1 12 1 https://www.abyayalanews.org/files/original/7c0af083aaeb093c503225d19f0f4b02.pdf 2bf72d80571a59be6ac7ce2b5a5da304 PDF Text Text Page 8 U.S. GOVERNMENT FUNDS SPRAYING OF DANGEROUS CHEMICALS A Guatemalan government program of aerial spraying of pesticides and defoliants is taking a fatal toll in Indigenous communities. Among the pesticides used is one containing ethylene dibromide (EDB), banned in the U.S. since 1984 due to its properties as a potential cancer-causing agent. According to Surv:ival International, 14 Indian campesinos, including two children, have died from drinking contaminated water. The spraying program has generated controversy. The government says spraying is taking place to destroy plantations of marijuana and opium poppies (though some highland areas are too cold for either to grow) and to .control the northward spread of the "medfly" which damages fruit crops. Opponents say the use of defoliants and pesticides is part of a Vietnam-style strategy to terrorize the Indian population, and is concentrated in areas where guerrilla activity is strongest. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Guatemala News and Information Bureau, P.O. Box 28594, Oakland, CA 94604. l I;L _S_~l::_VA_RQ...;...;.ROIIII!II'III INDIANS DEFY MILITARY, HOLD MEETING From December 18th to 21st, the National Association of Salvadorean Indians (ANIS), held its World Indigenous Festival and Cultural and Spiritual Symposium in the war-torn country, despite harassment by the Salvadorean military. According to ANIS, the indigenous peoples' organization had negotiated with both the army and the guerrillas prior to the meeting to ensure that Native representatives would not be impeded from travelling to the meeting site in Perquin, Morazan province. Though the guerrillas withdrew from the area, the army violated its agreement "to not have any armed presence in or near Perquin in order to avoid any civilian casualties," according to ANIS. Instead, the Armed Forces set up road blocks at three-kilometer intervals and harassed those arriving for the conference. For this reason, the meeting was moved to Sonsanate, after delegates met with Indigenous people of Perquin to document "constant violations of individual human rights by the Salvadorean Armed Forces." �Page 9 Salvadorean military harass delegates travelling to the AN.I.S. conference. Among the conclusions of the three-day meet• on Justice: "That justice is to follow that path of ing, which included the participation of Maya, action which does not alter the Universal and Lenca, and Nahuat Indians from El Salvador and Natural Order in an irrational and unbalanced Native people from Mexico, Guatemala, Colomway. In this invading culture, justice is a way of bia, Peru, Canada, and the United States were: expropriating what belongs to those who work • on Culture: 'That Indigenous culture must be the land and make it produce, therefore the Indiunderstood as a form of knowing and recognizing genous peoples must demand the creation of laws in Nature our own origin and essence, and that for their own protection as well as that of their the harmony of our lives within Her permits the traditional ways of interaction with Nature". continuity of our people. Since Mother Earth is • on Solidarity: "That world solidarity makes its the origin of the Salvadorean Indian, the fact that presence actively felt among our invaded peoples we don't have land is a way of both doing away through cultural, economic, political, and social with our culture and of killing Nature and its support." expression of universal harmony. The White ''We demand that all governments respect the Invaders cannot justify their attack against Human Rights of the Indigenous Peoples, espeNature through the technologies of their sup- cially our Land, Life, and Ancestral Culture." posed 'civilization,' since these were designed only to throw the natural order out of balance and -""""~""""""""!'!"""""'~= ·-----""!""-""""""!!~­ prepare for their infamous invasion and resultant destruction". � 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 Indians Defy Military, Hold Meeting (El Salvador) 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 Indians Defy Military, Hold Meeting (El Salvador) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 4, nos. 2 &3 (8-9).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 2 & 3 Language English Volume 4 Pages 8-9 Abstract Note The Salvadorean military intentionally tried to impede the progression of the World Indigenous Festival and Cultural and Spiritual Symposium. The natives pushed back and were able to continue with their meeting. ANIS military National Association of Salvadorean Indians Salvadorean Military