62 12 1190 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/00213cbf73fbefe7a8ae0fbf56580a93 50fe89fe066f85346e40621ac7e49613 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 6, no. 4 (34-35).pdf PDF Text Text Ahora que entre el Gobierno de la República y la Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca se ha logrado abrir un espacio político para tratar de buscarles una solución. pacífica, negociada y de buena fe a los gmvesproblemasqueaquejanaGuatemala,estotalmente justo y necesario que las partes asistentes al Diálogo, por un lado escuchen la voz de los Mayas, y tomen en cuenta las más sentidas aspiraciones de este pueblo, y por otro, se haga efectiva la participación de los representantes del pueblo Maya para plantear sus demandas. El territorio donde estaban asentados nuestros antepasados,los Mayas, abarcaba lo que hoy constituye la parte sur de la República de México, Belice, parte norte de la República del El Salvador y Honduras y, por supuesto, el territorio que actualmente ocupa el Estado guatemalteco. Los Mayas, en el referido territorio, venían fmjando desde hada aproximadamente 3114 años antes de Cristo su vida, su historia, su cultura(...) Con la interrupción violenta del desarrollo histórico autónomo del pueblo maya, que empieza en 1524, la voz de nuestro pueblo es silenciada bajo las formas más brutales de violencia(...) (El pueblo Maya) es el sector de la población guatemalteca que le ha tocado pagar el mayor costo en vidas humanas pr el conflicto interno que se vive en Guatemala durante estos últimos 30 años. (...)Sólo entre 1981 y 1985 se ejecutaron más de 175 masacres, contándose como tales el exterminio de más de 10 personas las que incluyen matanzas hasta de 500 seres humanos. Ejemplos de estas masacres son: Patzic:ía (1944), Sansirisay (1974),Panzós (1979), Chajul (1979), Embajada de España (1980), los de Chlmaltenango, Chupol, Chichicastenango, Coyá, San Miguel Acatán (198l),SanFransicoNentón(1982),elAguacate(l989), Santiago Atitlán, Sololá (1990) (...) La nueva oorrientedepensamiento que ilumina la mente de hombres, mujeres y pueblos del mundo entero, parte del principio fundamental del RESPETO MUTUO Y COEXISTENClAPACIFICA,dejandoen consecuencia, sepultadas a su fmne paso las ideas discriminadoras y patemalistas de: ASIMILACION, INTEGRACION, EXTERMINIO, RACISMO, ETNOCIDIO, etc., que justifican sistemas opresivos contra los pueblos. A continuación formulamos los derechos del pueblo Maya por lo cual es necesario organizarnos libremente, creando o fortaleciendo los instrumentos organizativos necesarios para decidir 34 nuestros asuntos en el plano económico, cultuml, social y político. y .li@lom;~n.rbc Lo que sigue son sólo algunos de los derechos y del'fllU8das Mayas expuestos en la declaración, más las condiciones mfnimas para el establecimiento de la paz propuestas por el Consejo de Organizaciones Mayas. territoriales, polítk:ase juridlcas •Reconocer nuestros derechos territoriales oomo pueblo Maya, por ser los legítimos pobladores del territorioqueahomocupaelactualEstado guatemalteco; •reestructurar la actual división político-administrativa del país, que responda a las necesidades del pueblo Maya y no sólo a intereses del Estado guatemalteco actual(...) •reconocer nuestro derecho a la autonomía política, que garantice al pueblo Maya participar en la construcción de su propio destino. llnguístlcas, educativas, culturales •Oficializar los idiomas Mayas a nivel de cada comunidadlingilistica;•exigimoslainmediataexpulsión del Instituto Lingüístico de Verano por estar promoviendo la división y confusión de nuestro pueblo 11'\brlfJ>If-hP•., ( ...) civiles y militares •Poner fin al conflicto militar; •Poner fm a las soluciones militares para los conflictos o problemas de carácter social, económico y cultural; que los militares vuelvan a sus cuarteles y las fuerzas insurgentes dejen las armas para que los mismos civiles conduzcan la sociedad( ...); •Desmilitarización de la sociedad, entendida ésta como: la supresión de patrullas de autodefensacivil (...)él del) reclutamiento militar forzoso y discriminatorio; •La reducción del ejército del Estado guatemalteco, con la finalidad de reforzar los presupuestos de los organismos del Estado que trabajan en las áreas sociales. económicas •Humanizar la economía. En una sociedad donde existen grandes diferencias económicas entre los grupos sociales que la componen, la redistribución de la riqueza es uno de los mecanismos para conseguir el bien común. El Estado debepracticarpolíticasque favorezcan el bien común y no el bien de grupos privilegiados; •Hacer realidad el derecho al acceso individual o colectivo a la tierra. ya que es el espacio físico-económico vital para la supervivencia y base para la reproducción de la �- cultura Maya; •Emitir las leyes necesaria y adecuadas para valorar y justipreciar el irnbajo de la mujer Maya. 4. Permitiryviabilizarel desarrollo de las personas, familias y comunidades desplazadas, tmto de las áreas urbanas romo rurales y marginales. Algunas condiciones minimas para el establ«imlento de la paz l. Respeto a la vida e integridad f'lSica de los guatemaltecos. 2. Respeto al derecho a la libre organización, sin escamotearhlsorganizacionesquesmjandelaexistencia de varios pueblos histórica y cultumlmente diferentes en Guatemala 3. Voluntad política para iniciar un proceso de consl:mcción de una Guatemalarealmentedemocrática, donde se respeten los derechos humanos individuales y colectivos de los pueblos Maya, Ladino, Garifuna y Xinka. VI LEN 1 Puede solidwel textocompletodel documento al: Consejo de Organización Mayas de Guatemala la Calle 4-20 Chimaltenoogo - Guatemala Tel.: 502-9-39 10 31 e Una marcha pacífica de los MayaMam, habitmtes delmunidpiodeCajolá(Quezaltenoogo) quereclamaban el derecho de posesión de sus tierras fue reprimida por lasfuerzasdeseguridaddelestadoguatemalteco,dejoodo un saldo de varios heridos, entre ellos mujeres y niños. Los hechos sucedieron el pasado 21 de julio de 1992 cuando unos 500 manifesmntes,luego de transitar varios kilómetros, llegaron a la Capital de la República y se concentraron en la Plaza Mayor, ubicada frente a la sede del Gobierno, para solicitar una audiencia y hacer entrega oficial de sus peticiones. Pocos momentos después de haber sido recibida una comisión en los pasillos del Palacio de Gobiemo,se ordenó a la policía antimotín que desalojara a los indígenasdelaPlazaMayor.Los indígenas se refugiaron en el Paraninfo de la Universidad San Carlos donde aún permooerenhastaobtenerrespuestaefectivadelgobiemo nacional. El motivo de la movilización de los Mames de Cajolá fueron los reiterados desalojos de sus propios tenitorios, de los cuales tienen títulos ortogados por el Presidente de Guatemala en 1910. Los desalojos se han efectuado a pedido de un terrateniente de la región. La recuperación de estas tierras ha tenido un alto costo para los Mames: quemas de ranchos, agresión a Vol. 6,N.4 S.Respewlavoluntadyelderechodelosrefugiados de volvera su tenitorio de origen, bajo la garantía de sus vidas y bienes y viabilizar el desarrollo de las comunidades de acuerdo con su propia cosmovisión. 