1994 - Human rights abuses such as the massacre of Acteal
5) situation today

first The EZLN was founded
17 Founded in November 1983. Its roots can, however, in the
independent campesino and indigenous organizations (farmer organizations) are in the 70s and 80s. It was a combination lock from a variety of population groups that all had a common goal: a change because they are dissatisfied with their current situation were
. Until the EZLN was founded as a liberation army really took hold, but it took a while because of the diversity of the ideas of its members, it seemed impossible at first, a common Goal to pursue. Within the first ten years, the EZLN developed into more of a guerrilla army, as their conduct often
(even to the great rebellion 1994) armed expired. On 1 January 1994, the EZLN was the first time in the general public and it is the key date, when talking about the Zapatistas. But more on that later ...
in the Lacandon Jungle, a jungle area on the southeastern border of Mexico, the party founded in 1983, ie. Since she won more and more followers and is now one of the most active left-wing rebel factions, which now is known not only in Mexico and Latin America, but around the world. Your name can be traced back to Emiliano Zapata, one of the historic leaders of the Mexican Revolution, in the tradition of looks, the EZLN.
are therefore also called the Zapatistas (or in German "Zapatistas"). Emiliano Zapata's slogan, "Justicia, tierra y libertad" - Justice, and Freedom - has also become the rallying cry of the Zapatistas.

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As mentioned, the EZLN has a high diversity of supporters. Even within the party, there are several trains, which has already led to several splits and internal (sometimes even armed) conflict.
refers generally to the EZLN, however, the proportion of the population together, the treatment is wrong, rejected and discriminated feels. In the broadest sense this is the (lower) middle class to the "final stage", the indigenous people that are very common in Mexico are still not considered part of the population and enjoy the most fundamental rights of persons not allowed. The indigenous people make up the bulk of the Zapatistas, to get land and factory workers, students and disadvantaged women and children, especially in the mountainous areas of the highlands of Chiapas. Chiapas Mexico and the East is still the main venue of the Zapatistas. Here are also the 5 headquarters of the EZLN, the so-called "caracol" (snail).
the women in the EZLN is a very special role. They are included in the government and are regarded as full and equal member of the party. This is truly revolutionary, as women have to struggle in Chiapas remains high discrimination and often they are exploited by their husband or may not decide whether and whom to marry. On average, each indigenous woman provide five minor children, to their husbands and other family members. The number of births weaken their health and are a frequent cause of death. These circumstances brought the women in the Zapatista environment to stand up for equal rights. They began as women to fight for the guerrillas, founded activist women's groups and even brought into the government with one that previously was all strictly for men. Even within the Zapatista family brought this great change with it. Such was wife no longer merely a housewife, but the domestic work as the baby sitting was distributed equitably to both partners.
The adoption of the "Revolutionary Women Act," on 8 March 1993 is the Zapatistas
often referred to as a revolution within the revolution. In 1996, the Women's Law expanded to include 31 points, making the woman's life a lot more bearable
and fair.

The Revolutionary Women Act of 1993:
First have women regardless of race, creed, main color or political orientation, the right to participate in the revolutionary struggle on the site and to the extent to
, as you will and their ability to allow it.
Second women have a right to work and to fair remuneration.
Third women have the right to decide how many children can get and grow!.
Fourth women have the right to participate in the communities and to hold public concerns relating to items when they do freely and are democratically elected.
Fifth women and children have the right to be taken into account in health care and nutrition in the first place.
Sixth women have a right to education.
Seventh women have a right to choose their partners freely and not forced into marriage to be.
Eighth No woman should be beaten or physically abused. Crimes such as attempted or accomplished rape are severely punished.
Ninth: women leadership positions in the organization and degrees of military support in the revolutionary armed forces.
Tenth women can enjoy all the rights and obligations provided in the revolutionary laws and regulations.

