And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: A case of it is all the victims fault? >Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 09:01:33 -0600 (CST) >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiapas95-english) >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: En;Cardinal Blames EZLN for Indigenous Suffering,Dec.26 > >This message is forwarded to you as a service of Zapatistas Online. > > >Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 13:36:44 -0800 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Commandante Null <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Multiple recipients of list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Acteal Anniversary Greetings from the Church "authorities". > >23-Dec-98 -- EWTN News Brief > >CARDINAL LASHES OUT AT REBELS ON MASSACRE ANNIVERSARY > >MEXICO CITY (CWNews.com) - As Mexicans observed the anniversary of a >massacre in the town of Acteal, where paramilitary gunmen killed dozens of >natives last year, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City lashed >out at the Zapatista guerrillas whose rebellion has led to five years of >bloodshed in the southern Chiapas region. > >In his homily during a Mass celebrated at his cathedral, Cardinal Rivera >sharply criticized the Mexican government for its failure to recognize the >dire poverty of the people of Chiapas. But he said the Zapatista rebels, >"instead of helping them to solve their problems, have brought more >suffering, more problems." > >Even in the year since the Acteal massacre, the cardinal continued, the >Zapatista guerrillas have "escalated the conflict, which has made the >natives its principal victims." He concluded that since the guerrillas' >activities have led to increased suffering on the part of the people of >Chiapas, the Zapatista front has "lost the right to claim the Indians are >the reason for their violent efforts." > >The Zapatista Army of National Liberation first came to prominence on >January 1, 1994, by announcing a rebellion and taking control of several >districts of Chiapas. The southern state has the largest Indian population >in Mexico, as well as the most severe poverty. > >NPC Information Associates >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >770-457-6758 >"Intelligence for the Underdog!" > >-- >To unsubscribe from this list send a message containing the words >unsubscribe chiapas95 to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Previous messages >are available from http://www.eco.utexas.edu/faculty/Cleaver/chiapas95.html >or gopher://eco.utexas.edu. > <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
