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1. The Guatemalan Experiment 1946-1948 / El Experimento de Guatemala 1946-1948 
We would like to ask for the support and solidarity of fellow Guatemalans as well as the international community in condemning a crime against humanity committed in Guatemala this past century. We will not let this pass without further scrutiny.
Recently discovered documents at the University of Pittsburgh uncovered a medical experiment that took place in Guatemala between the years 1946 to 1948. The experiment was carried out by the United States Public Health Service during which nearly 1500 Guatemalan prisoners, soldiers, and mental health patients were deliberately infected with syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases without their consent. Some received treatment although it is not clear whether it was the adequate amount while others received nothing. The objective of the study seems to have been to identify the effect that penicillin had in the prevention and treatment of these diseases.
What is ironic about this experiment is that it was taking place at the very same time as the Nuremburg trials in which Nazi doctors were tried and convicted in U.S. military courts for having carried out human experiments without their subject's consent in Nazi concentration camps.
On October 1st, 2010 the United States Secretary of State and United States Health Secretary issued a simple one paragraph apology to the people of Guatemala for the research that was carried out by American doctors under the pretext of public health more than 65 years ago. We deserve more than this.
We are here today to say that an apology is not enough. The physical and psychological pain endured by the people affected and their families merits at the very least a trial at an international court of justice where the persons and public bodies responsible should be tried and convicted of these atrocious crimes against humanity.
This is another example of a wealthy nation abusing its power, acting irresponsibly, and committing crimes that would not be tolerated inside its own borders. Now they are trying to avoid the consequences that their acts merit.
Thank you
Nos gustaría pedir el apoyo y la solidaridad de todos los guatemaltecos, así como la comunidad internacional para condenar un crimen de lesa humanidad cometidos en Guatemala el pasado siglo. No vamos a dejar que esto pase sin un examen más detallado.
Documentos recientemente descubiertos en la Universidad de Pittsburgh sacaron a luz un experimento médico que tuvo lugar en Guatemala entre los años 1946 a 1948. El experimento se llevó a cabo por el Servicio de Salud Pública de los Estados Unidos durante el cual cerca de 1500 Guatemaltecos prisioneros, soldados, y pacientes de salud mental fueron infectados deliberadamente con sífilis y otras enfermedades de transmisión sexual sin su consentimiento.
Algunos recibieron tratamiento, aunque no está claro si fue la cantidad adecuada, mientras que otros no recibieron nada. El objetivo de este estudio parece haber sido la de identificar el efecto que la penicilina tenia en la prevención del tratamiento de estas enfermedades.
Lo irónico de este estudio es que se llevaba a cabo al mismo tiempo que se realizaban los juicios de Núremberg, en el que médicos nazis fueron juzgados y condenados en los tribunales militares estadounidenses por haber llevado a cabo experimentos con seres humanos sin el consentimiento de los prisioneros en los campos de concentración nazis.
El 1 de octubre de 2010, la secretaria de estado y secretario de Salud de los Estados Unidos emitieron una disculpa de un simple párrafo al pueblo de Guatemala por la investigación que se llevó a cabo por médicos estadounidenses bajo el pretexto de la salud pública hace mas de 65 años. Nos merecemos más que eso
Estamos aquí hoy para decir que una disculpa no es suficiente. El dolor físico y psicológico sufrido por las personas afectadas y sus familias merece al menos un juicio de un tribunal internacional de justicia, donde las personas y organismos públicos responsables deben ser juzgados y declarados culpables de estos crímenes de lesa humanidad impensable.
Este es otro ejemplo más de una nación poderosa, que abusa su poder, actuando de manera irresponsable, y de cometer delitos que no sería tolerado en el interior de sus propias fronteras. Ahora están tratando de evitar las consecuencias que sus actos merecen.
Gracias
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3. Guatemala 900 Mother's Day Plea
This Mother’s Day will be, at minimum, the third to pass for many families still awaiting the homecoming of their adopted children.
