{"id":38182,"date":"2021-06-16T14:09:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T19:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=38182"},"modified":"2021-07-05T10:44:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T15:44:15","slug":"sub-galeano-la-calamidad-zapatista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=38182","title":{"rendered":"[:es]La Calamidad Zapatista[:en]Calamidad Zapatista[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:es]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>La Calamidad Zapatista.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>(Que narra la historia del encuentro del SupGaleano y la Calamidad, con el agregado de la Historia del Ma\u00edz Palomero y, en la secci\u00f3n deportiva: el primer partido de futbol mundial; as\u00ed como otros infelices -para el Sup- acontecimientos)<\/p>\n<p>Notas de cabeza de p\u00e1gina (nom\u00e1s por joder a las de pie de p\u00e1gina):<\/p>\n<p>(1) Una primera versi\u00f3n de esta historia fue contada, de viva voz, en el Segundo Puy ta Lecuxlejaltic, celebrado en el Caracol de Tulan Kaw en diciembre del 2019.\u00a0 Como texto era in\u00e9dito, hasta ahora.\u00a0 En esta versi\u00f3n se mantiene el corpus original y se agregan algunos detalles que pueden ayudar o no a que m\u00e1s de uno se desespere, acostumbrado como est\u00e1, tal vez, a lecturas m\u00ednimas en ideas y extensi\u00f3n.\u00a0 Es posible que usted detecte algunos spoilers sobre lo que ahora se conoce como \u201c<strong><em>Traves\u00eda por la Vida<\/em><\/strong>\u201d.\u00a0 No preocupar, suele suceder que el zapatismo enuncie cosas que no han sucedido todav\u00eda.\u00a0 Esa irresponsabilidad zapatista es ya legendaria, as\u00ed que deje de quejarse y mal hablar.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Lamentablemente, este texto no tiene los efectos especiales que se usaron en el mencionado caracol, y que le valieron, al SupGaleano, 7 nominaciones para \u201cLa Palomita de Cart\u00f3n\u201d, m\u00e1ximo galard\u00f3n que se entrega a quien mayor n\u00famero de tazones de palomitas de ma\u00edz , con harta salsa picante, consuma\u2026 sin recurrir a anti\u00e1cidos.\u00a0 Nivel \u201ccon o son pel\u00edcula\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>(3) <em>Warning<\/em>: las siguientes narraciones pueden contener im\u00e1genes que escandalicen a quienes carecen de imaginaci\u00f3n, inteligencia y cosas igualmente sin valor en la modernidad.\u00a0 No se recomienda su lectura a adultos mayores de 21 a\u00f1os, a menos que sean supervisados por infantes menores de 12 a\u00f1os.\u00a0 \u00a1\u00bfC\u00f3mo?! \u00bfVa usted a leer a pesar de esta seria advertencia?\u00a0 No le digo, si ya no hay valores, oiga.<\/p>\n<p>(4) La narraci\u00f3n est\u00e1 inspirada en hechos reales.\u00a0 Los nombres se mantienen para deslindar responsabilidades ante la Comisi\u00f3n de Justicia de la Junta de Buen Gobierno\u2026\u00a0 \u00bfQu\u00e9?, ah, claro, puede usted dudar de la veracidad de lo que aqu\u00ed se narra, pero\u2026 \u00bfno dud\u00f3 usted tambi\u00e9n de que los zapatones iban a invadir Europa? \u00bfAh, verdad?\u00a0 Todos los seres que aqu\u00ed se detallan, existen en la realidad. \u00a0Si alguien no se imagina que esto sea posible, no es culpa de la realidad.\u00a0 M\u00e1s bien es que le falta imaginaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>(5) \u00bfEh?, no, no le estoy rega\u00f1ando, estoy, como quien dice, d\u00e1ndole el contexto de lo que sigue y que es\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>-*-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00c9sta es la historia de una ni\u00f1a zapatista a la que nadie quer\u00eda, porque era, y es, diferente entre los diferentes.<\/p>\n<p>La ni\u00f1a que les cuento naci\u00f3 en una comunidad ind\u00edgena zapatista.\u00a0 El nombre de su pueblo, regi\u00f3n o zona, no importa ahora.<\/p>\n<p>Lejos de los espejos siempre, ella creci\u00f3 mirando y escuchando el mundo a trav\u00e9s de la mirada y el o\u00eddo de otras ni\u00f1as y ni\u00f1os. \u00a0Ella naci\u00f3 grande y es una ni\u00f1a grande.\u00a0 Y cuando digo grande, me refiero a su tama\u00f1o, su estatura y peso, no a su edad cronol\u00f3gica.\u00a0 Pero, como ya les dije que miraba seg\u00fan la mirada de las ni\u00f1as y ni\u00f1os de su edad, ella no era consciente de su diferencia.<\/p>\n<p>En su idea de s\u00ed misma, ella era tan peque\u00f1a como el resto de las ni\u00f1as y ni\u00f1os de su generaci\u00f3n, ahora entre 3 y 6 a\u00f1os de edad.<\/p>\n<p>Cuando naci\u00f3, se cay\u00f3 a los pocos d\u00edas.\u00a0 Ya saben ustedes que la costumbre de las mujeres ind\u00edgenas es que, despu\u00e9s del parto, no tardan en reincorporarse a sus trabajos.\u00a0 Con el reboso cargan a la cr\u00eda como mam\u00e1 canguro, ah\u00ed el producto o <em>producta<\/em> come, duerme y hace las necesidades que llaman primarias\u00a0 (o sea 25 y 50 \u2013orinar y defecar, para los ne\u00f3fitos-).\u00a0 Con la creatura incorporada a su propio cuerpo, la mujer maniobra con el reboso mientras hace sus trabajos, y, no pocas veces, se tercia el reboso a la espalda.\u00a0 Ergo, las <em>mamaces<\/em> son superiores a las <em>canguras<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>En fin, esto le da a la creatura una superioridad sobre quien la cre\u00f3, porque puede mirar lo que su madre no.\u00a0 As\u00ed, la cr\u00eda mira lo que mira la mam\u00e1 cuando la trae al frente; y mira lo que no mira su madre, cuando est\u00e1 a su espalda.\u00a0 Y ambas perspectivas sin abandonar la cercan\u00eda \u00edntima con su creadora.<\/p>\n<p>Esta doble mirada, que les puede parecer normal a quienes nacen, crecen, viven y mueren en una comunidad ind\u00edgena, le permite a la creatura escapar de la censura.\u00a0 Es decir, puede mirar cosas que tal vez la madre no quiere que mire, o no todav\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, lo s\u00e9.\u00a0 Estoy especulando desde el mundo adulto sobre el mirar de la ni\u00f1ez temprana, pero esto es un cuento o una historia que ustedes nunca sabr\u00e1n si ocurri\u00f3 u ocurre realmente; o fue inventada en esas madrugadas solitarias, pobladas de caf\u00e9 y humo de tabaco, que se reiteran en las monta\u00f1as del sureste mexicano.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00ed que, volviendo a la ni\u00f1a, sus primeros d\u00edas no se diferenciaban mucho de los del resto: en veces miraba lo que miraba la madre: el fog\u00f3n, el altero de le\u00f1a, la olla, los platos, la cuchara, el arroyo y la cubeta, los animales, el creador c\u00f3mplice (\u201cpap\u00e1\u201d, le dir\u00e1 despu\u00e9s) y, tal vez, las dem\u00e1s creaturas de diversos tama\u00f1os que corr\u00edan y trabajaban y a quienes llamar\u00e1 luego \u201chermanos\u201d o \u201chermanas\u201d, y ser\u00e1n su primer conflicto.\u00a0 Porque, como todos ustedes saben, hermanos que no pelean entre s\u00ed, no son hermanos.<\/p>\n<p>Cuando le tocaba estar a la espalda, la ni\u00f1a miraba otro mundo.\u00a0 Ah\u00ed podr\u00eda ser que le diera miedo lo que aparec\u00eda y se refugiara dentro del reboso, tal vez pensando: \u201c<em>no, demasiada informaci\u00f3n, ahora debo concentrarme en lo esencial en este mundo: llorar, comer, cagar, dormir, repite<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>O podr\u00eda ser que no se escondiera.\u00a0 Podr\u00eda ser que sus ojos se abrieran m\u00e1s y sus manitas trataran de alcanzar el vuelo de un ave, o a ese pato (sin agraviar) que, s\u00ed, caminaba muy otro pero, \u00bfqui\u00e9n era ella para criticar, si ni siquiera sab\u00eda que esas dos cosas que ten\u00eda al final inferior de su cuerpo serv\u00edan para algo m\u00e1s que tratar de meterlas en la boca?<\/p>\n<p>Lo que pas\u00f3 le pudo pasar a cualquiera.\u00a0 La madre, atareada en acomodar la le\u00f1a, se terci\u00f3 a la espalda el reboso y no se dio cuenta de que, en el movimiento, qued\u00f3 expuesta la parte inferior y la ni\u00f1a, como les dije que era grande y pesada, se resbal\u00f3 y cay\u00f3 al suelo con un \u201c<em>plop<\/em>\u201d casi imperceptible, porque el charco con lodo en el que aterriz\u00f3 aminor\u00f3 el impacto.<\/p>\n<p>No todos los accidentes son desafortunados.\u00a0 A la ni\u00f1a no le dio tiempo de llorar porque, justo en ese momento, pasaba la mam\u00e1 <em>cucha<\/em>, una gran cerda, con varios <em>cuchitos<\/em> persigui\u00e9ndola.\u00a0 La ni\u00f1a se uni\u00f3 a la procesi\u00f3n y, gateando, iba detr\u00e1s como un <em>cuchito<\/em> m\u00e1s de la peque\u00f1a piara.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfLa mam\u00e1?\u00a0 Ni en cuenta.\u00a0 Fue hasta que regres\u00f3 el marido de la milpa y le pregunt\u00f3 por la ni\u00f1a, que la mam\u00e1 se dio cuenta de que el reboso a su espalda pesaba menos que de costumbre.<\/p>\n<p>Empezaron a buscar a la ni\u00f1a, pero no tardaron mucho en encontrarla: sentada junto con los <em>cuchitos<\/em>, la ni\u00f1a se divert\u00eda con el lodo y abrazaba a un <em>cuchito<\/em> que no estaba nada feliz con la muestra de cari\u00f1o, porque, \u00bfya lo dije?, la ni\u00f1a era grande y fuerte.<\/p>\n<p>El hombre rio de buena gana y fue por su celular para tomarle una foto, pero la madre dijo lo que todas las <em>mamaces <\/em>que en el mundo son y han sido, dir\u00edan en un caso semejante: \u201c\u00a1<em>Ni\u00f1a, eres una calamidad<\/em>!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Puesto que la ni\u00f1a ya gateaba, dej\u00f3 el reboso -lo que la espalda de la compa\u00f1era agradec\u00eda profundamente-.\u00a0 La ni\u00f1a, adem\u00e1s de grande, era curiosa.\u00a0 Una vez se le ocurri\u00f3 probar qu\u00e9 pasar\u00eda si envolv\u00eda el le\u00f1o encendido que cay\u00f3 del fog\u00f3n con un trapo.\u00a0 El asunto es que el trapo era el medio fondo de la compa\u00f1era.\u00a0 La mam\u00e1 se dio cuenta con el olor a nailon quemado y grit\u00f3: \u201c\u00a1<em>Ni\u00f1a, eres una calamidad<\/em>!\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Un d\u00eda, su mam\u00e1 la llev\u00f3 al mercado en la cabecera municipal.\u00a0 Mientras la se\u00f1ora buscaba un medio fondo para reponer el quemado, la ni\u00f1a se acerc\u00f3 a una pir\u00e1mide de latas y le pareci\u00f3 que las latas de mero abajo no estaban c\u00f3modas, as\u00ed que quit\u00f3 una de la base.\u00a0 El estr\u00e9pito se escuch\u00f3 en todo el galer\u00f3n del mercado.\u00a0 El due\u00f1o del puesto tom\u00f3 a la ni\u00f1a en brazos y la entreg\u00f3 a su mam\u00e1 diciendo: \u201c<em>Se\u00f1ora, su ni\u00f1a es una calamidad<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Cuando se encontraban de nuevo, despu\u00e9s de una larga jornada de trabajo, cada quien en lo que le tocaba, el se\u00f1or y la se\u00f1ora intercambiaban informes.\u00a0 En su turno, la mam\u00e1 iniciaba: \u201c<em>esta ni\u00f1a es una calamidad<\/em>\u201d, y segu\u00eda con una larga lista de travesuras.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>-*-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Como todos no deben de saber, los ni\u00f1os y ni\u00f1as no respetan la champa del SupGaleano.\u00a0 No importa cu\u00e1ntas trampas y obst\u00e1culos ponga el Sup, siempre encuentran el modo para aparecer en el dintel de la puerta pidiendo mantecadas, un bal\u00f3n, o simplemente un cuento.<\/p>\n<p>Una tarde apareci\u00f3 una ni\u00f1a grande de cuerpo.\u00a0 El SupGaleano, con ese tacto diplom\u00e1tico que le caracteriza, le pregunt\u00f3: \u201c<em>\u00bfT\u00fa qui\u00e9n eres? No te conozco<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 La ni\u00f1a, como es l\u00f3gico, respondi\u00f3: \u201c<em>Yo soy una Calamidad<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Al SupGaleano le cay\u00f3 en gracia la honestidad de la ni\u00f1a, as\u00ed que la dej\u00f3 estar en la champa hasta que su mam\u00e1 lleg\u00f3 a buscarla.