Why is the entire political machine of Mexico engaged in a low intensity war against the Maya?
What is their crime to warrant this genocide? If you have ever had the opportunity to spend any time in Chiapas, you met an engaging, self-sufficient and shrewd people. What impressed me most about the Maya of Chiapas is that, while I observed few of those things one would normally consider requisites of a decent standard of living, (there are no traditional houses with electrical appliances and indoor plumbing and heating… no supermarkets… no family cars…) I never had the feeling that I was with poor people. What is lacking in material things is compensated with a sense of community and tradition that permeates every aspect of their lives. These are a proud people who have been fending off oppression long before the Spanish conquest 500 years ago. As I learned more about the Maya people, my respect grew with my interest. They have maintained their ties to their land, their view of the universe and their way of life for over a thousand years, resisting outright and insidious camp
