subcomandante marcos

  • Brith

    Brith
    Was born on June 19, 1957 in tampico mexico. his parents were immigrants. Also they were both school teachers and was poor
  • The strike

    The strike
    In 1983, he went to the mountains of Chiapas to convince the poor, indigenous Maya population to organize and launch a proletarian revolution against the Mexican bourgeoisie and the federal government.
  • First appearance

    First appearance
    comandante Marcos made his first appearance on New Year’s Day, 1994, when he led an EZLN offensive in which the Zapatistas seized several towns in southern Chiapas state.
  • Protest

    Protest
    On January 1, 1994, when the U.S.–Mexico–Canada free trade agreement became effective, than Subcommander Marcos led an army of Mayan farmers into eastern Chiapas state, to protest what he saw as the Mexican federal government's mistreatment of the nation's indigenous peoples.
  • Great march

    Great march
    During the Great March to Mexico City in 2001, Marcos visited the UNAM and during a speech said that he had at least been there before.
  • Book

    Book
    he created a book in 2002 the title was “our world is our weapon”.
  • Welcom back

    Welcom back
    On his 3,000 kilometer trek to the capital during 2006, Marcos was welcomed by "huge adoring crowds, chanting and whistling.
  • Appeared again

    Appeared again
    Marcos appeared again on Jan. 1, 2006, this time under his new name, Delegate Zero, to embark on an EZLN initiative known as “The Other Campaign,”
  • Death

    Death
    Marcos was killed in 2014 in Puebla. He got ambushed. Then got shot.
  • The letter

    The letter
    On May 25, 2014 at 02:08 he published a letter where he announced that that would be his last public appearance.