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APPO in Yucatán
The Oaxaca Movement Declares Solidarity with the Peasant Farmers of Oxcum, Unjustly Imprisoned by the Governor
By Rafael Gómez Chi
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October 24, 2006
After demonstrating their solidarity with the people of the communal lands of Oxcum, illegally imprisoned by order of Yucatán Governor Patricio Patrón Laviada, representatives of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO), who arrived in the state this weekend, affirmed that there are conditions here to establish a popular assembly, similar to the one which is fighting in Oaxaca.
Juan Velásquez Cruz, a member of the APPO, said that “there are many possibilities” to advance along these lines, although they will have to take into account the specific political and social conditions of this state.
“Today, as the APPO, we see many possibilities because the struggle of our brother peasants against those that attempt to rob them of their lands has just begun. The government not only wants to take away their only inheritance but also their culture. Conditions are being created for there to be a popular assembly in Yucatán,” he commented.
He said that three APPO brigades left Oaxaca on October 16, one traveling to the North, one to the center and one to the South, “with the concrete objective to begin to warn the country of the possible scenario of repression that is becoming discernable here in Oaxaca because of the negative response to and the complicity of the Senate in the removal of the three governmental powers.”
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http://narconews.com/Issue43/article2207.html
Por Esto!
October 24, 2006
After demonstrating their solidarity with the people of the communal lands of Oxcum, illegally imprisoned by order of Yucatán Governor Patricio Patrón Laviada, representatives of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO), who arrived in the state this weekend, affirmed that there are conditions here to establish a popular assembly, similar to the one which is fighting in Oaxaca.
Juan Velásquez Cruz, a member of the APPO, said that “there are many possibilities” to advance along these lines, although they will have to take into account the specific political and social conditions of this state.
“Today, as the APPO, we see many possibilities because the struggle of our brother peasants against those that attempt to rob them of their lands has just begun. The government not only wants to take away their only inheritance but also their culture. Conditions are being created for there to be a popular assembly in Yucatán,” he commented.
He said that three APPO brigades left Oaxaca on October 16, one traveling to the North, one to the center and one to the South, “with the concrete objective to begin to warn the country of the possible scenario of repression that is becoming discernable here in Oaxaca because of the negative response to and the complicity of the Senate in the removal of the three governmental powers.”
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http://narconews.com/Issue43/article2207.html
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