“Men,
like trees, have their roots; as lassosthat bind them to their past, their
race, their ambiance, their heritages, to the dead who gave them life, they
inherited blood...(Sotelo Inclán, Raíz y Razón de Zapata)”
Emiliano
Zapata Salazar, son of Gabriel Zapata, y Cleofas Salazar, born in a small town,
called Anenecuilco, the August 8, 1879. In this place he started a little story
of love to the land.
Anenecuilco
de los Zapata, is located in the municipality of Ayala, in the beautiful State
of Morelos, 4 km south of the center of the city of Cuautla,on the road
Cuautla-Jojutla.It is known internationally for historical past, which dates
back to pre-Hispanic period.
For
centuries Mexico has experienced a series of events that have marked its
history, mainly wars have been started by men loyal to the motherland,looking
for the defense of their people and their land, this is the case of
Anenecuilco, where started the fight for the defense of the natural
resourcesspecifically their right to land and water, causing the armed
movementand most important Mexico's social transformation of the twentieth
century,It is known as "The Revolution of the South".
That's
why Anenecuilcans is recognized worldwide as the birthplace of agrarismo,since
the Zapatista ideology "Land and Freedom" has traveled the world,
influencing great politicians and thinkers.
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