From maffi@cogsci.Berkeley.EDUSat Feb 18 22:03:02 1995 Date: Fri, 17 Feb 95 22:04:49 -0800 From: Luisa Maffi Reply to: indknow@u.washington.edu To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Chiapas update While the situation in Mexico and particularly in the state of Chiapas is already fading out of the news, no true agreement has been reached between the Mexican government and the Zapatista movement, in spite of President Zedillo's halting of the offensive against the rebels. There is in fact evidence that, as the spotlights turn away from the region, human right abuses may be occurring, in the form of threats and even arrest warrants against opposition members, NGOs, indigenous organizations, and so forth, questionably accused to have Zapatista connections. Hardships for the Mayan populations living in the conflict area are to be expected. This is not a time to forget about this situation. If you wish to register your concern for the respect of human rights in Chiapas and the rest of Mexico; call for a peaceful resolution of the conflict; and request that efforts, both in Mexico and the US, be concentrated on productive, rather than speculative, investments and on overcoming the social and economic problems of the indigenous and campesino populations of Mexico, here are some mail and e-mail addresses/fax and phone numbers: Lic. Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon President of Mexico Palacio Nacional 06067 Mexico, D.F. Mexico Fax: 011-52-5-271-1764 Lic. Julio Cesar Ruiz Ferro Governor of Chiapas Palacio de Gobierno Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas Mexico Fax: 011-52-961-20917 Mexican Embassy in Washington Ambassador Jorge Montano 1911 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D.C. 20006 Fax:1-202-782-1698 (or call the Mexican Consulate in your area) President Clinton Fax: 1-202-456-2461 Comment line: 1-202-456-1111 e-mail: president@whitehouse.gov Mexican newspaper "La Jornada" (progressive paper, publishes letters-to-the-editor in the page called "Correo Ilustrado"; write in Spanish) Fax: 011-52-5-521-2763 Human rights organizations: Amnesty International 304 Pennsylvania Ave. SE Washington, D.C. 20003 Fax: 1-202-546-7142 Comision Nacional de Derechos Humanos (National Human Rights Commission) Periferico Sur 3469 Col. San Jeronimo Lidice 10200 Mexico, D.F. Mexico CONPAZ (Chiapas human rights organization) Chiapa de Corzo 19 Barrio El Cerrillo 29220 San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas Mexico For electronic info on Mexico/Chiapas: Chiapas-l [l for list] to subscribe, send the command: subscribe chiapas-l to the address: majordomo@profmexis.dgsca.unam.mx mexpaz@uibero.uia.mx to subscribe, send the command: subscribe solidarity YOUR_NAME to the above address N.B.: The paper "La Jornada" is available (in Spanish) via the WWW (World-Wide-WEB), at: http://sccs.swarthmore.edu/~justin/jornada