Zapatista rebels woo Inter Milan
BBC -fwd | 13.05.2005 10:08 | Culture | Zapatista | World
The captain of Inter Milan football club says he would be willing to take up an invitation for the club to play a team of Mexican Zapatista rebels.
The Italian club have received a letter from the indigenous movement, based in the southern state of Chiapas.
The Italian club have received a letter from the indigenous movement, based in the southern state of Chiapas.
Inter - one of Italy's biggest and most famous clubs - have built links with the Zapatistas by funding sports, water and health projects in their area of operation in Chiapas.
Team manager Bruno Bartolozzi paid a visit to a village in Chiapas last June, bearing donations from the club and its owner, Massimo Moratti. During the trip, he was approached by a Zapatista commander.
Zanetti, an Argentine, also wrote a letter to express his support for the rebels' "struggle to maintain your roots and fight for your ideals".
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For helping with water and health projects here in Britian or to arrange solidarity football matches locally or whereever, contact the Edinburgh Chiapas Solidarity Campaign:
http://www.edinchiapas.org.uk/
Team manager Bruno Bartolozzi paid a visit to a village in Chiapas last June, bearing donations from the club and its owner, Massimo Moratti. During the trip, he was approached by a Zapatista commander.
Zanetti, an Argentine, also wrote a letter to express his support for the rebels' "struggle to maintain your roots and fight for your ideals".
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For helping with water and health projects here in Britian or to arrange solidarity football matches locally or whereever, contact the Edinburgh Chiapas Solidarity Campaign:
http://www.edinchiapas.org.uk/
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