Chiapas

Tonight in our Spanish year 3 lesson we listened to the song "Arenita Azul" by Lila Downs and talked breifly about Chiapas, the Mexican region.
I have found this moving article by José Saramago, the Portugues writer, Nobel Price 1998, about Chiapas:
http://www.el-mundo.es/larevista/num129/textos/chiapa2.html

I hope Saramago's beautiful prose gives us an idea of what was the Chiapas situation he witnessed.
Elena