Who is marcos zapatista

Named for Mexican revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata, the Zapatista National Liberation Army launched a day battle with the Mexican Army that claimed at least lives, rising up on the day Mexico opened its borders to free trade. Marcos became a hero to leftist activists and intellectuals by championing the rights of Maya Indians who had been oppressed for centuries, but he was seen as a self-serving publicist to his critics on the right. He banned media from a 20th anniversary celebration this year.

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He added he was stepping down because of "internal changes" within the year-old, far-left guerrilla group, and denied rumours that he was unwell. The group has been fighting for greater recognition of the rights of indigenous people in the state of Chiapas.

For some time there have been rumours that he was in ill health, but he rejected those out of hand, saying that such reports had been spread by the rebel army for their own benefit. His announcement comes just a day after he was seen in public for the first time in many months, when the enigmatic masked rebel attended a memorial for another key Zapatista leader in Chiapas, one of the poorest regions of Mexico. The BBC's Will Grant in Mexico City says there appeared to be little outward sign that the rebel leader was about to retire from public life.

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