Zapatista Army of National Liberation

The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Spanish: Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) is a revolutionary group and the national army of the Community of Chiapas. The Zapatistas have waged a war from 1994 to 2010, called the War of National Liberation against the Mexican state and corporate invaders. Though the war has been primarily nonviolent and defensive against military, paramilitary, and corporate incursions on their territory. Their social base is mostly rural indigenous people but they have some supporters in urban areas as well as an international web of support. Their main spokesperson is Subcomandante Marcos. Unlike other Zapatista spokespeople, Marcos is not an indigenous Mayan.