Zapatistas mourn Ramona; national tour rescheduled

Zapatista leaders and family members held a small, private funeral for Comandante Ramona somewhere in the territory of the mountain hamlet of Oventic Jan. 7. The exact location was not revealed. (El Universal, Jan. 7) In a Jan. 9 communique, the Zapatista General Command issued a revised schedule for their national tour:

January 9 and 10 – Coast of Chiapas. Base: Tonala
January 11 – Sierra and Coast of Chiapas. Base: Huixtla
January 12 – Travel from Huixtla – San Cristo’bal de Las Casas
January 13 – Travel from San Cristobal – Palenque
January 14 – Travel to Quintana Roo
January 15, 16 and 17 – Quintana Roo
January 18, 19 and 20 – Yucatan

January 21 – Traveling to Campeche-Tabasco
January 22, 23 and 24 – Campeche
January 25, 26 and 27 – Tabasco

January 28 – Travel to Veracruz
January 29, 30 and 31 and February 1, 2 and 3 – Veracruz

February 4 – Travel to Oaxaca
February 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 – Oaxaca

February 11 – Travel to Puebla
February 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 – Puebla
February 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 – Tlaxcala

February 24 – Travel to Hidalgo
February 25, 26, 27 and 28 and March 1 and 2 – Hidalgo and part of Veracruz

March 3 – Travel to Queretaro
March 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 – Queretaro

March 10 – Travel to Guanajuato-Aguascalientes
March 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 – Guanajuato-Aguascalientes

March 17 – Travel to Jalisco
March 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 – Jalisco

March 24 – Travel to Colima or Nayarit
March 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 – Colima-Nayarit

March 31 – Travel to Michoaca’n
April 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 – Michoaca’n

April 7 – Travel to Morelos
April 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 – Morelos

April 14 – Travel to Guerrero
April 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 – Guerrero

April 21 – Travel to the State of Mexico – Federal District
April 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 and May 1, 2 and 3 – DF – EDOMEX

May 5 – Travel to San Luis Potosi
May 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 – San Luis Potosi

May 12 – Travel to Zacatecas
May 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 – Zacatecas

May 19 – Travel to Nuevo Leon – Tamaulipas
May 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 – Nuevo Leon -Tamaulipas

May 26 – Travel to Coahuila – Durango
May 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 and June 1 – Coahuila – Durango

June 2 – Travel to Chihuahua – the Other Side [a reference to the US border?]
June 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 – Chihuahua – the Other Side

June 9 – Travel to Sinaloa – Sonora
June 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 – Sinaloa – Sonora

June 16 – Travel to Bajas – the Other Side [US border?]
June 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 – Bajas – the Other Side

June 23, 24 and 25 – Return and Informative Plenary in DF
June 26 – 30 – Return to the mountains of the Mexican Southeast

Sources online at Chiapas95

See our last post on the Zapatista tour.