"Good morning, my name is Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, from the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional. We would like to thank you for being here with us, standing in the sun to be able to listen to our word and for you to be able to say yours. The message I bring today is, like many of you, Mayan indigenous, of Mayan blood, because we indigenous of the EZLN are one of many towns that gave dignity and Mayan rebellion. And we come here to bring a message that we all know because we know that if there is sun, we get wet with sweat; and if there is rain, we get wet with water; and if there is pain, we get wet with tears of indignation and courage, because of what we see is going on.
The indigenous that live in Southeast Mexico are forgotten by the governments and politicians. In first place we have poverty, and we all want to accomplish. all the southeast; Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Yucatán, Campeche, Tabasco the first place of rebellion and dignity. We do not come here to bring solutions, compañeros and compañeras. We come here to bring and listen the proposal of those who bring pain, indignation, fury, and to build a national movement. From the left and anticapitalist, of the excluded people, simple and humble, just as all here present. We know we have many pains, but also many stories of resistance and rebellion. It is not possible that we only appear in the news when a disaster occurs. It is not possible that Campeche, along with Chiapas and other parts of Southeast Mexico, only appear in history, in geography, like the last corner of our country.
- words of Subcomandante Marcos
