Zapatistas

A masked Zapatista playing a three string.

A population of 4 million Zapatista people live in the southeastern part of Mexico called Chiapas. Chiapas one of the richest states in Mexico suffering from ineaquality and poverty. 40% of the population in Chiapas suffers from malnutrition. Every year people pay money to travel to give aid to these people by helping with their crops. Zapatista people are described by being left behind in globalization. Most people travelling down there to help with their crops are part of anti-gloabalizationg groups. Most of the Zapatista people are descendants of the Mayan people who were indigenous to South America.

The reason they are so poor is because of the Spanish conquest 500 years ago. They were forced to grow their subsistence crops. The food taken from these crops was not a sufficient amount to feed their families. For centuries these people have been been ignored by a lot of people in the world, including the government. I think if more people were aware of their situation, the Zaptista people would be helped more. The government ignores the saddening statistics of poverty, which no longer can be ignored. More people need to know about the inequality and struggles people and countries are having. The people also need to recognize how inefficient and cruel the government is being, if more people were aware. I think the poverty in other countries would be improved.