\u00a0 La se\u00f1ora se deshac\u00eda en disculpas y es que su hija era una calamidad. \u00a0El SupGaleano, que siente empat\u00eda por la ni\u00f1ez -tal vez porque \u00e9l mismo no llega ni siquiera a la pubertad-, s\u00f3lo murmur\u00f3: \u201c<em>pues la ni\u00f1a no lo hurta, lo hereda<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A partir de entonces, la ni\u00f1a Calamidad aparec\u00eda de tanto en tanto en la champa y, como es de deducir, hac\u00eda una calamidad.\u00a0 Por ejemplo, la ni\u00f1a hab\u00eda observado que el SupGaleano rega\u00f1aba al gato-perro porque se orinaba en el suelo y la pared de la casita.\u00a0 Un d\u00eda lleg\u00f3 su gana de 25 de la Calamidad y se subi\u00f3 al colch\u00f3n todo hollado y quemado del Sup -porque el Sup es un irresponsable que fuma pipa en la cama (no es cierto, es decir, s\u00ed soy irresponsable pero no es el tema, el colch\u00f3n ya estaba hollado de por s\u00ed y a veces estornudo y ya se imaginan)- y se hizo de 25.\u00a0 El Sup se embraveci\u00f3 y le pregunt\u00f3 a Calamidad por qu\u00e9 hac\u00eda as\u00ed.\u00a0 Y la Calamidad, con esa l\u00f3gica apabullante de la ni\u00f1ez, le respondi\u00f3: \u201c<em>Pos dijiste que no se hagan 25 en el suelo<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>El Sup no supo qu\u00e9 decir y con el trapeador hizo lo que pudo para limpiar el colch\u00f3n, que tampoco era como para presumir.\u00a0 Entre que una familia de ratones lo hab\u00eda agarrado de vivienda y las quemadas de las briznas de tabaco que se ca\u00edan de la pipa, pues tampoco era para que el Sup se pusiera remilgoso.<\/p>\n<p>Y para corroborarlo, el gato-perro lo miraba al Sup con cara de: \u201c<em>ah\u00ed est\u00e1, yo soy un santo comparado con la Calamidad<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 Y por lo mismo, el gato-perro simpatizaba con la ni\u00f1a.\u00a0 Sus travesuras parec\u00edan m\u00ednimas comparadas con las de la temible Calamidad.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00ed que la ni\u00f1a, el Sup y el gato-perro se llevaban bien, tal vez porque los tres eran disfuncionales.\u00a0 O sea que digamos que nunca llegar\u00e1n a ser unos ciudadanos modelos, ni ganar\u00e1n premios, ni tendr\u00e1n puestos gubernamentales o cosas igualmente horribles.\u00a0 A pesar de eso, cuando llegaba la pandilla de Defensa Zapatista, la Calamidad se escabull\u00eda, porque sab\u00eda que no era bien vista por el resto de la humanidad.<\/p>\n<p>Pero, como dec\u00eda el finado SupMarcos (que diosito lo tenga en su santa gloria y la virgen sant\u00edsima lo colme de bendiciones): \u201c<em>cuando creas que no puede pasar algo peor, siempre puede aparecer la pandilla de Defensa Zapatista<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Las desgracias nunca andan solas<\/em>\u201d, digo yo, as\u00ed que no tard\u00f3 en ocurrir que confluyeran una serie de fen\u00f3menos en lo que ser\u00eda el antecedente de la tormenta perfecta.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00ed, lleg\u00f3 el d\u00eda, aunque m\u00e1s bien era tarde, en que la Calamidad entr\u00f3 al selecto grupo de Defensa Zapatista, cuya segunda al mando, Esperanza Zapatista, no hac\u00eda sino reiterar lo parad\u00f3jico de su nombre\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>CALAMIDAD Y LA BANDA DE DEFENSA ZAPATISTA<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Era una tarde en las monta\u00f1as del Sureste Mexicano.\u00a0 En el potrero de la comunidad, un grupo de ni\u00f1os y ni\u00f1as jugaban con un bal\u00f3n.\u00a0 Bueno, eso podr\u00eda parecerle a quien no conozca a esa banda.<\/p>\n<p>En realidad se trataba de un riguroso entrenamiento del equipo infantil de f\u00fatbol de Defensa Zapatista.\u00a0 Ahora mismo est\u00e1n practicando el contragolpe, maniobra que Defensa Zapatista explica as\u00ed: \u201c<em>Hagan de cuenta que vienen con el bal\u00f3n los malditos enemigos del equipo contrario, que son m\u00e1s grandes que nosotras, que juegan mejor que nosotras, que todo el p\u00fablico los apoya, que est\u00e1n mejor alimentados que nosotras, mejor entrenados que nosotras, que tienen el uniforme cabal y que estamos en su cancha o sea que ellos son locales. \u00bfQu\u00e9 hacemos?<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>El Pedrito se encoge de hombros, las hip\u00f3tesis de Defensa Zapatista siempre le parecen err\u00f3neas de principio y mal planteadas.\u00a0 El caballo choco deja por un momento de masticar la botella de pl\u00e1stico, parece que lo piensa un momento, y luego sigue masticando como si nada. \u00a0El gato-perro se pone detr\u00e1s de Defensa, as\u00ed que parece que \u00e9l tambi\u00e9n espera la respuesta.\u00a0 La Esperanza Zapatista se da cuenta de que es la \u00fanica que queda, entonces se arma de valor como mujeres que somos, nada de que nada, resistencia y rebeld\u00eda, y levanta su manita.\u00a0 Defensa Zapatista respira con alivio y dice: \u201c<em>A ver, Esperanza, \u00bfqu\u00e9 hacemos?<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 La Esperanza Zapatista carraspea un poco y, siguiendo el m\u00e9todo zapatista fundado por el finado SupMarcos, responde: \u201c<em>\u00bfCorremos?<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>El gato-perro mueve la cola con aprobaci\u00f3n.\u00a0 Pedrito est\u00e1 a punto de decir que la respuesta-pregunta de Esperanza abre un nuevo terreno epist\u00e9mico.\u00a0 El caballo choco sigue masticando pero ahora con m\u00e1s enjundia.<\/p>\n<p>Defensa Zapatista se mesa los cabellos y grita: <em>\u201c\u00a1No! Nada de correr.\u00a0 Nada de que nada, resistencia y rebeld\u00eda.\u00a0 Lo que hacemos es dar un contragolpe.\u00a0 Un patad\u00f3n pues, que aviente la pelota muy lejos.\u00a0 A ver, Pedrito, t\u00fa patea el bal\u00f3n<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>El Pedrito ser\u00e1 muy trucha para la teor\u00eda del conocimiento y los paradigmas epistemol\u00f3gicos, pero siempre patea chueco.\u00a0 As\u00ed que el bal\u00f3n, en lugar de ir a la cancha contraria, va a caer a la peque\u00f1a laguna que est\u00e1 a un costado del potrero\u2026 perd\u00f3n, del campo de entrenamiento de alto rendimiento aut\u00f3nomo, permiso de la Junta de Buen Gobierno, n\u00famero no-s\u00e9, sede en el Caracol de Tulan Kaw, domicilio conocido.<\/p>\n<p>La pandilla se agolpa a la orilla y mira con desolaci\u00f3n que la pelota ha quedado flotando justo en medio del mar inh\u00f3spito\u2026\u00a0 ok, en medio del charco, porque la \u201claguna\u201d no mide m\u00e1s de 10 metros de di\u00e1metro y no rebasa los 50 cent\u00edmetros de profundidad.<\/p>\n<p>La Esperanza Zapatista, con ese optimismo que su nombre delata, dice: \u201c<em>Seguro hay tiburones muy fieros, de \u00e9sos que ni te mastican.\u00a0 Ah\u00ed nom\u00e1s te tragan y mueres cruelmente en la panza del tibur\u00f3n, en medio de pescaditos y botellas de pl\u00e1stico que se zamp\u00f3 antes<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>El caballo choco para las orejas cuando escucha \u201cbotellas de pl\u00e1stico\u201d, pero no se mueve.<\/p>\n<p>Mientras Esperanza ha descrito ese bello cuadro impresionista modelo \u201c<em>Sharknado<\/em>\u201d, el Pedrito ha consultado en su celular y aclara:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Imposible, no hay tiburones en agua dulce.\u00a0 Por lo tanto, no hay nada que temer de esos selaquimorfos<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Todos respiran aliviados.\u00a0 Pero el Pedrito prosigue: \u201c<em>por otro lado, es muy probable que haya cocodrilos<\/em>\u201d y se\u00f1ala algo parecido a un tronco que flota en la lagunita.\u00a0 Todos se estremecen.<\/p>\n<p>El gato-perro, por su parte, es perro pero es gato, as\u00ed que nada de mojarse.<\/p>\n<p>Defensa Zapatista razona: \u201c<em>bueno, de todas formas ya estaba viejo ese bal\u00f3n, que tal el Sup tiene otro guardado, o que pida uno con los ciudadanos<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mientras toda la pandilla est\u00e1 tratando de disfrazar de prudencia su miedo, la Calamidad, que ha estado observando todo desde un su escondite, sale, se mete al agua, recoge el bal\u00f3n, regresa con \u00e9l, y lo pone frente a Defensa Zapatista.<\/p>\n<p>La pandilla, despu\u00e9s de salir de su estupor, aplaude a rabiar, intenta levantar en hombros a Calamidad pero pesa mucho, as\u00ed que optan por darle unas palmaditas en la espalda.<\/p>\n<p>Recuperado el bal\u00f3n, Defensa Zapatista empieza a dar nuevas instrucciones, pero, cuando voltean a mirar, Calamidad ha vuelto a lanzar el bal\u00f3n al agua.<\/p>\n<p>Defensa le pregunta: \u201c<em>\u00bfQu\u00e9 hiciste?<\/em>\u201d, y, como respuesta, Calamidad se vuelve a meter al agua y saca de nuevo el bal\u00f3n.\u00a0 Le vuelven a aplaudir.\u00a0 La tercera vez que lo hace, la pandilla recibe la pelota con un silencio sepulcral.<\/p>\n<p>A la quinta vez tienen que agarrar a Calamidad entre todos para que no vuelva a aventar el esf\u00e9rico al agua. \u00a0Calamidad se desconcierta: \u00bfQu\u00e9 el juego no se trataba de eso?<\/p>\n<p>El equipo se retira un poco, guardando celosamente el bal\u00f3n, lejos de la compulsi\u00f3n de Calamidad; s\u00f3lo Defensa Zapatista queda pensando y mira intrigada a la ni\u00f1a.\u00a0 En su complicada mente, llena de estrategia y t\u00e1ctica futbol\u00edsticas, entiende ahora lo que le dijo alguna vez el finado SupMarcos: \u201c<em>la maravilla de la sorpresa, no est\u00e1 s\u00f3lo en hacer algo inesperado, tambi\u00e9n en d\u00f3nde hacerlo, cu\u00e1ndo hacerlo, con qu\u00e9 hacerlo\u2026 y con qui\u00e9n hacerlo<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 La carita de la ni\u00f1a Defensa Zapatista se ilumina.\u00a0 Le pregunta a la ni\u00f1a: \u201c<em>\u00bfC\u00f3mo te llamas?<\/em>\u201d\u00a0 La ni\u00f1a responde: \u201c<em>Yo soy una Calamidad<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Defensa abraza a la Calamidad y le dice: \u201c<em>T\u00fa vas a estar en nuestro equipo.\u00a0 Y ahora te llamas la Calamidad Zapatista.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0 Y, dirigi\u00e9ndose al resto del equipo les comunica: \u201c<em>ya tenemos una nueva arma secreta<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 Todos miran aterrorizados como, mientras Defensa explica una nueva y compleja estrategia de juego a la que llama \u201cresistencia y rebeld\u00eda\u201d, la Calamidad avienta de nuevo la pelota al agua y, despu\u00e9s de sonre\u00edr, se lanza al mar embravecido\u2026 ok, a la lagunita, para recoger el bal\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Esperanza jura que una ballena monstruosa le acerc\u00f3 el bal\u00f3n a Calamidad.\u00a0 Pedrito aclar\u00f3 que no era una ballena, sino el <em>Kraken<\/em> que se hab\u00eda venido a refugiar a tierras zapatistas\u2026 ok, a aguas zapatistas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23011 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ballena1.jpg?resize=631%2C355\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ballena1.jpg?resize=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ballena1.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ballena1.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ballena1.jpg?w=1032&amp;ssl=1 1032w\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"355\" data-attachment-id=\"23011\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/06\/16\/la-calamidad-zapatista\/ballena1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ballena1.jpg?fit=1032%2C581&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1032,581\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ballena1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ballena1.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ballena1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>El asunto es que la Calamidad estaba feliz porque ten\u00eda nuevos amigos, y no cualquier grupo de amigos: era la pandilla de Defensa Zapatista, la \u00fanica que ten\u00eda en su contra \u00f3rdenes de restricci\u00f3n en pr\u00e1cticamente toda la estructura organizativa zapatista.<\/p>\n<p>La Calamidad Zapatista tendr\u00e1 unos 3 \u00f3 4 a\u00f1os y, como es la m\u00e1s peque\u00f1a de edad, aunque no de cuerpo, les dice \u201cdo\u00f1a\u201d a las mayores, como le ense\u00f1aron.