6. Exigimos al pueblo Ladino dominante, poner un alto a la discriminación culturnl que sistemáticamente ejerce sobre nosotros. violencia moral y psicológica que proviene de la supuesta superioridad culturnl Ladina. los cultivos, desalojos y capturas de indígenas, lo que los ha obligado a instalarse en la carretera y sufrir las inclemencias del tiempo y del lugar. Ya han muerto 20 niños por desnutrición. Ya ha habido previas marchas que han resultado en acuerdos con el gobierno, la formación de comisiones, y trámites legales, seguidos por más negligencia oficial. ,reprimida En la Universidad de San Carlos, han recibido la solidaridad del pueblo capitalino y de organizaciones campesinas, indígenas, estudiantiles, sindicales y eclesiásticas, entreoirnS, que en días pasados efectuaron una movilización de protestaconirn la represión policial de que fueron objeto los habitmtes de Cajolá Por el momento, la Presidencia de la República decidió ordenar al Instituto Nacional de Transformación Agraria que investigue en el lugar de los hechos el caso de Cajolá para que en pocas semanas se tome una decisión respecto de la demanda de los mames, medida con la cual todavía no hay nada rt>..suelto y se continúa negando así, el legítimo derecho a la vida que germina desde la Madre Tierra. Fuente: Agencia Latinoamericana de Información � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 6, No. 4 (Noviembre 1992) (Spanish) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mayas Exigen Participacion en Dialogo de Paz (Guatemala) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Mayas Exigen Participacion en Dialogo de Paz (Guatemala) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 6, no. 4 (34-35).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/9fa9dff4414b8810e3936eb40ee5bcc5.pdf 1764fb562663c9bc2ed0fd2b88cefe96 PDF Text Text -,....,..~--------~----~---------- lnd ---~~--------------------~ psI eet From May 19 to 22, 1986, a meeting organized by the Center for Indian Communities and People of Eastern Bolivia (CIDOB) was held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, to discuss Indian land. Guarani, Chiquitano, Mojeiio, Ayorode, Mataco, and other Indian people live in this area of Bolivia near the border with Brazil. Among the participants in the meeting were the Farmworkers Union and the Federation of Women Farmworkers. The topics discussed included contradictions of the colonial process, such as market dependency; capitalist appropriation of Indian land as a basis for regional development; genocide; ethnocide; slavery; and destruction of the ecosystem. The conference concluded with a statement stressing the need to promote a multinational state where all social groups can participate in government decisions. It also called for a strategy of alternative economic development in which Indians will retain control of natural resources such as vegetation, minerals, and petroleum. PARAGUAY Resist Attack ite Colony Reports from Paraguay indicate that the Sommerfeld Mennonite colony has acquired title to land long occupied by Mbya Apytere Indians in the San Juan and Jaguary communities of the Caaguazu department. Maximo Gonzalez, Amselmo Miranda, and Juan Guato, leaders of the two communities, traveled to the capiARGENTINA tal, Asuncion, Saturday, July 19, 1986, to denounce the BRAZIL most recent acts of violence against their people. They reported that on repeated occasions and by a variety of violent means the Mennonites had tried to evict the Indian communities from their land, in total disregard for their legal rights, which are guaranteed in the Indian Communities Statute and confirmed by a ruling of the Villarrica district court issued January 10, 1984. As a consequence of his declarations to the press, Maximo Gonzalez was arrested. The violations of Indian rights include the complete deforestation of an area of woodlands totaling 40 hectares, situated within the traditional territory of the Mbya Apytere communities. The land is expressly protected by the January 10 ruling, which states, "Ordering the cessation of all threatening acts until an agreement has been reached between the Indian community, the administration authorities and the inhabitants of the Sommerfeld colony." However, neither the district police nor the Institute of Indian Affairs has made any effort to ensure that the ruling is respected. Declarations of support for the Mbya Apytere can be sent to the following officials: General German Martinez, Presidente, Instituto Paraguayo del Indigena, Avenida Don Bosco 745, casi Humaita, Asuncion, Paraguay. Willys Enns, Cooperativa Sommerfeld, Casilla de Correo 166, Asuncion, Paraguay. Vol. 3, no. 1. Fall, 1986. Page 9 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 3, No. 1 (Fall 1986) Zotero Language English Issue 1 Volume 3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mbya Apytere Resist Attack on Land by Mennonite Colony (Paraguay) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1986 Zotero Title Mbya Apytere Resist Attack on Land by Mennonite Colony (Paraguay) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 3, no. 1 (9).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Issue 1 Volume 3 Language English Pages 9 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/9a519335d43b46ccfc4e045843bf4fcc.pdf b461020abf0f981161e359e663bcc01c PDF Text Text MEXICO Community In Oaxaca Struggles For Land The Zapotec community of San Juan Jaltepec in Oaxaca has appealed for international assistance to maintain their community land, which the Mexican government has given to other parties. The community, which currently numbers more than 2,000 people, has lived on the land for hundreds of years and holds a legal title through a Spanish land grant dated 1770. Several decades ago a portion of the land was set aside for the community of Santa Maria Yaveo, which now includes about 380 people. In 1975, Santa Maria Yaveo asked the Mexican government for more land, and the government surveyed San Juan Jaltepec's land with the intention of dividing it between the communities. Efforts to resist the survey led to a conflict in which three people were killed and nine wounded by government police on September 3, 1979. Since then some of the land in dispute has been obtained by ranchers from other states, and the general situation remains very tense. When members of the San Juan Jaltepec community attempt to cultivate the land, the new "owners" complain to the police, who evict them. San Juan claims the land was sold illegally through corrupt judicial proceedings and is prepared to defend the land with arms. CARIBBEAN Meeting Planned For August In Dominican Republic The Inter-American Indian Institute, located in Mexico City, and the Museo del Hombre Dominicano (Museum of Dominican People), located in the Dominican Republic, are organizing the First Meeting of Caribbean Indians, to be held August 10-14, 1987, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The goal of the meeting will be to bring together Indian people, government representatives, academics, and non-governmental organizations to establish relationships among these groups and to discuss prospects for the future of Indian concerns. For more information, contact Alejandro Camino, Project Director, Inter-American Indian Institute, Insurgentes sur 1690, Mexico, D.F., Mexico. OAS Challenged on Neglect of Indian Rights In the fall of 1985 the Inter-American Indian Institute, which functions under the auspices of the Organization of American States (OAS), held its Ninth Congress in Santa Fe, New Mexico (see SAIIC Newsletter, Winter, 1986, pp. 2-5). Under pressure from Indian leaders who had been invited to the Congress for the first time, the Institute agreed that all future OAS reports on human rights should include a section on Indian communities. However, in the recently completed draft of the annual report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, there is no mention of Indian rights. SAIIC encourages Indian organizations in North, Central, and South America to write letters to the general secretary of the OAS urging the acknowledgement of Resolution 16 from the Santa Fe Conference in all statements on human rights. Letters should be sent to OAS Commission on Human Rights, 17th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. 