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IN -EXICO
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.OTES ON THE #URRENT 3ITUATION ,OUISE !RBOUR 6ISITS -EXICO 3TERILIZED )NDIGENOUS 0EOPLE $EMAND #OMPLIANCE WITH THE #.$(|S 2ECOMMENDATIONS 4HE )!#(2 3ENDS 2OSENDO 2ADILLA|S #ASE TO THE )NTER !MERICAN #OURT OF (UMAN 2IGHTS #ONCERN ABOUT -ILITARIZATION IN )NDIGENOUS 2EGIONS OF 'UERRERO 02/$%3# $EFENDING #OLLECTIVE 2IGHTS -INING #OMPANIES IN -EXICO
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.OTES ON THE #URRENT 3ITUATION 2EFORMS TO THE *USTICE 3YSTEM
/AXACA
/N &EBRUARY #ONGRESS APPROVED REFORMS TO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM SUPPORTED BY LEGISLATORS FROM ALL POLITICAL PARTIES "EFORE THESE REFORMS BECOME LAW THEY MUST BE RATIFIED BY STATE CONGRESSES 7HILE THE NEED FOR JUDICIAL REFORMS IN -EXICO IS CLEAR THE REFORM THAT WAS APPROVED CONTAINS MANY CONTRADICTIONS AND DISCREPANCIES IN ITS ARTICLES 3ERGIO 'ARCÓA 2AMÓREZ PRESIDENT OF THE )NTER !MERICAN #OURT OF (UMAN 2IGHTS CONSIDERS THESE REFORMS A SETBACK IN TERMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
4HE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN /AXACA IS STILL hIN AN EXTREMELY CRITICAL STATEv ACCORDING TO THE )NTERNATIONAL #IVIL #OMMISSION FOR THE /BSERVATION OF (UMAN 2IGHTS ##)/$( AFTER THEIR SECOND VISIT TO /AXACA IN &EBRUARY 4HE ##)/$( HAD ALREADY DOCUMENTED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST THE TEACHERS IN /AXACA AND THE 0OPULAR !SSEMBLY OF THE 0EOPLE OF /AXACA !00/ DURING MOBILIZATIONS IN
!MONG THE ARTICLES THAT WERE PUT INTO QUESTION BY LAWYERS HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND THE .ATIONAL (UMAN 2IGHTS #OMMISSION #.$( WAS AN ARTICLE AUTHORIZING RAIDS ON PRIVATE HOMES WITHOUT A WARRANT n HOWEVER THIS WAS NOT APPROVED /THER ARTICLES SUCH AS ONE THAT ALLOWS FOR hARRAIGOv PRE TRIAL DETENTION FOR UP TO DAYS ARE CONSIDERED UNCONSTITUTIONAL PUTTING FUNDAMENTAL GUARANTEES AT RISK AND CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS FOR ABUSE OF AUTHORITY 4HE 5NITED .ATIONS 7ORK 'ROUP ON !RBITRARY $ETENTIONS HAS STATED THAT THE -EXICAN ARRAIGO IS A FORM OF ARBITRARY DETENTION 4HIS REFORM MAKES THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ARREST WARRANTS MUCH MORE FLEXIBLE AND CREATES TWO JUSTICE SYSTEMS ONE FOR COMMON CRIMES AND ANOTHER FOR ORGANIZED CRIME 4HIS SECOND JUSTICE SYSTEM WOULD TAKE THE FORM OF A SUB SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS FOR EXCEPTIONS WITH FEWER RIGHTS A COMPLETE LACK OF PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING CONFINED WITHOUT A TRIAL FOR UP TO TWO YEARS !CCORDING TO !MNESTY )NTERNATIONAL THE AMBIGUITY IN WHICH ORGANIZED CRIME HAS BEEN DEFINED IN THESE REFORMS MEANS THAT THIS DEFINITION COULD BE USED IMPROPERLY TO DETAIN AND PROCESS PEOPLE WITHOUT APPROPRIATELY PROTECTING THEIR RIGHTS !TTORNEY 'ENERAL %DUARDO -EDINA -ORA STATED THAT THIS REFORM IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS SINCE THE #ONSTITUTION OF WAS APPROVED AND THAT THESE REFORMS ARE NECESSARY TO FIGHT ORGANIZED CRIME (UMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS RECOGNIZE THAT THE REFORM CONTAINS POSITIVE ASPECTS BUT THEY ALSO INSIST THAT THE MOST CRITICIZED ASPECTS REPRESENT SETBACKS IN TERMS OF THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS /RGANIZATIONS ARE WORKING ON KEEPING THE DEBATE ALIVE SO THAT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CAN BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BY THE STATES n THEY ARE WORKING TO ASSURE THAT THE REFORM IS NOT APPROVED IN STATE CONGRESSES AND IS SENT BACK TO THE .ATIONAL #ONGRESS FOR REVIEW !CCORDING TO THE #.$( OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE REFORMS INCLUDING IMPUNITY AMONGST GOVERNMENT WORKERS CORRUPTION INEFFICIENCY IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND AN INCREASED CONTROL OVER POLICE FORCES
