Os múltiplos processos de construção da autonomia do movimento zapatista by Juan Diez

“…This article analyzes the autonomous indigenous processes that are taking place in the communities in Chiapas since the Zapatista uprising, as well as a broader discussion on autonomy from the state and political parties that was encouraged by the Zapatistas from the very beginning. …”
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Landscapes on the Move: Land-Use Change History in a Mexican Agroforest Frontier by Carolina Berget, Gerard Verschoor, Eduardo García-Frapolli, Edith Mondragón-Vázquez, Frans Bongers

“…Findings indicate that several interacting historical social-ecological drivers (e.g., colonization program, soil quality, land conflicts with indigenous people, land-tenure, availability of surrounding land where to expand, Guatemala’s civil war, several agricultural development and conservation programs, regional wildfire, Zapatista uprising, and highway construction) have influenced each village’s own unique land-use change history and landscape composition: the smaller village is characterized by a dominating pasture landscape with some scattered agricultural and forest areas, while the larger village has large conserved forest areas intermixed with pastures, agriculture, oil palm and rubber plantations. …”
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