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URGENT SOLIDARITY CALL FOR OAXACA
At the federal level in Mexico, the current discourse signals an imminent arrival of Federal Police Forces in Oaxaca.
URGENT SOLIDARITY CALL FOR OAXACA
At the federal level in Mexico, the current discourse signals an imminent arrival of Federal Police Forces in Oaxaca. The feds claim that, if federal forces are sent to Oaxaca, they will only maintain a presence on the outskirts of the city, to "ensure civilian safety." However, it is widely known that local PRI-sympathizing groups can be mobilized to provoke a confrontation with the sectors of civil society partiapting in the popular movement, which would justify the entrance of the federal police.
If the federal police enter Oaxaca, it will be a blood bath...
Please call or send faxes and emails to President Fox and to Secretary of Interior Affairs, Carlos Abascal, demanding the immediate withdrawal of threats to send police forces into Oaxaca, and the immediate resignation of Oaxacan governor, Ulises Ruiz Ortiz. Write in Spanish. Write in English. Just write, or call, or both.
Get down to your local Mexican consulate or embassy. Make a lot of noise. Spend the night out front if you have to.
President Vicente Fox:
Email: vicente.fox.quesadda [at] presidencia.gob.mx
Fax: 011-52-55-52-77-23-76
Phone: 011-52-55-27-89-11-00
Sec. of Internal Affairs, Carlos Abascal
Tel: 011-52-55-50-93-34-00
Email: cabascal [at] segob.gob.mx
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US residents should indeed put the (fragmented and fractious) powers that be in Mexico on notice that we are watching the situation in Oaxaca, that we condemn Ruiz and his counterparts, and that a peaceful resolution to the conflict is required.
We should also urge the union and APPO (does anyone know how to reach them?) to return to the bargaining table and negotiate a peaceful solution. It is clear that Ruiz is not likely to resign, and the movement has been intransigent on this point. They must find a way to negotiate an acceptable resolution even if it means Ruiz remains temporarily in office. Otherwise, they will be crushed, will lose legitimacy in the eyes of the Mexican street, and will produce martyrs and little else.
Politics is the art of compromise.
We should also urge the union and APPO (does anyone know how to reach them?) to return to the bargaining table and negotiate a peaceful solution. It is clear that Ruiz is not likely to resign, and the movement has been intransigent on this point. They must find a way to negotiate an acceptable resolution even if it means Ruiz remains temporarily in office. Otherwise, they will be crushed, will lose legitimacy in the eyes of the Mexican street, and will produce martyrs and little else.
Politics is the art of compromise.
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