4HE #.$( ALSO PUT TOGETHER A 3PECIAL 2EPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN /AXACA THAT INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM PROPERTY INTEGRITY AND THE RIGHT TO LIFE AND RECOGNIZED THAT CIVIL SOCIETY SUFFERED FROM THREATS PERSECUTIONS AND PHYSICAL AGGRESSIONS /RGANIZATIONS REPORT THAT THE /AXACAN GOVERNMENT HAS NOT COMPLIED WITH THE #.$(|S RECOMMENDATIONS 4HERE HAVE ALSO BEEN MANY REPORTS OF INCREASING MILITARIZATION IN DIFFERENT REGIONS IN /AXACA AS WELL AS REPORTS OF ARBITRARY DETENTIONS ABUSE OF AUTHORITY AND THREATS BY STATE AND FEDERAL POLICE FORCES DIRECTED TOWARDS ACTIVISTS AND THEIR FAMILIES !00/ LEADER &LAVIO 3OSA WAS DETAINED WITHOUT AN ARREST WARRANT IN AND HE IS SEEN AS AN EMBLEMATIC EXAMPLE OF THE CRIMINALIZATION OF SOCIAL PROTEST SINCE AUTHORITIES HAVE USED LEGAL MANEUVERS TO KEEP HIM IMPRISONED /F THE SYMPATHIZERS OF THE !00/ THAT WERE ORIGINALLY DETAINED SEVEN REMAIN IN PRISON )N THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA THE )NTERNATIONAL *URIST #OMMISSION AND !MNESTY )NTERNATIONAL HAVE PUBLISHED REPORTS ABOUT THE SITUATION IN /AXACA THAT POINT OUT THE IMPUNITY THAT PREVAILS IN REGARDS TO AGGRESSIONS SUFFERED BY PARTICIPANTS IN THE 0OPULAR 'UELAGUETZA ON *ULY 4HE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEMANDS HAVE TURNED INTO A FIGHT FOR THE MOST BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS AND A FIGHT FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE LEADERS AND FAMILIES IN A CONTEXT IN WHICH THOSE RESPONSIBLE HAVE YET TO BE PUNISHED
.!&4!|S !GRICULTURAL #HAPTER TAKES EFFECT /N *ANUARY THE AGRARIAN CHAPTER OF THE .ORTH !MERICAN &REE 4RADE !GREEMENT .!&4! SIGNED BY -EXICO THE 5NITED 3TATES AND #ANADA IN TOOK EFFECT A CHAPTER THAT ALLOWS FOR THE COMPLETE OPENING OF THE AGRICULTURAL MARKET AND TAKES AWAY TAXES ON THE IMPORTATION OF BA SIC GRAINS SUCH AS BEANS AND RICE AND ON MILK
7IDESPREAD OPPOSITION TO THE OPENING OF THE MARKET BEGAN TO FIGHT FOR THE RENEGOTIATION OF .!&4! CLOSE TO THOUSAND APPEALS WERE PRESENTED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT COURTS THROUGHOUT *ANUARY &ELIPE #ALDERØN|S GOVERNMENT HAS SAID THAT A RENEGOTIATION IS UNVIABLE SINCE IT COULD MEAN A LOSS OF CONFIDENCE WITH THE 5 3 AND #ANADA &EDERAL AUTHORITIES MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE ONE JUDGE THAT ACCEPTED THE APPEAL SAYING THAT HE SHOULD DENY THE APPEAL GIVEN THAT EVEN ONE APPEAL COULD PROVOKE hLEGAL CONFUSIONv AND hSOCIAL INSTABILITYv 4HE -EXICAN GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO DEFEND .!&4! SAYING THAT ITS EFFECTS HAVE BEEN POSITIVE AND THAT THE COMPLETE OPENING OF THE MARKET WILL BRING MORE BENEFITS TO THE ECONOMY AND TO -EXICAN SOCIETY "OTH THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT AS WELL AS SEVERAL INTELLECTUALS HAVE WARNED THAT -EXICAN AGRICULTURE IS STILL NOT PREPARED TO FACE COMPETITION WITH 5 3 PRODUCERS IN TERMS OF PRICE AND VOLUME ESPECIALLY WHEN FACED WITH LARGE DIFFERENCES IN SUBSIDIES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES #RUZ ,ØPEZ !GUILAR LEADER OF THE .ATIONAL &ARMERS #ONFEDERATION #.# STATED THAT MILLION JOBS WERE LOST IN THE COUNTRYSIDE DURING THE YEARS IN WHICH .!&4! HAS BEEN IN EFFECT AND THAT MORE THAN MILLION PEOPLE EMMIGRATE FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE ANNUALLY (E ALSO STATED THAT AT LEAST THOUSAND PRODUCERS OF CORN BEANS AND MILK ARE AT RISK DUE TO THE COMPLETE OPENING OF THE MARKET TO IMPORTS %XPERTS !RMANDO "ARTA AND !LEJANDRO .ADAL HAVE STATED THAT .!&4! HAS BEEN A FIASCO THAT HAS CAUSED A COMPLETE BREAK UP OF RURAL COMMUNITIES AND MASS MIGRATION )N ADDITION PROBLEMS RELATED TO DRUG TRAFFICKING ARE TAKING OVER THE COUNTRYSIDE GIVEN THAT GROWING NARCOTICS IS NOW MORE PROFITABLE FOR FARMERS ,A *ORNADA &EBRUARY %L 5NIVERSAL &EBRUARY !RRAIGO IS A TYPE OF INFORMAL DETENTION APPLIED TO SUSPECTS SO THAT JUDICIAL POLICE AND PROSECUTORS HAVE TIME TO BUILD THEIR CASE AGAINST THE SUSPECT IN ORDER TO BRING OFFICIAL CHARGES ,A *ORNADA &EBRUARY AND %L 5NIVERSAL &EBRURAY 2EPORT BY THE 7ORK 'ROUP ON !RBITRARY $ENTENTIONS ON THEIR VISIT TO -EXICO $ECEMBER -IGUEL !GUSTÓN 0RO *UÉREZ (UMAN 2IGHTS #ENTER AND OTHERS 2EFORMA JUDICIAL z5NOS DERECHOS HUMANOS MÉS IMPORTANTES QUE OTROS &EBRUARY !MNESTY )NTERNATIONAL 0UBLIC 3TATEMENT &EBRUARY ,A *ORNADA -ARCH 0ROCESO -ARCH P ,A *ORNADA -ARCH ,A *ORNADA &EBRUARY .OVEMBER TH #OMMITTEE z#UMPLE EL 'OBIERNO DE /AXACA LAS 2ECOMENDACIONES DE LA #.$( &EBRUARY 0ROCESO *ANUARY !MNESTY )NTERNATIONAL -%8)#/ /AXACA *ULY HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS STILL WAITING FOR JUSTICE -ARCH ,A *ORNADA &EBRUARY )DEM #.# 0RESS 2ELEASE *ANUARY 0ROCESO *ANUARY P
