Sacramento Bee: Chiapas, Mexico's southernmost state, is a remote frontier, the gateway to Mayan ruins, chilly highland forests and steamy rain forest jungle.
Americans, however, might be acquainted with it more for the ubiquitous "Chia Pet" (remember the clay pots with chia seeds?) or for the anti-globalization Zapatista uprisings that began in 1994 than for the state's rich biodiversity and cultural heritage.
You might not expect this to be a place that draws California lawmakers.
But indeed it does,...