Say it ain’t so.
The US wants to impliment the same
counterinsurgency methods used in El Salvador in Iraq.
Salvador Option
This is so sad. I pray that this does not happen.
Daily Archives: January 22nd, 2005
Yesterday Lisa and I went to see a German documentary, named Romero: the Death of an Archbishop. This will be the 25th Anniversary since his death. This is very significant for El Salvador as they rebuild after the Civil War.
One man stood up and told a story about the time when Romero came to visit his town Sonzacate, Sonsonate, El Salvador. Romero met with some youth from the local high school. The man drove Monsignor Romero back home. When he returned the next day, he found that the military came and rounded up all the youth that had invited Monsignor Romero. They were taken away and never came back.
Another man stood up and said he was frustrated because every year Salvadorans come together to commemorate thet life of Oscar Romero and things have not improved. There has never been justice for those that died, were tortured or dissapeared.
One of the presenters said that there was a sign after President Saca was elected that said, “Forgive us Mon. Romero for re-electing your assasins.” Then he said that the FMLN is trying to get the names of all who disappeared and they want to build a memorial in their honor in the capital.
Starting on March 16th, The Monsignor Romero Community of Vancouver will hold a 10 day Commemoration Ceremony in honor of Archbishopo Oscar Romero.
Untouchables denied relief because of their caste.
Ashok Bharti, a campaigner who helps to co-ordinate Dalit organisations, said: “They want us to clear out their dead bodies and faeces but when it comes to accepting relief they want to ensure that we are nowhere around, simply because they cannot stomach the idea of sharing anything with us.”
The persecution of Dalit tsunami survivors has been mostly at the hands of other survivors, fishermen from the slightly higher Meenavar caste, the community in mainland India hit worst by the tsunami. Most of the Dalits in the affected area are either subsistence farmers or make their living on the fringes of the fishing industry, carrying heavy loads of fish from boats or selling them in the market. The farmers are ruined: their fields are waterlogged with salt water which will wreck the soil, their livestock drowned. The fishing industry has halted, leaving those who work in it penniless.