#OVER 0HOTO ,OUISE !RBOUR 5. (IGH #OMMISSIONER FOR (UMAN 2IGHTS AND !MERIGO )NCALCATERRA 2EPRESENTATIVE IN -EXICO LISTENING TO TESTIMONIES OF INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN 'UERRERO
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,OUISE !RBOUR 6ISITS -EXICO ,OUISE !RBOUR 5NITED .ATIONS (IGH #OMMISSIONER FOR (UMAN 2IGHTS 5.(#(2 VISITED -EXICO ON &EBRUARY $URING HER VISIT !RBOUR MET WITH 0RESIDENT &ELIPE #ALDERØN AND WITH DIFFERENT REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE GOVERNMENT CULMINATING IN THE SIGNING OF A NEW AGREEMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW THE /FFICE OF THE 5.(#(2 IN -EXICO TO CONTINUE ITS ACTIVITIES 4HE /FFICE BEGAN WORK IN -EXICO IN WHEN IT WAS INVITED BY 0RESIDENT 6ICENTE &OX AND WAS GIVEN THE TASK OF ELABORATING A DIAGNOSIS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN -EXICO 4HIS DOCUMENT WAS PUBLISHED IN $UE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NEW AGREEMENT AND OF RECOGNIZING THE hLEADERSHIPv ROLE THAT -EXICO HAS TAKEN IN THE 5. (UMAN 2IGHTS #OUNCIL MOST IMPORTANTLY DURING THE TIME IN WHICH -EXICO WAS IN THE PRESIDENCY !RBOUR EXPRESSED CONCERNS TO 0RESIDENT #ALDERØN ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION REFERRING TO HER MEETINGS WITH SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS FROM CIVIL SOCIETY 3HE POINTED OUT THE DANGER GENERATED FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WHEN ARMED FORCES PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC SECURITY TASKS EVEN IF IT IS JUSTIFIED BY THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ASSERTED THAT THE FIGHT AGAINST IMPUNITY IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR THE COUNTRY 3HE ALSO POINTED OUT THE CASES OF FEMICIDES IN #IUDAD *UAREZ THE SCARCE ADVANCES IN CLARIFYING THE CASES OF DISAPPEARANCES DURING THE $IRTY 7AR AND THE INCREASING DANGER TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE CONCENTRATION OF THE MEDIA IN THE HANDS OF VERY FEW 2EGARDING REFORMS TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM RECENTLY APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL #ONGRESS SHE INSISTED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING AN OPEN DIALOG TO ENSURE THAT HUMAN RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED 3HE POINTED OUT THE DANGER OF INCLUDING THE PRACTICE OF hARRAIGOv IN THESE REFORMS A PRACTICE THAT CAN BE CONVERTED INTO ARBITRARY DETENTION BEFORE THE VICTIM FACES A TRIAL &ELIPE #ALDERØN DEFENDED THE PRESENCE OF THE ARMY IN PUBLIC SECURITY EFFORTS WHILE HE ALSO STATED THAT THE ARMY|S PRESENCE WILL BE hSUPPLEMENTARYv AND SPORADIC !CCORDING TO &ELIPE #ALDERØN ORGANIZED CRIME REPRESENTS THE BIGGEST THREAT TO -EXICAN CITIZENS AND SECURITY CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION (E ALSO POINTED OUT GOVERNMENTAL INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE CREATION OF THE 'ENERAL $IRECTION FOR (UMAN 2IGHTS IN THE $EPARTMENT FOR .ATIONAL $EFENSE THE 3PECIAL 0ROSECUTOR FOR #RIMES RELATED TO !CTS OF 6IOLENCE AGAINST 7OMEN AND THE .ATIONAL #OMMISSION FOR THE $EVELOPMENT OF )NDIGENOUS 0EOPLE ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN CREATED TO IMPROVE THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN
!BEL "ARRERA $IRECTOR OF 4LACHINOLLAN PRESENTS TESTIMONIES FROM ORGANIZATIONS IN 'UERRERO TO ,OUISE !RBOUR 0HOTO 0")
-EXICO AS WELL AS THE CONTINUOUS SUPPORT GIVEN TO THE .ATIONAL (UMAN 2IGHTS #OMMISSION $URING HER STAY IN -EXICO THE ONLY STATE ,OUISE !RBOUR VISITED OUTSIDE -EXICO #ITY WAS 'UERRERO /N &EBRUARY SHE TRAVELED TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF (UAMUXTITLÉN IN THE -ONTA×A REGION WHERE SHE COLLECTED TESTIMONIES FROM CASES THAT REPRESENT DIFFERENT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE STATE 4HESE CASES INCLUDED 6ALENTINA 2OSENDO #ANTÞ A -E|PHAA INDIGNEOUS WOMAN WHO HAS DENOUNCED SEXUAL ASSAULT BEFORE THE )NTER !MERICAN #OMMISSION ON (UMAN 2IGHTS BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMY THE #%#/0 THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HYDROELECTRIC DAM ,A 0AROTA THE 2EGIONAL #OUNCIL FOR THE $EVELOPMENT OF THE )NDIGENOUS -E|PHAA 0EOPLE OF THE "ATHAA ,INGUISTIC 6ARIETY WHO DEFEND THE RIGHT TO BILINGUAL EDUCATION IN COMMUNITIES n THEY EXPLAINED THAT THE RESPONSE FROM THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ARREST WARRANTS AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION THE /RGANIZATION OF )NDIGENOUS -E|PHAA 0EOPLE /0)- WHO DEMANDED RESPECT FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND AN END TO THE hEXTERMINATION STRATEGYv FROM THE MILITARY THE CASE OF THE .A SAVI COMMUNITY -INI .UMA WHO HAS REPORTED THE LACK OF MEDICAL AND SANITATION ATTENTION IN THE COMMUNITY AND REPORTED DEATHS DUE TO COMMON SICKNESSES THE INDIGENOUS MEN THAT REPORT BEING FORCIBLY STERILIZED IN THE COMMUNITY %L #AMALOTE THE #OMMUNITY 0OLICE WHO STATE THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE 3YSTEM FOR *USTICE AND #OMMUNITY
3ECURITY THAT THEY ESTABLISHED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES YEARS AGO AND THE COMMUNITY RADIO 2ADIO OMNDAA IN THE !MUZGO MUNICIPALITY OF 8OCHISTLAHUACA WHOSE STAFF HAVE BEEN HARASSED FOR DEFENDING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR COMMUNITY RADIO )N THE STATE CAPITAL #HILPANCINGO THE (IGH #OMMISSIONER MET WITH THE #OORDINATING #OMMITTEE FOR !NALYSIS AND 0ARTICIPATION IN (UMAN 2IGHTS WHICH IS IN CHARGE OF ELABORATING ONE OF THE FIRST STATE DIAGNOSES ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION 2EPRESENTATIVES FROM THE EXECUTIVE LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT THE 3TATE #OMMISSION FOR THE $EFENSE OF (UMAN 2IGHTS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES THE 5NIT FOR THE $EFENSE AND 0ROMOTION OF (UMAN 2IGHTS FROM THE $EPARTMENT OF THE )NTERIOR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS FROM CIVIL SOCIETY WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE DIAGNOSIS UNDER THE OBSERVATION OF THE /#(#(2 0") WAS PRESENT IN THE MEETING WITH ,OUISE !RBOUR IN (UAMUXTITLÉN AND ACCOMPANIED THE /RGANIZATION OF )NDIGENOUS -E|PHAA PEOPLE
,A *ORNADA &EBRUARY 2EFORMA &EBRUARY ,A *ORNADA &EBRUARY 4LACHINOLLAN (UMAN 2IGHTS #ENTER )NDIGENOUS PEOPLE FROM THE -ONTA×A OF 'UERRERO MEET WITH 5. (IGH #OMMISSIONER &EBRUARY #OMMITTEE WEB PAGE WWW DIAGNOSTICO GUERRERO MEXICO ORG MX
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2IGHTS OF THE )NDIGENOUS 0OPULATION AND 0ROPOSALS FOR !UTONOMY 3TERILIZED )NDIGENOUS 0EOPLE $EMAND #OMPLIANCE WITH THE #.$( S 2ECOMMENDATIONS )N AND INDIGENOUS -E|PHAA PEOPLE FROM %L #AMALOTE A COMMUNITY IN THE #OSTA #HICA REGION OF 'UERRERO WERE STERILIZED BY THE (EALTH $EPARTMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR SOCIAL BENEFITS FOR THEIR COMMUNITY 4HE AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS BELONG TO THE /RGANIZATION OF )NDIGENOUS -E|PHAA 0EOPLE /0)- AND HAVE FILED COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS CASE WITH THE 3TATE #OMMISSION FOR THE $EFENSE OF (UMAN 2IGHTS IN 'UERRERO #ODDEHUM 4HE #ODDEHUM EMITTED A RECOMMENDATION TO THE GOVERNMENT LED BY 2ENÏ *UÉREZ #ISNEROS IN 4HIS RECOMMENDATION WAS REJECTED )N THE .ATIONAL (UMAN 2IGHTS #OMMISSION #.$( EMITTED A NEW RECOMMENDATION REAFFIRMING WHAT THE #ODDEHUM HAD ALREADY SUSTAINED 4HIS RECOMMENDATION WAS BASED ON THE -EXICAN #ONSTITUTION THE )NTERNATIONAL ,ABOR /RGANIZATION S #ONVENTION #ONCERNING )NDIGENOUS AND 4RIBAL 0EOPLES AND -EXICAN NORMS THAT STATE THAT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHOICES ABOUT THEIR SEXUAL REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS 4HE #.$( EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN 'UERRERO AND ASKED :EFERINO 4ORREBLANCA|S GOVERNMENT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CASE ADOPT THE NECESSARY MEASURES TO ENSURE A PROPER INVESTIGATION AND PROVIDE REPARATIONS OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS ABOUT TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO EACH AFFECTED INDIVIDUAL