January 1, 2008 marked the dissolution of the former Guatemalan notarial adoption system. This action, along with the ratification of the Hague Adoption Convention and initiation of a new adoption law, was strongly endorsed by the U.S. Department of State and UNICEF. In good faith, American families continued to initiate new adoptions through December 31, 2007, guaranteed the protections and practices of the former notarial system under Article 56 of the Ortega Law (Articulo 56 of the Ley de Adopciones (Decreto 77-2007).
Article 56. "Adoptions in process. All the notarial and judicial processes of adoption that are still being processed at the moment when the present law becomes effective, must be registered at the Central Authority, in a term no longer than thirty days, for the effects of the registration of the case, these will continue its process in conformity with the law in effect at the time of its initiation. The cases that are not registration within the term stated will be resolved according to the procedures stated in this law”.
Today, hundreds of Guatemalan children continue to languish in institutions awaited by U.S. families while their “grandfathered” adoptions tarry in political gridlock. The rights ensured in Article 56 have been violated as these cases are scrutinized without transparency outside the practices and protections of the law. Months to years have been added to wait times as families are required to jump through bureaucratic hoops, meet deadlines (some undisclosed), endure mutiple birth mother interviews, and undergo investigations by outside authorities; all beyond the required grandfathered procedures and protections.
As awaiting families, our concerns turn to panic as attempts increase to illegally delay and terminate in-process adoptions. Since the law changed over two years ago, authorities have waged a war on adoption in which families and children have become collateral damage. When we entered into these adoptions as a humanistic endeavor to love and embrace these children as our own, we were unprepared for the violations that lay ahead: illegal raids on children's homes, wrongful seizure of children with their whereabouts undisclosed to their adoptive families, prevention of visitation rights for adoptive families, harassment and bribery of birth mothers, violations of Guatemalan women’s rights to privacy and to choose an adoption plan for their children, and enforced placement of children with extended birth family members who are unwilling and/or unable to care for them are just some of the injustices we have witnessed and endured. Today, the forward motion of all in-process adoptions has virtually ceased as a cycle of fear and retribution has taken hold. Immediate senior level government intervention is needed to end this cycle and allow righteous and fair procedures to prevail.
If these adoptions are allowed to come to their completion, they certainly will not have occurred in an expeditious manner as Article 35 of the Hague Adoption Convention urges. The cornerstone of the convention is the cooperation between states (Article 7). We need the U.S. and Guatemalan governments to work together to determine an immediate and expeditious path to process our adoptions.
The efforts to serve and protect the innocent are failing them as they lose their childhood one day, month, and now, year at a time. Long-term emotional and physical consequences are inevitable as these children languish in under funded institutions and foster care. It grows increasingly difficult for children to be placed successfully within loving families as their spirit and salvation wither outside permanent parenting. Developmental delays, psychological damage, and severe struggles to bond are just some of the many challenges families must prepare for. With every day that passes, innocence wanes for the children who have stopped believing anyone wants them. As families fight desperately to adopt these children they endure sleepless nights and anxiety filled days not knowing if they will ever be able to bring them home. With financial hardship and constant worry resulting in hopelessness, we ask, “Who will finally put an end to this needless suffering and unite our families?”
The dissolution of the former adoption system, along with allegations of fraud in specific cases, has lead to a standstill that is violating children’s rights to a family and families’ rights to a fair and legal adoption.
All those associated with Guatemala 900 believe strongly in the sanctity of family. We value and celebrate legitimate, legal adoption practice and abhor any type of unethical action that may deny a birth family of their basic human rights. We advocate for adoption reform and applaud the Guatemalan government’s efforts to end corruption and prevent the abuse of children and birth families.
We must work together to uphold the law and ensure that the actions of corrupt individuals in specific cases does not lead to additional bureaucratic delay for the families and children who are innocent. We must prevent further harm to hundreds of awaiting families and thousands of orphaned and abandoned children whose cases are legitimate and legal.
references:
HCCH. Convention On Protection Of Children And Co-Operation In Respect Of Intercountry Adoption. 29 MAY 1993. p. 8. http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.pdf&cid=69
HCCH. Guide To Good Practice Under The Hague Convention Of 29 May 1993 On Protection Of Children And Co-Operation In Respect Of Intercountry Adoption. APRIL 2008. p. 95. http://www.hcch.net/upload/00037643.doc
4. Stop the use of Chemical Pesticides on Banana crops
Chemical pesticides have been used on banana crops for over half a century. The wide spread use of these pesticides in South American countries has produced numerous accounts of physical illness on the people who work on banana plantations as well as the people of the surrounding villages and towns.
