Chiapas Support Committee

INAUGURATION OF THE FIRST EXCHANGE OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF MEXICO WITH THE ZAPATISTA PEOPLES

Indigenous man speaks at Zapatista Exchange with Indigenous People of Mexico

The words of Comandante Tacho, on behalf of the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee – General Command of the EZLN, at the Inauguration of the First Exchange of Indigenous Peoples of Mexico with Zapatista Peoples.

August 3, 2014.

COMPAÑERAS AND COMPAÑEROS OF THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CONGRESS:

COMPAÑEROS AND COMPAÑERAS OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO ARE VISITING US:

We greet you hoping that everyone has arrived safely to these Zapatista lands.

You have made a long journey from distant lands to meet us here in this corner of rebellious Zapatista lands of the Mexican Southeast.

Compañeras and compañeros:

Welcome, compañeras and compañeros of the original peoples, the guardians of Mother Earth.

Welcome peoples, nations, and tribes.

Welcome brothers and sisters:

NAHUAS, PURÉPECHAS, MAYA PENINSULARES, MAZAHUA, ZOQUE, WIXARIKA, MIGRANTE, TEPEHUANO, COCA, HÑAHÑU, MAYO, TRIQUI, NAZA BI BINNI ZAA, CHINANTECO, IKOOT, AFROMEXICANO, POPOLUCA, TZOTZIL, CHOL, TOJOLABAL, TZELTAL, TOTONACO, CHOL, KUMIAI, AMUZGO HUARIJIO, MIXE, ÑHATO, CHONTAL

WELCOME INDIGENOUS…