Peace also requires medicine, land to harvest, schools, tools for working, etc.
A little more than five years ago, the Zapatista movement came to public light in Chiapas. For the first time in many years, people raised their voices to denounce the extreme poverty, abandonment and conditions in which thousands of Mexicans live. Government officials have emphasised the armed nature of the movement. They have even characterised it as terrorist. At the same time, they have sought to resolve the problem by increasing the budget for the state of Chiapas in general, and for key municipalities in particular.