Even with the snow and ice in antarctica, it is still one of the driest continents on earth.

I theorize that Antarctica is called a desert because even if the ice melt it will melt into saltwater and there aren't as many food resources there.

The primarily goals of the zapatistas of mexico in 1994 were land reform and redistribution. it is also included in their demands to have a greater political and cultural autonomy for the indigenous people of chiapas and the rest of mexico.