Freedom for Alternative Political prisoners of Peru!

by - Mon Jan 03, 2005 12:23

Venezuelan press (alternative to USA) report that Toledo elected with 60% approval in 2001 now has 9% of popular support.
the leader of the fracas has claimed to wish to follow a bolivarian revolutionary course "just like Chavez".
http://www.eluniversal.com/2005/01/03/int_art_03106A.shtml

The Colombian press (pro USA) reports that ending of a far right coup attempt publishing photos of soldiers with 2nd world war style banner next to a rainbow flag.
http://elpais-cali.terra.com.co/paisonline/notas/Enero032005/ultima.html

The BBC (aunty Lucy la la land) have asked in their spanish news reports if the terming of the rebellion as ultra-right is accurate or manipulation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_4140000/4140565.stm
and that this is an isolated incident which might take on a national character, (but probably not ultra right as the peruvians just want "not to go back to dictatorship but to go forward to democracy)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_4141000/4141923.stm

repeat:-
The Peruvians of our generation just dont want to go back to dicatorship and snakes in the jungle, they want to go forward to full and fair democracy.

My flatmates aren't commenting.
Miss World isn't commenting.
Paddington Bear is with the Browns in London.
bargain hunting and probably still sitting on that horsehair sofa talking about indymedia and staring hard @ the wall.

Paz + Solidaridad.
= el camino de concenso.

by e. e. cummings - (american poets of the Great War) Mon Jan 03, 2005 12:53

my sweet old etcetera
aunt lucy during the recent

war could and what
is more did tell you just
what everybody was fighting for,
my sister isabel created hundreds
(and hundreds)
of socks not to
mention shirts fleaproof earwarmers

etcetera wristers etcetera,
my mother hoped that
i would die
etcetera
bravely of course
my father used to become hoarse
talking about how it was
a privilege and if only he
could
meanwhile my
self etcetera lay quietly
in the deep mud
et
cetera
(dreaming, et cetera, of Your smile eyes knees and of your Etcetera)

by - Mon Jan 03, 2005 19:03

The GREAT thing about capitalism is CHOICE.
Free market economics means YOU the CITIZEN get to make CHOICES every moment of the day, from the moment you log on or wake up to the moment you sleep. You can make lots of CHOICES!

the military rebels aren't handing in their arms:-
http://www.swissinfo.org/ses/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5443351
the negotiations are suspended! :-
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.es.hts/sp/nws/2975464
the tension is so INTENSE!
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/exterior/nota.asp?nota_id=668219&origen=cd_google
the rebel is using peruvians as human cannon balls!
http://www.rpp.com.pe/noticia/nacional/22756.php
Peru is in the hands of professionals!!!!
http://www.rpp.com.pe/noticia/nacional/22733.php
the rebels have given in their arms!!!!!!!
http://www.lahora.com.ec/noticiacompleta.asp?noid=309552
the rebels bought their arms from the Americans!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://amnesty international org.
the rebels and the army were trained by the Americans!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http:// SOA.org

the Lider Numero Uno has yet to tell us he loves us.
The holidays in the Texan bunker must be good this year.
Perhaps he's forgotten the code to the door and can't get out.

by Peruvians- - 20 yr olds to 30yr olds Alternative movement people. Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:01

(which has now ended with the arrest of the leader of the armed faction)

"The Stupidity of the Pistol"


Jose Maria Arguedas, professed a deep love of his "patria", its customs and orgins. Today in the land of Jose Maria Arguedas "patria" is confused with Nazi-sim. Andahuaylas, in the andean region of Apurimac, is a very economically poor city, which only recently received help from "el Proyecto Las Bambas". (regional structural and other development) Since the 1st of January, the occupation of the police station in Andahuaylas by 150 people who called themselves "etnocaceristas" has been the news. They are members of the Popular National Movement led by an ex-soldier Antauro Humala and his family, who entered the police station and took police officers as hostages as they celebrated the New Year.
With 5 dead in these last days, Humala's group demanded the abdication of President Toleda and his cabinet attacking David Waisman, (for being jewish) and the Minister of Defense Roberto Chiabra,and other members of the FFAA. [since 2001 the governing party]
We remember the words of Isaac Humala: "we think about being a government, to establish a genuinely democratic government". The commercial media (e.g. Channel 5) concentrated on showing the bodies of dead police officers, they showed no contemplation (of the effects) of broadcasting naked blood drenched bodies. And all this show of uniforms pushed up the sensationalist TV viewer ratings.
The ultra nationalist group has had many problems in 2004, having been attacked by other simliar political groups (on the right), and having confronted the police on numerous occassions.
The coca growers leader Nelson Palomino broke his relations with Humala when he saw that they wished to use the cause of coca grower to advance their political agenda. Saying he woul leave the question of coca production (and thus cocaine production) to the growers but the question of the military to himself alone.
The head of the council of ministers, Carlos Ferrero, has dismissed the possibility of dialogue with the reserve soldiers led by Humala, and has declared that the armed forces (under his control) are enforcing order as of 06.08 pm (local time) of the 3rd of January.

Humala changed his positions a lot, intially he would not move till Toledo left power, later he contradicted the orders of his brother Ollanta Humala, deciding to hand in arms (3rd of Jan), then cancelling that order, asking for the "defensive presence of the people" on the street,- the streets around the police station are filled with military armed to the teeth.

At any moment there could be a massacre involving both sections of the military....

(above is a paraphrase translation)
[the most important bits are - "many different types of politicised military" - "too many guns" - "unpopular government" - "coca production by the poorest is a political issue which allows the poorest to be pawns by the richest transnational criminals and ultra right military" - "peruvians are sick of it" - "TV that starts your year off with dead bodies on the street is bad for your psychological health, and your confidence in democracy". "peruvians may be sick of it, but they dont want neonazis taking advantage of them being sick of it]

repeat:-The Peruvians of our generation dont want to go back to dicatorship or being "looked after by soldiers or ex-soldiers" nor do they wish to live in a state where the resources are stolen by a corrupt political class, and the media is controlled and population manipulated. they want to go forward to full and fair democracy.

on the attack-
http://www.peru.indymedia.org/news/2005/01/12925.php/
on the NGO response (or lack of it)
http://www.peru.indymedia.org/news/2005/01/12950.php/

Maybe Kofi Anan's replacement at the UN "The Next Mister Brown" will have had learnt something from Paddington Bear and Aunty Lucy and have the strength of character and support to end Corruption in the 3rd world. Or at least get it down to normal levels, like you find in Europe. (the sarcasm bites)

by reibiliun Wed Jan 05, 2005 22:01

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