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 CIS NO: 94-H381-76
 TITLE: Mexico: The Uprising in Chiapas and Democratization in Mexico.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Affairs. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+149 p.
 DATE: Feb. 2, 1994
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 103-2             SUDOC: Y4.F76/1:M57/18
 ITEM NO: 1017-A; 1017-B
 MC ENTRY NO: 95-3777

 Hearing before the Subcom on the Western Hemisphere to review circumstances
 surrounding the Jan. 1, 1994 armed uprising in Chiapas, Mexico by the
 Zapatista Army of National Liberation to protest the treatment of peasants
 and Indians. Also examines human rights conditions in Mexico.
   Supplementary material (p. 55-149) includes witnesses' written statements
 and replies to Subcom questions, submitted statements, and correspondence.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Mexico human rights conditions and Jan 1994 armed
     uprising in Chiapas, review
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
     HOUSE; MEXICO (Human rights conditions and Jan 1994 armed uprising in
     Chiapas, review); CHIAPAS, MEXICO; INSURGENCY; INDIANS; HUMAN RIGHTS

 94-H381-76 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Feb. 2, 1994 p. 4-11
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     KENNEDY, JOSEPH P., II (Rep, D-Mass)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Conditions observed in Chiapas after the
     uprising.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Mexico human rights conditions and Jan 1994 civil
     unrest, review

 94-H381-76 TESTIMONY NO: 2         Feb. 2, 1994 p. 11-34, 61-75, 101-106
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     WATSON, ALEXANDER F. (Assistant Secretary, Inter-American Affairs,
        Department of State)
     SHATTUCK, JOHN H. (Assistant Secretary, Human Rights and Humanitarian
        Affairs)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Background and details of the Chiapas uprising;
     successful nature of recent democratic reforms in Mexico; concerns about
     the human rights situation in Chiapas and elsewhere in Mexico, with
     review of Mexican Government improvement efforts.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Mexico human rights conditions and Jan 1994 armed
     uprising in Chiapas, review
 DESCRIPTORS: DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE

 94-H381-76 TESTIMONY NO: 3         Feb. 2, 1994 p. 35-41
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     HERNANDEZ, FERNANDO
     DEL ROSARIO HERNANDEZ, MARIA (Mayan residents of Chiapas)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Problems faced by the Mayan population of
     Mexico.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Mexico human rights conditions and Jan 1994 armed
     uprising in Chiapas, review

 94-H381-76 TESTIMONY NO: 4         Feb. 2, 1994 p. 41-54, 77-100
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     MENDEZ, JUAN E. (Executive Director, Human Rights Watch/Americas)
     SALINAS, CARLOS M. (Government Program Officer, Latin America and the
        Caribbean, Amnesty International, USA)
     WOEHR, CHRIS L. (Executive Editor, News Network International)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Briefing on the Chiapas uprising and Mexican
     Government response; review of alleged human rights abuses during and
     after the uprising, with implications for U.S. policy; concerns about
     human rights conditions in Mexico; religious liberty problems of
     Protestant Christians in Chiapas.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Mexico human rights conditions and Jan 1994 armed
     uprising in Chiapas, review
 DESCRIPTORS: FOREIGN.RELATIONS; CHRISTIANITY; RELIGIOUS LIBERTY; HUMAN
     RIGHTS WATCH/AMERICAS; AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, USA; NEWS NETWORK
     INTERNATIONAL