La lucha sigue three years after the assassination of Lorenzo Sampablo Cervantes-husband and father of four-who was assassinated on August 22, 2006 by paramilitary troops under the orders of...
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Virginia Activists to Expose the U.S./Mexico Border
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Virginia Leavell
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Timeline of the First Days After the Entrance of Federal Occupation Forces
A general timeline of the notable events since the most recent escalation of violence in the battle for Oaxaca City.
October 30th: Update from Oaxaca City
Any hope that Oaxacans held that the PFP would serve as peacekeeping troops has been shattered. The city is quite clearly under siege. In the center, thick clouds of black smoke hung heavy in the air as the APPO burned the buses that the PFP had arrived in, attempting to prevent helicopters from seeing well or landing or to prevent PFP from passing. In fact, the entire city seemed to be burning; there was thick smoke visible all over the hills.
October 30th: Oaxaca Solidarity Actions Across the United States
Call to Action Across the US Against Mexican Consulates
http://elenemigocomun.net/293
Oaxaca Solidarity Demonstrations in the US on Monday, October 30th
Austin: 11am Protest at Mexican Consulate (800 Brazos St)
http://austin.indymedia.org/newswire/display/34785/index.php
Chicago: 3pm Protest Against the Mexican Consulate (204 S. Ashland Ave.)
http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/74611/index.php
Solidarity Action in Portland, OR.
SOLIDARITY ACTION FOR OAXACA IN PORTLAND, OR.
Protest for the removal of Oaxacan State Governor Ulises Ruis Ortiz and against the Presence of the PFP in Oaxaca.
Tuesday, October 31st from 4-6pm.
In Front of the Mexican Consulate (1234 SW Morrison St, Portland)
Urgent Action: Attacks on Barricades
By The Oaxacan Human Rights Network
Oaxaca, Mexico, 27 October 2006
Urgent Action from the Oaxacan Human Rights Network
Attacks on Barricades Increase Violence and Provocation against the Population
The Network of Human Rights expresses its concern and alarm at the increase in violent acts systematically carried out against the citizens and sympathizers of the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO) in the barricades of Oaxaca City.
Violence in Oaxaca, Call for Solidarity
By Casa Chapulín
October 29, 2006. 10am.
PFP helicopters circle the city. The radio urges people to go outside with mirrors to blind the helicopters. We watch from our roof as, all around our house, old women and small children hold up their mirrors as the helicopters fly overhead. The valley below us is filled with the constant glitter of bright light from citizens doing the same.
CASA Board Member Receives Death Threat
This past week CASA co-founder Colin Bossen received a death threat, sent via e-mail, by an individual identifying himself as Arturo Rojas. The threat insinuated that CASA is funded by drug money and warned that if we continue our work in Mexico and to publicize the struggles of the indigenous communities "youll get problems... you know.... accidents could happen to anyone.... and .... you know... this highways of the third world are very dangerous.... anything could happen."
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