[Imc-finance] Emergency Proposal for IMC Peru - deadline June 13th

evan evan at protest.net
Tue Jun 10 02:06:03 PDT 2003


This is an emergency proposal of $500 for imc peru. None of them speak  
english so i've been working with them on translating the proposal in  
to english. But i'm busy and haven't had time to finish the  
translation. I feel really bad about it. So this is a proposal from imc  
peru. They wanted $2000 but there isn't enough time for that. The state  
of emergency is right now, and the Cusco Encuentro starts in 3 days.  
Hopefully we've figured out a donation of a couple laptops which should  
help their computer situation.

So the deadline for this is June 13th. It's $500 of emergency funds for  
imc peru.

If somebody has time and speaks both english and spanish, please  
translate the rest. They also have a spreasheet of what they would  
purchase with the full $2000, but i'm not including that because this  
is just the emergency proposal to cover the state of emergency,  
potential general strike, and Cusco encuentro.

in solidarity,
evan


"Blood begins to flow once again through the veins of our history and   
hands once again begin to unite to make the sacred circle of peace and  
equilibrium" - Indigenous Peruvian Saying

Compañer at s INDYMEDIA, greetings and good health from IMC PERÚ!!!!!

While we were preparing this proposal a state of emergency was  
declaired throughout our country. Origionally we were writing an  
invitation for people to come to the First Indigenous Encuentro  
TAWAINTISUYU –ABYA YALA- PACHA which will be taking place in Cusco,  
Peru the 10th through the 24th of June. We still extend the invitation.  
But our reality has changed. Now the need and work of IMC Peru has  
become more dificult and we urgently need the support of our fellow  
IMC's.

The Current Situation:
The state of emergency is evidence of the incapacity of the  
governmental power to provide political solutions. The social protests  
and mobalizations in Peru are demanding that the president, Alejandro  
Toledo, keep his campaign promises. It's important for you to know that  
during the 30 day State of Emergency that many rights have been  
suspended: the freedom to assemble and meet, the right against searches  
of people's homes, the freedom to travel within the country, the right  
to due process for arrests and detenions. Right now 12 of the 24  
proviences of Peru are under direct military control. The government  
has said that there is some possiblity that they will lift the state of  
emergency but for now it continues.

One of the departments under military control is Puno, along the border  
with Bolivia. There a student from the National University of the  
Antiplano, Johny Edy Quilca Cruz, 22, was shot and killed in the  
protests. More than 40 people have bullit wounds from the police and  
army opening fire with live amunition on the protests and 30 more were  
injured when the government attacked the protesters with clubs. In  
addition, four students from the Puno area have been disapeared. In  
Barranca, a province south of the capital Lima, the police also opened  
fire with live amunition on the crowd, hospitalizing 16, some of them  
in serious condition. By the third day of the state of emergency the  
government admits to 204 arrests. The teachers union, SUTEP, says that  
they've had 150 of their teachers arrested.

Even though the there has been a declaired state of emergency and the  
nationwide teachers strike has been declaired illegal, SUTEP, and other  
social movements are continuing the strikes and protests.

Despite the mobalization of Tuesday, June 3, which was called by the  
Central Union of Peruvian Workers (CGT), to lift the state of emergency  
drew multitudes of particpants in both Lima and the proviences, the  
government has continued it's repression and refused to release the  
teachers. In the proviences the protests are continuing despite the  
military occupying the streets. In Lima, after what happened in Puno,  
the military have temporarily stopped the major plazas and  
intersections through out the city.

First Indigenous Encuentro, Tawa Inti Suyu, Abya Yala
Pacha of Indigenous youth and communities, Cusco.

This encuentro hopes to develop a space for social movements,  
indigenous and non-indigenous, african-adeanian, and people who are  
economocially exploited, politically disempowered, socially oppressed,  
legally disenfranchised, subject to racial descrimination, militarily  
massacared, culturally devalued and subjugated, spirtually and  
religiously persecuited under a system of euro-colonalism. In this  
space, to consolidate a working ideological, political, and cultural  
platform of Tawantinsuyu Abya Yala, all of our América.

It's relevence is the need in a sense to "rescesitate" the origional  
culture of ABYA YALA-PACHA (América) and the search for an inculsivity  
within the realities of different countries, which refelects a new  
social politics and economy.

This Encuentro is logistically self-managed and self-financed. Trying  
not to depend financing with strings attached. In this event, everybody  
speaks and represents themselves and not as the voice of "any political  
party, nor ideology which is external, nor the church, nor any  
religious sect, nor any NGO, nor the colonia state, nor campesino or  
indigenous organization."

