"A fabbricazione" dell'antropologa francese Elizabeth Burgos avrebbe qualificato il presidente Álvaro Colom al Premio Nobel della Pace Rigoberta Menchú, secondo un documento diplomatico reso pubblico il 16 gennaio da WikiLeaks, l'organizzazione che pubblica documenti classificati di interesse pubblico.
Il documento, firmato dall'ex ambasciatore degli USA in Guatemala, James Derham, sostiene che Colom fece quella dichiarazione durante la sua visita di congedo nel luglio 2008.
Burgos trascrisse una serie di interviste con Rigoberta Menchú e le trasformò nella narrazione autobiografica intitolata “Mi chiamo Rigoberta Menchú e così nacque la mia coscienza", pubblicata nel 1983.
Colom è citato accusando la Menchú di manipolare le comunità maya quiché che si sono opposte alla construction of a cement plant in San Juan Sacatepéquez.
Over the past four years, indigenous communities have expressed their displeasure against the Guatemalan company Cementos Progreso, and in May of 2007 brought out a 8948 plebiscite in which people reject the project, and only four approval.
Opposition to the project is based on the fact that the cement requires large amounts of water and the community are concerned that the local aquifers dry out, depriving them of this vital resource. In addition, the factory generates dust caused respiratory diseases among the local population. Boiling point
Tensions between the government and people of San Juan Sacatepéquez arrived at their highest point in June of 2008 - one month before the dismissal of Derham - when the police arrested 47 community leaders. A few days later, Francisco Tepeu Pirir, accused of accepting bribes from the community by Cementos Progreso in exchange for supporting the project, was lynched by an angry crowd in the town of San Antonio The Trojes. The government responded by sending troops to San Juan Sacatepéquez.
Army after he was accused of serious human rights violations of indigenous people, including sexual assaults on women and violation of domicile without court orders.
Menchú and other Mayan intellectuals harshly criticized the government of Colom during the clashes. Comments to Presidential diplomat si sarebbero prodotti poco dopo.
Durante la conversazione con Derham, Colom avrebbe accusato la Menchú di incitare la popolazione di San Juan Sacatepéquez ad opporsi alla costruzione del cementificio e l'accusò di essere "parzialmente responsabile" della violenza che si verificò nella comunità.
Fu anche citato dicendo che la era stata rifiutata dal popolo maya quando si candidò alla presidenza nel 2007, ricevendo solo 5.026 voti nel nativo dipartimento del Quiché.
Dopo la pubblicazione del cable diplomatico da parte della stampa guatemalteca agli inizi di quest’anno, la Menchú rispose: “Mi dispiace che un presidente si veda coinvolto in una situazione di questo tipo. Se è certo quello che ha said, it seems to me a lack of respect and education. "
The next day, during the ceremony of swearing in of new members of the Presidential Commission Against Discrimination and Racism, Colom said he had apologized for the incident in a Menchú telephone conversation held shortly before.
"With Mrs. Rigoberta Menchú we have always maintained an excellent relationship and I offered my apologies if there was some misinterpretation by the former U.S. ambassador, I offered my respects and it was a really friendly conversation, as always, "said Colom.
However, the incident was embarrassing for Colom, who assumed the presidency in 2009 promising to build "a government by the Mayan face" and had participated in a traditional ceremony in which he would be appointed by the spiritual leaders of indigenous shaman.
But in reality, the government of his party, the National Union of Hope, has done very little for indigenous rights and almost did not pay attention to questions of the Mayan communities.
legislative initiative presented in 2007 by farmers' organizations - the draft Law of Integral Rural Development - which seeks to stimulate work in the fields, protect small landowners and protect the native seeds, and to create a Ministry of Rural Development , remains in Congress to oppose the private sector. The failure in the approval Law was considered by farmers' organizations as a betrayal of the Government of Colom and elicited numerous complaints.
Compared to the popular consultations, the government has recently proposed a regulation that could be achieved through consultations to the population as required by Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The
Guatemala ratified Convention 169 in 1996 but was not activated because, according to the Constitution, so that any treaty or law enters into force it must first approve the salary.
To date, the Mayan communities have built 50 public consultations, but none is as legally binding Regulation has not been approved.
But far from showing satisfaction with the proposed regulation by the government, indigenous organizations have criticized, saying that the law imposes restrictions on the carrying out of consultations, which contradicts with the agreement 169.
