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04/09/2006:

"Zapatistas in Zirahuén: "They fight united and fight well, for their land, for their forests, and for their lake, too""

ZIRAHUÉN, MICHOACÁN, MÉXICO: To shouts of "Zapata lives, the struggle continues!" and "Cárdenas, understand, our land is not for sale!" about 500 indigenous peasant farmers from the "Caracol in Rebellion of Lake Zirahuén" received Zapatista Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos with a march. They later expressed to him their determination to continue the struggle to defend their communal lands in the face of an ambitious tourism mega-project.
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