From article in Proceso, June 5, 1995. It is difficult to discuss the internal situation in Chiapas due to the complex spectrum of interrelated action. Since the second attempted dialogue in San Andres it has become clear that the character of the battles being waged between the two sides is one of low intensity conflict.
Big interests are at stake.
My sole intention was to spend time with Tzeltal communities in the municipalities of Sitala and parts of Ocosingo, out of the San Bachajon Mission. In the process, I was able to witness the growth and development of these forces that now confront each other in a death struggle. I will focus on an important factor which I think is a guiding principle the state government and which can explain its present behavior, which may seem to us very obtuse and closed-minded. This factor is oil. I am going to talk about what I have seen.