*Political and social organizations of Chile rejects visit of President
Obama this March 21
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*March 20, 2011 .- A number of social organizations, unions and individuals,
overwhelmingly reject Obama's visit to Chile, scheduled for this March 21.
*Call to protest against the
imperialist and neo-liberal model and convert U.S. visit Mr. Obama in a
national day of mobilization against imperialism.
Below you can read the statement.
**
* *
*The undersigned declare:*
* With the advance of leftist governments and the awakening of the peoples
of our great homeland for over 200 years, America is reset and as Mr. Obama
said last month, his trip to Chile is "to forge new partnerships for
progress in America, as in the early sixties Doing so his party comrade John
F. Kennedy, who made the "Alliance for Progress", in order to stop the
advance of socialism in the people of Our America, after the Cuban
Revolution.*
It is clear that U.S. actions facing the world have not been stable, and
further its imperialist policy, has deepened dramatically. Mr. Obama
appeared before the world as a man of "change", but it has been conclusively
shown that only continuation of a policy clearly belligerent and
imperialist.
Such statements are checked to see any compliance with the promises made in
the field, such as ending the conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan. As well as
blatant occupation military forces did in Haiti after the country suffered
the ravages of nature in January 2010.
That is why, the Union of the Peoples Bicentennial (Chilean Chapter) is
organizing against this visit that seeks to give the permission of the
capitalist model introduced in Chilean military dictatorship, but perfected
in the 20 years of government consultation.
We reaffirm our position against the American empire and fight for:
- The term of the interference in the affairs of sovereign peoples, by the
U.S. (Read, The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador,
Nicaragua, and all progressive states. A clear example of this
interventionist is the criminal blockade that the U.S. government still
holds against the Republic of Cuba, as well as the arbitrary process who
suffered the five Cuban heroes, who are still prisoners in the jails of
Miami.).
- The return of territorial enclaves, such as: Puerto Rico, Las Malvinas
(U.S. disregard of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, TIAR)
and South Georgia.
- The closure of military bases that the U.S. maintains in various parts of
the continent as enclaves and spearheads its interventionist policy, in
partnership with governments and reactionary oligarchy.
- The end of military, financial and logistical support that gives the
criminal empire Colombian Government lackey regime that meets the sad role
of the "Israel of South America."
- An end to U.S. interventionism and NATO in Egypt, Libya and other Middle
Eastern countries. Under the pretext of mediate these forces only aspire to
consolidate its influence in this important oil region. The people of these
countries should decide their fate based on the principle of
self-determination of peoples.
Mr. Obama seeks to visit our country, to revive the moribund idea of a new
"alliance for progress", which is a formula for renewed American
imperialism, to try to curb the free and self-determined development of the
brotherly peoples of Latin America and the struggles and insurgents who
threaten their interests. Its objectives on this visit are nothing more than
neo-liberalism, more hunger, more misery and time, transform Chile into a
silver bridge for alliances against nations that really move towards
freedom, towards true democracy, towards the socialism of the century XXI.
Given these facts, we summon the political and social organizations: we must
unite and scream out loud rejection of the visit of Mr. Obama, and the
policies you want to promote (in addition to those already driving the U.S.
decades ago) to desenyugar the human being and a decent living and fair,
without exploitation and misery. While a few sleep in treasury created by
greed, millions of the most humble, every day waiting for the rising
struggle to create a new company, to be masters of our destiny without
foreign interference.
* **Against Mr Obama's visit to Chile!*
* **To make the visit of Mr. Obama in a national day of anti-imperialist
movement!** *
*We call on all organizations and social and political forces of Our America
and the world to protest against the imposition of the neoliberal model and
Yankee imperialism!*
* **Leaders and Political Organizations*
- Brigade Salvador Allende / BRISA: José Miguel Carrera, Manuel Cortez.
- Social and Democratic Force, National Leader Jorge Pavez, Loreto Muñoz,
Gustavo Mendez.
- MAP Movement for People's Assembly, Patricio Cid Coordinator
- MAPU, Carlos Ruiz
- Movement Toward Socialism-MAS CHILE. Juan Cuevas Cerda, Blas Durán. National
Coordinators.
- Broad Social Movement. Alejandro Navarro B., President.
- Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria "MIR", Monica Quilodrán, Secretary
General, Gino Straforini, Head of International Relations.
- Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Movement / MPMR, Roberto Muñoz
- Nicholas Valdez Muga, Socialist Youth Central Committee Member of Chile.
- Party socialist Allende, Esteban Silva Cuadra President, Carlos Molla and
Arturo Barrios, National Executives.
- Equality Party, Lautaro Guanca V.
- Christian Left Party of Chile, Víctor Osorio, President, Dario Salas,
Secretary General, Bernard Perez, SVP, Ivan Cabezas, Second Vice President.
