A major cause of the 1994 Zapatista revolt in Chiapas was
A) the Mexican government's anticlerical policies.
B) the Salinas government's free trade program.
C) the impact of the maquiladora program.
D) the government's imposition of a communal ejido land system.

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The Zapatista revolt was largely a response to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which the Salinas government supported. The Zapatistas opposed NAFTA because they believed it would harm indigenous communities and small farmers in Chiapas.

A Major Cause of the 1994 Zapatista Revolt in Chiapas