Don't know how much has changed after the President resigned last Friday,
and the Vice President took over...shades of Philippine People Power 2...
Al
----- Original Message -----
From: Myriam Horngren <mh@wacc.org.uk>
To: Information Society: Voices from the South <is@dgroups.org>
Cc: <asesor@chasquinet.org>
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 7:18 PM
Subject: [is] Statement of solidarity from Latin American & Caribbean
communicators
Current topic: Issue of Access and Barriers:
Dear all
The situation in Bolivia is getting worse, especially against
professional communicators (grom community media to mainstream press and
television networks). CRIS Bolivia, comprising a network of over 45
organisations is witnessing its own members being under threat.
Thank at DOChannel for highlighting the story.
Best
Myriam
Statement of solidarity from Latin American & Caribbean communicators
Communication Rights in the Information Society
17 October 2003
Solidarity with the Bolivian people
We, the Latin American and Caribbean communicators that comprise the
continental communication networks express our solidarity with the
Bolivian people currently fighting against the neo-liberal policy that
are taking place in that country and that we have been facing in our
respective countries for so long.
We repel the militarization and the repressive policy of Gonzalo Sanchez
de Lozada's government ordering to shoot against the population, causing
up to now, around 70 deaths.
We follow our Bolivian sisters and brothers in their claim for a
political solution that asks for the stepping down of the current
President. We call for the construction of a true democracy in Latin
America; one that will not increase poverty and the denationalisation of
our economies but one based on peace and justice, as well as on the
respect for life and for people's rights and the participation of the
citizens in the main decision-making.
We congratulate the communicators from the various organisations engaged
in the cause of citizenship, who have been playing a fundamental role to
raise a voice in favor of justice, to assert democracy and to defend
human rights, at a crucial time. We therefore express our solidarity to
our Bolivian journalist colleagues who are suffering the effects of
repression, especially those members of Radio PIO XII and Televisisn
Universitaria that have been victims of military intervention.
We invite all our associates on the continent and the communicators all
over the world to start an informative campaign with the purpose of
letting the world know about the attempts against human rights and the
just aspirations of the Bolivian people.
Pedro Sanchez Presidente
OCLACC
Organizacisn Catslica Latinoamericana y Caribeqa de Comunicacisn
Luis Tavara Secretario Ejecutivo
ALER
Asociacisn Latinoamericana de Educacisn Radiofsnica
Rolando Pirez
Vice-Presidente
WACC - AL
Asociacisn Mundial para la Comunicacisn Cristiana
Ernesto Lamas
Coordinador Regional
AMARC - ALC
Asociacisn Mundial de Radios Comunitarias
(Translated from Spanish by Silvia Hirata)
From: Myriam Horngren, CRIS Info list
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