\u00a0 A Defensa Zapatista le dice \u201cDo\u00f1a Defensa\u201d, lo que no les cae en gracia ni a ella ni a Esperanza, que viene siendo \u201cDo\u00f1a Esperanza\u201d a sus 8 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p>Ya en su nuevo grupo, la Calamidad sinti\u00f3 la necesidad de avisarle a su antigua banda infantil.\u00a0 Dio un sentido discurso de despedida a unos <em>cuchitos<\/em> que s\u00f3lo la olfatearon y le mordieron el pantal\u00f3n que portaba.\u00a0 Los presentes juran que a la mam\u00e1 <em>cucha<\/em> se le nublaron los ojos.<\/p>\n<p>Los Subs, el CCRI, las zonas, las JBG, los MAREZ, y todas las comisiones aut\u00f3nomas habidas y por haber, podr\u00e1n quejarse lo que quieran, pero si algo hay que reconocerle a la pandilla de Defensa Zapatista es que se proteg\u00edan unas a otros.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00ed que la Calamidad pudo ya asistir a los distintos actos p\u00fablicos del EZLN a los que antes no pod\u00eda por tenerlo prohibido, ya que se tem\u00eda que fuera a hacer una calamidad.<\/p>\n<p>No era pues extra\u00f1o que, en los eventos, se viera pasar una ni\u00f1a rodeada de una fiera escolta de milicianas.\u00a0 Pero todos sab\u00edamos que no la estaban cuidando a ella, sino a los asistentes, porque, bueno, era una calamidad.<\/p>\n<p>El Pedrito le explic\u00f3 as\u00ed:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Es que la compa\u00f1erita Calamidad, pues c\u00f3mo te dir\u00e9, pues es una calamidad.\u00a0 Nadie la quiere, s\u00f3lo el SupGaleano y Defensa Zapatista la quieren.\u00a0 Y \u00a0nom\u00e1s se hablan con el Sup y luego se ponen a cantar ambos dos mutuamente, la Calamidad y el SupGaleano.\u00a0 Muy fiero cantan, como que les duele la panza.\u00a0 Pero ellos piensan que cantan muy bonito.\u00a0 Y hacen sus obras de teatro, pero nadie mira.\u00a0 S\u00f3lo est\u00e1n los grillos.\u00a0 Y el Sup dice que aplauden los grillos, pero qu\u00e9 va a ser, si los grillos nom\u00e1s hacen su ruidero todo el tiempo, no es que aplauden.\u00a0 Pero la Calamidad lo cree y hace su caravana para agradecer, que as\u00ed le ense\u00f1\u00f3 el Sup, y entonces el Sup le cuenta unas historias terribles y maravillosas mientras se atascan de palomitas<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Y precisamente ahora, en la champa, s\u00f3lo est\u00e1n el Sup, el gato-perro y la Calamidad.\u00a0 Y ah\u00ed nom\u00e1s, de pronto, el Sup se echa en la boca un pu\u00f1ado de palomitas con salsa picante, da un trago de conocido refresco de cola, y empieza a contar\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>La Historia del Ma\u00edz Palomero.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Hace mucho tiempo, cuando el tiempo empezaba a caminar a los tumbos, como viejito bolo, los m\u00e1s grandes dioses, los que nacieron el mundo, se reunieron en una su asamblea y tomaron el acuerdo de encargar a la m\u00e1s sabedora de todos, <strong><em>Ixmucan\u00e9<\/em><\/strong>, que hiciera a los hombres y mujeres de ma\u00edz.<\/p>\n<p>Pero los dioses varones eran muy tarugos, como de por s\u00ed, y no se dieron cuenta de que no se pod\u00eda porque todav\u00eda no se hab\u00eda creado el ma\u00edz.\u00a0 Entonces la <strong><em>Ixmucan\u00e9<\/em><\/strong> les dijo: \u201c<em>Ah hermanitos, de plano no se puede creer, \u00bfc\u00f3mo voy a hacer a la humanidad de ma\u00edz si todav\u00eda no existe el ma\u00edz?<\/em>\u201d\u00a0 \u201c<em>Ta bueno<\/em>\u201d, dijeron los dioses varones, \u201c<em>pero ah\u00ed lo veas porque ya es acuerdo de asamblea y tiene que vas a cumplir<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>La <strong><em>Ixmucan\u00e9<\/em><\/strong> rezong\u00f3 un buen rato, como de por s\u00ed rezongan las mujeres, que c\u00f3mo quieren que haga si no hay c\u00f3mo, que de plano no lo piensan los pinches varones, que ahora c\u00f3mo le hago, que a ver qu\u00e9 llega en mi cabeza para resolver <strong><em>la<\/em><\/strong> problema.<\/p>\n<p>Mientras est\u00e1 pensando la <strong><em>Ixmucan\u00e9<\/em><\/strong>, los dioses varones empezaron a mal hablar: que esa <strong><em>Ixmucan\u00e9<\/em><\/strong> es una haragana, que no cumple el acuerdo, que se hace pato; o pata, dice otro; y otro uno: \u201c<em>y eso que todav\u00eda no hacemos los patos<\/em>\u201d, y as\u00ed.\u00a0 Y entonces se dijeron que por qu\u00e9 tienen que esperar a la <strong><em>Ixmucan\u00e9<\/em><\/strong> si ellos son sabedores.<\/p>\n<p>Y entonces hicieron a los primeros hombres y mujeres de lo primero que encontraron, o sea de madera.\u00a0 Entonces los hombres de madera no se mueven bien, caminan como que tienen calambre.<\/p>\n<p>Entonces hicieron otros de oro, pero son muy pesados y ni siquiera caminan.<\/p>\n<p>Y mientras los dioses varones est\u00e1n pensando c\u00f3mo hacer, los hombres de oro obligaron a los de madera que los cargan y los llevan de un lado a otro y los alimentan y los honran.<\/p>\n<p>Y los dioses ya no saben qu\u00e9 hacer y entonces llega la <strong><em>Ixmucan\u00e9<\/em><\/strong> y lo mira todo c\u00f3mo est\u00e1, y se embravece pues, y los rega\u00f1a a los dioses varones, que por su culpa va a tardar eso de que los de oro esclavizan a los de madera.<\/p>\n<p>Y los dioses varones: \u201c<em>acaso fuimos nosotros, qui\u00e9n sabe de d\u00f3nde sali\u00f3 eso, nosotros estamos ocupados en cosas importantes\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Y la <strong><em>Ixmucan\u00e9<\/em><\/strong>: \u201c<em>nada de que nada, adem\u00e1s de tarugos, cobardes que no se hacen responsables de las tonter\u00edas que hacen y a esto que mal hicieron le vamos a llamar patriarcado, porque puros machitos se malpensaron esa injusticia\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Y ya que les dio su buena rega\u00f1ada, la <strong><em>Ixmucan\u00e9<\/em><\/strong> les mostr\u00f3 que ya lo cre\u00f3 ya el ma\u00edz.\u00a0 Y entonces los dioses varones aplaudieron, y se felicitaron y dijeron que ellos hab\u00edan tenido esa gran idea, y que <strong><em>Ixmucan\u00e9<\/em><\/strong> s\u00f3lo hizo en la pr\u00e1ctica lo que ellos lo pensaron en la teor\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p>La <strong><em>Ixmucan\u00e9<\/em><\/strong> ya ni dijo nada, pero tra\u00eda en sus manos ma\u00edces de todos los colores y as\u00ed fue creando a los hombres y mujeres que poblaron el mundo y tambi\u00e9n cre\u00f3 a <em>loas otroas<\/em> porque, dijo, es bueno que el mundo sepa que tiene muchos mundos dentro y no s\u00f3lo los que se miran ah\u00ed nom\u00e1s.\u00a0 Se hicieron as\u00ed los hombres, las mujeres y <em>loas otroas<\/em>, y los dioses se fueron a echar baile.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23031 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.jpg?resize=631%2C470\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.jpg?resize=640%2C477&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.jpg?resize=1024%2C764&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.jpg?resize=768%2C573&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.jpg?w=1134&amp;ssl=1 1134w\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"470\" data-attachment-id=\"23031\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/06\/16\/la-calamidad-zapatista\/1-30\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.jpg?fit=1134%2C846&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1134,846\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.jpg?fit=640%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.jpg?fit=1024%2C764&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(Ilustraci\u00f3n t\u00e9cnica mixta<\/strong><strong>, Libe, Ciudad de M\u00e9xico, 2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Qued\u00f3 la <strong><em>Ixmucan\u00e9<\/em><\/strong> mirando sus manos y lo mir\u00f3 que no se acab\u00f3 todo lo que us\u00f3 para crear el ma\u00edz, que qued\u00f3 todav\u00eda un poquito.\u00a0 Entonces <strong><em>Ixmucan\u00e9<\/em><\/strong> se pens\u00f3 que faltaba otra lecci\u00f3n para el mundo que entonces empezaba a andar.\u00a0 Y entonces la <strong><em>Ixmucan\u00e9<\/em><\/strong> cre\u00f3 unos ma\u00edces m\u00e1s peque\u00f1itos y los ech\u00f3 en la tierra para que se nacieran.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23032 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.jpg?resize=632%2C471\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.jpg?resize=640%2C477&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.jpg?resize=1024%2C764&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.jpg?resize=768%2C573&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.jpg?w=1134&amp;ssl=1 1134w\" alt=\"\" width=\"632\" height=\"471\" data-attachment-id=\"23032\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/06\/16\/la-calamidad-zapatista\/2-23\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.jpg?fit=1134%2C846&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1134,846\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.jpg?fit=640%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.jpg?fit=1024%2C764&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(Ilustraci\u00f3n t\u00e9cnica mixta<\/strong><strong>, Libe, Ciudad de M\u00e9xico, 2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tiempo despu\u00e9s, ah\u00ed andaban los ma\u00edces de un lado a otro, trabajando para que tuvieran fuerza los hombres y mujeres y <strong><em>otroas<\/em><\/strong> que estaban construyendo el mundo.\u00a0 Pero nadie le hac\u00eda caso a los ma\u00edces peque\u00f1itos, los burlaban y los despreciaban.\u00a0 Y todos los maicitos peque\u00f1os est\u00e1n como tristes porque nadie los toma en cuenta.\u00a0 Entonces en la cabeza de un grupo de ma\u00edz peque\u00f1o lleg\u00f3 el pensamiento de que no est\u00e1 cabal as\u00ed, que por qu\u00e9 los desprecian y no los toman en cuenta.\u00a0 Y se inconform\u00f3.\u00a0 Y ah\u00ed est\u00e1 el grupo de maicitos peque\u00f1itos inconformados.\u00a0 Y los dem\u00e1s ma\u00edces pasaban y dec\u00edan: \u201c<em>bueno, pues ah\u00ed est\u00e1 ese grupo de maicitos inconformados, pero son muy peque\u00f1itos, nadie los va a tomar en cuenta.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Entonces los del grupo de maicitos peque\u00f1os quedaron pensando que as\u00ed nom\u00e1s no se puede, que todo va a seguir igual aunque se inconformen.\u00a0 Entonces lleg\u00f3 la <strong><em>Ixmucan\u00e9<\/em><\/strong>, que andaba haciendo la ronda en el mundo, para ver que se fuera haciendo todo cabal.\u00a0 Y lo topa al grupo de maicitos y les pregunta que qu\u00e9 hacen.\u00a0 Y los maicitos le cuentan de su inconformidad.\u00a0 La <strong><em>Ixmucan\u00e9<\/em><\/strong> se r\u00ede pero no de burla, sino de cari\u00f1o, y les dice a los maicitos: \u201c<em>bueno, miren hermanitos, es que no basta con que se inconforman, hay que ponerse en resistencia y rebeld\u00eda.\u00a0 Quiere que se rebelan o sea que tengan rabia, coraje pues, y que se organizan\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Se fue la <strong><em>Ixmucan\u00e9<\/em><\/strong> porque los dioses varones segu\u00edan haciendo tarugadas y ella ten\u00eda que ver de componer.<\/p>\n<p>El grupo de maicitos qued\u00f3 pensando lo que dijo la <strong><em>Ixmucan\u00e9<\/em><\/strong> y dijeron: \u201c<em>sale pues, nos vamos a enojar<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 Y empezaron a pensar en todas las humillaciones y desprecios que les hab\u00edan hecho y m\u00e1s entraba su coraje y se calentaban de rabia.\u00a0 Y m\u00e1s y m\u00e1s, y ya est\u00e1n colorados de tanto coraje y ya no se aguanta el calor y \u00a1pum!, que se revienta uno, y brinca y se pone esponjoso, luego otro y pasa un viento y los levanta.\u00a0 Y todos se quedan admirados de que los maicitos vuelan.\u00a0 Y los dem\u00e1s maicitos peque\u00f1os empiezan a hacer igual, y al rato revienta y brinca otro, y otro, y otros.\u00a0 Luego muchos, y el aire se llena de maicitos reventados.