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In recent years, issues involving indigenous land rights have become an increasing prominent in Latin America, as indigenous peoples become more politically active. Less attention has been given, though, to where land rights come into conflict with environmental concerns and how indigenous people may respond. In the case of the Lacandón Jungle in Mexico, the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) has chosen to defend settler communities tha...

One of the less explored facets of the ZapatistaNational Liberation Army's (EZLN) struggle with theMexican federal government is how indigenous landrights have come into conflict with environmentalism. The EZLN presents itself as a champion of the rightsof all indigenous people in Mexico. Yet the Mayanfarmers that support it have come into conflict withthe Lacandón Maya, supported by the Mexicangovernment, over access to land in the Montes Azu...