And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 13:12:05 -0600 (CST) >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiapas95-english) >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: En;Zapatistas vow to keep fighting,Jan 2 > >This message is forwarded to you as a service of Zapatistas Online. > > >Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 09:00:25 -0800 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Commandante Null <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Multiple recipients of list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Zapatistas vow to keep fighting > >Saturday, January 2, 1999 Published at 05:48 GMT > >Zapatistas vow to keep fighting > >There have been anniversary celebrations in Mexico City's parks > >By Mexico Correspondent Peter Greste > >Mexico's Zapatista guerrillas have marked the fifth anniversary of their >uprising with a statement accusing the government of continuing a policy of >exterminating the country' indigenous people. > >The Zapatistas' statement was published on the Internet and broadcast to a >group of supporters celebrating the anniversary in a remote camp in the >southern state of Chiapas. > >In the statement, the rebel leader known as Subcommandante Marcos vowed >that the Zapatista rebels would continue to fight with peaceful means >against what he described as the government's policy of ethnocide and >extermination, and for improved rights for the country's 10 million Indians. > >Failed talks > >The statement follows an apparently fruitless attempt to renew peace talks >last November and it hinted at the Zapatistas' continued reluctance to talk >directly to the government. Some observers said the rebels appeared willing >to talk only to sympathetic civilian groups. > >The last round of direct talks stalled late in 1996 when the Zapatistas >accused the Mexican government of failing to honour agreements to guarantee >greater Indian autonomy. The government says those demands run counter to >the Mexican constitution. > >The Zapatistas are also demanding that the government withdraw its heavy >military presence in Chiapas. The troops have been there ever since the >rebel movement launched their uprising in the impoverished southern state >on New Year's Day in 1994. > >At least 150 people died in the ten days of fighting that followed, >although hundreds more have been killed in related political violence. > > >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
