Zapatista women briefly take Mexico radio station

CNN
March 9, 2000

Zapatista women briefly take Mexico radio station

                   MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -- Some 8,000 Mexican women, many of them
                   Zapatista rebel sympathizers, peacefully took over a Chiapas radio station
                   Wednesday to demonstrate for the rights of women and indigenous Indians,
                   authorities said.

                   In commemoration of International Women's Day, the protesters interrupted
                   programming for about half an hour at the station in San Cristobal de Las
                   Casas, capital of the southern state of Chiapas, where on January 1, 1994,
                   the Zapatista rebels launched an armed insurrection against the government
                   over indigenous rights.

                   The women, dressed in traditional clothing and accompanied by children
                   and husbands, came to Chiapas from outlying communities for the
                   demonstration. Local officials reported no disturbances.