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...MEXICO Zapatistas Have Their Day in Congress Leaders of the Zapatista rebel movement presented their case for the first time, pressing legislators to pass a bill protecting indigenous rights, and later held informal talks with government advisers. Comandante Esther, who led the delegation to Congress, said the rebels' mission was no longer military, but political. President Vicente Fox said he was confident of a peace agreement as the group prepared for the long trek back to their home state of Chiapas...
...MEXICO Zapatistas to Talk Zapatista rebels postponed their return to the southern state of Chiapas after Congress agreed to hear their case. Earlier in the week the rebel group prepared to leave Mexico City after being refused a platform in the capital's legislative chambers. Congress then invited the rebels to speak from the podium. "The door to dialogue is beginning to open," said rebel leader Subcomandante Marcos. But he rejected an offer to meet with President Vicente Fox, saying the government had not met demands for peace talks, including the release of prisoners and the closure of miltary bases...
...leader of the Zapatista rebels rejected a proposal for preliminary talks with selected government legislators, saying he wanted an audience with the entire congress. Subcomandante Marcos and his followers are pressing for constitutional recognition of the country's 10 million indigenous people. Earlier in the week, balaclava-clad Zapatista supporters made a triumphal entrance into the capital city after a 15-day motorcade through Mexico from their base in Chiapas. President Vicente Fox has raised hopes for peace but the Zapatistas say they will not leave Mexico City until a bill of rights is in place...
...spokesman for Mexico's Zapatista Rebellion, the always masked Subcomandante Marcos, ended a 2,000-mile march from his base in Chiapas with a rally in Mexico City last week. He drew nearly 100,000 passionate spectators and more than a few resourceful vendors trafficking in Marcos-inspired gear. His demands for better treatment of the nation's Indian population seemed to resonate; his call for Mexico to "stop being an object of shame dressed in the color of money" seemed to go unheeded by souvenir hawkers...
...Marcos and the other 23 Zapatista leaders, their ski masks firmly in place, rode a flatbed truck onto the jammed, sun-baked plaza, then trooped onto a stage whose backdrop was the massive National Palace, which fills an entire city block. Standing on pedestals that flank its main entrance, young Zapatista sympathizers waved red flags...