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Zapatista Leader Marcos Reemerges to Speak Publicly

HeadlineAug 08, 2005

In Mexico, Zaptista rebel leader Subcomandante Marcos has spoken publicly for the first time since 2001. Wearing military fatigues and a black ski mask, Marcos appeared before a crowd this weekend to criticize Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador — the former Mexico City mayor who is the leading candidate in next year’s presidential race. Marcos vowed not to vote for him or any other candidate. “What we want is to be sincere, because 12 years ago, we told you and many others that we believed in the PRD party,” Marcos said. “We were wrong to think that these people were going to carry out the actions that they spoke about. We are not going to make the same mistake because they make a mistake over there and they lose the elections, we make a mistake here and we lose everything we have.”

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