by SOA Watch
July 2nd, 2009
The School of the Americas graduate-led military overthrow of the democratically elected government of President Zelaya is in its fifth day and the resistance by the Honduran social movements continues to stand strong despite the increasing repression. Yesterday, the Honduran Congress announced a suspension of citizens’ rights in Honduras for 24 hours. Citizens may not organize or otherwise congregate for any reason, and homes may be entered by government forces without permit. The curfew that has been in place since Sunday has been extended for 6 more days.
SOA Watch is in constant contact with our friends in Honduras, who are courageously defending their democracy against the coup. The social movements are resisting the military takeover through protests, occupations and strikes. Thousands are again taking to the streets right now for a march from the Obelisk to the center of the city and to the Congress building. Repression is expected to occur. The Honduran democracy protesters are calling on the international community to speak up in defense of real and direct democracy, for life, justice, liberty, dignity and peace.
National Front Against the Coup D’état | Indymedia Honduras | Rights Action | Narco News
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A LOS MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN
A LOS ORGANISMOS INDEPENDIENTES, DEFENSORES DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS
A LA OPINIÓN PÚBLICA
Oaxaca vive una de las crisis sociales, políticas y económicas más graves de todos los tiempos. Así como crece la inconformidad en diferentes regiones de nuestro estado por los planes autoritarios de los desgobernantes en turno; así como se padece cada vez más la marginación, la falta de atención a las demandas más urgentes de nuestras comunidades, colonias y barrios más pobres; así como crecen los graves problemas de salud pública, educación e inseguridad; en Oaxaca padecemos un descontrol total que el desgobierno trata de desmentir generando condiciones de represión y violencia, cada vez más lamentables.
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Originally published in Left Turn July/Aug 2009
By Simon Sedillo
The facts are clear: indigenous communities in Mexico are being preyed upon by the US military with the help of Kansas University geographers. In 2005, the Department of Geography at Kansas University received $500,000 in Department of Defense funds to map communally-held indigenous land in the Mexican states of San Luis Potosi and Oaxaca. With the help of the US Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO), located at Fort Leavenworth Army base in Leavenworth, Kansas, geography professors Peter Herlihy and Jerome Dobson ploughed ahead with the “Mexico Indigena” project, a part of the larger mapping project, the Bowman Expeditions.
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by Hans Bennett
June 23, 2009
“I am 77-years-old. I have two children, eight grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren…My children are scared for me. It’s just that they love me. Everyone loves the little old granny, the mother hen of all those eggs. They say ‘They’re going to send someone to kill you. They’ll put a bullet through you.’ But I tell them, ‘I don’t care if it’s two bullets.’ I’ve become fearless like that. God gave me life and He will take it away when it is His will. If I get killed, I’ll be remembered as the old lady who fought the good fight, a heroine, even, who worked for peace…Hasta la victoria siempre. That’s what I believe,”says Marinita, a lifetime resident of Oaxaca, Mexico. Marinita was one of the many participants in the 2006 Oaxaca rebellion, whose first-hand account is featured in the new book released by PM Press, titled Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca
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UPDATE 6/25/09: House of Representatives Votes to Force the Pentagon to Release Information to SOA Watch
SOA Watch has received confirmation that Congress will vote on an amendment to the Defense Authorization Act that would require that the School of the Americas/ WHINSEC to release the names, ranks, country of origin, courses and dates attended of students and instructors at the institute.
The amendment will be offered by Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA), Representative Joe Sestak (D-PA), Representative Sanford Bishop (D-GA) and Representative John Lewis (D-GA) and we expect the vote to happen on Wednesday, June 24.
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El día miércoles 17 de junio Hugo Jarquin mando alrededor de 50 porros y para-policías para desalojar el platón de denuncia que mantiene el concejo de la APPO en el zócalo, y golpearon a varios compañeros integrantes de este mismo, y no conforme con esto el señor Hugo Jarquin el día jueves 18 de junio en el programa de noticias de TV azteca de las 7:00 am amenazo de tomar represarías contra:
*Gabriela Jiménez
*Adán Mejía
*David Venegas
Después de negar de una manera sínica el haber mandado a golpear a los compañeros de la A.P.P.O. Y argumentara haber sido solo 10 cuando todas las personas y medios que se encontraba ahí se dieron cuenta que era casi el quíntuple de porros que él dice que eran.
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