La reforma del Estado y el acceso de los pueblos indios a los medios de comunicación

The uprising of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional) on January first, 1994 not only stated demands related to justice, peace, dignity and recognition of the Indian communities basic rights, but also their access to collective communication media. For that reason, the point number 9 of San Andres Larrainzar Agreements and the seventh clause of the Legal Iniciative of Indian Rights and Culture officially stated that the Mexican state had recognized that “indian people are entitled to free determination and autonomy, as a part of the Mexican state […] to acquire, operate and administrate their own communication media”. However, in spite of this political recognition, the agreements contained within both law iniciatives sent to the Legislative Power were deceitful and non sufficient to achieve a substantial change in the issue, and consequently, things remained unaltered.