GUELAGUETZA indigenous, DIGNITY THAT FIGHTS

Since of the threat of governor Jose Murat respect to rely us on the consequence, the night of the 17 of Julio thousands of policias surrounded with metalicas fences the long waits that we have in four points of the city.
The activities day 18 of July were increased: Until the 2 afternoon the long waits in the four original points are mantenian: Seat of the Dance, temple of Sto. Domingo, Tree-lined avenue of Leon, in front of the Cathedral, and in front of palace of government.
From the 10 of the manana comenzo with the adornment of the car of calenda and mojigangas (monos/as of cardboard of 3 meters), to leave to 7 afternoon.
To 4 afternoon a concert with the youthful band of the CIPO-RFM in the temple of Santo occurred to the time that explained the reason of the protests. The same it was made in other places where it was protested.
Calenda 7 beginning to at night and recorrio the centricas streets of the city until arriving at night at 9 in front of the government palace, where the dance with the youthful band of the CIPO-RFM frame the beginning of guelaguetza indigenous. The dance protest I finish to the midnight and conto with the attendance of thousands of national and foreign visitors. Single the exaggerated presence of the police disfigured the festividad.
To 8 of the night the government I summon to reunion to as we arrived and where the civil employees headed by the Secretary General of government wanted to exchange by justice, al to say that it was not nobody to us of justice but podian to see with the COPLADE, SEDAF and SDUCOP some resources for works. To which we responded indignant that single tratariamos the justice subjects and nothing but.
Since of much insistence ours reunion for the day Monday 19 to 9 of the manana acceded to one. This reunion wanted to condition it to that levantaramos the protest, which we said nonsera possible but until the paramilitary ones are jailed.
Day 19 of July comenzo to 7 of the manana with the fight to obtain that the police wall allowed to the water entrance and viveres for the foods, that I let to our brother Stop Chavez with rasgunos. Each one of the four places where we are planted we prepared to leave.
To the 11 of the day approximately 800 people with the band, the car of calenda and the Froylan donkey of the IEEPO to the front, we organized in the Temple of Sto. Domingo, took course to zocalo and Since we reached the street of Crespo to arrive at the stairs of the Bunker where thousands of policias hoped to us behind metalicas grates.
We asked for permission to enter and answered: “hay you order that it does not pass anybody of ustedes”.
Who it gave you order them? The heads. That heads? we insisted. The superior ones, already know who. And they were put inutilmente in guard because we never attacked. Single we shouted our reclamations of justice and punishment to the paramilitary ones. We spoke by the microphono saying:
“De all Mexico and Oaxaca, Popular the indigenous Council of Oaxaca “Ricardo Magon” Flowers; CIPO-RFM of but we are repressed by police and the paramilitary ones. Until today we counted: 517 detenidos/as and torturados/as; 103 paramilitary incursions of police and; 81 you order of apprehension; 229 penal, civil and mercantile processes; 27 assassinated, 263 lesionados/as, 37 threatened of death; and Raul Gatica, hidden by the attempts of murder that suffers, ademas of many displaced ones from fear of being assassinated or being jailed.
Today since it makes 500 years the reclamations are of: 1. - Peace with justice and dignity 2. - Respect to autonomia in the communities of the CIPO-RFM. 3. - Punishment and disappearance paramilitary of the CROCUT to his you lead To stop Toimil and Jacobo Chavez, that 16/octubre/03 killed to Bartolome Rooms and hurt of bullet to 9 men and women; to Torch Farmer who 11/ago/02 killer to 2 ninos and hirio to 34 women; to those of Bright Sta. Monteverde that 13/marzo and 12/jul/04 assassinated to 2, also sanction to civil employees who protect them. 4. - Cease to the repression against communities and members of the CIPO-RFM and to fulfill the recommendations by violation to our human rights: CNDH/26/99, CEDH/15/2002 and CEDH/ 13/2004. 5. - Solution to the agrarian conflict of San Isidro Aloapam, Sta. Catarina Yosonotu, Guadalupe Chindua and Cacalotepec. 6. - guarantees for the life of Raul Gatica. 7. - General assembly, democraticas elections and respect to socioeconomicas benefits retained 2 years to democraticos of the STSPEIDCEO. 8. - Municipal Participation, also schools, medicos, water, food, light and attention to old women and. 9. - House and right to sell in beaches of Huatulco. 10. - Respect to Radio “Guetza” and concession to the communitarian transport type suburban in Tlaxiaco.
With died and hurt we paid the present pacificas protests: 10/jul/04 in Etla, was hurt of death Edgar Torija. 11/jul/04 in Sta. Huatulco Cross, PRI members directed by Demetrio Villalobos hurt to 8, among them to the ninos Carolina and Sandra Diaz Hernandez and to Brenda Towers. 13/jul/04 paramilitary of Bright Sta. Monteverde assassinated to Pedro Salazar Cross. 16/jul/04 in the seat of the dance of Oaxaca, police of the special forces to control of the military Jose M. Vera Salinas and Brown Manuel Rivas, with lacrimogenos gases, toletes electricos and deafening pumps leave wounds to Elizabeth Perez, Perez Rosebay, Simon Yllescas; Fulvia Dominguez, Gloria Branches, Melisa Flores and Rolando Zeferino, taken care of in the civil hospital Aurelio Valdivieso.
17/jul/04 we showed to will hoping 4 hours the governor and this I deal with to us racist and offensive way: “No I recognize any agreement with the CIPO-RFM because it is not like other organizations who respect the government and they do not alter orden”, the widows, huerfanos and injured by the paramilitary ones asked “ to him; because you do not love to act against asesinos?” “ because she protects to paramilitares?” before going away shout like answer: “atenganse the consequences, by its fault no longer I went to the parade of the delegations that dance Monday of cerro”.
From this threat, our protest in the Temple of Sto. Domingo, the Seat of the dance, Tree-lined avenue of Leon and In front of government palace was surrounded with metalicas and policias fences that in operative never sight prevented that llegaramos the Guelaguetza audience. Now in the long waits they do not let to us pass water and the police causes in each short while.
Everything demonstrates that the government protects assassins and paramilitary and he does not take care of indigenous.
All test which they hide to the world the poverty, marginalization, violence, repression and forgetfulness that there is in Oaxaca. They do not want that the tourists know the other face Oaxaca.
To 14: 30 hrs. rompio reunion with the Secretary General of Justice and the Solicitor of Justice Rogelio Chagoya, this I complete myself of prepotent way I rise of the table when we began to him to demand halting to paramilitary and the assassins, alleging that that podia not to decide it. We said to him that had determined already justice and to the single one was called on to him to fulfill. Here was where I rise pretextando that we did not send it.
It does not have but reunion and is seen that there is will of the no government no longer we say to apply justice, but obey the law. Reason why we continued having the fear of being repressed because we have decided to continue the protests until having solution to our reclamation of justice.

By the organizing meeting of the CIPO-RFM
LEONOR LOPEZ ALAVEZ
AREA DE $OMUNI$A$ION.
Oaxaca, Oax., July 19 of 2004.