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23033 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3.jpg?resize=631%2C498\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3.jpg?resize=640%2C505&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3.jpg?resize=1024%2C807&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3.jpg?resize=768%2C605&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"498\" data-attachment-id=\"23033\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/06\/16\/la-calamidad-zapatista\/3-23\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3.jpg?fit=1200%2C946&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,946\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3.jpg?fit=640%2C505&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3.jpg?fit=1024%2C807&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(Ilustraci\u00f3n t\u00e9cnica mixta<\/strong><strong>, Libe, Ciudad de M\u00e9xico, 2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Y una ni\u00f1a lo mira el aire y dice \u201c<em>parecen como palomas<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 Y un ni\u00f1o dice \u201c<em>s\u00ed, pero chiquitas<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 Y la ni\u00f1a: \u201c<em>eso, como palomitas<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 Y el ni\u00f1o, como de por s\u00ed son los ni\u00f1os, lo agarra una palomita y la come y dice \u201c<em>est\u00e1 muy sabrosa<\/em>\u201d; y la ni\u00f1a dice \u201c<em>s\u00ed, pero como que le falta algo<\/em>\u201d, y ah\u00ed nom\u00e1s encuentra un frasco que la <strong><em>Ixmucan\u00e9<\/em><\/strong> hab\u00eda dejado como olvidado y le pone a la palomita y como que pica pero as\u00ed, sabroso.<\/p>\n<p>Y entonces la ni\u00f1a y el ni\u00f1o llaman a todos los ni\u00f1os y ni\u00f1as y <em>ni\u00f1oas<\/em> del mundo, y empiezan a pepenar los ma\u00edces voladores, y los ponen en un taz\u00f3n y le echan la salsa picante y se ponen a comer hasta que les dio diarrea, pero como quiera la hacen una su fiesta.<\/p>\n<p>Y entonces los dem\u00e1s ma\u00edces todo lo miraban muy admirados y sorprendidos porque esos eran los \u00fanicos ma\u00edces que pod\u00edan volar y entonces los respetaron ya a los ma\u00edces peque\u00f1itos.\u00a0 Y ya le qued\u00f3 su nombre de \u201cma\u00edz palomero\u201d, que quiere decir, \u201c<em>ma\u00edz que vuela y hace fiesta<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 Eso en un idioma que ahorita invent\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Y tan-tan.<\/p>\n<p>La Calamidad aplaude encantada.\u00a0 El gato-perro no aplaude, porque se le han quedado atrapadas las patas en las palomitas con salsa picante y, paciente, se las est\u00e1 lamiendo, porque ac\u00e1 no se desperdicia nada\u2026 cuando de palomitas se trata.<\/p>\n<p>La Calamidad ha declarado que va jugar a las palomitas.\u00a0 Se para en medio de la champa y empieza a aguantar la respiraci\u00f3n y a hincharse, hasta que se pone roja y luego morada (como los ni\u00f1os cuando hacen berrinche), y el Sup est\u00e1 ya por darle un zape para que respire, cuando la Calamidad brinca y grita, al exhalar, \u201c<em>\u00a1PUM!<\/em>\u201d; y mira al Sup esperando que haga la mismo, y como el Sup sigue comiendo como si nada, la Calamidad le dice \u201c<em>Bueno, \u00bfsos zapatista o no?<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 Al Sup Galeano le dan en la pata de palo as\u00ed que contiene la respiraci\u00f3n, pero con el humo del tabaco y las palomitas que le llenan la boca, s\u00f3lo alcanza a toser estrepitosamente, arrojando pedazos de palomitas a medio masticar.\u00a0 Y la Calamidad, con la carita llena de palomitas propias y salpicadas, aplaude entusiasmada porque, dice, el Sup ha hecho el sonido de muchas palomitas reventando.<\/p>\n<p>Y el Sup casi se ahoga, pero se alivi\u00f3 r\u00e1pido cuando lleg\u00f3 la <em>insurgenta<\/em> de Sanidad y dijo \u201c<em>hay que inyectar<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 Todos corrieron, en primer lugar el gato-perro -no lo fueran a confundir con un <em>Supcomandante-<\/em>, y s\u00f3lo qued\u00f3 la Calamidad que ya se va, con la mochilita de la sanitaria, hacia la peque\u00f1a laguna donde un par de ballenas retozan y saltan, sabi\u00e9ndose a salvo de los barcos de los pinches grandes capitalistas chinos-japoneses-coreanos que, en lugar de seguir sus usos y costumbres, o sea de hacer Anime, K-Pop (<strong>\ud32c\ub364 <\/strong><strong>\uad70\ub300 <\/strong><strong>\uc77c\uc5b4<\/strong>) y murallas, las quieren cazar para convertirlas en d\u00f3lares, wons, yens, euros y los restos en pesos\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23034 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4.jpg?resize=631%2C445\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4.jpg?resize=640%2C451&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4.jpg?resize=1024%2C722&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4.jpg?resize=768%2C541&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"445\" data-attachment-id=\"23034\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/06\/16\/la-calamidad-zapatista\/4-18\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4.jpg?fit=1200%2C846&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,846\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4.jpg?fit=640%2C451&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4.jpg?fit=1024%2C722&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(Ilustraci\u00f3n t\u00e9cnica mixta<\/strong><strong>, Libe, Ciudad de M\u00e9xico, 2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>DE C\u00d3MO EL EQUIPO DE DEFENSA ZAPATISTA GAN\u00d3 SU PRIMER PARTIDO INTERNACIONAL<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Cierto d\u00eda, se realiz\u00f3 el primer partido internacional donde se enfrentaron el equipo intergal\u00e1ctico de mujeres que luchan, contra el equipo muy otro capitaneado por Defensa Zapatista.<\/p>\n<p>La extra\u00f1a estrategia de la directora t\u00e9cnica del equipo zapatista, parec\u00eda funcionar:<\/p>\n<p>Cuando el equipo contrario ten\u00eda el bal\u00f3n y pasaba a la ofensiva, la Calamidad entraba al campo de juego, tomaba el bal\u00f3n y lo lanzaba a la laguna.<\/p>\n<p>En ese momento, el equipo de Defensa Zapatista empezaba a esparcir rumores de tiburones muy fieros que habitaban en esa laguna.\u00a0 El Pedrito aclaraba que no era posible, pero que seguro hab\u00eda cocodrilos gigantes.\u00a0 La Esperanza contaba de una ballena enorme que, cada tanto, emerg\u00eda con un pasamonta\u00f1as blanco.<\/p>\n<p>En fin, el p\u00e1nico era sembrado con una habilidad que olv\u00eddate de las redes sociales.<\/p>\n<p>Claro, la Calamidad entonces se volv\u00eda a meter al agua y volv\u00eda con el bal\u00f3n.\u00a0 Y el equipo contrario, en lo que se llama <em>fair play<\/em>, la felicitaba y trataba de alzarla en hombros, pero cu\u00e1ndo, ni hablar.<\/p>\n<p>A la cuarta vez, el equipo internacional de mujeres que luchan pidi\u00f3 la expulsi\u00f3n de la transgresora que, cada tanto, arrojaba el bal\u00f3n al mar infestado de tiburones tigre, lagartos y caimanes, hidras, Krakens y hasta ballenas asesinas (as\u00ed dijeron); pero resulta que se dividieron entre ellas, porque empezaron a discutir de la sororidad de g\u00e9nero, de que expulsar a la Calamidad era una muestra de que el pensamiento <em>heteropatriarcal<\/em> contaminaba a las mujeres.<\/p>\n<p>Tardaron discutiendo, y cuando se dieron cuenta, el gato-perro hac\u00eda una pared de antolog\u00eda con la cabeza del caballo choco, que se hab\u00eda quedado dormido en el l\u00edmite del \u00e1rea grande, y, con un estilo que ni Messi-Ronaldo, anotaba en el marco contrario, lo cual fue festejado no s\u00f3lo por el p\u00fablico que abarrotaba el potrero, quiero decir, el estadio (aunque en realidad s\u00f3lo estaban el SupGaleano, el El\u00edas Contreras, y un solitario puesto de palomitas donde dos <em>insurgentas<\/em> se aburr\u00edan soberanamente), tambi\u00e9n por Defensa Zapatista, porque era la primera vez que el gato-perro no anotaba en su propia porter\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p>La jueza silb\u00f3 el final y termin\u00f3 el partido.\u00a0 La banda de Defensa Zapatista hab\u00eda conseguido su primer triunfo mundial.<\/p>\n<p>Nuevamente trataron de alzar en hombros a Calamidad, y nuevamente fracasaron.\u00a0 As\u00ed que el festejo no encontraba forma de materializarse.<\/p>\n<p>Pero el SupGaleano resolvi\u00f3 todo cuando dijo que era un rumor, que no estaba nada confirmado, que tal vez se trataba de una <em>fake-new<\/em>; pero que \u00e9l hab\u00eda escuchado que el Vlady le hab\u00eda entregado al SubMoy una caja de donas de muchos sabores.\u00a0 Que el SupGaleano se lamentaba de que no fueran mantecadas, pero, como dice un dicho -que \u00e9l invent\u00f3 en ese momento-: <em>a falta de mantecadas, donas<\/em>; y que el SupMoy estaba ido en el festival de Cine, y que hab\u00eda dejado cerrada con llave la Comandancia General del ezetaelene, lo que era un problema, pero la soluci\u00f3n estaba en que le hab\u00eda dejado la llave al SupGaleano quien, justo en ese momento, dejaba caer la llave delante de la pandilla; y que le iba a dar mucha pena decirle al SupMoy que perdi\u00f3 la llave en el estadio, ok, en el potrero, pero que la pandilla de Defensa Zapatista hab\u00eda apoyado y la hab\u00edan encontrado; y \u201c<em>aqu\u00ed est\u00e1 la llave SupMoy, cu\u00e9ntame c\u00f3mo estuvo el festival de cine<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Y que cuando el SupMoy se diera cuenta que de la caja con donas s\u00f3lo quedaba el cart\u00f3n, el SupGaleano le iba a informar que, en la peque\u00f1a laguna que est\u00e1 en el Puy, hab\u00edan avistado a una gran ballena que, en la mand\u00edbula, sosten\u00eda un pedazo de dona color arco\u00edris, lo que, intu\u00eda el SupGaleano, indicaba que podr\u00eda tratarse no de una ballena, ni de un ballenato, sino de <strong><em>unoa ballenoa<\/em><\/strong>, y que nuestro deber como zapatistas era darle cobijo y apoyo, porque la diferencia no se debe perseguir ni castigar, sino festejar, por ejemplo, con un baile y, qu\u00e9 casualidad, el SupGaleano reci\u00e9n la hab\u00eda autocriticado a la comisi\u00f3n musical porque los compa\u00f1eros musiqueros s\u00f3lo tocaban la <em>Yaquecita<\/em> y que ya chole con \u00e9sa (la otra noche la hab\u00edan tocado 53 veces), y con la de \u201c<em>as\u00ed, as\u00ed, as\u00ed<\/em>\u201d (32 veces el baile anterior), y la Comisi\u00f3n Musical dijo \u201c<em>ah\u00ed lo vamos a ver<\/em>\u201d; y en eso los compa\u00f1eros musicales se arrancan con la Cumbia del Sapito y, como todos saben, el sapito es primo hermano de la ballena; y en el sonido anuncian que hay baile, y entonces el corredero de gente, hasta las tercias y tercios dejan botados los equipos, y se llevan al SupMoy al baile\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23028 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210612-WA0001.jpg?resize=631%2C441\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210612-WA0001.jpg?resize=640%2C447&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210612-WA0001.jpg?resize=768%2C536&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210612-WA0001.jpg?w=989&amp;ssl=1 989w\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"441\" data-attachment-id=\"23028\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/06\/16\/la-calamidad-zapatista\/img-20210612-wa0001\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210612-WA0001.jpg?fit=989%2C690&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"989,690\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG-20210612-WA0001\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210612-WA0001.jpg?fit=640%2C447&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210612-WA0001.jpg?fit=989%2C690&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(A<\/strong><strong>cuarela. Fernando Llanos, Chiapas, 2019, fragmento del libro \u00abViaje a la realidad\u00bb.\u00a0 Ediciones Necias.