La Garrucha, Mexico
The head of Mexico’s Zapatista rebels emerged from hiding this week to embark on a nationwide tour ahead of July’s presidential election. The masked Indian rights leader, known as Subcomandante Marcos, said he wants to drop the military title and be called “Delegate Zero.” Marcos is not seeking office, but said he wants to spread socialist ideals among poor workers in all 31 Mexican states. “We will listen to the people in the places where they work, in the places where they are exploited,” he said. Marcos’ send-off coincided with the 12-year anniversary of the Zapatistas’ brief but violent uprising in Chiapas State. President Vicente Fox, who is ineligible to run again, welcomed the Zapatista tour as a sign of democracy.
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