---------- From: "benjamin ramos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 21:42:35 KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques > >P.O. Box 1424 Vieques, Puerto Rico 00765 > >Tel. (787) 741-0716 E mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >1 January, 2001 > >Press Release >Viequenses prepare for new round of civil disobedience actions >Spokespersons for the Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques >(CRDV) informed that the Navy has placed in the Post Office and other >public areas, a warning for fishermen and other operators of small boats >that military operations will take place from 1 until 4:00PM on the 2nd and >3rd of January. The Navy will carry out preparations - that generally >include open burning and open detonation of bombs and other artifacts from >previous maneuvers - for > >Viequenses prepare for new round of civil disobedience actions > > >Spokespersons for the Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques >(CRDV) informed that the Navy has placed in the Post Office and other >public areas, a warning for fishermen and other operators of small boats >that military operations will take place from 1 until 4:00PM on the 2nd and >3rd of January. The Navy will carry out preparations - that generally >include open burning and open detonation of bombs and other artifacts from >previous maneuvers - for exercises announced for the second half of this >month. > > >The Viequenses reported that during New Years Eve, members of the community >dismantled hundred of feet of the military fence at Camp Garc�a to denounce >the Navy�s intentions of continued bombing. Brigades of Viequenses took >down large extensions of the perimeter fence that separates the military >from the civilian area in the Eastern third of the island. > > >"This is an indication of things to come," signaled Ismael Guadalupe, one >of the principal Viequense leaders. "This fence separates us from our >patrimony, from the land where our parents and grandparents were born. We >want to end the obstacles to our natural and healthy development. We will >take back what by Natural Right belongs to us - our land, our right to live >in Peace. Actions of Civil Disobedience will continue to block and denounce >the next maneuvers," said Guadalupe. > > >Nilda Medina, another spokeswoman for the Vieques struggle, made an urgent >call to persons who have not yet participated in civil disobedience acts, >indicating that this is the momento to make the sacrifice to guarentee >Peace for Vieques. Medina suggested that those interested in participating >in the next incursions into the Navy's restricted zone here should call the >CRDV at the Peace and Justice Camp at (787) 741-0716 > > > > >Contacto: Robert Rabin 787 741-0716 > >exercises announced for the second half of this month. > > >The Viequenses reported that during New Years Eve, members of the community >dismantled hundred of feet of the military fence at Camp Garc�a to denounce >the Navy�s intentions of continued bombing. Brigades of Viequenses took >down large extensions of the perimeter fence that separates the military >from the civilian area in the Eastern third of the island. > > >"This is an indication of things to come," signaled Ismael Guadalupe, one >of the principal Viequense leaders. "This fence separates us from our >patrimony, from the land where our parents and grandparents were born. We >want to end the obstacles to our natural and healthy development. We will >take back what by Natural Right belongs to us - our land, our right to live >in Peace. Actions of Civil Disobedience will continue to block and denounce >the next maneuvers," said Guadalupe. > > >Nilda Medina, another spokeswoman for the Vieques struggle, made an urgent >call to persons who have not yet participated in civil disobedience acts, >indicating that this is the momento to make the sacrifice to guarentee >Peace for Vieques. Medina suggested that those interested in participating >in the next incursions into the Navy's restricted zone here should call the >CRDV at the Peace and Justice Camp at (787) 741-0716 > > > > >Contacto: Robert Rabin 787 741-0716 > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