<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>Y s\u00f3lo quedan, solos, el SupGaleano y el gato-perro, que le ladra y le ma\u00falla, y entonces el SupGaleano dice: \u201c<em>sab\u00eda que t\u00fa te ibas a dar cuenta<\/em>\u201d, y se quita la gorra y, diciendo la palabra m\u00e1gica \u201c<em>alakazam<\/em>\u201d, saca una dona, de chocolate otra vez, la \u00faltima dona de las monta\u00f1as del sureste mexicano, y, como el chocolate se ha derretido y le qued\u00f3 toda pegajosa la cabeza, el SupGaleano piensa c\u00f3mo le va a hacer para limpiar el pasamonta\u00f1as.<\/p>\n<p>Y, mientras comparte con el gato-perro, el SupGaleano empieza contar una historia terrible y maravillosa de una ni\u00f1a que se llama la Calamidad Zapatista quien, para mala suerte de los dos, se aparece en ese momento con la mezcladora de sonido de los tercios y les dice \u201c<em>\u00bfJugamos?<\/em>\u201d, mientras se dirige a la laguna para arrojar el aparato a donde <strong><em>unoas ballenoas<\/em><\/strong> saltan felices de que las tomen en cuenta.<\/p>\n<p>Y s\u00ed, ni modos, el gato-perro y el SupGaleano tuvieron que compartir la dona con la Calamidad y as\u00ed la detuvieron, pero s\u00f3lo un momento, porque la Calamidad ya encontr\u00f3 el ma\u00edz palomero del SupGaleano y, con las mejillas manchadas de az\u00facar, les dice festiva: <em>\u00a1vamos a jugar a las palomitas!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tan tan.<\/p>\n<p>Desde las monta\u00f1as del Sureste Mexicano.<\/p>\n<p>El SupGaleano.<br \/>\nD\u00e1ndose cuenta de que no es posible limpiar el pasamonta\u00f1as con saliva, pero resuelve el problema poni\u00e9ndose un sombrero vaquero encima.<br \/>\nGuapo el hombre, lo que sea de cada quien. \u00a1<em>Aj\u00faa<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>2019-2021[:en]<strong>Calamidad Zapatista<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em>The story of the encounter between SupGaleano and Calamidad [Calamity], including the History of Popcorn and, in the sports section, the first world soccer match, as well as other unhappy (for the Sup) events<\/p>\n<p>Headnotes (just to annoy the footnotes):<\/p>\n<p>(1) The first version of this story was read aloud in the Second Puy ta Cuxlejaltic Film Festival, celebrated in the <em>Caracol<\/em> of Tulan Kaw in December 2019. The text was unpublished until now. This version maintains the original text and adds some details that may lead some readers to despair, accustomed as they might be to short readings with few ideas. You may detect some spoilers related to what is now known as the \u201cJourney for Life.\u201d Don\u2019t worry though, it often happens that Zapatismo announces things that have not yet happened. This Zapatista irresponsibility is now legendary, so stop complaining.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Unfortunately, this text doesn\u2019t have the special effects that were used in the aforementioned <em>caracol<\/em> and that earned SupGaleano seven nominations for the \u201cCardboard Popcorn Kernel,\u201d the highest prize for whomever consumes the most bowls of popcorn drenched in hot sauce without resorting to antacids, which falls in the award category of \u201cwith or without a film.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(3) Warning: The following accounts may contain images that offend those lacking in imagination, intelligence, and other things equally devalued under modernity. It is not recommended for reading by adults over 21, unless supervised by children under 12. What?! Are you going to read on despite this serious warning? Well there you are, nobody has any principles anymore.<\/p>\n<p>(4) This account is based on real events. Names have been maintained to clarify the responsible parties before the Good Government Council\u2019s Justice Commission\u2026 What? Yes, you can doubt the truth of what is recounted here, but\u2026didn\u2019t you also doubt that the <em>zapatones <\/em>would invade Europe? That\u2019s what I thought. All the beings described herein actually exist. If anyone thinks this isn\u2019t possible, that\u2019s not the fault of reality but rather lack of imagination.<\/p>\n<p>(5) Huh? No, I\u2019m not scolding you. As they say, I\u2019m giving you the context for what is and what follows\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-*-<\/p>\n<p>This is the story of a little Zapatista girl who no one loved because she was, and is, different, even among those who are different.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The little girl I\u2019m telling you about was born in a Zapatista indigenous community. The name of the town, region or zone doesn\u2019t matter now.<\/p>\n<p>Having never really been near a mirror, she grew up seeing and hearing the world through the gaze and ear of other boys and girls. She was born big and is now a big girl. And when I say \u201cbig,\u201d I refer to her size, her height and weight, not to her chronological age. But, as I said, since she saw through the gaze of the girls and boys her age, she wasn\u2019t conscious of her difference.<\/p>\n<p>In her image of herself, she was as small as the rest of the girls and boys of her generation, currently between three and six years old.<\/p>\n<p>A few days after she was born, she fell. You probably know that it\u2019s the custom of indigenous women to not delay in returning to work after giving birth. They carry the baby in their <em>reboso<a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/06\/27\/calamidad-zapatista\/#_edn1\" name=\"_ednref1\"><strong>[i]<\/strong><\/a> <\/em>like a mother kangaroo, and there the little bundle eats, sleeps, and takes care of its so-called basic needs (the 25 and the 50 \u2013 that\u2019s urination and defecation, for you novices). With the baby incorporated onto her own body, the woman maneuvers the <em>reboso<\/em> while doing her work and, not infrequently, slings the shawl around to her back. Ergo, moms are superior to mother kangaroos.<\/p>\n<p>This means the baby has an advantage over she who created it, because it can see what its mother cannot. When the mother brings the baby to the front, the baby sees what the mother sees, and when it\u2019s on her back the baby sees what she cannot see. It holds both perspectives without losing its intimate closeness to its creator.<\/p>\n<p>This dual gaze, which might seem normal to those who are born, grow, live, and die in an indigenous community, allows the baby to avoid censorship. That is, it can see things that the mother might not want it to, or not yet.<\/p>\n<p>I know, I\u2019m speculating from the adult world about the gaze of early childhood, but this is a story or tale, and you\u2019ll never know if it really happened, or if it was invented during one of those frequent lonely mornings full of coffee and tobacco smoke in the mountains of Southeast Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Getting back to the girl, her first days weren\u2019t that different from those of other children. Sometimes she saw what her mother saw: the stove, the stack of firewood, the pot, the plates, the spoon, the stream and the bucket, the animals, the accomplice in the child\u2019s creation (later she\u2019d call him \u201c<em>pap\u00e1<\/em>\u201d) and, possibly, other creatures of various sizes that ran about and worked and that she would later call \u201cbrothers\u201d and \u201csisters\u201d and who would be her first source of conflict. Because, as you well know, siblings who don\u2019t fight aren\u2019t siblings.<\/p>\n<p>When she was on her mother\u2019s back, the girl saw another world. What appeared there might have scared her, causing her to retreat into the <em>reboso<\/em>, maybe thinking, \u201cNope, too much information. For now I have to focus on the basics of this world: cry, eat, shit, sleep, repeat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe she didn\u2019t hide. Maybe her eyes opened wider and her hands grasped at a bird in flight, or at that duck who (no disrespect) indeed had a very otherly gait. But who was she to criticize if she didn\u2019t even know that those two things at the inferior terminus of her body were for anything other than trying to stuff into her mouth?<\/p>\n<p>What happened to her could have happened to anyone. Her mother, busy stacking firewood, twisted the shawl to her back and didn\u2019t realize that the motion left the girl\u2019s lower half exposed. Like I said, she was big and heavy, and so she slipped and fell to the floor with a nearly-imperceptible \u201cplop\u201d cushioned by the puddle of mud in which she landed.<\/p>\n<p>Not all accidents are unfortunate. The girl didn\u2019t even have time to cry because, at that moment, a mother pig was passing by with several piglets in tow. The girl joined the procession, crawling along behind like another piglet in the little herd.<\/p>\n<p>Her mom? She didn\u2019t even notice. Only when her husband returned from the <em>milpa<\/em> and asked about the girl did the mother realize that the <em>reboso<\/em> on her back weighed less than usual.<\/p>\n<p>They went looking for the girl, and it didn\u2019t take long to find her. She was sitting with the piglets, playing in the mud, and hugging a piglet that was not amused by this show of affection because (did I already mention?) the girl was big and strong.<\/p>\n<p>The man had a good laugh and went for his cellphone to take a picture, but the mother said what all mothers the world over would say in such a situation: \u201cGirl, you are a calamity!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since the little girl was now crawling she no longer rode around in the <em>reboso<\/em>, for which the <em>compa\u00f1era<\/em>\u2019s back was deeply grateful. Apart from being large, the girl was curious. Once, she decided to test what would happen if she wrapped a rag around the burning wood that fell from the stove. The problem was that the rag was the <em>compa\u00f1era<\/em>\u2019s underskirt. The mother got a whiff of burning nylon and yelled, \u201cGirl, you\u2019re a calamity!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One day her mother took her to the market in the county seat. While the woman shopped for a new underskirt to replace the burnt one, the girl went over to a pyramid of cans. The cans on the very bottom looked uncomfortable, so she took one out. You could hear the crash in every corner of the market. The stall\u2019s owner picked up the girl and handed her over to her mother saying, \u201cMa\u2019am, your daughter is a calamity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When they returned from a long day\u2019s work, each at their designated tasks, the husband and wife compared notes. When it was her turn the woman always began by saying, \u201cThis girl is a calamity,\u201d followed by a long list of mischief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-*-<\/p>\n<p>As all shouldn\u2019t know, the little boys and girls don\u2019t respect the Sup\u2019s hut. It doesn\u2019t matter how many traps and barriers the Sup puts up, they always find a way to appear in the doorway asking for honeybuns, a ball, or just a story.<\/p>\n<p>One afternoon, a girl with a large body appeared. SupGaleano asked her, with his renowned tactfulness, \u201cWho are you? I don\u2019t know you.\u201d Logically, the girl responded, \u201cI\u2019m a Calamity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SupGaleano was amused by the girl\u2019s honesty, so he let her stay in the hut until her mom came looking for her. The mother was beside herself with apologies, saying her daughter was a calamity. SupGaleano is sympathetic to children, maybe because he himself hasn\u2019t yet reached puberty, and so only mumbled \u201cWe\u2019ll, she\u2019s a chip off the old block.