Retreating into mountain communities, the Zapatistas established independent health and education systems, maintaining a low profile. San Cristobal de las Casas, once the rebellion's epicenter ...
Clarke stayed with a family in the town of La Illusion, one of the Zapatistas' 35 or more autonomous communities high in the mountains of Chiapas. La Illusion is 5 hours from San Cristobal de las ...