4HE 4LACHINOLLAN (UMAN 2IGHTS #ENTER STATES THAT THE CONSENT OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN ORDER TO BE OPERATED ON WAS MANIPULATED IN EXCHANGE FOR SOCIAL BENEFITS THIS IS NOT hINFORMED CONSENTv BUT IS INSTEAD hUNINFORMED CONSENT v 4HE CURRENT (EALTH 3ECRETARY ,UÓS "ARRERA 2ÓOS CONTINUES TO DEFEND THE ARGUMENT THAT THE INDIVIDUALS WERE COMPLETELY AWARE OF THE OPERATION hWE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THEY UNDERSTAND AND SPEAK 3PANISH v 4HE (EALTH $EPARTMENT ESTABLISHED REPARATIONS THAT WERE LESS THAN WHAT WAS ALLOTTED IN THE RECOMMENDATION 4HESE REPARATIONS WERE REJECTED BY THE VICTIMS 7HILE THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS AGAINST THOSE RESPONSIBLE REMAINS OPEN THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO ARGUE THAT hANY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS SHOULD BE GIVEN TIME TO BE APPLIED COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS RECOMMENDATION HAVE BEEN MADE AT THE WRONG TIME v :EFERINO 4ORREBLANCA HAD ALREADY STATED THAT hHIS GOVERNMENT S OBLIGATIONS ARE ONLY MORAL AND NOT LEGAL v
4HE /0)- AND 4LACHINOLLAN DEMAND THAT THE GOVERNMENT COMPLY WITH THE #.$({S RECOMMENDATION WHICH INCLUDES ADEQUATE HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE IN %L #AMALOTE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN APPROPRIATELY EQUIPPED HEALTH CENTER !CCORDING TO !BEL "ARRERA $IRECTOR OF 4LACHINOLLAN THIS CASE hIS ANOTHER SIGN OF THE WAY IN WHICH THE NEW GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO TREAT THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION WITH DISCRIMINATION DESPOTISM AND A LACK OF INTEREST ; = %VERYTHING WAS FORGOTTEN WITH THE IDEA THAT IF THE PEOPLE ARE ILLITERATE THEY WILL NOT REMEMBER AND HAVE NO DIGNITY v
4LACHINOLLAN (UMAN 2IGHTS #ENTER 3TERILIZED )NDIGENOUS -EN DEMAND #OMPLIANCE WITH #.$( 2ECOMMENDATION *ANUARY )DEM ,A *ORNADA 'UERRERO -ARCH )DEM %L 3UR *ANUARY 4LACHINOLLAN (UMAN 2IGHTS #ENTER )N STANDSTILL AND REGRESSION IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS FIELD *ANUARY
)MPUNITY AND !CCESS TO *USTICE 4HE )!#(2 3ENDS 2OSENDO 2ADILLA|S #ASE TO THE )NTER !MERICAN #OURT OF (UMAN 2IGHTS )N THE MOST RECENT "ULLETIN .UMBER WE SPOKE OF THE CASES OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN 'UERRERO THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW BY THE )NTER !MERICAN #OMMISSION ON (UMAN 2IGHTS )!#(2 /NE OF THESE WAS THAT OF THE FORCED DISAPPEARANCE OF 2OSENDO 2ADILLA 0ACHECO COMMUNITY LEADER AND MUNICIPAL PRESIDENT OF !TOYAC DE £LVAREZ DURING THE |S !FTER BEING DETAINED IN BY THE MILITARY HE WAS SEEN FOR THE LAST TIME IN THE MILITARY BARRACKS IN !TOYAC (IS DAUGHTER 4ITA 2ADILLA VICE PRESIDENT OF !&!$%- TOOK HIS CASE TO -EXICAN JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL UNTIL THE CASE WAS ADMITTED BY THE )!#(2 .OW AFTER YEARS OF IMPUNITY -EXICO WILL BE JUDGED BY THE )NTER !MERICAN #OURT OF (UMAN 2IGHTS FOR THE FIRST TIME ON CRIMES OF THE PAST
/N *ANUARY THE .ATIONAL !TTORNEY 'ENERAL|S /FFICE 0'2 ANNOUNCED WITHOUT PRIOR NOTIFICATION THAT IT WOULD BEGIN SCANNING THE LAND IN SEVERAL AREAS WHERE THE TOWN HALL IN !TOYAC IS CURRENTLY LOCATED AND WHERE THE MILITARY BARRACKS WERE ONCE LOCATED TO SEARCH FOR IRREGULARITIES IN THE SOIL THAT WOULD INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF HIDDEN GRAVES THAT COULD CONTAIN THE REMAINS OF THE DISAPPEARED AMONG THESE 2OSENDO 2ADILLA 4HE INVESTIGATION BEGAN ON &EBRUARY AND AND FAMILY MEMBERS FROM !&!$%- THE -EXICAN #OMMISSION FOR THE $EFENSE AND 0ROMOTION OF (UMAN 2IGHTS #-$0$( AND TWO INDEPENDENT FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGISTS WERE PRESENT &OR THE FAMILIES THE SCAN IS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT IN THEIR YEAR STRUGGLE TO FIND THE WHEREABOUTS OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS (OWEVER THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLITICAL WILL OF THE GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE THESE CRIMES AND COMBAT THE FORCED DISAPPEARANCES OF TODAY AS WAS EXPRESSED IN THE .ATIONAL 0OPULAR 4RIAL IN !CAPULCO ON &EBRUARY AND IN AN ACT BY THE 'UERRERO &RONT AGAINST