third Political and social objectives
The EZLN is directed against neo-liberalism and struggles as a leftist organization against capitalist globalization and is committed to an autonomous self-government. Unlike other guerrilla movements, it is her but not about to take power in the state. She fights but in general to a change in policy. It is irrelevant which party comes to power, ultimately, the main thing they pursued the goals of a government acting in the sense of the people. "Mandar obedeciendo "- commanding obedience is one of the main messages of the EZLN. The people shall be the main actor and autonomous structures at local and regional level should be established. The government should only serve as executive and guiding hand of the people, but is fully ready to meet its interests. It was no mandatory law as the government had to act. This is dependent on the current situation and the needs of people. "Preguntando caminamos" - Inquiring we go forward, another basic element of the EZLN should make clear that the government must be flexible and their actions must always be skeptical questioning. showed with the great rebellion in 1994 EZLN, that political decisions are not implicitly accepts and (even rebellious) committed to their goals. With the introduction of NAFTA on 1 January this year did the Mexican government, the economy vulnerable exposed to competition with international companies, which Mexico has not grown. The EZLN also criticized the fact that the small farmers now stands completely at an end and saw unemployment and starvation as a result. Small and medium-sized enterprises will have no more opportunities in the market and the wealth distribution in Mexico grow even more. Even the "Plan Puebla-Panamá" reject the Zapatistas from strictly because it poorer for the Population only negative would result. Entire populations are to be relocated to build roads and ports, electricity produced and the areas of trade, tourism and transport can be enhanced. Winner of this project were once again only the elite of the country. The EZLN calls for the withdrawal of the plan and calls for autonomy for the rural and indigenous communities.

4th 1. January 1994
With the introduction of NAFTA rat, the EZLN first public appearance. Masked fighters occupied the same five district capitals in eastern Chiapas, among other things, for tourism very important city of San Cristobal de las Casas. They declared war on the Mexican government and their will to march to Mexico City to overthrow the government there. The Mexican army responded with a counter-offensive and the reconquest of the four occupied sites and the subsequent twelve-day struggles many people were killed before the government stopped the fighting. After several days of struggle, the Zapatistas moved from the cities to their jungle inaccessible valleys in the lives they support indigenous population. On 9 February 1995 was followed by a surprise attack by the Mexican army, the loss of some important Bases led the Zapatistas. In addition, tens of thousands of soldiers were positioned in the Mexican army along the main roads to ensure its ability to control the practices and developments of the Zapatistas better. Newly created paramilitary groups of the government are responsible, that have since been repeatedly bloody attacks against Zapatista and sympathizer communities. Human rights violations are in the mountain regions of the highlands of Chiapas on the agenda. One of the most horrific incidents was the massacre of Acteal on 22 December 1997. The attack killed 45 people paramilitaries, including children and pregnant women. Police and military would have to intervene left, but not their posts. The victims belonged to a Christian non-violent group "Las Abejas" - to the bees, which are close to the political demands of the EZLN. These attacks are part of the strategy of "low intensity war" by which the EZLN should be wiped out.

5th Situation today
On 9 August 2003, the so-called "caracol" (snail) was founded. They are five regional administrative centers, in which the Zapatista government has its headquarters. This government is very close to its population and according to the democracy of the EZLN, it is very important that all concerns of each region are solved in their interest. Here are also the concerns of residents are processed that are not Zapatistas. The construction of structures is more autonomy for the EZLN is an important point in order to "confront ignorant official policy towards the indigenous population of Mexico" to the. There exist since 1995 at local level 38 autonomous communities that now have been combined in the five Caracoles. They all have a non-governmental health and education, income-generating projects and their own infrastructure. On its own legislation, they are still working. Early in January 2006 began a few months to

ranging discussion tour EZLN and Subcomandante the spokesman Marcos traveled throughout Mexico to create a broad political movement. In March 2007 began a second phase to develop a program of struggle against the current political system. This so-called "other campaign" is marked by demonstrations and marches. Despite its continued for eleven years cease-fire and retreating into the jungles, the EZLN has been able to advance their political objective media coverage. The Mexican society is the problem of the situation of the underprivileged indigenous population became aware for the first time on a broad basis. Encouraged by the appearance of the EZLN, it has in much of Mexico after 1994, several civil protest campaigns given. In summary we can say that there is still much work to be done until the inequality between indigenous and the rest of the country is completely abolished. Nevertheless, the EZLN has made a big step to make this issue again in public and on a current issue - far beyond the American continent. With various civil and political initiatives, the EZLN is to improve the situation of the indigenous population, a socialization of the Mexican economy and the democratization of Mexico one. At the same time but is still threatened and attacked again and again, on the one hand by right-wing paramilitaries, but also by the government itself, which fears that the EZLN is too strong and could weaken the Government and their ideas. A reconciliation between the government and the EZLN in the near future very unlikely.


*** Un mundo donde muchos mundos quepan
- A world where many worlds found *** place

another democratic principle of the EZLN