The corporations who use these pesticides on a regular basis are ignoring many of these illness issues. The illnesses that are inflicted on the workers and their families cause undue financial and physical harm, and do not allow them to keep their jobs, which are essential to providing for their families.
5. Latin Dream/Sueño Latino/SS501 visiten Latinoamerica
SS501 (pronunciado Double-S 501 o Deo Beul E Seu Oh Gong Il) es un grupo surcoreano de música pop integrado por cinco chicos bajo la dirección de Daesung Entertainment. El nombre de la banda es una combinación del alfabeto y números que tienen un significado especial en ellos. La primera "S" es por "Super", la segunda "S" una abreviación para "Star". Los números 5,0 y 1 significan "cinco miembros unidos como uno para siempre". Su fan club oficial es conocido como Triple S.
6. Freedom for All Cuban Political Prisoners
We would like to bring to your attention the state of human rights in Cuba. On March 18, 2003, a crackdown occurred where many peaceful human rights activists—like Oscar Elias Biscet—were arrested. Many remain imprisoned today.
Following the death of Orlando Zapata Tamayo, an imprisoned Cuban and human rights advocate who was on hunger strike from December 3, 2009-February 24, 2010 demanding his most basic human rights, many have assumed a hunger strike requesting the same basic human rights for political prisoners as Orlando Zapata Tamayo. Some activists, like Guillermo Fariñas and Felix Bonne Carcasses, have even expressed their willingness to die for the cause of freedom and human rights, as did Orlando Zapata Tamayo.
We strongly urge you to demand the release of all individuals who have been arrested and convicted on the basis of their peaceful political activities and their efforts to promote and protect basic human rights in Cuba. In addition, we urge you to demand the prompt medical care of all political prisoners who are suffering from serious medical conditions.
While all Cuban human rights defenders remain in detention, we urge you to ensure that they no longer be subjected to further torture and abuse. According to the international human rights law, all persons held in detention must be treated with humanity and dignity and that they must not be subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment (UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners and the UN Body of Principles for the Protection of all Persons Under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment). According to the 1998 UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, which Cuba actively participated in drafting and passing, all persons have the right to effective access to participation in the government of their country and in the conduct of public affairs. The Declaration also provides that everyone has the right "freely to publish, impart or disseminate to others views, information and knowledge on all human rights and fundamental freedoms."
We call on the Cuban government to recognize the important work of Cuban human rights defenders, cease the persecution of these valiant men and women, and liberate those detained.
¿Quieres apoyar la responsabilidad social de los trabajadores de la caña de azúcar en Nicaragua? Si quiere mostrar su apoyo a los campesinos pobres de Nicaragua que trabajan en calor para producir azúcar y otros productos derivados de azúcar de caña para el consumo local e internacional es importante para firmar esta petición!
Las personas que viven y trabajan en sectores de Guanacastal Sur no tienen acceso a agua potable. Muchos de ellos sufren y mueren a causa de la enfermedad insufincia renal crónica (IRC) y otras enfermedades que pueden estar relacionados con el consumo de agua contaminada. Los que más sufren de esta carencia de agua son los trabajadores de la caña de azúcar quienes precisan del vital líquido para mantener niveles saludables de hidratación durante el trabajo ante la exposición en calor extremo.
La Isla Foundation y Fundación Isla están buscando cooperadores que puedan trabajar de manera integral para apoyar nuestros programas en cuanto a Responsabilidad Social Corporativa, agua potable, y Salud Pública. Con nuestros colaboradores vamos a construir un sistema de agua potable para llenar un depósito de 15.000 galones, los cuales están conectados por un sistema de gravedad de distribución que llevara el agua a cada hogar. También se quiere implementar el empoderamiento de los comunitarios, salud pública, medio ambiente, y programas educativos. Para implementar estos programas necesitaremos ayuda de muchas formas.
