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Potential Sources
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1070289X.1996.9962560

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0094582X0102800402

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40241550

https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1525/jlca.1997.3.1.102

http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a340892.pdf

http://web.eecs.utk.edu/~miturria/project/zapatista_timeline.html

http://zapataproject.org/content/first-declaration-lacandon-jungle-and-plan-ayala-laying-out-movement#_ftn12

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41319261?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

https://web.stanford.edu/class/e297a/The%20Struggle%20of%20the%20EZLN%20in%20Modern%20Mexico.doc

Possible Origins of the EZLN
There are a number of theories with varying degrees of evidence as to where the EZLN originated from. Some argue that it was formed by refugees from Guatemala who had fought for similar goals there, but were forced to flee. Another is that Subcommandante Marcos was a student who visited an indigenous village and proceeded to lead them.

Timeline: The First Declaration of the Lacandona Jungle (1993)
In December of 1993, The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) issued the First Declaration of the Lacandona Jungle, which declared that the government of Mexico and President Carlos Salinas de Gortari were illegitimate. This declaration was heavily rooted in Emeliano Zapata's Plan of Ayala (1911), which denounced the dictatorial regime of President Francisco Madero and proposed several measures to reform the government.

Timeline: 1994 Uprising
On 1 January 1994, the EZLN began their military insurrection in the southernmost province of Mexico, Chiapas, in the name of the rights of oppressed indigenous peoples and democracy; this was the same date on which the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) took effect. The EZLN based their operations out of the Lacandona Jungle, and used this as their launching point for capturing the towns of Ocosingo, Las Margaritas, Altamirano, and San Cristóbal de las Casas. On 12 January, the federal government reached a ceasefire agreement with the EZLN.

First Empire of Haiti
I went about searching for an article because one of my questions from our first reading about Haiti was about what the post-Revolutionary Haitian government did to help minimize the class differences—if any—and what policies they enacted to help lift former slaves into higher economic standing. So, I searched for the Wikipedia article about the Haitian government after the Revolution, which was known as the First Empire of Haiti. Some key words/people include: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and the History of Haiti. This article and project is rated as Start-Class, and clearly the article provides little to no information on the actual governance of the First Empire of Haiti, but instead simply explains how it came into existence, and how it ended.

Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
Yes it is; it is specific to one country and is about something that is clearly necessary to understand to be able to discuss its s politics.

Is it written neutrally?
It seems to be written neutrally, and doesn't push any particular agenda.

Does each claim have a citation?
Not really; most sections of the article have one citation for the whole paragraph. Furthermore, there is certainly not enough information for some sections, and is not balanced appropriately between sections. Sections about old versions of the Constitution are more developed than that about the current one.

Are the citations reliable?
Some are reliable, and others are less notable. One major problem is that much of the information in the article comes from a single source.

Is the article's content relative to the topic?
Yes it is; same reasoning as for the above article.

Is it written neutrally?
Yes: It seems to be based on clear facts and is unbiased.

Does each claim have a citation?
Absolutely not. There are only three citations for the whole article, which has several sections with none.

Are the citations reliable?
The citations are from government websites, which I presume to be reliable. However, it would be good to diversify to more independent sources.

Is the article's content relative to the topic?
Yes, same as above.

Is it written neutrally?
Yes, but the main problem is that there isn't much writing. It consists mostly of lists and data.

Does each claim have a citation?
It seems that most do, but most are not anything more than data it seems.

Are the citations reliable?
Yes; many appear to be from government sources and independent news sources.

Colorado Party (Paraguay)
The party of the current President of Paraguay. Not much activity on the talk page and very few sources. It is rated as a start-class article. Clearly, it could use some more work.