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Even today, in the fields of Mexico, some people say that Emiliano <strong>Zapata</strong> is still alive. That he can be<br />

seen riding his white horse through the mountains with his carbine 30-30 slung over his shoulder.<br />

The truth is <strong>Zapata</strong> does live there and in any other place where the peasants get together to discuss their<br />

problems, to organize the battle for their rights, to fight for the land they sow or to dream of a better life for<br />

themselves and their children. They made a mistake, those who murdered him on April 14th of 1919 in<br />

Chinameca. They couldn’t get rid of him altogether. Emiliano <strong>Zapata</strong> is still here, among us.<br />

No other hero in the history of Mexico, or its revolution, has the timeliness, the vitality, the importance<br />

that Emiliano <strong>Zapata</strong> has for us. His battle isn’t over. Our people want land and freedom. Wants to live in the<br />

place where they were born, where their ancestors were born, without misery and injustice forcing them to<br />

abandon their soil, their people, their customs.<br />

Emiliano <strong>Zapata</strong> is still trotting. He’s flag, standard, symbol, battle call and image that is repeated over<br />

and over on walls, shawls, t-shirts and the photos that accompany the protests and battles and dreams of the<br />

peasants, of the poor of Mexico and Latin America; those who want, who deserve, who fight for a better life.<br />

Epigmenio Ibarra<br />

México, DF, August 10, 2004<br />

Estimados Educadores,<br />

Hay quien dice, todavía hoy, en el campo mexicano que Emiliano <strong>Zapata</strong> no ha muerto. Que se le mira<br />

cabalgar por las montañas en su caballo blanco y con su carabina 30-30.<br />

Lo cierto es que <strong>Zapata</strong> vive ahí, en cualquier lugar donde se reúnen los campesinos a discutir sus<br />

problemas, a organizarse para la lucha por sus derechos, a pelear por la tierra que trabajan o a soñar en una vida<br />

mejor para ellos y para sus hijos. Se equivocaron los que aquel 14 de abril de 1919 en Chinameca lo asesinaron.<br />

No pudieron matarlo del todo. Emiliano <strong>Zapata</strong> sigue aquí entre nosotros.<br />

Ningún héroe de la historia de México, de la Revolución mexicana, tiene la vigencia, la vitalidad, la<br />

importancia que tiene para nosotros Emiliano <strong>Zapata</strong>. Su lucha no ha<br />

terminado. Nuestra gente quiere tierra y libertad. Quiere poder vivir en<br />

el lugar en el que ha nacido, en el que nacieron sus antepasados sin que<br />

la miseria y la injusticia los obliguen a abandonar su tierra, su gente,<br />

sus costumbres.<br />

Emiliano <strong>Zapata</strong> no ha dejado de cabalgar. Es bandera,<br />

estandarte, símbolo, consigna, imagen que se repite en muros, mantas,<br />

camisetas, fotografías que acompaña las marchas y las luchas y los<br />

sueños de los campesinos, de los pobres de México y América Latina;<br />

esos que quieren, que merecen, que luchan por una vida mejor.<br />

Epigmenio Ibarra<br />

México, DF, a 10 de agosto de 200

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