Para obtener más información y para hacer una donación en línea vea www.laislafoundation.org visitar y unirse a la "Isla de La Fundación" grupo de Facebook! También puedes ver vídeos cortos acerca de este problema y otros problemas con la industria agroalimentaria en América Latina en este enlace: http://www.youtube.com/MrAgentGlaser
8. WATER FOR SUGAR: Support Corporate Social Responsibility, Pure Water, and Public Health!
Do you want to support social responsibility for sugar cane workers in Nicaragua? If you have a sweet-tooth, and want to show your support for poor Nicaraguan campesinos who labor in extreme heat to produce sugar and other sugar cane based products for local and international consumption, then support this petition!!!
People living and working in western Nicaragua, Guanacastal Sur sectors of La Isla, el Triunfo, Sector Gonzalez, Paises Bajos, and Santana do not have access to pure drinking water. Many suffer and die from chronic kidney disease (CKD) and other illnesses that may be related to consumption of contaminated water. Those who suffer most are the sugar cane field workers who urgently need potable water to maintain healthy levels of hydration while working in extreme heat.
La Isla Foundation and Fundación Isla are seeking partners to support our integrated programs including Corporate Social Responsibility, Pure Water, and Public Health. With support from our partners we will construct a pure water system to fill a 15,000 gallon reservoir, connected to a gravity-fed distribution system leading to each home. We will also implement community empowerment, public health, environmental, and educational programs. To implement these programs we seek support from many sources!
For more information and to make a donation online visit www.laislafoundation.org and join the "La Isla Foundation" Facebook group! You can also see short videos about this issue and other problems with agri-industry in Latin America at this link: http://www.youtube.com/MrAgentGlaser
Deseo expresar mi profunda preocupación por el proyecto de ley número 17.383 “Rectificación de Límites del Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas y creación del Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Las Baulas de Propiedad Mixta”.
De aprobarse dicho proyecto, causaría un grave daño a la población de tortugas baula que allí se reproduce. Reduciría aún más su ya de por si insuficiente área de amortiguamiento además de desencadenar el desmantelamiento del sistema de parques nacionales de Costa Rica.
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I wish to express my deep preoccupation in regards to the law project 17383 “Rectificación de Límites del Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas y creación del Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Las Baulas de Propiedad Mixta”.
If approved, this law would cause a great damage on leatherback turtle populations which reproduce there. It would reduce the already insufficient protected surrounding area, on top of dismantling Costa Rica's national park system.
10. Do Not allow Late Releases/Remixes for 2010 HAITI CARNIVAL
As some of you might recalled the 2009 carnival was held on February 22-24, 2009 in Haiti, and it was probably by far one of the worse carnival moments in decades due to the fact that many of the bands were waiting to the last moment to release/remix their carnival tracks.
If one can goes a few years back during the 90’s through 00’s era majority of the population (especially the kids) used to at least remember a partial of the carnival song and also enjoyed what they were listening.
Now this day is another story, people do not even have time to enjoy the song before the big 3 days because of the late release and multiple remix.
11. We have a dream: Cuba Libre
I understand the pain of the Cubans in exile. But, it is time to turn the tide because 50 years is enough! Even though we have technology that connects us with a click we are separated. The failed government of Cuba thinks it is still fooling the world but reality exposes that communism can not function for society. The thinking of the passing generation worked in the 1960s to trick the population but it won't work now.
This petition is one of many baby steps because I believe we need to get our foot in the door. All this talking about the concert in Cuba and all the different opinions is just the recipe I have been praying for. What we should do is ask God to break down the invisible wall of darkness that separates millions of families for 50 years!
Break the chains that are rooted in pride. We must put pride aside. The beautiful Cuban people have suffered enough. Lets get over to Cuba to restore, rebuild, and love. This action of love and mercy will bless millions and extend to healing the nation of the United States and the world. For Truth sets the captive free! The power of love is the greatest, it rides on a vessel of faith because of the One who made us.
I have envisioned the day will come. Like a caterpillar morphs into a butterfly, so is the freedom of Cuba. Lets light a candle of love with our heart and prayers. These things equal peace which is what we all want therefore the power of choice is in our hands so please sign this petition and join me in agreement for a free nation of Cuba.
