2000 CPEO Military List Archive

From: bieke@coqui.net
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 15:18:02 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Intensa Jornada en Vieques Intense schedule of activity in Vieques
 
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COMITE PRO RESCATE Y DESARROLLO DE VIEQUES
Apartado 1424 Vieques, Puerto Rico 00765
(787) 741-0716 E mail: bieke@coqui.net

3 de agosto de 2000

Jornada intensa de actividades y visitas en Vieques Con el inicio de las
maniobras de la Marina de Guerra de E.U. en Vieques hoy, el pueblo de
Vieques comienza una intensa jornada de acciones de protesta, reuniones y
visitas de delegaciones de solidaridad de Puerto Rico, Estados Unidos y de
otros paises.

Hoy en la noche los viequenses participaran en una Asamblea de Pueblo
frente a los portones de Campamento Garcia convocado por el Comite Pro
Rescate y Desarrollo de Vieques (CPRDV). Los grupos que trabajan en Vieques
en contra de la Marina iniciaron un intenso calendario de reuniones para
poner los ultimos toques al plan de acciones disenado a obstaculizar las
maniobras y reenfocar la atencion de la prensa hacia el tema de Vieques.

Delegaciones de Aguadilla y de Todo Cayey con Vieques estaran en el
Campamento Justicia y Paz para compartir con los viequenses en lucha
durante el fin de semana. Miembros de la Junta Directiva de la Coordinadora
Todo Puerto Rico con Vieques se reuniran con representantes de las
organizaciones comunitarias de la Isla Nena el sabado.

Durante el fin de semana estaran de visita en Vieques lideres comunitarios
coreanos en contra del bombardeo que realiza la Fuerza Aerea de EU en ese
pais. Esta visita amplia las relaciones entre la lucha de Vieques y las
comunidades en Asia que sufren otros atropellos de los militares
estadounidenses. El CPRDV mantiene una comunicacion regular con
organizaciones en Okinawa, Hawaii y las Filipinas que enfrentan serios
problemas de contaminacion militar y otros abusos a los derechos civiles e
humanos a consecuencia de la presencia belica.

A mediados de agosto llegan delegaciones de pacifistas y personas
comprometidas con la desmilitarizacion y la descontaminacion de Vieques. El
Fellowship of Reconciliation (Hermandad de Reconciliacion) junto al
Proyecto Caribeno de Justicia y Paz coordina la llegada a Puerto Rico y a
Vieques de delegados de varios paises asiaticos y latinoamericanos. Una
delegacion de puertorriquenos y norteamericanos del area de Nueva
Inglaterra (Connecticut, New Hampshire y Vermont) tambien visitara a la
Isla Nena este mes para apoyar la lucha por la Paz de Vieques.

Contactos: Ismael Guadalupe 741-2304
Robert Rabin 741-0716 o celular 375-0525

English

COMMITTEE FOR THE RESCUE AND DEVLOPMENT OF VIEQUES
PO Box 1424 Vieques, Puerto Rico 00765
(787) 741-0716 E mail: bieke@coqui.net

August 3, 2000

PRESS RELEASE

Intense program of protest activities and visits in Vieques

As US Navy maneuvers begin today on Vieques, the people of the town begin
an intense schedule of protest actions, meetings and visits from solidarity
delegations from Puerto Rico, the US and other countries.

Viequenses will participate tonight in a People's Assembly organized by the
Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques (CRDV) in front of the
gate to the Navy's Camp Garcia. Groups in Vieques that work to end the Navy
presence here began a busy calendar of meetings to put the final touches on
the community plan of actions disigned to block the maneuvers and focus
press attention on the issue of Vieques.

Delegations from the Puerto Rican towns of Aguadilla and Cayey, in
solidarity with the struggle of Vieques, will be at the Peace and Justice
Camp this weekend to lend support. Member of the Board of Directors of the
Coordinating Committee All Puerto Rico with Vieques will meet with
representatives of the Vieques community organizations on Saturday.

During the week end, a press crew and community leaders from Korea who
struggle against US Air Force bombing in their town will be in Vieques.
This visit strengthens the relations between the struggle in Vieques and
communities throughout Asia that suffer from US military abuses. The CRDV
maintains regular communication with organizations in Okinawa, Hawaii and
the Phillipines plagued by serious military contamination and constant
violations of civil and human rights as a result of the military presence.

In the middle of August two delegations of pacifists and people committed
to the demilitarization and decontamination of Vieques arrive on the
island. The Fellowship of Reconciliation and the Caribbean Project for
Peace and Justice coordinate the visit to Puerto Rico and Vieques of
several Asian and Latin American delegates. Another group arrives from New
England (Vermont, New Hampshire and Connecticut) comprised of Puerto Ricans
and North Americans who will come to support the Vieques cause.

Contactos: Ismael Guadalupe 741-2304
Robert Rabin 741-0716 o celular 375-0525

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