- Party for Democracy (PPD) Citizens Commission on Human Rights, Juan
Bautista Henriquez, President, Rubén Suazo, Party for Democracy (PPD), Juan
Acuña, Party for Democracy (PPD), Guillermo Fonk, Party for Democracy (PPD)
- Socialist Party. Melipilla community, Verdugo Sergio Romero, a member of
the Management.
* *
*Union leaders and organizations*
- AFUSAM (The Association of Municipal Health Officers) of Linares, Alexis
Riquelme Castillo, national leader.
- Confederation of Transport Workers Bolivariana de Chile.
- Confederation of Metalworkers Contramet - Chile, Horacio Fuentes González,
President.
- Confederation Seafarers (Congema) Juan Bustos B., President.
- National Confederation of Trade Unions Bakers. Eugenio Paillalef Antinao,
national leader.
- National Confederation of Workers of Public Health (CONFENATS) Jorge
Araya, national leader.
- National Confederation of Copper Workers. Cristian Cuevas, president.
- CUT (Unified Workers Central) Etiel Moraga, National Director.
- CUT. Darío Vásquez, National Councillor and National Leader of the College
of Teachers.
- Bank Workers Federation Munita Patricio, Gabriel Romero, national leaders
- Federation of Research minero-Metalúrgico/FETRACIMN, Fernando Ramírez.
- Inter-National Federation of Transport / FENASITRAN: President Oscar
Vargas.
- National Federation of Transport Workers Union / FENAUTT President Richard
Lambert.
- FETRACOMA, Jose Zamora Aguirre, National leader.
- Workers Movement Clotaire Blest, Octavio Tapia
- Trade Union Movement Clasista. Edinson Gutierrez, Julio Arancibia,
national leaders.
- MUTT (Single Movement Transport Workers). Fernando Gonzalez, Mario Araya,
national leaders.
- Union Red Bus # 4
- Union of Health and Education Corporation Melipilla Commune
- Union of United Workers (Construction). Nazal Miguel Arevalo, Secretary
- Inter-Union of Metalworkers. Juan Carlos Guerrero.
- Inter-National Union of Workers - Small Business. Silvia Leiva Bravo,
Secretary; Gabriel Coustasse, Treasurer.
- Communal Workers Union Melipilla. Ricardo Santibanez.
* *
*Other organizations and individuals*
* *
- National Association of Former Political Prisoners De Chile - Historical,
President Victor Hugo Cuevas García.
- National Association of Former Political Prisoners of the V region. President
Hector Cataldo.
- Llancobich Cultural Center. Jose Hidalgo
- Command-Wide Solidarity with Cuba. Alejandro Aravena.
- Committee of Solidarity with the Bolivarian Venezuela. Carlos Riquelme.
- Reunion Committee Chileno Boliviano. Maria Teresa Marquez.
- Committee of Peruvian Refugees in Chile. Victor Paiba.
- Committee of Solidarity with Honduras.
- Committee Simón Bolívar, President Luis Toledo Castro
- Social Cultural Committee Bolivarian Sports Hugo Chavez Frias.
- Eduardo La Camera, president of Chile Writers Society
- Eduardo Robledo, Secretary General. Chile Writers Society
- Meeting of the Southern Cone - Chile, Javiera Pizarro
- Student Federation of the University of Valparaiso, President Sebastian
Farfan
- Instituto Alejandro Venegas.
- Cuban-Chilean Institute of Culture. Magali Matus.
- Heads of Household Comuna Lo Prado. Angélica Muñoz.
- Broad Movement of Solidarity with the Bolivarian Republic
- Movement of Cultural and Artistic Expression. Freddy Gonzales.
- Over-Water Movement. Patrick Arena.
- Movement for the Theatre Serrano. Nicholas Valdez.
- Latin American Youth Radio, Chile. Claudio Rios, manager.
- Radio Senda, Pancho Calama
- Red Alborada Peoples, Esteban Lazo Ramírez
- Red Miracle Workers, Students and Residents
- Tribune Review Public Melipilla. Rubén Morales Cespedes, Managing Editor.
- Magpies Emmaus Chile, José Aravena
- Video Libraries for the report. Miguel Avila.
- Collective Kryac.
* *
*Other personalities*
**
- Alejandro Navarro Brain, a Senator of the Republic of Chile.
- Álvaro Ramis, former president of the Federation of Catholic University
Students, Professor of Theology. Linked to the neoliberal international
organizations and the World Social Forums.
- Ernesto Carmona. Journalist.
- Francisco Villa, Chilean singer-songwriter
- Taborga Gonzalo Molina, defender of human rights in Chile
- Jorge Lavanderos Illanes, former senator
- Revista Punto Final, Manuel Donoso Director Cabieses
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