Twenty years after the March of the Colour of the Earth, in which the Zapatistas made a tour of Mexico, they planned to visit different countries in order to meet other grassroots, left-wing groups and share experiences.
[3][4] They had travelled from Chiapas to the Caribbean and aimed to arrive in Vigo in north-west Spain before 13 August, the date marking five hundred years since Tenochtitlan was captured by Spanish forces.
[2] The Zapatistas met activist groups in Barcelona, Madrid, Mérida and Valencia in Spain and next went to France, where they visited Aubervilliers, Montreuil and the Zone to Defend at Notre-Dame-des-Landes near Nantes.
[2] They also planned to visit Sámi people protesting against a high-speed train route being constructed between Rovaniemi in Lapland and Kirkenes in Norway and groups in Italy mobilising against the Trans Adriatic Pipeline.
[2] After four months, Squadron 421 returned to Mexico City International Airport in September, meeting members of the National Indigenous Congress and not giving any statement to the mainstream media.