[narconews] Davies: Signals of Provocation in Oaxaca
 
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:02:46 -0500 (CDT)


July 21, 2007
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Dear Colleague,

As the Oaxaca state government readies its "official" Guelaguetza
celebration scheduled for Monday on Fortmn Hill, disgraced governor
Ulises Ruiz has rapidly escalated provocations against the Popular
Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO, in its Spanish initials).

Nancy Davies observes:

- military or state police (dark blue uniforms) occupying Fortin are
practicing military exercises.

- the zocalo is heavily occupied by PRI vendors, Noticias says 700
puestos.

-Noticias says outlying roads are all blocked with military
checkpoints through which no-one "suspicious" can pass.

- The governor is bussing in people from the rural areas (paying them
to attend the commercial Guelaguetza),  and advising government
employees to not bring their children.

- the APPO, the teachers, the civil society organizations and even
Dr. Bertha Muqos are sending messages warning of the government's
intention to provoke an excuse for military crackdown.

- the teachers' assembly scheduled for Saturday afternoon has been
cancelled to avoid further arbitrary arrests (I gather at least two
"leaders" have been arrested and warrants are out).

Davies reports:

"'Urgent' bulletins flying over the internet warn of the governor's
plan to incite a violent showdown around Monday July 23, of the
Guelaguetza, now being referred to as the 'guerraguetza.'

"...My observation regarding the 'dead end' is that there is no way
to carry out a large-scale assembly under these circumstances, and
since there are no leaders anyway, small groups must make their own
decisions. Keep in mind that it is not the APPO nor the teachers who
are provoking the military attacks - what the hell are the military
doing stationed in the center of Oaxaca anyway? The teachers have the
best membership control, but even theirs is not complete. There is
now another assembly, that of the colonias, 'Asamblea Popular de las
Colonias de Oaxaca.' They have participated in both the 'mourning'
marches."

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