How can this encuentro take place under the state of emergency? How can  
an imc function to cover the encuentro and to provide protection for it  
through the prescence of independent media, and, on the other hand, how  
can we reinforce the work of imc peru? We do not know the answers to  
these questions.

The call and program for the encuentro can be found at both
www.qollasuyo.indymedia.org and in www.peru.indymedia.org

The work of IMC Perú:

* These days one of the areas which are focusing on are denoucing Human  
Rights violations which are taking place under the State of Emergency  
and spreading information about the acts of resistance in which both  
the unions and general population are engaging. The Peru IMC is just  
starting to get known within the country. But the technical and  
economic limitations that we have to deal with now are making the work  
quite dificult.

* On the other hand, we are asking, perhaps a little late, for  
resources to esablish a media lab center to produce and desiminate  
independent information in Cusco.

For this we have an urgent need of slidarity from all the IMC  
collectives:

1.- We invite you to join us in Cusco to help cover the encuentro and  
resistance of the Peruvian people.

3.- We need ongoing technical help with maintaining our website.

.... this is where i've gotten so far in the translation...
4.- El apoyo con recursos económicos, que permita el traslado de  
compañeros a provincias, la realización de encuentros de difusión y la  
elaboración de materiales de difusión: stikers, camisetas, afiches.

5.- Envío de materiales de difusión disponibles en otros IMC’s: videos,  
camisetas, etc.
Tal vez, estos puntos sean demasiados, pero todo sus esfuerzos serán  
muy valiosos para nosotros.

Para poder vincular directamente al mundo con lo que sucederá en Cuzco  
agradeceríamos incluir en sus páginas un link que nos conecte  
directamente.

Ante las actuales circunstancias:

Les pedimos a los imc’s de América que acompañen a las delegaciones  
indígenas de sus países. Por otro lado, le sugerimos que las  
delegaciones que lleguen al Perú vayan comunicándose a través de la  
página. Estaremos atentos en su entrada, estadía y salida del Perú.  
Aquí los sitios de Internet son muy populares, su costo está entre 1,50  
soles o 2 soles (1 dólar: 3,50 soles)

Todas las propuestas y apoyos técnicos son urgentes¡¡¡¡¡¡ la  
información estará en español, así que l at s traductores están muy  
bienvenidos.

Para los que no puedan venir
Esperamos que continúen cerca nuestro y nos apoyen en este desafío (en  
la red, desde lo técnico, con plata, equipos, comida, música, todo nos  
es necesario), cubriendo las salidas de las delegaciones desde los  
diferentes países, queremos trabajar con todos los IMC’s!!!!! Por eso  
esperamos sus comentarios, apoyos y manos para chambear (trabajar).

A los que lleguen al Encuentro de Cusco

Les solicitamos traigan todo lo que se pueda compartir audios, videos,  
impresos y sus experiencias para poder trabajar entre todos los que  
estemos en Perú y con otr at s personas. El propósito es compartir,  
intercambiar experiencias y animar a otras personas a fortalecer el IMC  
Perú.

Por eso es importante que confirmen su llegada: cuántos, quiénes son  
(enviar los correo de todos para continuar coordinado), dónde, cómo y  
cuándo llegan ...y muy importante, los equipos técnicos que traen y los  
que necesiten. Por favor envíen toda la información y las preguntas, lo  
antes posible a indymediaperu at yahoo.com con CC a illatecce at hotmail.com.

Datos generales sobre Cusco:
La ciudad del Cuzco, está situada en los Andes sur orientales, en el  
valle del río Huatanay, a 3.360 metros de altitud y tiene 278 590  
habitantes (1998). Es importante cuidarse de los efectos de la altura,  
aunque no a todas las personas les perjudica la escasez de oxigeno.  
Cuando lleguen, descansar, en lo posible el primer día, tomar mucha  
agua, mascar coca o muña...son muy buenos para estabilizar la falta de  
oxígeno. El clima en esta ciudad en algo severo, varia rápidamente de  
cálido a extremadamente frío por las noches, las lluvias son muy  
frecuentes. Es necesario por lo tanto prever abrigo para el frío y para  
la lluvia
Adjuntamos el presupuesto considerado para el establecimiento del  
centro de producción de información en Cusco.
Desde ya, agradecemos infinitamente su solidaridad y apoyo.
Estamos esperando su comunicación!

Colectivo CMI Perú - peru.indymedia.org
INDYMEDIA somos tod at s



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