I want to add to my petition the information from my trip to Cuba after 50 years. Cuba was in the 50s the 3rd most advanced Latin American country and now it is a third world country, this I witnessed with my own eyes. It is urgent that we labor for their freedom before we are all silenced.
Thank-you.
12. Support the Haitian Children & Families Initiative
UNICEF estimates that 490,000 children are orphans in Haiti. This translates to 6% of Haiti's total population.
In 2004, at the height of intercountry adoptions into the U.S., over 350 children were served through intercountry adoption. Thousands more including local Haitian communities were served by family preservation and other permanency services.
However, over the past three years the processing of adoptions in Haiti has slowed to a crawl. Abandoned children now endure 2 or more years of debilitating effects on their health, development and emotional well-being while awaiting the completion of their adoption.
The delays imposed over the past three years are largely the result of the Haitian government's implementation of an inadequate child welfare and protection law. This law provides insufficient child protections and does not reflect the realities of current Haitian society. While enforcement of current laws are generally seen a positive, this particular law is significantly dated and does not serve the best interest of children in need of a permanent family.
The obvious solution to the crisis is the passage and implementation of a new adoption and child protection law. Such a law has been drafted, introduced into the Haitian National Assembly and supported by the Joint Council on International Children's Services, the U.S. government, the French government and UNICEF.
Everyone deserves a chance at a better life. Who are we to stand in the way of a better future for a good person? Are we insisting that we are better people because we were born in the land of the free and home of the brave? Are we still as Americans, stuck on the colors of our skin to define us a person?I disagree, I believe those who deserve a chance, should be able to have one. Help me stand up for the innocent for the Mexican families that are in United States without a voice. To help stop the fear of deportation , being taken away from children, husbands and wifes.
Let's help the Mexicans that are willing to help the United States by paying taxes, joining United States troops, fighting for our country. Putting money back into our country by being able to buy housing, cars and other products instead of being separated from there family and sending there money back to Mexico, building there country while lowering ours.
Let's help them help us. Lets come together and compromise because as one we stand alone, but together we stand united.
14. Guatemala Autograph Sessions - World Tokio Hotel
This project aims to be able to help clubs and Street Team's of the world to disseminate their work, but mostly we give the opportunity through online petitions to tokio hotel to visit your country for concerts or section of autographs (up to the sale of CD's / DVD `s in locations that are not available yet), for that, we ask all people interested to send us your data to our e-mail.
Everyone can participate and pass the message.
The final results of the most voted, and the applications will be released within 2 months and sent to the publisher in order to contact the managers of the band.
mail: world.tokiohotel@gmail.com
site: http://www.wix.com/worldtokiohotel/project
15. ALTO A LA VIOLENCIA EN GUATEMALA!
En Guatemala se ha llegado al punto que ya no hay medida ni posibilidades de evadir la violencia, hasta niños en brazos de sus madres alcanza las balas perdidas. Esto denota una descomposicion social extrema, pues ya no se puede viajar tranquilamente con la minima seguridad en el transporte publico, o en un carro particular, o caminar por las calles. Hay una sensacion de impotencia y vulnerabilidad en los ciudadanos y lo peor es que no hacemos nada al respecto.
Todos los que nacimos en esta eterna primavera, tenemos el deber y la obligacion de levantar nuestras voces y exigir seguridad, paz ....respeto a la vida. Porque de no hacerlo HOY, mañana nuestros hijos, nuestros nietos....nuestra familia, seran personas resentidas, psicologicamente dañadas, por crecer en hogares destruidos, por la falta de un padre, una madre, un hermano,.....porque el dolor de la perdida de un ser amado, les cambio la vida para siempre.....y el hogar...su hogar nunca volvio a ser el mismo.
16. Say No to the British Government's Suspension of Our Constitution
On Monday March 16, 2009 His Excellency the Governor of the TCI released the Interim Report of Sir Robin Auld on corruption or other serious dishonesty in relation to past and present elected members of the TCI Legislature in recent years.
His Excellency the Governor made an official press release outlining the actions decided upon by HMG in light of the Interim Report.
