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About LinkBacksHe seems to be pretty well in the pocket of the US and the oil interests. A bit like our Messrs. Raphael Burke and Bertie Ahern.Originally Posted by dunno
He seems to be pretty well in the pocket of the US and the oil interests. A bit like our Messrs. Raphael Burke and Bertie Ahern.
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Garcia is the president of Peru.
The prime minister is Yehude Simon, a former left wing guerilla, now member of the pro-US establishment
Yehude Simon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yehude Simon is reportedly going to resign as PM because of the killing of indigenous people.
Yehude Simon, Peru's prime minister, will resign | World news | guardian.co.uk
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Alberto Pizango Chota, leader of AIDESEP granted political asylum by Nicaragua.
The Nicaraguans have made their decision & it is one which obviously internationalises the situation in the Peruvian amazon in a way which our solidarity grumblings or Bolivian government comments have not done. Explaining the decision, the ambassador Señor Borges in comments to Nicaraguan radio has said that Pizango satisfies the conditions for political asylum as he is clearly subject to political persecution in Peru.
He will now be brought to Nicaragua out of Lima, where the authorities want to charge him and put him away for a very long time for sedition and rebellion.
In my last comment I had wondered why he chose the Nicaraguans, it is now reported that prior to seeking asylum with them he had indeed knocked on the doors of the US, French & Bolivian embassies. They all refused him refuge. In the case of the US and French embassies this ought not be surprising but the attitude of the Bolivians contrasts with their recent rhetoric which has been the most outspoken in its support of the Amazonian indiginous and its criticism of Garcia.
RFI - Nicaragua concede asilo político a Pizango
Meanwhile the Peruvian parliament is meeting today to debate the removal of the raft of laws which have allowed Garcia to expropriate Amazonian lands and brought this political conflict through bloodshed to the continuing state of curfew in the Amazon and thus collective abuse of human rights & let's be specific Peru's first leader to be granted political asylum in another Latin American state since its ex-president Fujimoro.
Now that's so ironic it ought hurt.
Last edited by dunk; 10th June 2009 at 04:05 PM.
Dunk,
The Bolivians are in the middle of a diplomatic row with Peru over extradition of 3 members of the previous government accused of genocide. Also with Garcia accusing Morales of inciting the violence he was probably too much of a hot potato to handle.
The Bolivian embassy in Lima deny he approached them for asylum Sources from the Peruvian Foreign Ministry reported yesterday that Pizango, persecuted in their country for the crimes of rebellion and sedition, unsuccessfully sought asylum in diplomatic missions in Bolivia, United States and France.
This is obviously spin.
Last edited by Cathar; 10th June 2009 at 09:52 PM. Reason: correction
Another sad example of a state resorting to murdering its own citizens when it comes to advancing the interests of big oil etc. Chevron and Texaco have already destroyed huge areas of Indian land and rainforest in the country. Garcia is a crook along the lines of Americas/Thatchers friend Pinochet.
BBC NEWS | Americas | Bolivian leader 'enemy of Peru'
the laws have been suspended, the pm says he resigning?
Last edited by lostexpectation; 19th June 2009 at 01:21 AM.
What does the Irish President spend their time doing. Work in progress
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Morales rightly says that the genocide was caused by the US Peru bilateral (US robbery) agreement.
Final Text | Office of the United States Trade Representative
Bilateral Treaties Undermine Rights
This site is updating what is being done about it -
http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=337
He says he'll go when things have "calmed down"
http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/...5019&sn=Detail
Last edited by cactusflower; 18th June 2009 at 09:12 PM.
Congress repeals controversial Amazon laws
22 June 2009
The Peruvian Congress has voted to repeal two controversial Amazonian laws after protests that led to the death of an unknown number of policemen and indigenous people.
The Congress voted to repeal the laws at the end of last week. The laws undermined indigenous peoples’ rights and made it easier for outsiders to take control of their land.
Peru’s Amazon Indian organisation, AIDESEP, described the government’s decision as ‘historic’. ‘Our struggle and the lives of our indigenous brothers and sisters have not been in vain,’ said AIDESEP’s vice-president, Daysi Zapata Fasabi. ‘(This decision) shows that our struggle is a just one and that no one is manipulating us.’
Peru’s president, Alan Garcia, admitted that the laws were passed without consulting the Amazon’s indigenous inhabitants and that a ‘succession of errors’ was made in the government’s handling of the protests.
The government’s official figure is that 24 policemen and 10 indigenous people were killed during the protests, but those figures are disputed by local sources. According to reports, the mayor of local town Bagua has said that up to sixty indigenous people are still missing.
The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Indigenous Peoples, James Anaya, has issued a call for an independent investigation into the violence. For photos and eyewitness testimonies, see http://www.survival-international.org/news/4687
http://www.survival-international.org/news/4696
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It's sad that people have to die before these f*ckers will give in.
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