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ever since, the girl appears in the hut every once in a while and, as you can guess, causes a calamity. For example, the girl saw SupGaleano scolding the cat-dog because it peed on the floor and walls of the little house. One day <em>Calamidad<\/em> got the urge to go 25 and climbed onto the Sup\u2019s saggy and burned mattress \u2013 because the Sup is irresponsible and smokes his pipe in bed (not really, I mean, I am irresponsible but that\u2019s beside the point, and the mattress was already saggy before and sometimes I sneeze, and, well, you get the picture) \u2013 and she went 25. The Sup got angry and asked <em>Calamidad<\/em> why she\u2019d done that. And, with the breathtaking logic of childhood, she responded: \u201cWell you said not to do 25 on the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Sup didn\u2019t know what to say, and just did what he could with a mop to clean the mattress, which had already been in a sad state. Between the family of mice that had taken up residence there and the wisps of tobacco that fell from the pipe, the Sup couldn\u2019t be too persnickety about it.<\/p>\n<p>As if corroborating the girl\u2019s excuse, the cat-dog gave the Sup a look like, \u201cThere you have it, I\u2019m a saint compared to <em>Calamidad<\/em>.\u201d That\u2019s why the cat-dog sympathized with the girl: its own mischief seemed minor compared to that of the frightful <em>Calamidad<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>So the girl, the Sup, and the cat-dog got along well, perhaps because all three were dysfunctional. That is, let\u2019s just say they\u2019d never become model citizens, win awards, hold government offices or other such horrible things. Despite all that, when <em>Defensa Zapatista<\/em>\u2019s gang came around <em>Calamidad<\/em> made her getaway, because she knew she wasn\u2019t looked upon kindly by the rest of humanity.<\/p>\n<p>But, as the late SupMarcos (may he bask in the everlasting glory of god and may the saintly virgin shower him in blessings) would say, \u201cJust when you think things can\u2019t get any worse, along comes <em>Defensa Zapatista<\/em>\u2019s gang.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Or as I say, \u201cMisfortune never comes unaccompanied,\u201d and in no time a series of phenomena began to converge in what would become the precursor to a perfect storm.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the day came (rather late, I might add) when <em>Calamidad<\/em> joined <em>Defensa Zapatista<\/em>\u2019s select group, whose second-in-command, <em>Esperanza Zapatista<\/em>, did little more than show just how paradoxical her name is\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Calamidad<\/em><\/strong><strong> and <em>Defensa Zapatista<\/em>\u2019s Gang<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was afternoon in the mountains of Southeastern Mexico. In the pasture a group of boys and girls were playing with a ball. Or at least it might seem that way to those who aren\u2019t familiar with this group.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, it was rigorous training for <em>Defensa Zapatista<\/em>\u2019s youth soccer team. Right now they\u2019re practicing the counter-attack, a maneuver that <em>Defensa Zapatista<\/em> explains saying, \u201cJust imagine the evil enemies from the other team are coming down the field with the ball, and they\u2019re bigger than us, they play better than us, the fans are on their side, they\u2019re better fed than us, better trained than us, they\u2019ve got spiffy uniforms, and we\u2019re on their field so they\u2019re the home team. What do we do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pedrito shrugs his shoulders. He always finds <em>Defensa Zapatista<\/em>\u2019s hypotheses to be erroneous from the outset and poorly-formulated. The one-eyed horse stops chewing its plastic bottle and seems to think for a moment, and then goes on chewing all the same. The cat-dog stands behind <em>Defensa<\/em>, appearing to also be waiting for an answer. <em>Esperanza Zapatista<\/em> realizes she\u2019s the only one left, so she arms herself with courage like the \u201cwomen that we are\u201d\u2014no excuses, resistance and rebellion!\u2014and raises her hand. <em>Defensa Zapatista <\/em>breathes a sigh of relief and says, \u201cYes, <em>Esperanza<\/em>, what do we do?\u201d <em>Esperanza Zapatista <\/em>clears her throat a bit and, following the Zapatista method founded by the late SupMarcos says, \u201cRun away?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cat-dog wags its tail in approval. Pedrito is about to say that <em>Esperanza<\/em>\u2019s answer-question opens up new epistemological terrain. The one-eyed horse keeps chewing the bottle, now more vigorously.<\/p>\n<p><em>Defensa Zapatista <\/em>throws up her hands in despair and yells, \u201cNo, no running! No excuses, resistance and rebellion. What we do is counter-attack. Like with a clearing kick that sends the ball far away. All right, Pedrito, you kick the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pedrito might be good at theory of knowledge and epistemological paradigms, but he always kicks crooked. So instead of going across the field, the ball falls into the little pond next to the pasture\u2026 I mean, the high-intensity autonomous training field, licensed by the Good Government Council, number who-knows-which, headquarters in the Tulan Kaw <em>Caracol<\/em>, address unknown.<\/p>\n<p>The gang crowds around the edge and sees to their dismay that the ball is floating in the very center of a hostile sea. Ok, in the middle of a puddle, since the diameter of the \u201cpond\u201d isn\u2019t more than ten meters and no more than fifty centimeters deep.<\/p>\n<p>With all the optimism her name implies, <em>Esperanza Zapatista<\/em> says, \u201cThere are definitely ferocious sharks in there, the kind that don\u2019t even chew, they just swallow you and you die a horrible death in a shark\u2019s belly, next to little fish and plastic bottles that it gobbled up before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The one-eyed horse perks up its ears when it hears \u201cplastic bottles,\u201d but it doesn\u2019t move.<\/p>\n<p>While <em>Esperanza<\/em> was painting that beautiful impressionist image of a \u201cSharknado,\u201d Pedrito was consulting his cellphone. He declares:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImpossible: there are no freshwater sharks. Therefore, we shouldn\u2019t fear those selachians<a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/06\/27\/calamidad-zapatista\/#_edn2\" name=\"_ednref2\">[ii]<\/a> here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They all breathe a sigh of relief. But Pedrito continues, \u201cHowever, it\u2019s quite probable that there are crocodiles,\u201d signaling something resembling a trunk floating in the pond. They all shudder.<\/p>\n<p>For its part, the cat-dog is a dog but also a cat, so no way is it getting wet.<\/p>\n<p><em>Defensa Zapatista <\/em>reflects, \u201cWell, that ball was old anyway. Maybe the Sup has another one stored away, or he can ask for one from the city folk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the gang is trying to pass off their fear as sound judgment, <em>Calamidad<\/em>, who has been watching all this from her hiding spot, comes out, gets in the water, grabs the ball, comes back with it, and places it before <em>Defensa Zapatista<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>After coming out of its stupor, the gang erupts into thunderous applause and tries to carry <em>Calamidad<\/em> on their shoulders, only to find she weighs a lot, so they opt for some pats on the back.<\/p>\n<p>The ball now retrieved, <em>Defensa Zapatista <\/em>begins giving new instructions but, when they turn to look, <em>Calamidad <\/em>has once again thrown the ball into the water.<\/p>\n<p><em>Defensa <\/em>asks her, \u201cWhy\u2019d you do that?\u201d And <em>Calamidad <\/em>responds by getting into the water and retrieving the ball once more. They applaud her again. The third time she does it, the gang receives the ball with a grave silence.<\/p>\n<p>After the fifth time, they all have to restrain <em>Calamidad <\/em>so she doesn\u2019t hurl the ball into the water again. <em>Calamidad <\/em>is confused: isn\u2019t that what the game was all about?<\/p>\n<p>The team retreats a bit, clutching the ball, backing away from <em>Calamidad<\/em>\u2019s compulsion. Only <em>Defensa Zapatista<\/em> remains, an intrigued look on her face as she contemplates the girl. Her complicated mind, full of soccer strategy and tactics, now understands what the late SupMarcos once said: \u201cThe beauty of surprise isn\u2019t just doing something unexpected; it\u2019s where you do it, when you do it, with what\u2026 and with whom.\u201d <em>Defensa Zapatista<\/em>\u2019s face lights up. She asks the girl, \u201cWhat\u2019s your name?\u201d and the girl responds, \u201cI\u2019m a Calamity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Defensa <\/em>hugs <em>Calamidad <\/em>and says, \u201cYou\u2019re going to be on our team. Now your name is <em>Calamidad Zapatista<\/em>.\u201d She faces the rest of the team and informs them, \u201cWe have a new secret weapon.\u201d While <em>Defensa <\/em>explains a new and complicated strategy of gameplay called \u201cresistance and rebellion,\u201d all watch in horror as <em>Calamidad <\/em>chucks the ball into the water again and, after laughing, throws herself into the stormy sea (ok, the pond) to retrieve the ball.<\/p>\n<p><em>Esperanza <\/em>swears a monstrous whale pushed the ball to <em>Calamidad<\/em>. Pedrito clarifies that it wasn\u2019t a whale but a Kraken that had taken refuge in Zapatista lands\u2026 ok, Zapatista waters.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23011 aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ballena1.jpg?resize=631%2C355\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ballena1.jpg?resize=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ballena1.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ballena1.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ballena1.jpg?w=1032&amp;ssl=1 1032w\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"355\" data-attachment-id=\"23011\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/06\/16\/la-calamidad-zapatista\/ballena1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ballena1.jpg?fit=1032%2C581&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1032,581\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ballena1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ballena1.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ballena1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nThe point is that <em>Calamidad<\/em> was happy to have new friends, and not just any friends. This was <em>Defensa Zapatista<\/em>\u2019s gang, the only gang with restraining orders against them from practically the entire Zapatista organizational structure.<\/p>\n<p><em>Calamidad Zapatista<\/em> is around three or four years old, and since she\u2019s the smallest in age (but not in size) she does as she was taught and calls her elders \u201c<em>do\u00f1a<\/em>.\u201d She calls <em>Defensa Zapatista <\/em>\u201cDo\u00f1a <em>Defensa<\/em>,\u201d which doesn\u2019t please her or <em>Esperanza<\/em>, who is now \u201cDo\u00f1a <em>Esperanza<\/em>\u201d at eight years old.<\/p>\n<p>Now part of a new group, <em>Calamidad <\/em>felt compelled to inform her previous kid gang. She bid farewell to the piglets with a heartfelt speech, to which they responded by sniffing and chewing her pants. All those present swear that the mother piggy\u2019s eyes teared up.<\/p>\n<p>The Subs, the CCRI, the zones, the <em>Juntas<\/em>, the MAREZ, and all existing and as-yet-uncreated autonomous commissions can complain all they want, but you have to admit that the members of <em>Defensa Zapatista<\/em>\u2019s gang look out for each other. That is why <em>Calamidad<\/em> could now attend the various public events of the EZLN from which she was previously prohibited for fear that she would cause a calamity.<\/p>\n<p>During these events it was not uncommon to see a girl passing by with a fierce escort of <em>milicianas<\/em>. We all knew of course that they were not protecting her but rather protecting the attendees from her, because she was, well, a calamity.