Without consultation, the British Government has bypassed the people of the Turks & Caicos Islands and intends to take the following actions through Order in Council in the British House of Parliament on March 25, 2009:
1. PARTIALLY SUSPEND OUR CONSTITUTION FOR 2 YEARS INITIALLY. THIS PERIOD CAN BE EXTENDED OR SHORTENED.
2. SUSPEND THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. WE WILL NO LONGER HAVE AN ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES TO LISTEN TO OUR CONCERNS AND ADDRESS THEM.
3. THE BRITISH TO RULE US DIRECTLY THROUGH THE GOVERNOR AND WHOEVER HE CHOOSES TO ASSIST HIM, WHOSE ADVICE HE IS NOT BOUND TO ACCEPT.
4. CRIMINAL TRIAL BY JUDGE ALONE. THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BE TRIED BY A JURY OF YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS WILL BE ELIMINATED.
5. ENLARGEMENT OF THE FRANCHISE. NON-BELONGERS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS WILL BE ALLOWED TO VOTE IN OUR GENERAL ELECTIONS.
17. Allowing Extensions & Hairpieces At School
This petition is for allowing hair extensions and hair pieces to be worn at school.
Here in Mexico there are a lot of fans that want a second season of this wonderful anime! The first part was Okay, but we want more!!
19. Stop the Protests near the Mexican-Texas border now!
The Mexican-Drug wars have been going on for 3 years. This has affected some of Mexico.
Mexican soldiers have been at the border since. And are trying to protect Mexico from illegal drug imports from the United States.
Protests are trying to make soldiers withdraw from the region. If they withdraw, then drug cartels will start attacking near-by towns and trying to overthrow the government.
Please, keep us safe from Drug Cartels! Keep the soldiers at the Border!
20. Stop Human Trafficking in Trinidad and Tobago!
Recently the government of Trinidad and Tobago has discovered an appalling number of persons missing for the year 2008. Upon further investigation it was discovered that it is as a result of Human Trafficking.
After its discovery the rate of these cases increased rapidly, now at there are at least 10 reports everyday and the country is now panicked as the government denies these cases and more evidence surface everyday!!
21. Kylie Minogue en México con su próxima gira
La principal web y fanclub de Kylie Minogue en español, 'Dance Kylie - Kylie Minogue España (www.kylie.es), formada en su mayor parte por una extensa comunidad de fans de España e Hispanoamérica, quiere apoyar a los fans mexicanos para que Kylie vaya a México con su próxima gira.
22. Frenar el avance VIH y SIDA es responsabilidad de todos
El 1 de diciembre se celebra el día mundial del VIH y Sida, epidemia que sigue avanzando en el mundo y Guatemala no es la excepción. Desde el reporte del primer caso en Guatemala en 1984 hasta marzo de este año, se han reportado un total de 10,382 casos de Sida en el país, correspondiendo casi un 50% de los mismos al reporte de los últimos tres años.
El 94% de los casos reportados han sido infectados por vía sexual. Esta cifra representa un número mucho menor de los casos reales en el país debido al alto subregistro de casos existente.
La prevalencia en mujeres embarazadas, grupo representativo de la población general, es de 0.44%, lo que significa que la epidemia no se presenta únicamente en grupos de alto riesgo.
23. Mr Chavez stop destabilizing South American Democracies
Mr Chavez is leading and funding a covert and clandestine effort to destabilize democracies in South America by funding violent and subversive leftist groups. Instead of utilizing his country's good fortune for good.
He is squandering billions by creating a totalitarian militaristic regime and spreading hate and anarchy throughout Latin America.
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25. Alto al cobro de Refrendo para Institución Educativa Indígena de la Sierra Nororiental (KGOYOM)
El Centro de Estudios Superiores Indígenas Kgoyom (CESIK) es una institución educativa indígena, localizada en el Municipio de Huehuetla, Puebla (Sierra Nororiental). Su principal objetivo es la educación y revalorización de la cultura totonaca en los niños y jóvenes de la región.
El CESIK fue fundado en 1992, a iniciativa de, entre otros, la Defensora de Derechos Humanos Teresa Griselda Tirado Evangelio, asesinada el 6 de agosto de 2003 en el Municipio referido.
