71. In an address Friday before a Senate panel on Indian rights, Madrazo called for changes in electoral laws that will allow Indians better political representation. 72. In addition to the Zapatista rebellion over Indian rights, Chiapas is plagued by land disputes and tensions between Protestants and Catholics, and between political factions. 73. In his statement Monday, Marcos suggested a national plebiscite on a proposed constitutional amendment for Indian rights. 74. In his first act as president, Fox sent a rebel-supported Indian rights bill to Congress. 75. In March, Marcos led a group of supporters on a long march from Chiapas to Mexico City to fight for passage of an Indian rights bill. 76. In his first acts as president, Fox submitted an Indian rights bill to Congress and began a troop pullback in Chiapas. 77. In an attempt to resolve the seven-year conflict, Fox submitted an Indian rights bill to Congress that had been drafted jointly by rebel and government negotiators. 78. In Mexico, a pact on Indian rights turned a southern uprising down to a simmer. 79. In Mexico City, they will lobby for the passage of an Indian rights bill for greater autonomy for Indian communities. 80. Indian rights was only the first of several subjects the government agreed to discuss with the rebels. |