<\/p>\n<p>Pedrito explains it thus:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can I put it? The <em>compa\u00f1erita<\/em> <em>Calamidad<\/em>, well, she\u2019s a calamity. No one loves her, only SupGaleano and <em>Defensa Zapatista<\/em>. She and the Sup talk and then they both start singing together, <em>Calamidad <\/em>and SupGaleano. They sing really loud, like their stomachs hurt. But they think they sound good. They put on their plays, but no one watches. Just the crickets. The Sup says the crickets applaud, but what else are they going to do? The crickets just make noise all the time, they\u2019re not applauding. But <em>Calamidad <\/em>believes it and goes out to take a bow for her loving audience, just like the Sup taught her, and then the Sup tells terrible and marvelous stories while they gobble down popcorn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And at this very moment only the Sup, the cat-dog, and <em>Calamidad <\/em>are in the hut. And right there, all at once, the Sup puts a handful of popcorn with hot sauce in his mouth, followed by a gulp of a well-known soda, and begins his tale\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The History of Popcorn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Long ago, when time began its jerky walk, stumbling along like a drunk old man, the greatest gods, those who birthed the world, met in an assembly and made an agreement to charge the wisest of them all, Ixmucan\u00e9, with making the men and women of corn.<\/p>\n<p>But the male gods were very foolish, as usual, and they didn\u2019t realize they couldn\u2019t do this because they hadn\u2019t yet created corn. So Ixmucan\u00e9 said to them, \u201cLook, brothers, how do you expect me to create humanity from corn if corn doesn\u2019t yet exist?\u201d \u201cTrue,\u201d said the male gods, \u201cBut well, you\u2019ll have to figure it out, because it was already agreed upon in assembly and you have to follow through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ixmucan\u00e9 grumbled for a while, as women grumble, asking herself how she\u2019s supposed to get this done if there\u2019s no way how, fucking men just don\u2019t think, now what am I going to do, and let\u2019s see if I can figure out how to solve this problem.<\/p>\n<p>While Ixmucan\u00e9 thought, the male gods started bad-mouthing her, saying that Ixmucan\u00e9 is a loafer, that she doesn\u2019t carry out agreements, that she\u2019s acting the fool [like a duck], and another other says, \u201cAnd we haven\u2019t even created ducks yet!\u201d and so on. And they began to wonder why they had to wait on Ixmucan\u00e9 if they were the wise ones.<\/p>\n<p>So they made the first men and women out of the first thing they found, wood. But the men of wood didn\u2019t move well: they all walked like they had a cramp.<\/p>\n<p>So they made others of gold, but they were very heavy and couldn\u2019t walk at all.<\/p>\n<p>And while the male gods were thinking of what to do, the men of gold forced the men of wood to pick them up and carry them from one place to another and feed and worship them.<\/p>\n<p>The gods didn\u2019t know what to do. Ixmucan\u00e9 saw how things were and became angry. She scolded the male gods, since it was their fault that the golden ones had been able to enslave the wooden ones.<\/p>\n<p>And the male gods said, \u201cWho knows who did it, it wasn\u2019t us, we\u2019re busy with important things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ixmucan\u00e9 replied, \u201cNo excuses. Apart from being foolish, you\u2019re cowards who don\u2019t take responsibility for your nonsense and half-baked ideas. We\u2019re going to call this screw-up of yours patriarchy, because you men created this injustice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once she\u2019d given them a good talking to, Ixmucan\u00e9 showed them that she had created corn. The male gods applauded and congratulated each other on their great idea, saying that Ixmucan\u00e9 had just done in practice what they had thought in theory.<\/p>\n<p>Ixmucan\u00e9 didn\u2019t say anything else, but she carried in her hands corn of all colors and used it to create the men and women who populate the world. And she also created <em>loas otroas<\/em> [the others] because, as she said, it is good that the world know it has many worlds within it and not just those you can see right there. That\u2019s how they made the men, the women, and <em>loas otroas<\/em>, and the gods went off to dance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23031 aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.jpg?resize=631%2C470\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.jpg?resize=640%2C477&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.jpg?resize=1024%2C764&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.jpg?resize=768%2C573&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.jpg?w=1134&amp;ssl=1 1134w\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"470\" data-attachment-id=\"23031\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/06\/16\/la-calamidad-zapatista\/1-30\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.jpg?fit=1134%2C846&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1134,846\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.jpg?fit=640%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1.jpg?fit=1024%2C764&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n(Illustration in mixed media, Libe, Mexico City, 2021)<\/p>\n<p>Ixmucan\u00e9 looked down at her hands, and saw that she hadn\u2019t used up all the corn she had created, that there was still a little left. Ixmucan\u00e9 thought to herself that another lesson was needed for this world that had just begun to walk. So Ixmucan\u00e9 created some corn that was much smaller and put it into the earth so it could grow.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23032 aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.jpg?resize=632%2C471\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.jpg?resize=640%2C477&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.jpg?resize=1024%2C764&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.jpg?resize=768%2C573&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.jpg?w=1134&amp;ssl=1 1134w\" alt=\"\" width=\"632\" height=\"471\" data-attachment-id=\"23032\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/06\/16\/la-calamidad-zapatista\/2-23\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.jpg?fit=1134%2C846&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1134,846\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.jpg?fit=640%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2.jpg?fit=1024%2C764&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Illustration in mixed media, Libe, Mexico City, 2021)<\/p>\n<p>Sometime later, the corn walked from here to there, working so that the men and women and <em>loas otroas <\/em>that were building the world would have energy. But no one paid attention to the smallest corn; they laughed at it and looked down on it. All the little ears of corn were sad because no one acknowledged them. So a group of small ears of corn got it in their head that this wasn\u2019t ok (why were they looked down upon and not acknowledged?) and began to object. The other corn passed by the group of little dissenting ears of corn and said \u201cThere\u2019s that group of dissenting corn, but they\u2019re really small so no one will care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So the group of little ears of corn realized that it wasn\u2019t working this way, that everything would stay the same even with their dissent. Then Ixmucan\u00e9 came by as she was making her rounds of the world to see if everything was being done properly. And she ran into the group of little ears of corn and asked what they were doing. The corn told her about their dissent. Ixmucan\u00e9 laughed, but in a caring way, not a mocking one, and said to the little corn, \u201cLook, little brothers, it\u2019s not enough for you to dissent. You have to be in resistance and rebellion. You have to rebel, to be enraged, angry, and to organize yourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ixmucan\u00e9 left because the male gods continued with their foolishness, and she had to figure out how to fix their mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>The group of little ears of corn kept thinking about what Ixmucan\u00e9 told them and said, \u201cAlright then, we\u2019re going to get angry.\u201d They started thinking of all the humiliation and insults they had been subject to, and got angrier and hot with rage and so on until they were red with so much anger that they couldn\u2019t stand the heat and Pop! One exploded, jumping up and becoming spongy, and then another and another, and a wind came and swept them up. The rest of the small corn started doing the same, one and another and another popping and jumping. Then there were many and the sky was full of popping corn.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23033 aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3.jpg?resize=631%2C498\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3.jpg?resize=640%2C505&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3.jpg?resize=1024%2C807&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3.jpg?resize=768%2C605&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"498\" data-attachment-id=\"23033\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/06\/16\/la-calamidad-zapatista\/3-23\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3.jpg?fit=1200%2C946&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,946\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3.jpg?fit=640%2C505&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3.jpg?fit=1024%2C807&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Illustration in mixed media, Libe, Mexico City, 2021)<\/p>\n<p>A little girl looked to the sky and said \u201cThey look like doves.\u201d And a boy said, \u201cYeah, but small ones.\u201d And the girl said, \u201cThat\u2019s it, like little doves.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/06\/27\/calamidad-zapatista\/#_edn3\" name=\"_ednref3\">[iii]<\/a> As kids tend to do, the boy grabbed a kernel of popcorn and ate it and said, \u201cIt tastes great.\u201d And the girl said, \u201cYes, but something\u2019s missing,\u201d and right beside them they found a jar that Ixmucan\u00e9 had forgotten which they poured on the popcorn, which made it spicy but tasty.<\/p>\n<p>So the girl and boy called out to all the world\u2019s boys and girls and <em>ni\u00f1oas<\/em>, and they started snatching up the flying corn and putting it into a bowl with hot sauce and eating until it gave them diarrhea, but continuing the party anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Then the rest of the corn stared with surprise and admiration because the little corn was the only corn that could fly, and so they respected the little corn. And they kept the name \u201cpopcorn\u201d [<em>ma\u00edz palomero<\/em>, \u201cdove corn\u201d] which means \u201ccorn that flies and throws a party\u201d in a language that I just invented.<\/p>\n<p>The end.<\/p>\n<p><em>Calamidad<\/em> applauds with wonder. The cat-dog doesn\u2019t applaud because its paws are covered in popcorn with hot sauce so it\u2019s patiently licking them because here nothing is wasted\u2026 when it comes to popcorn.<\/p>\n<p><em>Calamidad <\/em>declares she\u2019s going to play popcorn. She goes to the middle of the hut and begins to hold her breath and puff up, until she gets red and then purple (like kids do when they throw a tantrum), and the Sup is just about to give her a thump so that she breathes when <em>Calamidad <\/em>jumps and yells \u201cPOP!\u201d as she exhales. She looks to the Sup, expecting him to do the same, and when he just keeps on eating, <em>Calamidad <\/em>says \u201cSo are you a Zapatista or not?