----- Original Message ----- From: John Clancy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 10:58 PM Subject: [Cuba SI] WW-Peru: Mass protests Fujimori. Chile Colonel from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subject: WW-Peru: Mass protests for Fujimori. Chile -Colonel Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://wwpublish.com:8080/Lists/wwnews/List.html> Sender: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(WW News Service) To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(WW News Service) Precedence: list X-Original-Message-ID: <008901bffd5b$184b42e0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "WW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [WW] Peru: Mass protests greet Fujimori's swearing-in Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the Aug. 10, 2000 issue of Workers World newspaper ------------------------- Peru MASS PROTESTS GREET FUJIMORI'S SWEARING-IN By Monica Somocurcio Despite its best efforts to portray stability in Peru, the U.S.- backed Fujimori dictatorship rests on shaky ground. That was the lesson of the explosion of street protests during President Alberto K. Fujimori's third-term inauguration on July 28. After three days of rallies and protests against the dictatorship, the streets of downtown Lima were ablaze and tear gas filled the air. On the final day of the massive protests--the day of Fujimori's inauguration-- thousands of demonstrators attempted to make their way to the Congress where the highly-secured ceremony was taking place. While Fujimori spoke about democracy inside the walls of Congress, hundreds of black-clad riot cops assaulted demonstrators--primarily young workers and students--on the streets. The cops attacked with armored water cannons and fired tear gas canisters directly into people's bodies. Gunshots were also reported. The riot police sent to control the mass anger were part of a 40,000- strong security force deployed throughout the capital city to protect the swearing-in ceremony. After the pitched battles ended, six people were dead and over 150 were wounded, including four with gunshot wounds. At least 172 were arrested. Fire had turned the National Bank to rubble and seriously damaged the National Electoral Council, the Justice Department and the old Ministry of Education building. The three day rally was named "the March of the Four Suyos," referring to the four corners of the Inca Empire. It was called by bourgeois opposition politician Alejandro Toledo. Toledo, once a World Bank official and never a friend of the working class, ran against Fujimori in this year's presidential elections, representing the traditional political elite that could not completely control Fujimori. After realizing that he would not get the official backing necessary to win the election, Toledo broke out of the race, saying it was rigged, and called the masses into action. Clearly Toledo tapped into a force he couldn't control. The demonstrations brought out the people's anger at the Fujimori regime's decade-long reign of economic austerity and political repression. Toledo, after losing control of the last stretch of demonstrations, quickly denounced the street clashes by calling those involved "vandals" and "pro- Fujimori infiltrators." The people's anger will undoubtedly be heard again in the weeks and months to come. - END - (Copyleft Workers World Service: Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document, but changing it is not allowed. For more information contact Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011; via e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For subscription info send message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.workers.org) ------------------ This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *********** from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subject: Chile Colonel: Dissidents were killed-500 were drowned X-From_: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Aug 5 14:43:52 2000 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 21:45:00 -0600 Subject: Colonel: Chile Killed Dissidents From: Luis AA Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Published Friday, August 4, 2000, in the Miami Herald Colonel: Chile killed dissidents 500 allegedly drowned in '70s BY EDUARDO GALLARDO -Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile -- A retired air force colonel reportedly has charged that Chilean security forces in the early 1970s killed more than 500 political dissidents by weighting their bodies down and tossing them into the sea. The allegations, in a letter delivered Wednesday from a Methodist minister to President Ricardo Lagos, appear to mark the first concrete result of a month-old policy that provides anonymity to those who come forward with information about the missing. The minister's account of statements by the colonel -- who was not identified under the new government policy -- purports to shed light on the fate of some of the 1,000 dissidents who vanished under the 1973-1990 dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet. Parts of the pastor's letter were reported in the national media Thursday, but reaction in Chile was subdued. Similar stories about the demise of the dissidents have circulated over the years. The letter was written by Methodist Pastor Enrique Vilches, who said in the note that he was quoting discussions between himself and the unnamed colonel. The Supreme Court this week was deciding whether Pinochet's status as a life member of Congress gives him immunity from facing charges that he oversaw the execution of 19 political prisoners after overthrowing the government of Salvador Allende in 1973. Later Thursday, the government issued a statement confirming the letter's authenticity but criticizing its release to the media. "The information he made available, contained in just four pages, does not include background . . . to reach some conclusion on the actual whereabouts of the victims," the letter said. In Vilches' letter, the colonel reportedly said Pinochet's security services rented merchant ships to take the bodies to high seas. "In order to ensure the bodies would sink as deep as possible, lead bars were fixed to them,"Vilches said, quoting the colonel. The letter also said that the bodies were injected with chemicals to hasten decomposition. The letter did not provide any information on when the dissidents were killed. The pastor, a well-known religious figure in Chile who hosts a radio program, says in the letter that the colonel said he had decided to speak because he felt badly about "what he knew about the missing detainees." Vilches was unavailable for comment Thursday. The question of whether Pinochet's immunity would be lifted by the Supreme Court remained publicly unresolved Thursday, though legal sources, media reports and even Pinochet's family have said the vote went against the former dictator. Marco Antonio Pinochet said his father would fight the charges and would never submit to medical tests to avoid trial. "What my father will do now is to defend himself in court," the younger Pinochet told the Megavision television network on Wednesday. " JC --------------------------------------------------------------------<e|- Get a NextCard Visa, in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. 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