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errorOn to Mexico City International Gathering of Plan Colombia Opponents March 4th & 5th at the National Autonomous University (UNAM) Translated by The Narco News Bulletin The 2nd International Gathering of Solidarity and for Peace in Colombia and Latin America March 4th and 5th, Mexico City Conveners:
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Laureate; Bishop Federico Pagura, of Argentina, President of the World Council of Churches; Ahmed Ben Bella, Presidente NOR-SUD XXI and former President of Algeria; Profesor James Petras of New York State University, Doctor Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General, Mumia Abu-Jamal, political prisoner in the United States; R. James Sacouman Professor of Acadia University Wolfville, Nova Scotia; Henry Veltmeyer, Professor, Saint Mary's University Halifax, Canadá; Heinz Dieterich, professor, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México; Luis Eduardo Garzón, union leader and Colombian presidential candidate for the Social and Political Front, and other adherents listed below.
WHEREAS 1. Plan Colombia and its corresponding Andean Regional Inititiative bring anew the direct military intervention of the United States in the internal affairs of a sovereign Latin American state, the Republic of Colombia, in the manner of the Monroe Doctrine, Roosevelt's corrolary, the destruction of the legitimate government of Salvador Allende in Chile, the continued aggressions against the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, the direct participation in the Central American wars and continued hostility toward Cuba with a criminal blockade in spite of annual United Nations resolutions.
2. That said intervention constitutes a flagrant violation of international law, and of the right of self-determination by peoples, and a threat to the peace and stability of the region.
3. That by its nature as counter-insurgency, Plan Colombia and its corresponding Andean Regional Initiative are led mainly against the civil population of Colombia and has as its immediate goal to destroy or neutralize the resistance by all social sectors who are opposed to the project of neoliberal restructuring of the Colombian and Latin American economies.
4. That Plan Colombia and its corresponding Andean Regional Initiative, in reality, is a military plan that involves the countries of the region - through the so-called Andean Regional Initiative - and compromises them with intervention led without a doubt toward control of the Amazon basin, affecting the sovereignty of the countries of the region. It places the consolidation, in Venezuela, of the process that Comandante Hugo Chávez leads in danger and affects the Central American countries involved in democratic development through paths other than war.
5. That Plan Colombia, as a war plan, is the principal obstacle to the search for solutions other than war for the Colombian conflict.
6. That it also causes the massive displacement of civilian populations from the assaulted areas to neighboring countries.
7. That the use of the most modern war technologies, including biological weapons against coca plantations, causes an unpredictable and serious danger for the ecology of the world's most important bio-diversity region, the Amazon.
8. That the plan for regional military intervention titled "Colombia" weakens the effort for good relations among neighbors and prepares war scenarios, creating uncertainty and anguish among the peoples of the region.
RESOLVED 1. To convene international public opoinion and the democratic forces of the world to support and participate in the Second International Solidarity Gathering for Peace in Colombia and Latin America, to be held in Mexico City on March 4th and 5th of 2002.
2. To denounce and reject Plan Colombia and its annexed Andean Initiative as military intervention plans of the United States that negatively affect the peaceful co-existence, democratic stability and economic development of Latin American peoples and nations.
3. To promote the international solidarity by peoples and governments with the struggles of the Colombian people who seek a solution other than war for the social and armed conflict they suffer.
4. To generate possibilities of strengthening the bonds of friendship, integration and goodwill that allow for seeking development with social justice and peace.
5. To back the process of peace talks between the Colombian government and insurgent forces.
6. To support proposals of illicit crop substitution and the fight against narco-trafficking without resorting to war, because as an economic and social phenomenon it affects all of humanity.