2EPRESSION AND )MPUNITY ON -ARCH )N A PRESS RELEASE THE )!#(2 ANNOUNCED THAT ON -ARCH THIS ENTITY FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST -EXICO WITH THE )NTER !MERICAN #OURT IN THE CASE OF 2OSENDO 2ADILLA DUE TO THE hLACK OF CLARIFICATION AS TO HIS WHEREABOUTS THE STATE OF IMPUNITY SURROUNDING THE FACTS AND THE LACK OF REPARATIONS TO MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY FOR DAMAGES INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE LOSS OF SOMEONE WHO WAS DEAR TO THEM AND THE PROLONGED DENIAL OF JUSTICE v !CCORDING TO THE )!#(2 -EXICO DID NOT COMPLY WITH RECOMMENDATIONS DETAILED IN THE REPORT APPROVED BY THE )!#(2 IN !UGUST DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE RESULTS FROM THE SCAN SHOWED IRREGULARITIES IN THE TERRITORY THAT COULD INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF GRAVES &OR !&!$%- THIS DECISION HAS SYMBOLIC VALUE FOR THE OTHER CASES OF FORCED DISAPPEARANCE REGISTERED IN !TOYAC AND FOR THEIR DEMANDS FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE 4HEY HOPE THAT THE INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE INDEPENDENT OF THE #OURT|S DECISION
3CANNING OF THE TERRITORY WHERE THE -UNICIPAL 4OWN (ALL IN !TOYAC IS LOCATED 0HOTO 0") %L 3UR &EBRUARY AND ,A *ORNADA 'UERRERO &EBRUARY AND %L 3UR -ARCH )!#(2 0RESS 2ELEASE NUMBER !PRIL %L 3UR -ARCH 0ROCESO -ARCH P
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-ILITARIZATION #ONCERN ABOUT -ILITARIZATION IN )NDIGENOUS 2EGIONS OF 'UERRERO 3INCE THE BEGINNING OF HIS PRESIDENCY IN 0RESIDENT &ELIPE #ALDERØN HAS TURNED TO THE ARMY AS PART OF HIS STRATEGY TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC SECURITY !CCORDING TO THE -IGUEL !GUSTÓN 0RO *UÉREZ (UMAN 2IGHTS #ENTER PREVIOUS PRESIDENCIES HAVE USED THE SAME FORMULA EVEN THOUGH THIS PRODUCES QUESTIONABLE RESULTS AND THE ARMYgS PARTICIPATION IN OPERATIONS TO COMBAT ORGANIZED CRIME HAS PROVOKED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS /N &EBRUARY THE $AY OF THE -EXICAN !RMY THE 4LACHINOLLAN (UMAN 2IGHTS #ENTER RECALLED THE ARMY|S STRONG AND CONSTANT PRESENCE SINCE THE gS IN THE -ONTA×A #OSTA #HICA AND #OSTA 'RANDE OF 'UERRERO )N MANY CASES THE ARMY SETS UP CAMPS ON THE EDGE OR AT THE ENTRANCE TO COMMUNITIES AND PLACES CHECKPOINTS ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS 4HE MILITARY INCURSION IN 'UERRERO HAS ALWAYS BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY A HIGH LEVEL OF VIOLENCE ESPECIALLY AGAINST THE CIVIL POPULATION THROUGH HARASSMENT ABUSE MISTREATMENT MASSACRES ARBITRARY DETENTIONS AND SEXUAL ASSAULTS AGAINST WOMEN 7HILE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THIS PRESENCE HAS BEEN JUSTIFIED BY THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING ACCORDING TO 4LACHINOLLAN THE ARMY hHAS TO UNDERSTAND THAT DRUG CONTROL POLICIES CORRESPOND TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES )N THIS TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY IT IS CONCERNING THAT INSTEAD OF STRENGTHENING SOCIETYgS PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC SECURITY MATTERS AND IN THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE IS TURNING TO THE ARMY TO SUPPORT THIS ADMINISTRATION AND IN THIS WAY LEGITIMIZE A GOVERNMENT THAT CAME ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ELECTORAL CRISIS v )N EARLY &EBRUARY IN !YUTLA DE LOS ,IBRES 'UERRERO THE /RGANIZATION OF )NDIGENOUS -EgPHAA 0EOPLE ONCE AGAIN DOCUMENTED MILITARY CHECKPOINTS AND RAIDS BY THE ARMY AND STATE POLICE ON THE ROADS AND IN THE COMMUNITIES OF THE MUNICIPALITY /N 3UNDAY *ANUARY ARMY TROOPS ENTERED THE COMMUNITY OF 3AN &ELIPE IN THE -IXTECA REGION OF !YUTLA SUPPOSEDLY LOOKING FOR DRUGS AND ARMS 4HE PRESS LATER REPORTED THAT ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL INFORMATION TWO PEOPLE WHO CARRIED ARMS WERE DETAINED /N &EBRUARY ,ORENZO &ERNÉNDEZ /RTEGA|S BODY WAS FOUND IN THE #ENTER OF !YUTLA ,ORENZO ORIGINALLY FROM %L #AMALOTE WAS PART OF THE /RGANIZATION OF )NDIGENOUS -E|PHAA 0EOPLE AND WAS DOING CONSTRUCTION WORK IN
!YUTLA (IS BODY SHOWED SIGNS OF TORTURE ,ORENZO &ERNÉNDEZ IS )NÏS &ERNÉNDEZ /RTEGAgS BROTHER )NÏS TOGETHER WITH 6ALENTINA 2OSENDO #ANTÞ HAS FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE )NTER !MERICAN #OMMISSION ON (UMAN 2IGHTS )!#(2 IN WHICH THEY REPORT SEXUAL ASSAULT BY MEMEBERS OF THE ARMY IN ,ORENZO &ERNÉNDEZ HAD ACTIVELY SUPPORTED THE CASE OF INDIGENOUS -EgPHAA MEN FROM %L #AMALOTE THAT REPORT BEING FORCIBLY STERILIZED BY THE STATE $EPARTMENT OF 0UBLIC (EALTH !CCORDING TO THE /0)- THE MILITARY PRESENCE AND CHECKPOINTS IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES DECREASED LAST YEAR DUE TO THE COMPLAINT PRESENTED AT THE )NTER !MERICAN #OMMISSION ON (UMAN 2IGHTS )!