After a long struggle, the vendors at the traditional market in San Cristóbal de las Casas won the battle to stay at their place of work and sustainance. Among general joy, Narciso Ruiz Sántiz, president of the newly formed Association of Merchants of the Traditional Market of San Cristóbal de las Casas gave this press conference.

(Also read the articl on the situation before the agreement, by Hermann Bellinghausen of La Jornada.)