02/01/2002
January: Monseñor Arturo Lona Reyes, Bishop of Tehuantepec and a key proponent in Mexico of liberation theology, hands in his resignation letter on reaching retirement age. […]
The aim of this chronology is not to cover the complete history of Oaxaca, but rather to explain key elements in order to provide an understanding of recent events.
02/01/2001
1 December: Twenty militants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People (FARP) burst into the town centre of Nazareno Etla, ten kilometres away from the […]
03/01/2000
The history of the indigenous peoples of Oaxaca goes back to around 10,000 BC, with the arrival of the first nomadic groups in the Central Valleys […]
03/01/2000
3 February 1824: Creation of the State of Oaxaca. 1858-1872: A Oaxaqueño in the Presidency of the Republic Benito Juárez, an indigenous Zapotec from Oaxaca, becomes […]