[mgj-discuss] Campesinos Attack the Mexican Congress

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   If Mexico blows and Bu$h intervenes, it's ON! This is the war that the US has both feared and threatened at least since 1981, when the Sandanistas were in power, the people of El Salvador were fighting to be rid of Duarte, and Reagan feared that Central America was the fuse and Mexico the bomb at AmeriKKKa's back door.

  If this happens, we should do everything in out power to support the uprising in Mexico. If Mexico blows, it could blow capitalism out of all Latin America for the forseeable future and will not only stop teh FTAA but turn back NAFTA as well. In addition, it will be a humiliating defeat for the US and even an opening for the American Southwest to take action against Capital as well!

On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 10:53:36 -0800 Hendrik Voss <hvoss at soaw.org> wrote:
>Campesinos Attack the Mexican Congress
>
>by Hector Carreon
>
>La Voz de Aztlan
>
>Tenochtitlan - December 11, 2002 - (ACN) Rivaling the crisis in 
>Venezuela
>and Argentina, thousands of well organized campesinos (agricultural
>workers) stormed and broke into the Mexican Congress yesterday forcing
>many of the congressmen to run for their lives and attempt to climb 
>over
>the security fence surrounding the Palacio Legislativo de San Lazaro. 
>The
>campesinos are in extreme desperation because of the worsening conditions
>in the agricultural sectors of Mexico and the lack of forthcoming
>solutions by the legislature.
>
>Hundreds of the campesinos were able to penetrate into the congressional
>building after first parking 6 tractors in the front entrance to 
>the
>building, spreading smelly manure and throwing rotten vegetables 
>against
>the walls. The group was accompanied by 4 pigs, two that had the 
>names of
>
>President Vicente Fox and of Secretary of Foreign Relations Jorge 
>C.
>Gutman. The campesinos were led by 14 "jinetes" (horseriders) carrying
>Mexican flags.
>
>Four of the horseriders along with scores of the campesinos broke 
>the
>glass facade, entered the building and headed towards the auditorium 
>where
>congress was in session. Despite promptings by the President of 
>the
>Mexican Congress, Beatriz Paredes Rangel, to the legislators to 
>remain
>calm, many panicked and ran to the back of the building where they
>desperately tried to climb over the fence.
>
>A spokesperson of the campesinos said "Esto fue sólo una probadita" 
>which
>translates into "This was just a little taste." A leader of the 
>campesinos
>said that the problems in the farms are now more profound than an 
>ordinary
>crisis. One yelled loudly, "¡ya estamos cansados de esperar soluciones 
>que
>no llegan!" ("we are tired of waiting for solutions that never come!")
>
>After the storming of the Mexican Congress, the campesinos, last 
>night,
>divided themselves into groups and headed to form encampments in 
>front of
>the headquarters of the Bancomer, Banamex, Banorte and Fovi banks.
>
>Mexico could be headed for another full blown armed revolution. 
>If it was
>not for immigration to the U.S. of many Mexican workers, the pressure 
>on
>the economic and political system of Mexico, would have long ago 
>caused a
>national explosion. Mexican workers in the US are now sending over 
>12
>billion dollars a year of their wages to their families in Mexico.
>
>Many Mexican analysts blame this situation on the economic globalization
>policies of the USA and its support by the Fox Administration. Also,
> many
>analysts point to the immense external debt that Mexico owes to 
>the
>international money lenders.
>
>Argentina is now totally bankrupt because of its 30 billion external 
>debt.
>The country can not even pay the yearly interest payments and the 
>death of
>children of hunger is becoming more common. There are rumors in 
>Mexico of
>an impending mass devaluation of the peso. This could be the spark 
>for
>another Mexican revolution that would make the one in 1917 look 
>like a
>Sunday picnic. Mexicans are not like the Argentines.
>
>The storming and temporary taker over of the Mexican Congress yesterday 
>by
>"los campesinos" is proof of this.
>
>
>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>
>This article along with a picture of a campesino on horseback inside 
>the
>Mexican Congress  and another of the congressmen panicking and attempting
>to climb a fence are published at:
>
>http://www.aztlan.net/campesinos.htm
>
>
>
>
>
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