Año con año este instituto se ve obligado a pagar a la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) el refrendo necesario para mantener la afiliación, requerida para funcionar como institución educativa.
El CESIK es una institución no lucrativa, que no cuenta con los recursos necesarios para sostener sus actividades, por lo que el pago del refrendo mencionado representa un obstáculo para el desempeño satisfactorio de su valiosa labor educativa.
Cada año resulta más difícil lograr juntar la suma de dinero que se requiere para sufragar el refrendo, poniendo en peligro así el proyecto edcucativo que se mantiene con aportaciones solidarias.
Sin el pago del refrendo el CESIK perdería la calidad de preparatoria incorporada al sistema educativo estatal, por lo que le sería imposible expedir reconocimientos de estudios con validez oficial, lo que afectaría directamente a los cientos de estudiantes indígenas que no cuentan con otra posibilidad de estudio.
A STORY OF BRAVERY AND LOVE OF COUNTRY
Cuba has faced the wrath of US aggression since the victory of the Cuban revolution in 1959. The numerous sabotage and attacks by terrorist groups based in Florida which act with total impunity have left 3,478 dead, 2,099 wounded. and direct damage to the economic and social objectives of Cuba amounting to 54 billion dollars. The damage to the economy of Cuba caused by the US economic blockade on the other hand exceeds 86, 208 million dollars, or an annual average of 1,832 million dollars.
Among these terrorists is the internationally known Luis Posada Carriles believed to be behind the blowing up of the civilian plane Cubana de Aviacion on October 6, 1976 which killed 73 persons and other heinous crimes including attempts to assassinate President Fidel Castro. His accomplice, Orlando Bosch, a confessed terrorist, walks freely on the streets of Miami thanks to the presidential pardon of Bush Senior.
Five Cuban heroes responded to the call to defend their country against these terrorist attacks. Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, Antonio Guerrero Rodriguez, Ramón Labañino Salazar, Fernando González Llort and René González Sehwerert monitored the anti-Cuban groups in Florida and kept Cuba informed of their terrorist plans.
In 1998, the Cuban government warned the US government of terrorist actions being organized in Florida against Cuba. It also demanded their collaboration to stop these terrorist acts. This was supported by a voluminous dossier which Cuba delivered to the FBI in June 1998.
Instead of acting on the concrete evidence presented the US government arrested the 5 Cubans on September 12, 1998. The 5 Cubans were monitoring the anti-terrorist attacks on Cuba and reporting to the Cuban government.The arrest and conduct of legal process ignored the basic principles of justice in violation of the United States’ own laws and international law. They were kept for 17 months in solitary confinement before trial; denied of change of venue despite existing prejudice against the five in the community and hostile local press; denial of their lawyers’ right to use the ‘defense of necessity’ that justified the presence of the five in the United States territory; finding of guilt of conspiracy to commit espionage without a shred of proof and despite contrary testimony offered by US generals and finding of guilt against Gerardo for conspiracy to commit murder even though the prosecutor admitted in writing he could not prove the charge.
On August 9, 2005, the three-judge panel of the Federal Court of Appeals in Atlanta decided unanimously to revoke the sentences of the Five and order a new trial. The judges stated “empanelling an [impartial] jury in this community was an unreasonable probability because of pervasive community prejudice.”
However, exactly a year later on August 9, 2006, the Court of Appeals in Atlanta overturned the decision of the 3-judge panel, rejecting the finding that an environment of violence and intimidation pervaded in Miami. The court ratified the sentences, denied a new trial and ordered that the case be sent back to the panel to consider remaining issues.
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention had declared on May 27, 2005, the prison sentences of the Five illegal. Amnesty International expressed its concerns to the US government for “the serious questions which have been raised about the fairness of the convictions” of the Five. Also, more than 900 parliamentarians from all over the world have declared their support for the Five by way of motions and letters to the US government asking for their liberation.
Despite the overwhelming clamor worldwide for justice and their freedom, the five are still incarcerated in the United States, confined in prisons of maximum security, denied of their right to receive regular visits even from family members; their telephone contacts and correspondence limited and controlled.
