You can find english translations of the San Andres Accords at
http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/mexico/ezln/san_andres.html
http://www.narconews.com/mextransition2.html

Also Global Exchange offers a comparison between the original text of the
San Andres Agreements and the modifications made by the government.

http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/mexico/SanAndres.html

Dana

>From: Norman Mikalac <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "The philosophy, work & influences of Noam Chomsky"
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>Subject: Re: [CHOMSKY] 'Mexico Rebel Chief'... Today's TM-New York
>     TimesCommentary
>Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 03:52:21 -0500
>
>can tony or someone else out there compare the rights of Amerindians
>(Mexindians?) and Mexicans?  what are the ethnic and legal differences?
>can the Amerindians vote?  since most Mexicans are mestizos, how to tell
>the differences?  what exactly do the Amerindians want?  their own state
>and legislature?
>
>where to find the text of the San Andre's accords?
>
>thanks for your help.
>
>norm
>
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>
>Tony Abdo wrote:
> >
> > Here, we find the puny, sickly, leader of a ragtag mob, confused over
> > the receipt of an olive branch of peace.      Quite a contrast to the
> > article full of such respect for the leader of the Colombian death
> > squads, that appeared in their pages a month ago.      That thug, Carlos
> > Castanyo, was then described as the leader of 'a lion let loose'...
> > according to the genteel paper of note!      He was also described as
> > 'outspoken', whereas Marcos is only capabe of 'a rare moment of candor'.
> >
> > Below, America's 'liberal voice', the New York Times
> > pleads........."Let's Give Peace a Chance'.
> >
> > Tony Abdo
> > _________________________________
> > Mexico Rebel Chief Says the Fight Is Now for Peace
> > New York Times
> > January 30, 2001
> > By Ginger Thompson
> >
> > SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico, Jan. 28 - There was a different kind
> > of
> > fight in the rebel leader's voice.
> > The urgency was unchanged from the day seven years ago when he first
> > declared war against the Mexican government on behalf of a ragtag mob of
> > Indians called the Zapatista National Liberation Army. Their cause, the
> > pursuit of equal rights for all of Mexico's 10 million indigenous
> > people,
> > remained their primary goal.
> >
> > But in an interview in the jungles of Chiapas, his first with an
> > American
> > newspaper in four years, the elusive Subcommander Marcos made it clear
> > that
> > the masked rebels want peace.
> >
> > "We want to stop being what we are," he said, his dark eyes so intense
> > that
> > the ski mask covering the rest of his face could not conceal his
> > expression..
> >
> > "We are people without faces, armed and fighting for what we believe."
> >
> > "We would like to show our faces," he continued. "We would like to put
> > down
> > our weapons, but to keep fighting for our beliefs like people in every
> > other
> > part of the world."
> >
> > Although his words at times shifted from caution to outrage, the message
> > that rang like a church bell was that peace could soon come to Chiapas.
> >
> > In seven years, there have been only a dozen days of combat between the
> > Zapatistas and government troops, leaving 145 people dead. But hundreds
> > have
> > been killed in clashes between rebel supporters and pro- government
> > paramilitary groups. Thousands of others have been forced to flee their
> > homes.
> >
> > "I'm optimistic," the guerrilla leader said. "I think we will have a
> > successful dialogue with the government, that the war will be ended and
> > that
> > we will be able to move on to new work."
> > For a man and a movement that have been shrouded in mystery, it was a
> > rare
> > moment of candor. It comes one month before he and a 23- member
> > commission
> > of Zapatista leaders are planning to march on Mexico City in a caravan
> > snaking across at least six states and more than a dozen cities, and
> > culminating in an address before Congress. The rebels will campaign for
> > the
> > passage of a series of new Indian rights - known as the San Andre's
> > accords -
> > which, if passed, would mark the most significant achievement of the
> > movement. It would also mark the Zapatistas' first step toward becoming
> > a
> > legitimate political organization.
> >
> > During the interview, Subcommander Marcos, who has become an idol to
> > leftist
> > groups around the world, shunned his signature theatrics and sharp
> > sarcasm
> > to talk forthrightly about the lingering obstacles to peace, about the
> > achievements of the Zapatista movement, and about his own postwar plans.
> >
> > He and another rebel commander known as Tacho had sneaked on horseback
> > into
> > the tiny village of La Realidad. They came with no body guards, and they
> > did
> > not orchestrate any gimmicky displays of force.
> >
> > Perhaps because of the larger- than-life image of the subcommander that
> > has
> > been perpetuated by leftists around the world, he seemed surprisingly
> > small,
> > perhaps 5 feet, 8 inches, with narrow shoulders and hands that looked
> > ill-suited for combat. His eyes were watery, and he sniffled from a
> > cold.
> > The automatic rifle slung across his back seemed the only threatening
> > thing
> > about him. When asked about it, he said it was not loaded.
> >
> > Seated in a tumbledown mess hall, dimly lit with candles, he
> > acknowledged
> > during the 90-minute interview that a brewing political storm in the
> > Mexican
> > Congress could wreck the prospect for peace. But what worried him most
> > was
> > whether Mexico's new president, Vicente Fox, would respond fully to a
> > list
> > of rebel demands and keep the stalemated Zapatista conflict moving
> > toward a
> > resolution.

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