Video Newsreel: Yucatán Awaits Marcos (9:12 minutes)

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Video Team: Gregory Berger, Sarahy Flores Sosa, Barrett Hawes
Audio: Karla Lorena Aguilar, Quetzal Belmont
Script: Teo Ballvé, Al Giordano, The People of Yucatán
Web design: Dan Feder
Translation: Luis Gómez (Spanish), José L. López Quintal (Maya)

Archival footage courtesy of the film:
"The American Egypt" (2001) by Jesse Lerner - www.americanegypt.net
www.subcine.com

Read the accompanying report:

Yucatán Awaits Arrival of Zapatista Subcomandante Marcos

In the Capital City of Mérida, Many Don't Know Who "Delegate Zero" Is… But in the Farmlands, the Air Is Heavy with Expectation and a History of Rebellion

By Al Giordano

Listen to accompanying radio reports:

"The Enemy is a System"
Public Opinion in Mérida on the Eve of the Zapatista Visit

By Karla Lorena Aguilar

MP3, 10mb - download - play

Mérida, Yucatán... otro espejo de México
Recorriendo las calles de la capital yucateca, escuchamos a la gente

By Quetzal Belmont (in Spanish)

MP3, 5mb - download - play