In Zapatista's village

San Cristobal - can't get enough

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April 25th 2011
The Mayan woman knees down holding some of her handmade crafts. Around her back wrapped in a blanket a child sleeps. She wears a black woolen skirt and and a colorful top with embroidered pattern of her indigenous tribe. She holds up her hands with some necklesses and looks towards me saying something like "It's beautiful, only for 10 pesos". That's a typical picture of streets life in San Cri ... read more

North America » Mexico » Chiapas » San Cristobal de las Casas

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more