It is the Zapatista uprising, a low intensity conflict due to neo-liberal policies at the expense of social welfare of indigenous people the southern state of Chiapas. It started on January 1, 1994 and has been led by the popular "Subcomandante Marcos", main ideologist and spokesman of the movement.

Chiapas, officially "Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas", is one of the thirty-one states along with the Federal District that comprises the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. "Periodicos de Chiapas" is a period of time encompassing the Chiapas conflict during the Zapatista Uprising subsequent to the passing of North American Federal Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994 which led to the cancellation of Article 27 of Mexico's constitution and happened to be the cornerstone of Emiliano Zapata's revolution of 1901-1919 that protected Indian communal landholdings from either sale or privatization.

The population of Chiapas is 4,796,580.

The area of Chiapas is 73,289 square kilometers.

Chiapas was created on 1824-09-14.