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.