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> > >conv. AGP/PGA >Friends! >About a week ago, a month of military provocations in Bolivia finally >culminated in a demonstration of peasants of the Cinco Federaciones in the >Cochabamba region in which several peasants and four soldiers were shot >(rather strange, as the peasants don't go to demos with rifles...) >The government immediately arrested more than 60 union leaders, including >several well known to PGA and the antiglobalisation movement, such as >Leonilda (who demonstrated with us in Prague). >The parliament has voted to lift the immunity of the most popular (and only >indigenous) deputy in the country, Evo Morales, leader of the Cinco >Federaciones. He is accused of being the "intellectual author" of the >killings (remember Tony Negri...?). Why not send him to Guantanamo while >they are at it? > >All those who were in Cochabamba last september for the 3rd Peoples' Global >Action conference (hosted by the Cinco Federaciones) remember the personal >threats made by the US ambassador against Evo. (Evo had had the gall to >regret the victims of September 11th and those of US imperialism at the >same time!) No one can doubt that this is a new and grave escalation of the >planned US agression against the popular movements of the Andes. This is a >time when friendships should show. > >I propose that the "Global Cacerolazo" scheduled for SATURDAY/SUNDAY >FEBRUARY 2/3, against the World Economic Forum in NY and in support of the >Argentine popular uprising, be broadened to include a demand for the >immediate liberation of all political prisoners in Bolivia. > >L'ejercito fuera del Tropico! > >...... > >PS. Please send protests (see below) from your organisations to the >Bolivian government, media and human rights organisations. > > >Urgent Message: Repression in Bolivia and suspension of the parliamentary >immunity of Evo Morales > >DESPACHO PRESIDENTE DEL H. CONGRESO NACIONAL >VICEPRESIDENTE DE LA REP�BLICA DE BOLIVIA >S.E. Jorge Quiroga Ram�rez >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >SECRETAR�A GENERAL >Gustavo Aliaga Palma >Fax 00 591 2 201211 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sir, > >These last weeks, the Bolivian government has repeatedly violated human >rights, provoking an extremely grave situation, particularly for the >indigenous peasant population in the region of Tropico de Cochabamba. > >Since december, the Bolivian government, with the pretext of the war on >narcotrafic, executing a plan for the forced militarisation of the Tropico >region, has brutally repressed the numerous peaceful protests organised by >the people of this region, in majority indigenous. A few days ago, this >activity finally provoked violent incidents between the military and the >cocalero farmers. In the city of Sacaba, a number of demonstrators were >assassinated and others wounded or imprisoned. However, four military were >also killed in the clashes. > >Jumping on the occasion, and with the excuse of a petion submitted by the >families of the dead soldiers, the governement ordered the arrest of more >than sixty union leaders of different organisations, mostly from the >Tropico de Cochabamba. The parliament, on the instigation of the government >and under military pressure, decided in an unprecedented move, to suppress >the immunity of national deputy, Evo Morales, the internationally known >union leader, accused of being the "intellectual author" of the killings. > >In just as arbitrary fashion, the authorities have ordered Evo Morales to >pay a huge financial "indemnisation" to the rich owner of a luxury hotel >invoking "economic losses" during days of social conflict. (Just as though >MAI or FTA already existed!) > >At the same time, and without any apparent motive, the Bolivian authorities >have shut down Radio Soberania (Radio Sovereignty), the radio of the Cinco >Federaciones in the region. > >In view of all these grave and obvious violations of human rights garanteed >by the Bolivian constitution, we demand the respect of legal and human >rights, the liberation of the arbitrarily arrested unionists, the >restauration of deputy Evo Morales' legitimate rights, the re-opening of >Radio Soberania and the opening of the real dialog of national >reconciliation, under the auspices of the Church, which has been demanded >by the principle sectors of Bolivian society. > > >date and signature: > > >URGENTE!! > >DESPACHO PRESIDENTE DEL H. CONGRESO NACIONAL >VICEPRESIDENTE DE LA REP�BLICA DE BOLIVIA >S.E. Jorge Quiroga Ram�rez >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >SECRETAR�A GENERAL >Gustavo Aliaga Palma >Fax 00 591 2 201211 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Estimado Senor Ramirez, > >En estas �ltimas semanas, el gobierno boliviano ha perpetrado repetidas >violaciones de derechos humanos originando una situaci�n, altamente >preocupante en el pa�s, con nefastas consecuencias particularmente en la >poblaci�n ind�gena y m�s concretamente en el campesinado de la regi�n del >Tr�pico de Cochabamba. > >Es as� que desde el pasado mes de diciembre de 2001, el gobierno boliviano, >bajo el pretexto de lucha contra el narcotr�fico, y en ejecuci�n de su >programa de militarizaci�n forzosa de la regi�n del Tr�pico, viene >reprimiendo brutalmente y con m�todos expeditivos las numerosas >manifestaciones pac�ficas de protesta organizadas por la poblaci�n civil de >dicha regi�n, mayoritariamente ind�gena. Esta situaci�n ha abocado, hace >unos d�as, en violentos enfrentamientos callejeros entre fuerzas >gubernamentales y campesinos colacaleros. De modo que en la ciudad de Saca�a >varios manifestantes han sido detenidos, heridos y asesinados, pero tambi�n >cuatro miembros militares resultaron muertos en los enfrentamientos. > >Ampar�ndose de esta situaci�n, y a petici�n de los parientes de los >militares muertos, el gobierno boliviano ha ordenado la detenci�n de m�s de >60 dirigentes sindicalistas de las diferentes organizaciones campesinas, en >su mayor�a pertenecientes al Tr�pico de Cochabamba. El parlamento, a >instigaci�n >de las autoridades bolivianas y bajo presi�n militar, ha decidido, en el >marco de un proceso in�dito, la supresi�n de la inmunidad del diputado >nacional Evo Morales Ayma, destacado dirigente sindicalista >internacionalmente conocido, acusado de "autor intelectual" de las muertes >de los militares. Mientras la misma justicia boliviana sigue buscando a los >verdaderos asesinos de los soldados fallecidos. > >Mediante el mismo procedimiento arbitrario, las autoridades bolivianas han >impuesto al dirigente sindical Evo Morales Ayma el pago de una millonaria >indemnizaci�n a una rica propietaria de un lujoso hotel invocando "p�rdidas >econ�micas" durante los conflictos sociales. > >Por otra lado, sin motivo aparente, la radio Soberan�a propiedad de la >Federaci�n de Cocaleros, que ven�a emitiendo en el Chapare desde hace mucho >tambi�n ha sido cerrada por �rden del Gobierno. > >Por todo ello, en vista de este notorio atropelio de los derechos humanos y >violaci�n de las libertades democr�ticas, garantizadas por la misma >constituci�n boliviana, pedimos el gobierno y las instituciones bolivianas >de respetar los procedimientos que vienen garantizados en un estado de >derecho, con la liberaci�n inmediata de todos los sindicalistas >arbitrariamente detenidos, la rehabilitaci�n de los derechos l�gitimos del >diputado Evo Morales, la reapertura de la radio Soberan�a y el inicio de un >verdadero di�logo de reconciliaci�n nacional, bajo los auspicios de la >Iglesia, como lo reclaman los principales sectores de la poblaci�n civil >boliviana. > > > enero de 2002 > --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