#(2 *UST AFTER ,OUISE !RBOURgS VISIT TO 'UERRERO ,ORENZO &ERNÉNDEZ WAS ASSASINATED AND MILITARY CHECKPOINTS ONCE AGAIN BEGAN IN THE REGION SEE ARTICLE ON PAGE $AYS BEFORE HIS ASSASINATION ,ORENZO HAD REPORTED THAT ARMED MEN WERE LOOKING FOR HIM AND HAD THREATENED HIM /BTILIA %UGENIO -ANUEL REPORTED SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES AROUND HER HOME AND RECEIVED PHONECALLS ON THE NIGHT OF &EBRUARY )N ONE OF THEM A WOMAN TOLD HER h) KNOW THAT YOU ARE /BTILIA YOU BETTER CALM DOWN YOUR PEOPLE ; = 9OU BETTER CALM DOWN BECAUSE MY PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE WATCHING YOU v 4HE /0)- HAS REPORTED ARMED GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITIES WHO ACT UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE ARMY 4ENSION HAS INCREASED SINCE LAST -ARCH WHEN NEWSPAPERS REPORTED AN INTERVIEW WITH DOZENS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE REGION WITH THEIR FACES COVERED AND ARMED WITH RIFLES AND MACHETES 4HEY STATED THAT THEY FORM PART OF THE GUERRILLA GROUP KNOWN AS THE 2EVOLUTIONARY !RMY OF THE )NSURGENT 0EOPLE %20) AND THEY PROTEST REPRESSION MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE REGION THE INCARCERATION OF INDIGENOUS LEADERS MIGRATION EXCESSIVE
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LOGGING AND THE LACK OF TEACHERS SCHOOLS DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS (OWEVER SOME PEOPLE REPORTED THAT THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WAS SUSPICIOUS AND HAVE INTERPRETED THIS ACT AS A STATE MANEUVER TO JUSTIFY FUTURE ACTIONS BY SECURITY FORCES IN THE REGION
-IGUEL !GUSTIN 0RO *UAREZ (UMAN 2IGHTS #ENTER %L EJÏRCITO DEBE RETIRARSE DE LAS TAREAS DE SEGURIDAD PÞBLICA *ANUARY 4LACHINOLLAN (UMAN 2IGHTS #ENTER 4HE DARK HISTORY OF THE ARMY IN 'UERRERO &EBRUARY %L 3UR &EBRUARY %L 3UR &EBRUARY !MNESTY )NTERNATIONAL 5RGENT !CTION &EBRUARY %L 3UR &EBRUARY ,A *ORNADA 'UERRERO -ARCH ,A *ORNADA 'UERRERO -ARCH ,A *ORNADA 'UERRERO -ARCH
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.ATURAL 2ESOURCES AND $EVELOPMENT 0ROJECTS 02/$%3# $EFENDING #OLLECTIVE 2IGHTS -INING COMPANIES IN -EXICO 4HE %CONOMIC 3OCIAL AND #ULTURAL 2IGHTS 0ROJECT ! # 0RODESC FORMALLY BEGAN WORK AT THE BEGINNING OF WITH THE GOAL OF PROVIDING INTEGRAL DEFENSE TO ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS )N AN INTERVIEW WITH 0") ON -ARCH DIRECTOR !LEJANDRA !NCHEITA EXPLAINED THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS WORK WHICH FOCUSES ON THE MINING SECTOR IN STATES SUCH AS 'UERRERO AND $URANGO 4HE %FFECTS OF .!&4! )N ANOTHER COMMUNITY IN 'UERRERO #UETZALA SMALL LANDOWNERS ARE ORGANIZING THEMSELVES SO THAT ,UISMIN WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH COMPENSATION FOR HAVING USED THEIR LAND WITHOUT A PERMIT FOR EXPLORATORY PROJECTS FOUR YEARS AGO AND FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES INCURRED
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0RODESCgS LEGAL WORK TO DEFEND COLLECTIVE RIGHTS IS ACCOMPANIED BY WORK TO STRENGTHEN ORGANIZING PROCESSES COMBINED WITH POLITICAL AND MEDIA IMPACT STRATEGIES 0RODESC HAS ALSO WORKED TO INVOLVE COMMUNITY STATE FEDERAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTORS TO GENERATE SUPPORT FOR ITS WORK AND MAKE IT MORE EFFECTIVE i/UR SUBJECTS ARE ALWAYS COMMUNITIES OR FARMING SETTLEMENTS OR GROUPS OF WORKERS SUCH AS UNIONS OR COALITIONS THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO TALK ABOUT COLLECTIVE RIGHTS WORK 7E WORK ON LABOR RIGHTS MIGRATION RIGHT TO THE LAND TERRITORY AND NATURAL RESOURCES WITH THE PERSPECTIVE OF WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES THE GOVERNMENT AND COMPANIES w (UMAN 2IGHTS AND THE %XTRACTION )NDUSTRY )N $URANGO 0RODESC ACCOMPANIES LANDOWNERS FROM LA 3IERRITA IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF 4LAHUALILO IN THEIR NEGOTIATIONS WITH -INERA %XCELLON -EXICO A SUBSIDIARY OF THE #ANADIAN COMPANY %XCELON 2ESOURCES )NC $URING THE LAST THREE YEARS THE MINING COMPANY CARRIED OUT EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES ON LAND RENTED AT A VERY LOW PRICE AND IN THE COMPANY WANTED TO BUY ABOUT HECTARES TO EXPLOIT THE SUBSOIL RESOURCES 7HILE LANDOWNERS WERE AGAINST SELLING THE LAND THEY WERE OPEN TO NEGOTIATING A RENTAL FEE (OWEVER THE LACK OF VALID NEGOTIATIONS LED THEM TO GO ON STRIKE !FTER DAYS ON STRIKE THEY WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH A NEGOTIATING TABLE WITH THE #ANADIAN VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY 4HE RESULT WAS AN AGREEMENT SIGNED ON -ARCH THAT INCLUDED