Indeed the people of the world were shocked and outraged to know that on May 8, 2007, international terrorist Luis Posada Carriles has been released in the United States and all charges against him were dropped, while the five Cuban heroes continue to languish in US prisons and their rights grossly violated. This aptly shows the double standards of the US in its “war on terrorism”.
Let us continue to struggle for justice and freedom of the Five Cuban patriots!
27. Enmendar las acciones de la administración actual y devolver la integridad y libertad a la UDLA
El día 17 de Mayo pasado fueron despedidos profesores de la UDLAP de manera injustificada, siguiendo la línea de múltiples acciones de la actual administración de la institución. Esta vez los afectados son profesores con trayectorias académicas altamente destacadas, reconocidos a nivel nacional e internacional y fuertemente vinculados con la calidad de los departamentos a los que pertenecían.
Entre ellos se encuentran coordinadores o miembros de proyectos de investigación nacionales, coordinadores de programas académicos de la institución, miembros del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI), en resumen, desde el punto de vista académico, elementos clave para la excelencia de los programas de la UDLA. Por otro lado, todos ellos son identificados por sus alumnos y ex-alumnos como docentes de excelencia no sólo académica sino también moral, de intachable reputación y comprometidos con la institución como pocos.
También hemos sido testigos de la minimización de los acontecimientos, de la difusión de calumnias y de las acciones de difamación que la actual administración de la UDLAP ha ejecutado para influenciar a la opinión pública y justificarse. Se ha hablado en nombre de los estudiantes y dicho que la mayoría está de acuerdo con las acciones de la administración actual y que sólo son una minoría, cómplices o "influenciados", aquellos que están inconformes.
A través de la presente queremos hacer constar que esto no es así.
Los que conocemos de manera directa o indirecta a los afectados y sabemos que sus acciones siempre han sido para bienestar de la institución. No creemos en las declaraciones de complot que la administración actual ha difundido. También hacemos constar que no estamos relacionados con grupos de presión política ni obedecemos a intereses ajenos a los de hacer valer nuestra opinión sobre los hechos pasados, apoyar a los profesores afectados y de velar por el bienestar de la universidad de la que somos o fuimos parte.
Sabemos que la administración actual ha generado un ambiente represivo donde muchas voces que están en desacuerdo con la situación actual son silenciadas a través de presión y miedo. También sabemos que cuando algunas de estas voces han decidido hacerse escuchar a pesar de estas presiones, como es la situación de los profesores despedidos en esta ocasión, la administración actual recurre a la fuerza bruta. Además, percibimos que la opinión general de los alumnos de la UDLAP sobre la forma en que se conduce la administración actual es negativa.
También sabemos que la universidad, como cualquier otra institución, debe ser renovada constantemente. Los objetivos y la administración de esta deben ser congruentes con los tiempos que se viven, además de siempre apuntar a estándares académicos y morales elevados. No negamos que sea necesaria la revisión de políticas y prácticas de la universidad. Sin embargo, estamos completamente en contra de la forma en que se está llevando a cabo y dudamos de las intenciones detrás de las acciones de la presente administración.
28. Por una UDLA-P fortalecida y genuinamente valiosa
Ante la noticia sobre el despido de un grupo de profesores, los alumnos egresados del
Departamento de Economía, de manera respetuosa pero firme, solicitamos a las
autoridades de nuestra Universidad hagan pública una explicación sobre las causas de
esta decisión.
29. Declaración de apoyo de justicia en Nueva Linda
Movimiento Campesino Pro-Justicia Nueva Linda.
I am concerned with the leftist media in all the Spanish speaking news networks. As any community we are not all of the same mind and have different political opinions and many different interests.
We need this variety represented in our television networks. I am asking for Fox News to create a Spanish version of the Fox News 24 hour network. If you agree with me, please sign this petition.
Thank you for your support.
Saludos a todos y gracias por su interes. Yo estoy solicitando su ayuda para conseguir que el noticiero Estado Unidense Fox News haga un noticiero en Español como tiene CNN en Español.
La razon por que pido un canal de Fox News es por que los otros canales que existen son muy simpatizantes con el partido democrata. Yo creo que nuestra comunidad debe tener la oportunidad de escuchar otros puntos de vistas mas balanciados.
Por favor firmen y gracias por su apoyo.
