[narconews] Zapatistas to Raise Two Peace Encampments on Indigenous Territory
 
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:15:30 -0600 (CST)


February 22, 2007
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Dear Colleague,

Subcomandante Marcos, spokesman of the Zapatista Army of National
Liberation (EZLN), recently announced that the Sixth Commission and
the EZLN will be supporting two peace encampments, one in Baja
California and the other in Chiapas, on Zapatista and Cucapa territory.

The Cucupa, who live in the valley near Mexicali where the Colorado
River once flowed strong into the sea, have been prohibited from
fishing in their remaining native waters by the Mexican government,
hastening the possible extinction of an entire people in the name of
"conservation."

 From the Communiqui:

"...(the peace encampment) will be formally installed on February 26,
2007, at 9:30 a.m., with a traditional ceremony by the indigenous
Cucapas. The encampment will be maintained during the months of
February, March, April and May of this year of 2007 during the
fishing season. The Sixth Commission of the EZLN will be present with
one of its Zapatista indigenous delegations of maximum authority
beginning in mid-March 2007 until the end of fishing season."

The other encampment will be in the southwestern state of Chiapas, on
Zapatista territory:

"In Chiapas, on Huitepec Hill, outside of San Cristsbal de Las Casas,
in the ecological reserve under the protection of the Zapatista Good
Government Council of the Chiapas Highlands, the encampment will have
the mission of protecting an important forest region in danger of
being looted by international soft-drink and paper manufacturers...

"We invite the alternative and free media to be present and, with
their knowledge and abilities, link both encampments and contribute
that way to the defense of nature and its original guardians, the
Indian peoples, and the unity of the Northwest and Southwest of the
Mexico from below."

The entire communiqui, in both English and Spanish, can be found at
The Narco News Bulletin:

http://www.narconews.com

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