LAND RENTAL AT A FAVORABLE PRICE THE CREATION OF A FUND FOR PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES AND PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE SOCIAL BENEFITS CONCESSIONS TO LANDOWNERS FOR TRANSPORTING WORKERS A DINING HALL A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND A WATER TREATMENT PLANT FOR AGRICULTURAL USE ,ABOR 2IGHTS ,AST YEAR THE CASE OF #ARRIZALILLO WAS WELL KNOWN IN 'UERRERO ,ANDOWNERS ORGANIZED THEMSELVES AGAINST ,UISMIN A COMPANY THAT IS PART OF THE #ANADIAN GOLD EXTRACTION COMPANY 'OLD #ORP AND FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS TO LAND AND TERRITORY 3OME WORKERS FROM THE ,OS &ILOS n %L "ERMEJAL MINE BEGAN TO ORGANIZE THEMSELVES WITH THE SUPPORT OF 0RODESC !FTER A TECHNICAL STRIKE THAT LASTED HOURS THE COMPANY DECIDED TO NEGOTIATE i.OW THEY HAVE WORK CONDITIONS THAT ARE ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AND THEY HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING PREVENTATIVE WORK 7HEN WE SAY THAT WE HAVE A GROUP OF WORKERS WHO ARE INFORMED AND ORGANIZED WE MEAN THAT THEY CAN EXERCISE THEIR COLLECTIVE RIGHTS IN AN INDUSTRY THAT CAN BE TREMENDOUS 4HERE IS AN ORGANIZING PROCESS HERE THAT PREVENTS SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF THEIR COLLECTIVE RIGHTS ENSURES SATISFACTORY WORK CONDITIONS EMPLOYMENT STABILITY GENDER EQUALITY AND COLLECTIVE CONTRACTS 4HIS ALSO HAS A CLEAR AND EVIDENT REPERCUSSION NOT ONLY ON THE WORKERS BUT ALSO ON FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LIFE w
i7E ARE TALKING ABOUT LAND THAT IS NO LONGER PRODUCTIVE DUE TO THE EFFECTS OF THE &REE 4RADE !GREEMENT 4HE PEOPLE ONCE USED THE LAND FOR DEVELOPING THEIR COMMUNITIES AND FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT BUT THEY NO LONGER HAVE THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO INVEST IN THIS LAND SO THAT THE COUNTRYSIDE CAN BE PRODUCTIVE 4HE TRANSNATIONAL COMPANY COMES IN AND IS SEEN AS A WAY TO RECUPERATE THE POSSIBILITY OF REMAINING IN THEIR COMMUNITIES IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO MIGRATION 7ITH THESE TRANSNATIONAL COMPANIES COMMUNITIES NOW HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING THIS LAND PRODUCTIVE -ANY WORKERS HAVE THIS POSSIBILITY AND HAVE DECIDED TO RETURN TO THEIR COMMUNITIES w 4HIS IS ALSO DUE TO THE PRECEDENT ACHIEVED WITH ,UISMIN IN #ARRIZALILLO IN WHICH THE WORK CONDITIONS THAT WERE ATTAINED ARE BETTER THAN THE CONDITIONS OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE 5 3 4HE %NVIRONMENTAL )MPACT i7E HAVE BEEN CAREFUL TO DO THE WORK WITH THE ENVIRONMENT IN MIND .O CONTRACT IS SIGNED IF THERE IS NO COMPENSATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT 0ART OF WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED IS THE COMMITMENT THAT ALL PROJECTS HAVE TO COMPLY WITH STANDARDS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT 4HE PROBLEM IS NOT THE STANDARDS THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE COMPANIES DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE STANDARDS w #OMPANIES TEND TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF POVERTY AND MARGINALIZATION IN ORDER TO WORK IN A REGION 3TATE GOVERNMENTS PROVIDE CONCESSIONS FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF THE SUBSOIL BUT THEY DO NOT ENSURE THAT COMPANIES COMPLY WITH CONSULTATION MECHANISMS WITH COMMUNITIES AND LANDOWNERS AND WITH ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND LABOR LEGISLATION i4HE STATES HAVE ORDERS TO BE COMPLETELY OPEN TO INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT !LL FACILITIES SHOULD BE GIVEN SO THAT COMPANIES CAN COME IN AND EXPLOIT LABOR AND NATURAL RESOURCES 7E HAVE MAINTAINED PROCESSES WITH THE COMMUNITIES WITH FEDERAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACCOMPANIMENT AND WE HAVE MADE THE GOVERNMENT GET INVOLVED AND COMPLY WITH LEGISLATION AND WORKERS RIGHTS w
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