San Cristóbal de las Casas is a city in the central highlands of state of Chiapas, Mexico. It is located in the Sierra Madre Mountains at 16.75°N 92.63°W, elevation 2100m. In 2003 the estimated population was 121,100 people.
The city was formerly known as “San Cristóbal"; the “de las Casas” was added in honor of Bartolomé de Las Casas, a Spanish priest who fought for the rights of the Native Americans. The city is well known for its beautiful colonial era architecture.
The city is located near the Tzotzil Maya communities of Chamula, and Zinacantán, and a half-day busride from the Classic Maya ruins of Palenque, and is therefore a popular base of operations for European tourists looking to experience ancient and modern Maya culture.
In 1994 the Zapatista Army of National Liberation used San Cristobal as one of the four cities to start its revolution from. Now, ten years later, the traces of the Zapatistas are still omnipresent (e.g., graffiti, dolls, posters, t-shirts) in the city.
Mexico's Zapatista rebels head into jungle region marked by violence
Ski-masked rebel chief Marcos left San Cristobal de las Casas on Tuesday and led his campaigning band of Zapatistas toward the ancient Mayan temples of Palenque, a jungle region marked by violence between the rebels and paramilitary groups.
Leaving the motor bike on which he started his six-month tour, which will take him from the southernmost Mexican state of Chiapas to the U.S. border, Marcos headed out of the mountain town of San Cristobal de Las Casas in a 10-vehicle convoy at the crack of dawn.
Dubbed "The Other Campaign" because it
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Comitán (formally: Comitán de DomÃnguez) is a small city in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It is the seat of government of the municipality of the same name.
It is located near the border with Guatemala at 16.25°N 92.13°W. In 2003 the estimated population was 75,600 people.
The original name given by the Maya people is Balún Canán ("Nine stars"). It was later changed to Comitán de las Flores. Comitán de DomÃnguez is named after Dr. Belisario DomÃnguez, who gave a memorable speech in the Congress against the dictator Victoriano Huerta for which it was murdered.
Tuxtla Gutiérrez is the capital of the state of Chiapas in Mexico. It is located at 16.75°N 93.12°W. The population estimate for 2003 was 455,700 people.
Tuxtla is derived from the Nahuatl word Tuchtlan, which means "place where there are lots of rabbits." Gutierrez signifies JoaquÃn Miguel Gutiérrez, a Mexican revolutionary from the 19th century.
The city was declared capital of Chiapas in 1892.
The city is located in the Grijalva valley, and in the center of the state.
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Chiapas Closes Mexico Oil Well
Reflecting the mounting safety concerns plaguing Mexico's state-owned petroleum industry, the governor of Chiapas this week shut down a federally owned and operated oil well that he said posed a health and environmental hazard.
It is believed to be the first time a state has shut down an installation of Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, an entity whose revenue funds more than 30% of the federal government's budget. The closed well contributes little economically to Pemex, but company officials are said to fear that Chiapas' intervention could set a precedent.
The move by Chiapas Gov. Pablo Salazar comes as
Zapatista rebel leader plans six-month, solo tour of Mexico
Mexico's Zapatista rebels on Saturday struggled amid shouts and catcalls to hammer out the details of the new movement that they pledged would "shake this country up," starting with a six-month nationwide tour by rebel leader Subcomandante Marcos.
Marcos said he will embark without the rest of the rebel leadership on a roughly six-month tour starting on Jan. 1 and timed to grab attention away from the country's July 2006 presidential election.
The state-by-state tour aims to inspire what the rebels call "another way of doing politics." But no one on Saturday
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In Mexico, two guards drown in pond at Mexican president's ranch
Two members of Mexico's presidential guard drowned in a pond at President Vicente Fox's ranch, the government said Friday.
The two guards, who were not identified, were swimming together Monday when one of them developed a leg cramp and the other tried to save him, the president's office said in a news release. No other details of the accident were released.
The two guards formed part of the security detail at the president's San Cristobal ranch, located in the central state of Guanajuato.
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