Saturday, May 8, 2010

Autonomous Pueblo - San Juan Copala, Oaxaca


San Juan Copala es un pueblo ubicada en la región Triqui en Oaxaca, México. Un grupo indígena con una historia profunda de resistiendo colonalización y opresión de parte de los gobiernos y sus grupos paramilitares. En 2006, con la ola de la otra campaña y el movimiento en Oaxaca con la APPO, seccion 22 de SNTE y otras, San Juan Copala anuncio su autonomía. La respuesta del gobierno fue una aumentacion y apoyo a un grupo paramilitar - Unidad de Bienestar Social de la Región Triqui (UBISORT). Eso grupo, esta usando matanzas, amenazas, secuestros, y hace mucho tiempo ha asediado a la comunidad de San Juan Copala.

27 de Abril, una caravana de derechos humanos se componía por activistas de la Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca (APPO), Seccion 22 de SNTE, Centro de Apoyo Comunitario Trabajando Unidos (CACTUS), Voces Oaxaqueñas Construyendo Autonomía y Libertad (VOCAL), periodistas de la revista mexicana Contralinea, también compañer@s internacionales de Finlandia, Italia, Alemana, Bélgica - intentaba a llegar a la comunidad con provisiones básicas, pero estaban atacados por UBISORT.

Una activista respetada y conocida de CACTUS - Bety Cariño, y una activista Finlandés - Juri Jaakkola, estuvieron asasinatos. Otras estuvieron secuestrados, desaparecidos y heridos.


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San Juan Copala is a town in the Triqui region of Oaxaca, Mexico. An indigenous group with a deep history of resistance to colonization and government and paramilitary oppression. In 2006 with the wave of the other campaign and the Oaxacan movement with the APPO and section 22 of the Teachers Union among other groups, San Juan Copala announced it's autonomy. The response from the government was to augment and support the paramilitary group Unity for the Social Well-being of the Triqui Region (UBISORT in Spanish). That group is using murders, kidnappings, threats and violence and as of some time has besieged the community of San Juan Copala.

April 27th a human rights caravan composed of members from the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO in Spanish), Center of Communal Support Working Together (CACTUS in Spanish), Oaxacan Voices building Autonomy and Liberty (VOCAL in Spanish), Section 22 of the Teachers Union, reporters from the Mexican Magazine - Contralinea, and internationals from Belgium, Italy, Finland and Germany - attempted to arrive to the besieged community with basic supplies and provisions, but was attacked by UBISORT

A respected and known activist from CACTUS - Bety Cariño, and a Finnish activist - Juri Jaakkola, were both assasinated. Others were kidnapped, dissapeared or injured.

(We demand Justice. Paramilitaries out of the Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala)
(The autonomy of the Triqui people continues walking)
(long live Copala)

(Justice! for people that suffer hunger, jails and massacres)(Autonomous Municipalty of San Juan Copala - Present!)

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