For indigenous communities, now Colom promised to build a government "Mayan face" sounds hollow.
Louisa Reynolds, Noticias Aliadas, 03/03/2011
Il documento, firmato dall'ex ambasciatore degli USA in Guatemala, James Derham, sostiene che Colom fece quella dichiarazione durante la sua visita di congedo nel luglio 2008.
Burgos trascrisse una serie di interviste con Rigoberta Menchú e le trasformò nella narrazione autobiografica intitolata “Mi chiamo Rigoberta Menchú e così nacque la mia coscienza", pubblicata nel 1983.
Colom è citato accusando la Menchú di manipolare le comunità maya quiché che si sono opposte alla construction of a cement plant in San Juan Sacatepéquez.
Over the past four years, indigenous communities have expressed their displeasure against the Guatemalan company Cementos Progreso, and in May of 2007 brought out a 8948 plebiscite in which people reject the project, and only four approval.
Opposition to the project is based on the fact that the cement requires large amounts of water and the community are concerned that the local aquifers dry out, depriving them of this vital resource. In addition, the factory generates dust caused respiratory diseases among the local population. Boiling point
Tensions between the government and people of San Juan Sacatepéquez arrived at their highest point in June of 2008 - one month before the dismissal of Derham - when the police arrested 47 community leaders. A few days later, Francisco Tepeu Pirir, accused of accepting bribes from the community by Cementos Progreso in exchange for supporting the project, was lynched by an angry crowd in the town of San Antonio The Trojes. The government responded by sending troops to San Juan Sacatepéquez.
Army after he was accused of serious human rights violations of indigenous people, including sexual assaults on women and violation of domicile without court orders.
Menchú and other Mayan intellectuals harshly criticized the government of Colom during the clashes. Comments to Presidential diplomat si sarebbero prodotti poco dopo.
Durante la conversazione con Derham, Colom avrebbe accusato la Menchú di incitare la popolazione di San Juan Sacatepéquez ad opporsi alla costruzione del cementificio e l'accusò di essere "parzialmente responsabile" della violenza che si verificò nella comunità.
Fu anche citato dicendo che la era stata rifiutata dal popolo maya quando si candidò alla presidenza nel 2007, ricevendo solo 5.026 voti nel nativo dipartimento del Quiché.
Dopo la pubblicazione del cable diplomatico da parte della stampa guatemalteca agli inizi di quest’anno, la Menchú rispose: “Mi dispiace che un presidente si veda coinvolto in una situazione di questo tipo. Se è certo quello che ha said, it seems to me a lack of respect and education. "
The next day, during the ceremony of swearing in of new members of the Presidential Commission Against Discrimination and Racism, Colom said he had apologized for the incident in a Menchú telephone conversation held shortly before.
"With Mrs. Rigoberta Menchú we have always maintained an excellent relationship and I offered my apologies if there was some misinterpretation by the former U.S. ambassador, I offered my respects and it was a really friendly conversation, as always, "said Colom.
However, the incident was embarrassing for Colom, who assumed the presidency in 2009 promising to build "a government by the Mayan face" and had participated in a traditional ceremony in which he would be appointed by the spiritual leaders of indigenous shaman.
But in reality, the government of his party, the National Union of Hope, has done very little for indigenous rights and almost did not pay attention to questions of the Mayan communities.
legislative initiative presented in 2007 by farmers' organizations - the draft Law of Integral Rural Development - which seeks to stimulate work in the fields, protect small landowners and protect the native seeds, and to create a Ministry of Rural Development , remains in Congress to oppose the private sector. The failure in the approval Law was considered by farmers' organizations as a betrayal of the Government of Colom and elicited numerous complaints.
Compared to the popular consultations, the government has recently proposed a regulation that could be achieved through consultations to the population as required by Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The
Guatemala ratified Convention 169 in 1996 but was not activated because, according to the Constitution, so that any treaty or law enters into force it must first approve the salary.
To date, the Mayan communities have built 50 public consultations, but none is as legally binding Regulation has not been approved.
But far from showing satisfaction with the proposed regulation by the government, indigenous organizations have criticized, saying that the law imposes restrictions on the carrying out of consultations, which contradicts with the agreement 169.
For indigenous communities, now Colom promised to build a government "Mayan face" sounds hollow.
Louisa Reynolds, Noticias Aliadas, 03/03/2011
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