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Title A name given to the resource Vol. 5, Nos. 3 _ 4 (9).pdf PDF Text Text I (Paraguay) Several families from the Civil Society of the Sommerfeld Kommittee have invaded lands which were recently reclaimed by the Mbya people. A total of 1,430 hectares were expropriated on November 21, 1989 and designated for use by 90 Mbya families from Cheiro Arapoty, as stipulated in Paraguay Law 23/89. Nevertheless, the Mennonites began erecting prefabricated houses, building roads and cultivating the land without regard for the law. According to Mbya leader Maximo Gonzalez, " ... the Mennonites entered our community. They entered 'Mbaratepe' by force, threatening us and ignoring our protests. They told us the law meant nothing to them, that the expropriation papers were pure garbage. A Mennonite named Abraham laughed at General Rodriguez' signature and said all the papers were false. I can'tdo anything. The Mennonites don't respect the law. We are afraid of the Mennonites. They say they will take us prisoners, punish us and throw us off our land. All of the land you see in front of my house was cultivated by the Mennonites in violation of the law. They arrived in the evening, worked into the night and planted wheat in front of my house." The area affected by the Mennonite invasion is known as Mbaragui 14 and is located within the limits of the Caazapa Project, which poses another serious threat to the Mbya people and was the focus of a campaign launched on June 7 by: the National Team of Misiones from the CEP, the UC Defense of Indigenous Heritage, Socio-Anthropologic and Judicial Professional Services, the UC Center for Anthropological Studies and the Indigenous Support Services. Marilin Rehnfeldt of the Center for Humanitarian Studies in Paraguay writes: Enormous tracts of Indigenous lands are currently being occupied for raising livestock and for agricultural purposes as part of a quasi-official government policy carried out in the name of progress. The forests, hunting and gathering grounds, sacred sites burial grounds have become the private property of livestock owners and non-Indian farmers. The entire process of leaving the Indigenous people destitute and marginalized leads irrevocably to ethnocide. In other words, this process leads to the elimination of Indigenous culture and values and, most importantly, the destruction of the collective identity associated with the land/territory. The 'place of Indigenous culture' or Tekoha, disappears. Approximately 7,000 Mbya live in Eastern Paraguay and the forested regions of Northern Argentina, Southern Brazil and Uruguay. Threats to the cultural, spiritual and social integrity of the Mbya have intensified since the 1950's when rapid capitalist development reached their lands. In more recent years, the Indigenous people of Eastern Paraguay have lost much of their forested land to a colonization project (Proyecto Caazapa) financed by the Paraguayan government and the World Bank. The need for demarcating and legalizing Mbya territory has been voiced since the beginning of the project in 1983, and as of today, only a small minority has seen their lands legalized. Even that small group has had their lands shrunken by the government. To contact the Mbya Guarani Bulletin, you can write to: Mbya Guarani Bulletin Azara 3267 C/Kubischek Asuncion, Paraguay Telephone: 203-618 One of the educational panels held during the campaign focused on the issue of ethnocide. The United Nations definition of ethnocide established in 1948 states: Ethnocide means that an ethnic group, either collectively or individually, has been denied the right to enjoy, develop and transmit its own culture and language: We declare that cultural ethnocide is a violation of international law, as is genocide, and is condemned by the UN Convention for the Prevention and Sanction of Genocidal Abuses of 1948. 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Title A name given to the resource Mennonites Invade Mbya Lands (Amazon) Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource December 1990 Zotero Title Mennonites Invade Mbya Lands (Amazon) Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Vol. 5, Nos. 3 _ 4 (9).pdf Vol. 5, Nos. 3 _ 4 (9).pdf Abstract Note Members of the Civil Society of the Sommerfield Kommittee, otherwise known as Mennonites, invaded lands that were previously claimed by the Mbya people. Mennonites did not believe in the law, and therefore did not adhere to the legalities surrounding their invasion of the Mbaragui 14 area of Paraguay. Issue 3 and 4 Language English Pages 9 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 5 Mbaragui 14 Mbya land Mennonite Invasion Mennonites Paraguay https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/8f10c2bd9328d69e7ef136c5d53ecf2a.pdf 451a7d265044ec62097a775ddc4db939 PDF Text Text MESO AMERICA 117 Year Old Nahuat Dies in El Salvador Anastacio Esquino, Center, surrounded by his family in a piciU!c taken last year. He died in April at age 117 in his home village of San Ram6n, Department of Son.sonau:. AnaslaCio Esquino was a Nahuat who survived lhe 1935 massacre in which lhe Salvadornn army killed 30,000 lndjans following a rebellion againstlhe large land owners. At 117 he was one of lhe oldest men in lhe world. His wife died in 1991 atlhe age ofl09. His son Adrjan Esquino, left foreground, is head of lhe National Indigenous Association of El Salvador (ANIS). Condolences and messages of solidarity can be sent to: AN IS Antigua Aduana Ferria 5·1 Sonsonate, El Salvador Second Encounter of Indigenous Press ThesecondEncounterofthelnternatJonal Committee of the Indigenous Press took place 1n Mexico City from Aprtl 25-27. The purpose of the meeting was to continue the process of decolon.lzatlon ofthe media and to launch the First Continental OJDce of the Indigenous Press. The International Committee IS made up of the following publications: Nabguana. the Kuna Un.ldos por Nabguana newsletter (Panatna);Abya YalaNews, theSAIICjoumal (USA): Etnlas (Mexico): Communlcattons Autoc/Uones (Canada). and as an observer Unldad Indigena. the ONlC newspaper (Colombia). The International Indian PressAgency (AlPIN) also partlctpated tn the encounter. Vol 7 Num 1 & 2 AlPIN IS thetl.rst continental attempt to present an accurate Image of Indigenous people and to professionally report on Indigenous ISsues from an Indigenous perspective. AlPIN IS now Inviting open participation of Indigenous people who have been practicing journalism In various media: radlo, video, newspaper. electronic man. For further Information please contact: AlPIN Calle Madero 67·611 Colonia Centra Mexico Mexico, OF 06000 Mexico Tel: 576-50-99 Fax: 761-85-73 33 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 7, nos. 1 & 2, (Winter/Spring 1993) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Meso America: 117 Year Old Nahuat Dies in El Salvador Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring/Winter 1993 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Meso America: 117 Year Old Nahuat Dies in El Salvador Item Type Journal Article Volume 7 Issue 1,2 Pages 33 Publication Title Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring/Winter 1993 Language English Abstract Note An Nahuat man, Anastacio Esquino, died at the age of 117 years in April 1993 in his home village. Anastacio Esquino survived the 1935 massacre at the hands of the Salvadoran army. Attachment Title 117 Year Old Nahuat Dies in El Salvador.