At the "Simón Bolívar" Youth Camp National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) March 4th and 5th, 2002 Mexico City Email: eventopaz@hotmail.com Webpage: http://www.geocities.com/eventopaz List of Supporting Organizations and Individuals below
Organizing Committee
Political and Social Organizations of México: Partido del Trabajo de México PT, Partido de la Revolución Democrática PRD, Partido Popular Socialista de México, Partido Popular Socialista, Movimiento de los Comunistas Mexicanos (PCM, PRS, PRP, PCR, PCM, MEP), PRT-Convergencia Socialista, Agrupación Política Nueva Democracia, Movimiento Mexicano por la Paz, el Antiimperialismo y la Solidaridad MOMPAS, MOMPADE, Movimiento Mexicano Juarista Bolivariano, Alianza Nacional de Trabajadores ANT, Central Unitaria de Trabajadores CUT, Movimiento del Sindicalismo Revolucionario
International Supporters: Asociación Civil Congreso Anfictionico Bolivariano Venezuela Arelis Perez Diputada Venezuela Circulo Bolivariano Parroquia San Juan de Caracas Venezuela Raul C. Rojas C. Cesar Montes Comandante Guerrillero Secretario General Adjunto de UNID Guatemala OSPAAAL-Solidaridad Alternativa Popular 1815 Espacio Solidario Corriente Izquierda Frente Amplio Uruguay Asociación Colombiana de Estudiantes Universitarios ACEU COLOMBIA Athemay Sterling Abogado Defensor de los Derechos Humanos Colombia Antoni Marín i Segòvia Escritor Presidente "Cercle Obert" Iniciativas Sociales y Culturales de Futuro Valencia España José F. Naranjo Communist Party of Greece Central Committee Antonio Morales Riveira Journalist Colombian resident of Paris José Osmaro Murcia Ochoa Salvador Manuel Jiménez Arango Coordinador Nacional de Juventud Democratica del PRD MEXICO Nancy Eliizabeth Henriquez presidenta de AMICA (Asociacion de Mujeres Indigenas de la Costa Atlantica) y miembro del consejo Regional Nicaragua Jorge Fedrick Coordinador nacional del movimiento indigena miembor del Consejo Regional Autonomo del Atlantico norte como jefe de bancada Nicaragua José Miguel Hernández Mederos Dpto. RR.II / CTC Nacional. Central de Trabajadores de Cuba El Instituto Peruano de Asesoria y Desarrollo Indígena-IPADI PERU Cecilio Soria Gonzales Presidente IPADI, PERU Rafael Jaén Venezuela Gustavo García, Colectivo Radio Zapote México José Luis Risco Montalvan Congresista Paritdo Unidad Nacional PERU Fausto Bertinotti Secretario General Partido de la Refundacion Comunista Italia Rene Francisco Ortiz.- juventud revolucionaria socialista Salvador Pedro Martinez Pirez Subdirector General de Radio Habana Cuba Movimiento Popular Bolivariano(MPB) Venezuela Coordinadora Popular Bolivariana(CPB) Venezuela Fuerza Bolivariana de Mujeres Venezuela Televisora Comunitaria del Oeste Catiatve Venezuela Círculo Universitario Bolivariano de San Fernando de Apure Venezuela Movimiento Electoral del Pueblo(MEP ) Venezuela Comité Apureño de Solidaridad con los Pueblos (CASOP) Venezuela Coordinador de Cultivadores de Coca y Amapola COCCA Colombia Gregoria Flores Organizacion Fraternal Negra Hondureña-OFRANEH Honduras Eugenio Rolón, Alberto Bonzi ciudad: Barranqueras provincia: Chaco país: Argentina Mikel Korta Comisión de Relaciones Internacionales de Batasuna País Vasco Jone Goirizelaia por BATASUNA (formación política de la izuqierda independentista del País Vasco) Diputada vasca y delegada para América
Sindicato de Empleados de la Universidad de Costa Rica- SINDEU-S.O. Comisión de Derechos Humanos de Costa Rica- CODEHU- Costa Rica CODEHUCA Costa Rica Ing. Alfonso Brito Presidente del Frente Cultural Revolucionario México Jesús Albarez Amaya Presidente del Taller de Grafíca Popular México Adolfo Díaz Secretario del Centro de Estudio sobre el desarme y el proceso México Maestro Juvenal Herrera Poeta Escritor e Investigador Social de Colombia Nixon Franklin Padilla Rodríguez Secretario General Juventud Comunista Colombiana M. Joaquim Miranda président de la Commission du Développement et de la Coopération du Parlement Européen Francia Fausto Bertinotti Secretario General del Partido de la Refundacion Comunista Italia Joaquim Lisboa Neto Coordenador Casa da Cultura "Antonio Lisboa de Morais" Biblioteca Campesina Brasil Civil Society Internationalizes the Resistance