The Sixth Declaration of the

Lacandon Jungle The Lacandon Jungle ( Spanish: ''Selva Lacandona'') is an area of rainforest which stretches from Chiapas, Mexico, into Guatemala. The heart of this rainforest is located in the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in Chiapas near the border with Gu ...

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: ''Sexta Declaración de la Selva Lacandona'') was a

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issued by the

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(''Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional'', EZLN) on June 28, 2005, declaring their principles and vision for

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and the world. The first such declaration, issued on 31 December 1993, amounted to a declaration of war on the Mexican government, which they considered so out of touch with the will of the people as to make it completely illegitimate. Subsequent declarations have focused on non-violent solutions, both through political channels and through the assumption of many of the functions of government in the southeastern

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. The Sixth declaration reiterates the support of the Zapatistas for the indigenous peoples who comprise roughly one third of the population of the state of

, and extends the cause to include "all the exploited and dispossessed of Mexico". It also expresses solidarity with the international

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movement, and offers to provide material aid to those in

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, and elsewhere with whom they make common cause. The declaration ends with an exhortation for all who have more respect for humanity than for money to join with the Zapatistas in the struggle for social justice both in Mexico and abroad.

External links

2005 Irlandesa Translation of the Declaration2013 Gales Translation of the Declaration
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