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] El Salvador Nahuatl https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/57ef4725d15f1cd092a532aad34d0f94.pdf 43760f89dffb9f1e9650a0b057137370 PDF Text Text MESO AMERICA 117 Year Old Nahuat Dies in El Salvador Anastacio Esquino, Center, surrounded by his family in a piciU!c taken last year. He died in April at age 117 in his home village of San Ram6n, Department of Son.sonau:. AnaslaCio Esquino was a Nahuat who survived lhe 1935 massacre in which lhe Salvadornn army killed 30,000 lndjans following a rebellion againstlhe large land owners. At 117 he was one of lhe oldest men in lhe world. His wife died in 1991 atlhe age ofl09. His son Adrjan Esquino, left foreground, is head of lhe National Indigenous Association of El Salvador (ANIS). Condolences and messages of solidarity can be sent to: AN IS Antigua Aduana Ferria 5·1 Sonsonate, El Salvador Second Encounter of Indigenous Press ThesecondEncounterofthelnternatJonal Committee of the Indigenous Press took place 1n Mexico City from Aprtl 25-27. The purpose of the meeting was to continue the process of decolon.lzatlon ofthe media and to launch the First Continental OJDce of the Indigenous Press. The International Committee IS made up of the following publications: Nabguana. the Kuna Un.ldos por Nabguana newsletter (Panatna);Abya YalaNews, theSAIICjoumal (USA): Etnlas (Mexico): Communlcattons Autoc/Uones (Canada). and as an observer Unldad Indigena. the ONlC newspaper (Colombia). The International Indian PressAgency (AlPIN) also partlctpated tn the encounter. Vol 7 Num 1 & 2 AlPIN IS thetl.rst continental attempt to present an accurate Image of Indigenous people and to professionally report on Indigenous ISsues from an Indigenous perspective. AlPIN IS now Inviting open participation of Indigenous people who have been practicing journalism In various media: radlo, video, newspaper. electronic man. For further Information please contact: AlPIN Calle Madero 67·611 Colonia Centra Mexico Mexico, OF 06000 Mexico Tel: 576-50-99 Fax: 761-85-73 33 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 7, nos. 1 & 2, (Winter/Spring 1993) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Meso America: Second Encounter of Indigenous Press Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring/Winter 1993 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title Meso America: Second Encounter of Indigenous Press Item Type Journal Article Volume 7 Issue 1,2 Pages 33 Publication Title Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring/Winter 1993 Language English Abstract Note The purpose of the Second Encounter of the International Committee of the Indigenous Press was to continue the process of decolonization of the media and to launch the First Continental Office of the Indigenous Press. Attachment Title Second Encounter of Indigenous Press.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] AIPIN Indigenous Press https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/fa0ad12d9506f0d934b6ff6382520a63.pdf 274421baf1ee64a2220d75bd81a1839c PDF Text Text Page 14 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 4, Nos. 2&3 (Fall 1988 & Winter 1989) Zotero Volume 4 Language English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Message from the Children of Cauca (Andean Region: Colombia) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1988 & Winter 1989 Zotero Title Message from the Children of Cauca (Andean Region: Colombia) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (14).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language English Volume 4 Pages 14 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/8d1893836168716cb252513191d99654.pdf 4bc8d454c76b28c6ead8e669cf31e140 PDF Text Text trialized, non-Indian societies which surround them. But they a means of selfdetermination which Indian communities can reach accommodations with the outside world on Indian terms. In the case of the Kuna, community autonomy also provides a model of participatory democracy which non-Indian communities would do well to heed. '· "' " Hammer MEXICO Alvaro Vasquez, representative of the Assembly of Zapotec and Chinantec Peoples of the Oaxaca Sierra (Asamblea del Pueblo Zapoteca y Chinanteca de las Sierras de Oaxaca), was in the San francisco Bay Area to organize an exposition of Zapotec-Chinantec lithographs and to show videos about his people. For information regarding the Zapotec-Chinantec newspaper write: Topil, c/o Miguel Cabrera, 351-1 C.P., Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. 0 ..Cl 0 ....J u1 ., 0 +J 0 COLOMBIA ..c: c.. Alvaro Vasquez speaking On June 29th the Colombian army bombed the municipality on SAIIC's radio show. of Caldono, destroying 16 houses and many crops. In other land-based operations the army searched homes, stealing cattle, chickens and household items. Similar violations took place in the Indian community of Pueblo Nuevo on July l. Prior to that, the village of Tacueyo had been bornbarded twice, and the villages of Corinto and Jambalo once each. The army changed its tactics against alleged rural guerrilla forces from bombarding the mountains to directly bombarding the areas occupied by Indian villages, which have suffered constant hostilities due to the militarization of the Cauca region. The worsening situation of Indian communities is also demonstrated by the death of Maximiliano Quiguanas, the president of a local cooperative, who was killed while working. (From Unidad Indigene, Colombia) ECUADOR Ecuador, along with Bolivia and Peru, is one of the countries in South America with the highest Indian population. It is estimated that 50% of Ecuador's 7 million inhabitants are Indian. The thirteen Indian nations in Ecuador are in three distinct regions: the Andean region (Quichua), the Pacific coast region, and the Amazon jungle region. The Vol. 2, no. 1. Fall, 1985. Published quarterly. ®SAIIC Page 8 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 2, No. 1 (Fall 1985) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mexico and Colombia Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 1985 Language A language of the resource Zotero Title Mexico and Colombia Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 1, no. 2 (8).