\u201d This hits Sup Galeano in the gut and he tries to hold his breath but since his mouth is full of tobacco smoke and popcorn he ends up hacking and coughing, spraying half-chewed bits of popcorn. <em>Calamidad<\/em>, her face now smeared with her own popcorn and his, claps excitedly because, as she says, the Sup made the noise of lots of popcorns popping.<\/p>\n<p>The Sup is about to choke, but he recovers quickly when an <em>insurgenta <\/em>from the Health team comes in and says, \u201cHe\u2019ll need an injection.\u201d Everyone runs, led by the cat-dog (who wasn\u2019t about to be confused with the Subcomandante), leaving only <em>Calamidad <\/em>who also heads off with the medical pack, toward the small pond where a pair of whales frolic and jump, knowing they\u2019re safe from the boats of fucking Chinese-Japanese-Korean big capital that, instead of following traditional ways and customs \u2013 meaning Anime, K-Pop (\ud32c\ub364 \uad70\ub300 \uc77c\uc5b4) and great walls \u2013 want to hunt them and convert them into dollars, yuan, yen, euros, with the leftovers in pesos\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23034 aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4.jpg?resize=631%2C445\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4.jpg?resize=640%2C451&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4.jpg?resize=1024%2C722&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4.jpg?resize=768%2C541&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"445\" data-attachment-id=\"23034\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/06\/16\/la-calamidad-zapatista\/4-18\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4.jpg?fit=1200%2C846&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,846\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4.jpg?fit=640%2C451&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4.jpg?fit=1024%2C722&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Ilustraci\u00f3n t\u00e9cnica mixta, Libe, Ciudad de M\u00e9xico, 2021)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>On How <em>Defensa Zapatista<\/em>\u2019s Team Won Their First International Match<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One day, the first international soccer match was held in which the intergalactic team of Women Who Struggle faced off against the very <em>other<\/em> team whose captain was <em>Defensa Zapatista<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The peculiar strategy of the Zapatista team\u2019s technical coach seemed to work:<\/p>\n<p>When the opposing side had possession and went on the offensive, <em>Calamidad <\/em>came onto the pitch, took the ball, and threw it into the pond.<\/p>\n<p>At that moment <em>Defensa Zapatista<\/em>\u2019s team began spreading rumors about the ferocious sharks living in the pond. Pedrito pointed out that that wasn\u2019t possible, but there were surely enormous crocodiles. <em>Esperanza<\/em> spoke of a gigantic whale that, every so often, would surface with a white ski mask.<\/p>\n<p>They ended up stoking panic with a skill that far surpassed even social media.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously <em>Calamidad <\/em>then went into the water and returned with the ball. The opposing side, following what\u2019s called \u201cfair play,\u201d thanked her and tried to raise her onto their shoulders, but there was no way.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth time they ran this play, the international women\u2019s team requested expulsion of the delinquent player who repeatedly threw the ball into a sea infested with tiger sharks, lizards, alligators, Hydras, Krakens, and even killer whales (so they said). But they ended up divided amongst themselves over an argument about gender solidarity, saying that expelling <em>Calamidad <\/em>was evidence that heteropatriarchal thought had contaminated women.<\/p>\n<p>They went on debating until they realized that the cat-dog had made a give-and-go pass for the history books against the head of the one-eyed horse (who had fallen asleep on the edge of penalty area) and, with a style surpassing Messi-Ronaldo, scored on the opposing team. The cheers came not just from the fans as they flooded into the pasture, I mean, stadium (actually only SupGaleano and El\u00edas Contreras were there, plus a lone popcorn stand with two supremely bored <em>insurgentas<\/em>), but also from <em>Defensa Zapatista<\/em>, because it was the first time the cat-dog didn\u2019t score an own-goal.<\/p>\n<p>The referee sounded the final whistle and the game ended. <em>Defensa Zapatista<\/em>\u2019s gang had won their first world victory.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, they tried to raise <em>Calamidad <\/em>up onto their shoulders, and once again they failed. As such, the festivities weren\u2019t able to completely take shape.<\/p>\n<p>But SupGaleano saved the day, mentioning that he\u2019d heard a rumor (in no way verified, possibly fake news) that Vlady had given SubMoy a box doughnuts of every flavor; that SupGaleano regretted they weren\u2019t honeybuns, but as the saying (that he invented just then) goes, \u201cWhen there are no honeybuns, doughnuts will do\u201d; and that SupMoy had gone to the Film Festival, and that he\u2019d locked the door to the \u201cee-zee-el-en\u201d General Command, which was a problem, but the solution was that he\u2019d given the key to SupGaleano who, in that very moment, dropped the key right in front of the gang; and that he\u2019d be very sorry to tell SupMoy that he lost the key in the stadium, er, in the pasture, but that <em>Defensa Zapatista<\/em>\u2019s gang had pitched in and found it; and \u201cHere\u2019s the key SupMoy, how was the film festival?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And when SupMoy realized that cardboard was all that was left of the box of doughnuts, SupGaleano would inform him that in the small pond in Puy he\u2019d seen a large whale with a piece of rainbow doughnut stuck on its chin, which the Sup inferred meant it wasn\u2019t a whale [<em>una ballena<\/em>] or a <em>vallenato<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/06\/27\/calamidad-zapatista\/#_edn4\" name=\"_ednref4\">[iv]<\/a>, but <em>unoa ballenoa<\/em>, and that our duty as Zapatistas was to give it shelter and support, because difference shouldn\u2019t be punished but celebrated with, for example, a dance, and that \u2013 what a coincidence \u2013 SupGaleano had recently made a self-critique to the music commission because the musician <em>compa\u00f1eros<\/em> only ever played <em>La Yaquecita<\/em>, and enough already with that tune (the other night they played it 53 times) and with the one that goes \u201c<em>as\u00ed, as\u00ed, as\u00ed<\/em>\u201d (played 32 times during the previous dance), and the Music Commission said, \u201cWe\u2019ll look into it.\u201d Then the musician <em>compa\u00f1eros<\/em> started up with the <em>Cumbia del Sapito<\/em> [Little Toad Cumbia] and, as we all know, the toad is the whale\u2019s first cousin; they announced the dance over the speakers and the people took off running, even the <em>Tercios Compas<\/em> dropped their equipment and took SupMoy to the dance\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23028 aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210612-WA0001.jpg?resize=631%2C441\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210612-WA0001.jpg?resize=640%2C447&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210612-WA0001.jpg?resize=768%2C536&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210612-WA0001.jpg?w=989&amp;ssl=1 989w\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"441\" data-attachment-id=\"23028\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/06\/16\/la-calamidad-zapatista\/img-20210612-wa0001\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210612-WA0001.jpg?fit=989%2C690&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"989,690\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG-20210612-WA0001\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210612-WA0001.jpg?fit=640%2C447&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210612-WA0001.jpg?fit=989%2C690&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Watercolor. Fernando Llanos, Chiapas, 2019, excerpt of the book <em>Journey to Reality<\/em>, Ediciones Necias.)<\/p>\n<p>The last ones left are SupGaleano and the cat-dog, who barks and meows at him. \u201cI knew you\u2019d find it,\u201d SupGaleano says, taking off his hat, uttering the magic word \u201calakazam,\u201d and pulling out a doughnut, once again a chocolate one, the last doughnut in the mountains of Southeastern Mexico. Since the chocolate was melting and sticking to his head, SupGaleano is wondering how he\u2019s going to clean his ski mask.<\/p>\n<p>While he shares the doughnut with the cat-dog, SupGaleano begins to tell a terrible and marvelous story of a girl named <em>Calamidad Zapatista<\/em> who, to their dismay, appears in that moment with one of the <em>Tercios<\/em>\u2019 mixing boards and says, \u201cWanna play?\u201d while she walks toward the pond to throw the equipment to <em>unoas ballenoas<\/em> that are frolicking, happy to be taken into account.<\/p>\n<p>So yes, no way around it, the cat-dog and SupGaleano had to share the doughnut with <em>Calamidad<\/em>, and that stopped her, but just for a moment, because then <em>Calamidad <\/em>found SupGaleano\u2019s popcorn and, her cheeks stained with sugar, said merrily, \u201cLet\u2019s play popcorn!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The end.<\/p>\n<p>From the mountains of Southeast Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>SupGaleano<\/p>\n<p>Realizing you can\u2019t clean a ski mask with spit, but solving the problem by putting on a cowboy hat. A handsome man, that one\u2026to each his own. <em>\u00a1Aj\u00faa!<\/em>[Yee haw!]<\/p>\n<p>2019-2021<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/06\/27\/calamidad-zapatista\/#_ednref1\" name=\"_edn1\">[i]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The <em>reboso<\/em> is a shawl traditionally worn by Mexican women, variously used to cover the head, the shoulders or to carry bundles, including children.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/06\/27\/calamidad-zapatista\/#_ednref2\" name=\"_edn2\">[ii]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Selachii is a classification that includes cartilaginous fishes such as modern sharks and rays.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/06\/27\/calamidad-zapatista\/#_ednref3\" name=\"_edn3\">[iii]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 The Spanish word for popcorn, <em>palomita<\/em>, literally means little dove.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/06\/27\/calamidad-zapatista\/#_ednref4\" name=\"_edn4\">[iv]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Colombian musical genre whose name, <em>vallenato<\/em>, is jokingly posed as a masculinized version of the word for whale, <em>ballena<\/em>.[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:es] La Calamidad Zapatista. (Que narra la historia del encuentro del SupGaleano y la Calamidad, con el agregado de la Historia del Ma\u00edz Palomero y, en la secci\u00f3n deportiva: el primer partido de futbol mundial; as\u00ed como otros infelices -para el Sup- acontecimientos) Notas de cabeza de p\u00e1gina (nom\u00e1s por joder a las de pie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":38184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,1318,118,955,953,935],"tags":[644,36,926,545,148,27,483],"class_list":["post-38182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-autor","category-caravana-zapatista-a-europa","category-ezln","category-ezln-temas","category-mundo","category-temas","tag-comunicados-ezln","tag-comunidades-zapatistas","tag-ezln","tag-pueblos-indigenas","tag-resistencia","tag-solidaridad","tag-tierra-y-territorio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38182"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38513,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38182\/revisions\/38513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}