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A translation of the invitation to this event appears on page one of The Narco News Bulletin, which launches issue #7 today: http://www.narconews.com/ Also, as a service for our readers, citizens and journalists everywhere, we have translated two more communiqu�s by Subcomandante Marcos of the Zapatistas� His open letter to Ernesto Zedillo� http://www.narconews.com/mextransition5.html And an excellent new theatrical work in two acts about the media and the political class� http://www.narconews.com/mextransition6.html Yesterday, at his inauguration, new Mexican president Vicente Fox announced his first act as president: the sending of the San Andr�s Peace Accords to Congress for approval. Stay tuned in the coming days for a report on today�s press conference and more updates on the Mexican transition. Here are some excerpts below. Salud y abrazo, >From somewhere in a country called Am�rica, Al Giordano Publisher The Narco News Bulletin http://www.narconews.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please distribute widely Subscribe to receive free alerts of new reports: http://www.egroups.com/group/narconews Excerpts from the Narco News translations of new Zapatista communiqu�s: (From Marcos� open letter to ex-president Ernesto Zedillo) �When you came to power, you had the liberty to choose how to face the Zapatista uprising. What you chose is already done and is history. In your role as Supreme Commander of the Federal Army and with all the power that being the chief executive holds, you could have chosen the path of dialogue and negotiation. You could have offered signs of peace. You could have complied with what you signed in San Andr�s. You could have brought peace. �You didn't do it. ��You spent billions of pesos trying to buy the consciences of the rebels. You militarized the indigenous communities (and not only in Chiapas). You deported international observers. You trained, armed and equipped paramilitaries. You prosecuted, jailed and summarily executed Zapatistas ("remember" Union Progreso, June 10, 1998) and you did it to non-Zapatistas: You destroyed the social fabric of rural Chiapas, and you followed the slogan of your putative son, the paramilitary group "Red Mask" ("We will kill the Zapatista seed"). You sent them to massacre children and pregnant women in Acteal on December 22, 1997. �We could have understood why, although you could have followed the path of dialogue, you opted instead to make war upon us. It could have been because they sold you the idea that you could take us prisoner, that you could have defeated us militarily, that you could have achieved our surrender, that you could have bought us, that you could have tricked us, that you could have caused the Mexican people to forget about us and our fight, that you could have caused the people of other countries to renounce their solidarity with the indigenous cause. In sum, that you could have won the war against us. This we could have understood. But, Mr. Zedillo, Why Acteal? Why did you send them to kill children? Why did you send your hitmen to kill pregnant women with machetes, who, wounded or terrorized, did not escape from the massacre. �In the end, what didn't you do to destroy the Zapatistas? ��No, the Zapatistas were not finished. �And not only were they not finished. What's more, is they proliferated through the entire world. Remember the times you had to escape through emergency exits, surreptitiously, from the events in other countries that you participated in while the Zapatista committees of solidarity protested your Chiapas policy? Is there any ambassador or consul that has not reported with despair the actions that International Zapatistas conducted at the events and buildings of the Mexican government in foreign countries? How many protests from international organizations were received by your foreign relations ministry for the incompliance with the San Andres Acords, the militarization of Chiapas and the lack of dialogue with the Zapatistas? And when you ordered the expulsion of hundreds of international observers, did that diminish the solidarity actions throughout the world? . �That was how the six years went, Mr. Zedillo. You could have chosen between peace and war and you opted for war. The results of this election are clear: You lost the war. �Today, just like your predecessor, you are marching off to the same place as those who gave you your job, they served you and were served by you, and then converted into your worst enemies disposed to pursue you. There, beginning tomorrow, you will know, Mr. Zedillo, what it is to be pursued night and day. And it will not only last six years. Because beginning right now there will be a very long line of those who want to settle accounts and injuries�. (Full Text Available at�) http://www.narconews.com/mextransition5.html Excerpt from Narco News translation of new theatrical work by Marcos: Host (speaking to the public): Welcome to our program, "The Able Truth!" Today we have as our special guest, The Political Class! (strong applause is heard, the public is immobilized, the audience silent, but an audiotape avoids the heavy task of clapping hands). The Political Class (to the host): Is my tie straight? Host: Tell us, Political Class, excuse me... can I ask you something? The Political Class (suffering a cavity that looks like a smile): Of course. Host: Good, tell us, what can be hoped from the coming electoral process? (The Political Class moves its lips but no sound emerges.) Host: Very interesting! Almost as interesting as these messages from our sponsors. The Political Class: Are we off the air? Host: Yes. It went perfectly. Now we will wait for the consultant, who, after conducting his market studies, will send us the audiotape with your response�. (Full Text Available at�) http://www.narconews.com/mextransition6.html _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