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Abstract Note Alvaro Vasquez, representative of the Assembly of Zapotec and Chinantec Peoples of the Oaxaca Sierra was in the San Francisco Bay Area to organize an exposition of Zapotec-Chinantec lithographs and to show videos about his people. Issue 1 Pages 8 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Volume 2 Language English Alvaro Vasquez Colombia Mexico Pueblo Nuevo https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/bc97e141137081a9349b563cde496de4 f138f2b51535ad61a99c6a5ba615da14 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 6, no. 4 (24-26).pdf PDF Text Text MEXICO TODAY: TIME TO TAKE CONTROL OF OUR LAND Margarita Ruiz is a Tojolobal Maya from the state of Chiapas in Mexico. He is the General Coordinator of the Independent Indian Peoples' Front (FIPI) which was founded in 1988as an umbrella organization for the different indigenous people of Mexico. According to Margarito, there are 15 to 18 million Indians in Mexico, belonging Margarito Ruiz. Photo SAIIC to 56 different The Peoples. Mayans in Mexico number about 400,000. AN INTER..VJEW WITH MA.R..GA.R..ITO SAIIC: What are the main problems facing Indigenous people in Mexico today? Margarito Ruiz: Land tenancy remains a very large problem. There are about 6,000 Indians in jail in RUIZ, GENER..AL Mexico today, and most of them are there for trying to COOR..DINA.TOR.. OF organize their people to recover their land. SAIIC: We understand that the Mexican governTHE INDEPENDENT mentis proposing to change the ejido land tenancy INDIAN PEOPLES' system. Can you explain a little about that? MR: Following the Mexican Revolution and the FR..ONT. Constitution of 1917, the government began to distribute land. Three kinds ofland tenancy were established: communal land, which belonged to Indigenous communities, private land, and the ejido system. Ejidos were small parcels of land which, by law, could not be sold. In the 1940's and 50's, credit programs for 24 agriculture were developed, but along with these programs came the pressure to increase production and to use technologies which were not part of our traditions, such as the use of chemical fertilizers. At the same time, corruption began. The Rural Bank and the Agricultural Security Bank, which were the government banks that gave credit to Indigenous people in the ejidos or communal land, sent out inspectors. The inspectors offered to report back that the crops had failed completely, and thus that the loans could not be repaid, if the Indians gave them a percentage. So after a while the Indians stopped paying back the loans completely and got used to crop failures. Thus today there is no real production in the rural sector. About three or four years ago, these banks began to fail and last year they collapsed completely, with losses of billions of pesos. The government concluded that the ejido system had never worked, ejidos were not productive, and they should therefore be returned to private property. In order to do this, they changed article 27 of the Constitution, thus allowing all lands to be sold. The logical conclusion of this change is a return to private property and large haciendas, this time owned not only by national capital, but also by transnational capital. This means that there will be foreignpatrones and the Indians will once again end up in slavery . SAIIC: Have they begun to sell the land? MR: Something very important is happening. On the one hand, many communities are still being manipulated by the government, and thus in many places the land is being sold. But most of the communities are reacting instead in a way that is very natural for Indigenous Peoples: they are organizing independently to defend their lands. Some communities in remote regions have never even heard of Article 27, yet they have already have their own declarations. They just heard that their lands are in danger. They have held general assemblies, passed motions, and said that whoever wants to sell his land can leave. So a few people SAIIC Newsletter J �I leave, and the land stays in the community. So, in many areas, this law just will not work. Some areas are very well organized, whether affiliated with us or not Whole regions have organized and held meetings of twenty or thirty communities and said that nothing will be sold here, on the contrary; we want to reclaim the private property which exists in this area and restore it as indigenous communal property. SAIIC: It seems then that there is a strong movement where the people want to stay in their communities and live on the land of their ancestors, live in the way that their ancestors did l'AR: In the work that we do, in coordination with other organizations, we always seek to educate people about the importance of the land rights for indigenous peoples. Why must we talk about territory? For us, our territory has always existed. It's just that the governments, the national states, began to divide the territory. They gave us little pieces of land, little ejidos, and of~n rigged land titles do that we would end up fightmg amongst ourselves. They also separated us. Often an indigenous region falls within several different municipalities, and at times within several different states. In our workshops - when we begin speaking about our history and how we have always lived here, how we did not arrive 500 years ago but that they began invading us 500 years ago- the people feel profoundly moved, feel moved with great love for taking care of the Earth and protecting it, regaining the land we have lost, .reviving the forests which have been destroyed. For this reason we are sure that the project of the indigenous movement -indigenous unity, indigenous liberation, the regaining of indigenous territory, self-government and selfdetermination, indigenous administration of natural resources - all this will come to pass. SAIIC : Do you also foresee a strengthening of the indigenous culture, traditions, and knowledge? l'AR: In this respect we speak of our elders. The elders are the best teachers, who know the history of each of the communities. What is happening today? Our elders are speaking of our medicine, and now indigenous medicine, natural medicine is experiencing a very powerful and very interesting resurgence in all indigenous regions. This is so despite the difficulties, for ins~ce the churches, both Catholic and Protestant Alongs1de our medicine, our music, our dance, our way of thinking -indigenous philosophy which emphasizes the relation- Vol 6 Num 4 ship between human beings and the natural world and a senseofcommunity-allofthesearegrowing. Inmany cases, if there are difficulties within an indigenous community for whatever reason, when one begins to speak about indigenous history, indigenous wisdom, a new feeling of solidarity begins to grow, which carries a more communitarian, collective approach with it. It is very impressive to see this happening. For this reason we feel that we are not inventing this project, but rather that we are taking part in a larger project which already exists, anctical so that everyone, especially young people, can begin to get to know one another. SAIIC: How do the Indigenous people of Mexico see this anniverary of the 500 Years in October, and what do you have planned? l\1R: We have always been against the idea of the so-called meeting of two cultures. There was never such a meeting; it was instead a clash. We see that 500 years ago a war for survival began when we were invaded, and that war has not ended. The struggle has not yet ended. Thus, for the last four or five years, we have hadamobilization on the 12th of October, and a Chinanteca woman. Photo Liz Reid march to the main square in Mexico City. But this year there will be a national march led by the indigenous movement, and in coordination with the student, labor, campesino, and other movements. There will be two marches, one coming from the north and one from the south. Indian groups from all over Mexico will join in along the way, and the two marches w~ meet on October 11 in La Villa, in the State of Mexico, not so much because of Guadalupe as in honor of Tonantzin. SAIIC: What is the purpose of the march? What message do you want to carry? This march will be very different from other political marches in that it will be a Sacred March of the Peoples, with indigenous music and ceremonies along the way, with flowers and candles and dances. The march will bring the message of the existence and Continued on page 26 25 �I -from page 25 presence of indigenous people today, and ofour present indigenous project It will not just be a rejection of