Pronunciamiento del Taller de San Cristobal contra la ASPAN

Press bulletin

August 14, 2007, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México

The organizations present at the SPPNA (Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America) Workshop, celebrated August 13 th and 14th , 2007, at CIDECI, A.C. in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, make it known to social organizations, organized groups, local, national and international media, and to the community at large that:

We manifest our absolute refusal of the SPPNA and the Summit in between Felipe Calderon of Mexico, Stephen Harper of Canada, George W. Bush of the USA and the CEOs of the largest multinational corporations of these three countries, where they will seek to continue to impose their security and their prosperity, which will take place on the 20th and 21st of this month in Montebello, Quebec, Canada.

We support the actions of the compañeros of the Other Campaign and of other organizations who will mobilize in Canada to express their indignation to this neoliberal strategy; as well as with all those who share this same feeling of indignation and anger, since the SPPNA undermines the life and security of communities and indigenous peoples along with all our natural resources, which are also the sustenance of future generations.

In order to protect their anti-democratic and secret meetings, the chief executives and the corporations have implemented an excessive police and military operation. We know they have initiated their harassment against various compañeros . We demand full respect of the democratic freedoms of expression and mobilizations.

Amongst the actions to take against the SPPNA we propose the following:

a.- Construct and strengthen local, national and international unity
b.- Use the weapons of reason, conscious and intelligence to lead our actions in a non-violent path without falling into provocations so that our voice be heard
c.- Disseminate information on the SPPNA beginning in our families, communities, and peoples

We ask that you be attentive and alert to what may happen in the near future.

Signed by representatives of the following communities and organizations of Chiapas:

Centro de Investigaciones Económicas y Políticas de Acción Comunitaria (CIEPAC, A.C.) San Cristóbal de las Casas, COCIDEP San Cristóbal de las Casas, Rancheria de Guadalupe San Cristóbal de las Casas, Coordinación Diocesana de Mujeres (CODIMUJ) a nivel Diocesano de San Cristóbal de las Casas, Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, A.C. San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Melel Xojobal A.C San Cristóbal de las Casas, Red Mexicana de Acción frente al Libre Comercio (RMALC), Red Estatal de Resistencia Civil "La Voz de Nuestro Corazón", adherentes de la Otra Campaña, Resistencia Civil de la zona campesina de Comitán (11 comunidades) Comitán, Promotor de Derechos Humanos, 15 comunidades de Chalchihuitan, Promotor de Derechos Humanos, 5 comunidades de Amatenango del Valle y Aguacatenango, CODECH A.C Ixcan, Ocosingo, Pueblo Creyente, Huixtan y Chanal, Barrios y Colonias de San Cristóbal (BACOSAN) San Cristóbal de las Casas, 6 centros del municipio de Palenque

Información difundida por el Área de Comunicación y Visibilidad de Cencos