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Government open to dialogue with Zapatistas

Mexico’s Interior Minister Miguel Osorio announced the creation of a Commission for Dialogue with Indigenous Peoples last week, raising the possibility of fresh talks between the government and the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN).


Maids without benefits

Of Mexico’s 1.58 million domestic workers, 44 ​​percent have no medical insurance and receive no benefits, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI). There are 692,614 people working as maids, cooks, chauffeurs and other domestic staff without social security, INEGI revealed this week.