the quincentennary, but rather a march where we seek to negotiate with the government regarding the concrete demands of the indigenous communities. That is why we are working on obtaining an audience with the President of Mexico for the 12th of October. SAllC: How do the Native people in Mexico see the project of continent-wide networking, for example the Indigenous Continental Coordinating Committe which met in Panama and in New York- how do you see the future of this re-encounter? I believe that it is something which has emerged from the needs of the indigenous communities themselves. That is to say, it did not arise from a group of indigenous people having an interest which lies outside of historical reality. It has emerged because it had to emerge; and if this is so, then we believe that it will have a great future. A true indigenous unity, with a political and philosophical understanding, an understanding of the current situation of the continent and of the world, of the danger facing humanity in the form of the destruction of Nature, of our environment, and of the danger arising from the wars that Western culture continues to create. Indigenous people feel that we have a great responsibility to share the wisdom that has been downtrodden for 500 years. This wisdom is now emerging. We, as responsible human beings whose fate it was to live in this era, are privileged to be able to reclaim this knowledge in order to disseminate it among our indigenous communities, but also among the dominant and racist society, in order to carry a message of humanity that will allow dehumanized humans to become human once more. The great work of the indigenous peoples is to reach the racist, destructive society in order to show them that we are human, that they are human, and that therefore we all deserve respect and mutual help as human beings in this world. The Second National Congress and Continental Encounter of Indigenous Traditional Medicine People took place in Mexico City, at the Palace of Medicine, from August 11 - 15, 1992. There were more than 400 participants, including representatives from the 52 organizations ofindigenous traditional medicine people of Mexico, delegates from indigenous organizations of most Latin-American countries and also from the State of Arizona, USA; as well as specialists and academics working in the area of traditional medicine. The meeting had three sessions: Speeches by Traditional Medicine People Session; the Academic Session and the Plenary Session of Conclusions and Proposals. The concurrent workshops included themes such as "Traditional Medicine and Systems of Health Care", "Organizing Strategies for Indigenous Medicine People", "Traditional Medicine and the Legal System", "Honoring and Defending Indigenous Medicine and Medicine People", "Long and Short term Programs within each Country," and " Cooperation between Doctors and Indigenous Medicine". At the site of the conference were exhibitions of medicinal herbs and pharmaceuticals prepared by traditional medicine men of the different delegations. There was also an exposition of Mexican traditional medicine entitled "Past, Present, and Future of Traditional Medicine", where ritual objects and video-tapes of ceremonies were displayed. Through the use of computers, visitors could access information about the main illnesses affecting indigenous populations. The Congress arrived at many important conclusions and recommendations aimed at governments, international organizations, universities and the indigenous organizations. A book is forthcoming which will contain the bulk of the proceedings and outcomes of this Encounter. For more information, please contact: Lie. Carlos Zolla Luque o Bioi. Arturo Argueta Villamar lnstituto Nacional lndigenista, Subdireccion de Salud y Bienestar Social AV. Revolucion 1279, Col. Tiacopac 01040 MEXICO, DF Tel: 651-4908 Fax: 593-2875 26 SAIIC Newsletter � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 6, No. 4 (Fall 1992) (English) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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DERECHOS • 1 1 S ientras la solidaridad internacional disminuye, se está implantando una crisis de violencia hacia la población rural indígena en Colombia por parte de los grupos armados (paramilitares, guerrilla, autodefensas, organizaciones de sicarios, etc.). En el sur del departamento del Tolima, 17 líderes y autoridades indígenas fueron asesinados, y más de 40 personas están amenazadas de muerte. El resultado es que existe una gran población de desplazados, muchos de los cuales huyeron a las grandes ciudades como Bogotá donde enfrentan pobreza y un medio de vida totalmente diferente. Las zonas más afectadas son Urabá, Trujillo y Córdoba, donde las comunidades indígenas vienen reclamando territorios ancestrales que pertenecen a sus resguardos y de los cuales poseen títu- e los coloniales de los años 1500 y 1600. Ahora estas tierras están invadidas por colonos llegados de otras regiones, y grupos armados con los cuales muchas veces actúan de manera coordinada. Debido en parte a la asistencia militar (750 millones US$ desde 1989) bajo el programa de la "Guerra Contra las Drogas" declarada por los Estados Unidos, Colombia sufre hoy del peor desastre de derechos humanos de las Américas. El año pasado, 176 sindicalistas fueron asesinados. Cada día, mueren 11 personas debido a asesinatos políticos y "limpiezas" sociales. En el 70% de los casos, está implicado el gobierno o sus agentes. Además, la táctica militar de "tierra arrasada" en el campo ha creado una población interna de más de 600,000 desplazados. Muchos de los peores violadores de derechos humanos del ejército están alia- ex1 Ase si de indígenas mixtecos, asacre de 1 campesi os " 8 l 10 de junio, miembros del Consejo Guerrerense 500 Anos de Resistencia Indígena Perfecto Gonzales Rufino y Alejandro Tenorio Perfecto fueron asesinados, seguido por el asesinato del miembro Rey Flores Hernández el18 de julio, I995. El miércoles siguiente, el28 de junio, en el sitio conocido como Aguas Blancas en la Sierra de Coyuca de Benítez, 70 policías interceptaron un camión pasajero y abrieron el fuego arbitrariamente contra el vehículo y sus ocupantes. Diecisiete murieron. Ocho desaparecieron y 19 quedaron gravemente heridos. En ambos casos, los acontecimientos están vinculados al creciente nivel de Vol. 9 No. 1 HUMANOS movilización en Guerrero, uno de los estados más pobres de México, con una población de 300,000 indígenas. Los asesinatos son producto de la intolerancia del cacique regional y Presidente del municipio, Armando Ramos. En la presidencia municipal de Tlacoachistlahuaca, un grupo de indígenas mixtecas habían organizado una toma apacible del local el pasado 22 de mayo para protestar la corrupción y la indiferencia del gobierno hacia las necesidades de las comunidades indígenas. En el segundo caso, algunos de los pasajeros pertenecían a la OCSS (Organización Campesina de la Sierra Sur), y estaban en camino a una manifestación en Atoyac. Allí, el 18 de dos con los narcotraficantes, y ahora conforman escuadrillas de la muerte como el MAS (Muerte a Secuestradores). Desde 1986, estas escuadrillas han matado a más de 3,000 candidatos, elegidos, y miembros del partido de la Unión Patriótica. Para confrontar esta triste situación, el pueblo indígena se está organizando. Ha pedido a la Conferencia Episcopal ayuda para conformar una comisión con participación de organismos e instituciones defensoras de los derechos humanos. También se ha formado una asociación de indígenas desplazados. Para asistir a la organización indígena, enviar correo a Calle 6A #2-24, Barrio Belén Bogotá, Colombia. InformaLión de Alfonso Palma y el Colombia Support Networh (PO. Box 1505, Madison, WI 53701; Tel: (608) 255-6554; Fax: (608) 255-6621; correo elec: csn®ígc.apc.org. Mayo, miembros de la OCSS habían impedido la salida del edificio municipal a unas autoridades locales durante la el aniversario 28 de el levantamiento de Lucio Cabañas. Como resultado de las masacres, las tensiones entre las autoridades estatales y los campesinos de Guerrero han llegado al punto de estallar. Los campesinos han formado una comisión popular para la renuncia del gobernador del estado Rubén Figueroa Alcacer, el cual parece haber estado informado de la acción policial de antemano al incidente del 28 de junio. La coalición se enfrenta a una poderosa oposición montada por el PRI (Partido Revolucionario Institucional), en el poder por más de 60 años, en apoyo de Figueroa.O Información del Consejo de Pueblos Nahuat y La]omada. 