[CPEO-MEF] Informe de Vieques Vieques Report

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(English version follows)
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2 de abril de 2000
Vieques, Puerto Rico   =20
Informe del Comit=E9 Pro Rescate y Desarrollo de Vieques
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Compa=F1eros Solidarios con Vieques.  Hoy celebramos una hist=F3rica=
 Caravana por
la Justicia y la Paz con la participaci=F3n de m=E1s de 425 carros y m=E1s=
 de 1600
personas de Vieques, seg=FAn c=E1lculos de la polic=EDa presente durante=
 la
actividad. =20
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La caravana fue organizada por el Comit=E9 Pro Rescate y Desarrollo de=
 Vieques=20
(CPRDV) con la ayuda de los integrantes del Campamento Justicia y Paz, que
mantiene el bloqueo del port=F3n del Campamento Garc=EDa de la Marina de=
 Guerra
de EU aqu=ED.
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En todos los barrios y en todas las calles de Vieques la recepci=F3n de la
caravana fue energicamente positiva.  Gritos de =A1Fuera la Marina! se
escucharon desde los balcones de las casas y de las agrupaciones de=
 vecinos
que se formaron en las cruces de las calles donde pasaba la caravana.
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"Esto fue el referendum nuestro.  El pueblo demostr=F3 el compromiso con=
 el
lema, ni un tiro m=E1s, ni un minuto m=E1s.  Se manifest=F3 un amplio=
 apoyo y
solidaridad con los compa=F1eros en los campamentos de desobediencia civil
dentro de la zona de bombardeo," dijo Ismael Guadalupe, portavoz del=
 CPRDV,
ante cientos de viequenses que se reunieron despu=E9s de la caravana en la
Plaza Justicia y Paz, anteriormente conocida como la entrada de la base
militar de Camp. Garc=EDa.
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Esto fue la culminaci=F3n de un fin de semana de continua actividad de=
 lucha.=20
El s=E1bado nos visit=F3 una delegaci=F3n de 180 miembros de la Uni=F3n de
Tronquistas de Puerto Rico.  Celebraron su Asamblea Mensual en el Fuerte,
donde escucharon presentaciones de Ismael Guadalupe, Carlos Zen=F3n,=
 H=E9ctor
Olivieri, Sara Peish y este servidor.  Luego, se trasladaron al Campamento
Justicia y Paz para un acto art=EDstico y de protesta, junto a cientos de
residentes de Vieques.  Por la noche, en la vigilia que se celebra todos=
 los
s=E1bados durante los pasados nueve meses en la Plaza Justicia y Paz,=
 varios
centenares de viequenses y visitantes de la Isla Grande participaron en
varias rondas de piquete al son de la plena de la familia Bonano P=E9rez y
fueron obsequiados con la m=FAsica de Tony "Mapey=E9" Rivera, el cuatrista=
 Guiso
P=E9rez de Comer=EDo, y el trovador de San Lorenzo, Roberto Silva.  El=
 poeta,
Edwin Quiles, ofreci=F3 sus versos solidarios.
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Este incre=EDble ritmo de actividad de solidaridad y de lucha ayuda a=
 energizar
a todos los luchadores aqu=ED.  Nos mantenemos en alerta ante posibles
intervenciones militares - policiacas.  Nos preparamos para las m=FAltiple=
s
actividades a celebrarse durante la Semana Santa - semana del aniversario=
 de
la muerte de David Sanes (19 de abril de 1999), semana del aniversario de
inicio de las acciones de desobediencia civil en la zona de bombardeo.
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Les mantendremos informados desde ac=E1.  EN LUCHA, EN SOLIDARIDAD, =
 Robert
Rabin, CPRDV
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2 April, 2000
Vieques, Puerto Rico
Report from the Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques
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Friends in solidarity with Vieques.  Today we carried out a historic=
 CARAVAN
FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE, with the participation of more than 425 vehicles=
 and
over 1600 people from Vieques, according to police estimates.
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The caravan was organized by the Committee for the Rescue and Development=
 of
Vieques with the help of Camp Justice and Peace, which maintains a=
 blockade
of the gate to the Navy=B4s Camp Garc=EDa facilities.
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Throughout the "barrios" and streets of Vieques, the caravan was received
with great enthusiasm.  Screams of NAVY OUT were heard from balconies of
houses and from groups of neighbors on street corners where the caravan
passed.
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"This was our referendum.  Our people demonstrated the committment to the
theme, NOT ONE MORE BOMB, NOT ONE MORE MINUTE.  The caravan was a stron=
 show
of solidarity with the men and women in the civil disobedience camps=
 inside
the bombing range," said Ismael Guadalupe, spokesman for the CRDV, before
hundreds who gathered after the caravan in Justice and Peace Square, known
before as the entrance to the Navy's Camp Garcia.
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This activity culminated a week end of constant action of struggle.=20
Saturday, 180 members of the Teamsters union of PR visited in solidarity.=
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They held their monthly assembly at the Fort Museum in town with an
orientation from Ismael Guadalupe, Carlos Zen=F3n, H=E9ctor Olivieri, Sara=
 Peish
and this writer, on the current situation of the struggle.  Later the=
 group
moved to Justice and Peace Square for a cultural and protest event with
hundreds of Vieques residents. =20
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At night, during the Vigil that=B4s been held every Saturday night for the=
 past
nine months, hundreds of Viequenses and visitors from the main island
participated in piquetes to the sound of Plena music by the Bonano-P=E9rez
family and listened to the great music of Tony "Mapeye" Rivera, cuatro=
 player
"Guiso" P=E9rez from Comer=EDo, and troubador Roberto Silva from San=
 Lorenzo.
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This incredible rythm of solidarity activity has a powerful and positive
impact on our energy levels.  We remain alert to possible military-police
intervention.  We are preparing for several activities during Holy Week,=
 also
the week we conmemorate the anniversary of David Sanes=B4 death (19 April,
1999), anniversary of the beginning of the civil disobedience actions in=
 the
bombing area.
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We will keep you all posted from here.  IN STRUGGLE, IN SOLIDARITY,

=A1FUERA LA MARINA DE VIEQUES!


Robert L. Rabin Siegal
Comit=E9 Pro Rescate y Desarrollo de Vieques
Apartado 1424   Vieques, PR  00765
(787) 741-0716   cel. 375-0525
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=A1FUERA LA MARINA DE VIEQUES!



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