37 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Mexico: Asesinatos de indigenas mixtecos, masacre de 17 campesinos Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November, 1995 Language A language of the resource English Zotero Title Mexico: Asesinatos de indigenas mixtecos, masacre de 17 campesinos Item Type Newspaper Article Attachment Title Volume 9 No. 1 & 2 (37).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 1 and 2 Language Spanish Publication Title Noticias de Abya Yala Volume 9 Abstract Note A series of assassinations of Mixtec Indians along with the massacre of campesinos has made June one of the bloodiest months in recent history for Indigenous peoples in Mexico. Pages 37 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/48214ac331bae8cd6fefd4bbfa087dcb.pdf 41450a54027f9db5989fd060d364645a PDF Text Text I N T E R N A T I 0 N ~ l-----------------------------------------------------------A~ Mexico: Indians and Campesinos Massacred in Guerrero series of assassinations of Mixtee Indians topped with the massacre of 17 campesinos, has mru·ked this past June as one of the bloodiest months in recent history for Indigenous and rural peoples in Mexico. On June 10, Mixtec members of the Consejo Guerrerense 500 Ailos de Resistencia Jndigena (Guen·eran Council of 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance) Perfecto Gonzalez Rufino and Alejandro Tenorio Perfecto were assassinated, followed by the murder of member Rey Flores Hernandez on June 18, 1995. Then, on Wednesday, June 28, at a site known as Aguas Blancas in the Sierra of Coyuca de Benitez, approximately 70 policemen intercepted a passenger truck traveling to Atoyac, Guerrero, and began firing indiscriminately against the vehicle and its occupants. Of the roughly 60 campesinos traveling in the truck, 18 were confirmed dead. Eight people also disappeared and 19 people are gravely injured. In both cases, the incidents are tied to the increased level of popu- A Jar mobilization in Guerrero, one of Mexico's poorest states, with an Indigenous population of about 300,000 out of 2,650,000. In the first case, the murders are the product of the intolerance of regional cacique and municipal president of Tlacoachistlahuaca, Armando Ramos. A group of Mi.xtec Indians began a peaceful takeover there of the municipal building on May 22 to protest corruption and government indifference towards the needs of Indigenous communities. In the second case, some of the passengers belonged to the Organizaci6n Campesina de Ia Siena Sur (OCSS-Peasant Organization of the Southern Sien·a), and were on their way to a demonstration in Atoyac. There, on May 18th, members of the OCSS had prevented the exit of local authorities from the municipal building dw'ing the 28th annive•·sary of the initiation of the Lucio Cabanas uprising. As a result of the massacres, tensions between state authorities and campesinos in Guerrero have reached a boiling point. Peasants Information from Consejo de have fo•·med a popular commission Pueblos Nahuat cmd La Jomadc• In the study, researche•'S consider the exploitation of 129,459 hectares of land located at the Continuecl from page 26 southern tip of the island, in tbe township of Quell6n, with an communities and the ecological bal- annual deforestation of about ance of the island of Chiloe. In May 150,000 square meters. 28, 1994, the General Council of This project would use up about Caciques of Chiloe announced their 37% of all the forest in Chiloe, with knowledge of a document called: "A an annual deforestation volume Study to Identify the Possibilities of equivalent to 5 times the current Forest Exploitation in the At·ea annual seJTated wood production known as Puerto Carmen- Big in Chiloe and 3 times the consumpIsland of Chiloe," commissioned by tion of firewood. Wood production Los Parques, S.A. and Le Banque in Chiloe would double as a result of this project. Colbert of France. Chiloe Forests 34 for the resignation of state governor Ruben Figueroa Alcocer, who appears to have been informed of the police action prior to the incident. The coalition faces a powerful opposition that the ruling PRJ (Institutional Revolutionary Party) deputies mounted in support of Figueroa. In addition, on July 1st, what may have been members of OCSS ransacked and attempted to burn down the municipal palace in Coyuca de Benitez, site of a number of large popular protests denouncing the incident. Two state police agents and 8 local policemen believed to have been involved in the incident have been detained and are presently awaiting trial. State attorney Antonio Alcocer Salazar has also accused membet'S of the OCSS, including leader Benigno Guzman Mattinez, of "engaging in criminal conduct" in relation to the June 28 massacre. He also accused the OCSS of "tbeft of public property, destruction of commwucation lines, and causing harm to society" dw·ing various OCSS activities in 1994. He did not clarify what "criminal conduct" he was referl'ing to, however. '(>) According to these facts, the project (officially called, "Plan Astillas Puerto Carmen"), which is already being considered by the regional and provincial autholities, would become the first industrial exploitation of Chiloe's forest. This would mean the total transformation of all life forms in the island's ecosystem and a real threat to the sw'Vival of many species in it. The General Council of Caciques of Chiloe consider implementation of this project a violation of Indigenous people's ancestral rights. '(>) Abyo Yala News � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 9, no. 1 (Spring 1995) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Attachment Title Mexico_Indians_and_Campesinos_Massacred_in_Guerrero.pdf Attachment URL [No URL] assassination Guerrero Mixtec OCSS Peasant Organization of the Southern Sierra https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/8fb581acb0504fd6b2e48448f4951037.pdf 8f0af7b1faf60afe63289cafb55f9a1b PDF Text Text MEXICO Mixtecs and Zapotecs Organizing in Oaxaca and California Interview with Arturo Pimentel: In September of I 992 A rturo Pimentel became General Coordinator ofthe Btnalfonal Mlxtec andZapotec Front. which IS based in Cal ifornia and M exfro. This organization IS made up ofagriCultural workers ofM lxtec and Zapotec ortgin who work in the Untied States. The Front IS made up of the Civic and PopularMixtecCommittee, ComtM'Ilacolulense ofLos Angeles. the BenU.O Jumez Civic AssodaUon. the Regional Organization of Oaxaca. YqJsachl El BqJo Assoc1at1on. Yaj sachl El Alto AssodaUon. 71acochauaya AsSOdaltoo. San Miguel Cuevas Oppressed Peoples. andOPAN. Arturo Pimentel represented the Civic and Popular M lxtec Front of California at the Frrsl International Meeting on Migration and Human RlghiS that took place in Hueyapan. oaxaca in July 1992. "I think that we have to reject the rhetoric of Mexico's lndlgenlst J)ollcy which prescribes for us, In a paternalistic manner, everything that we as Indigenous peoples have to do.• 34 SAllC: Please tell u s about the First International Meeting on Migration and HumanRlghts. AP: Themeetlngwasorganl7.ed by two malO organl7.ations: the Civic and Popular Mlxtec Front. which IS part of the Binational Mlxtec and Zapotec Front and the Technological University of La Mlxteca. The objective was to appraise human rights and migration ISSues related to the Mtxtec people. SAllC: How was thiS meeting received by the participants? AP: There was a lot of Interest. There were Indlgenous organl7.ations. academics, governmental organl2atlons and Indlgenous peoples. SAllC: What have been the results? AP: The Meeting estabUshed a communication sYStem so that we would be considered part of a larger organ12at1on which IS the Indigenous peoples of Sou th and Meso America. Another result was to ch annel our Mlxtec andZapotecdemands: these demands have been deslgned to press the Mexican government to respond to our needs: drlnk1ng water. water for Irrigation. electricity, schools and roads. We also ask that the government respect our poUtical wtlJ, whiCh has been subject to official governmental interference. So. we agreed on a set of demands brought by the d.Ul'erent Zapotec and Mtxtec communities. But we also agreed to press for them, so that au these demands be met. We also agreed to organiZe an Inter-ethnic conference. Inviting alllndlgenous organl2ations of our Oaxaca State. SAllC: I understand that officials of the local government tried to take over this Zapotec/M!xtec meeting. Is thiS true? AP: Yes. Our Indlgenous organiZation and the University's Chancellor. who answers to the Interests of the state. agreed on a poU cy ofnon-lntervenu on. Therewerenolnvttauons madetoanypubUc official because we wanted a meeting free of state control. We wanted to have an Independent meeting. But without previous a nnouncement. the governor of Oaxaca Mr. Eladlo Ramirez L6pez showed up at the opening ceremony. This moment was tmportant for the official party. Oaxaca was a bout to elect poUtical authorities. We did not want our conference to be u sed poUtlcally. The poUUcal situation at the time made Eladlo's presence at the conference even less appropriate. The majority of the organl7.ations rejected the p resence of the governor. There was an exch ange of words with the Ch ancellor, but we InSisted on our autonomy. All organl2ations remained fum. rejecting manipulations. and we were able to defend our position of autonomy. SAllC:Are other Indigenous organl2ations In Oaxaca . besides those representing ZapotecandMixtec llv!nglnCaUfomla. thinkIng about autonomy? Abya Yala News �MEXICO "Traditionally historians thought that Zapotecand Mlxtecs could not get along. But here we are working . together." For more infonnation contact: The Binational Mixtec and Zapatec Front 104 Koshland Way Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA Tel: (408) 459·8827 AP: When we talk about autonomy were are talking about a movement that has to be bullt and that has to move beyond political parties or the control of state. Autonomy IS a fundamental ISSue. As an Indlgenous movement we have our own demands whJchariSefromourclrcumstancesand needs. I think that we have to reject the rhetoric of Mexico's IndlgenlSt policy which prescribes for us. In a patemallstic manner. everything that we as lndlgenous peoples have to do. We believe that autonomy should exist and that It must be respected bY the state. SAIJC: Your statement about autonomy IS clear. Do the grassroots understand thiS position. Do you think that lndlgenous communities are ready to work on autonomy? AP: Unfortunately there are different levels of understanding. The state's control has been so pervasive through programs such as COPIAMAR. PRONASOL, and even the lndfgen!St Institute. The government's polldes have made people so dependent and manipulated that there are sectors that are not clear about themselves. or about the ISSue of autonomy. However. there are other sectors In Oaxaca - the Tr1que. Zapotec and Mtxtec o,;ganlzations - that are thlnklng about autonomy. There lS a clear viSion and we are movtng toward lt. We are trytng to define our vlSlon of autonomy. bu t also we are reacting to the state. So, we are In that struggle. Autonomy wtJl also consider ldeologlcaland political ISSues. We know that government progJams have addressed some needs. but those are patches. We need to address the ISSue from the base. We think that If we retrieve our own cultu ral roots and fight to retrieve our culture. thiS lS autonomy too. Vol7 Num 1 & 2 We want Mexico to recogn.tze our autonomy. but lt lS not only a political autonomy. It IS also a struggle that searches for political alternatives. such as promoting Jn. dlgenouscultures. Autonomy wt1l not be total If It remains only political. Autonomy IS also recogn.ttion. real recognition. of our existence as Indigenous peoples. As you know Oaxaca has two main Indigenous peoples. There are also sixteen Indigenous languages and Ofty-slx dlalectlcs. '!Tadltionally historians thought that Zapotec and Mlxtecs could not get along. But here we are working together. That IS Important. We can do it. We have to continue buUdtng our strength. SAIIC: How are women participating In the o,;garuzation? AP: Their participation IS Important. They have always been Important. We have to recogn.tze. as a movement, that changes have not been made. We still notice their oppression. We are conscious of the need to brealc away from past behaviors that dlscr!mlnated against women. Oppression and subordination ISserious. We really have to work on thiS. They definitely participate. but not with the force that they should have In the movement. SAIIC: Would you Uke to add something to thiS Interview? AP: I would Uke to can. not only the lndlgenous peoples ofOaxaca, but also others who are mtgrant workers In the U.S. I would Uke to propose to these Indigenous brothers and siSters the creation of a larger entity, an Independent lndlgenous oiganlzation. Becausewe are Inconstant cornrnuntcatton with our own communities. we can be part of their solutions. not only In a mater!al way but also politically and economically. ThiS lS a call to oiganl?.eand tocontlnueworklngthrough the Btnattonal Mtxtec and Zapotec Front. 35 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource México: Mixtecs and Zapotecs Organizing in Oaxacaand California: Interview with Arturo Pimentel Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring/Winter 1993 Language A language of the resource English English Zotero Title México: Mixtecs and Zapotecs Organizing in Oaxacaand California: Interview with Arturo Pimentel Item Type Journal Article Volume 7 Issue 1,2 Pages 34-35 Publication Title Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC) ISSN 1071-3182 Date Spring/Winter 1993 Language English Abstract Note SAIIC interviews Arturo Pimentel, the General Coordinator of the Binational Mixtec and Zapotec Front, which is based in California and Mexico. The meeting established Zapotec and Mixtec demands for basic infrastructure from the Mexican government as well as autonomy goals. 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