[HCDX] Media Item: The Zapatistas To Use Shortwave

["Ulis Fleming" <k3lu@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From AP article: 
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/07/30/international0915EDT6140.DTL

Mexican rebel movement announces radio broadcasts

ALEJANDRO RUIZ, Associated Press Writer   Wednesday, July 30, 2003


(07-30) 08:25 PDT SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico (AP) --

Mexico's Zapatista rebel movement, noted for spreading its message over the 
internet, is turning to an older technology: shortwave radio.

In a communique published by local newspapers on Wednesday, rebel spokesman 
Subcomandante Marcos said the movement would begin shortwave broadcasts at a 
still-undetermined hour on August 9.

He said transmissions were planned on 5.8 megahertz, though he said that in 
case of government interference, "move your dial in the same way you would 
your hips in a cumbia (dance) and hunt until you find us."

The announcement was part of a general invitation to a three-day party Aug. 
8-10 that the Zapatistas plan in the village of Oventic, a few miles north 
of here.

The event is to mark the creation of more formal methods for the movement 
and its 30 "autonomous municipalities" in remote parts of Chiapas state to 
deal with outsiders.

After years of clandestine organizing, the Zapatistas seized several cities 
in Chiapas on Jan. 1, 1994, then quickly withdrew into the jungle. About 145 
people died in 12 days of fighting before a cease-fire was declared.

Once based on Marxism-Leninism, the rebel movement has turned to political 
action to promote its calls for Indian rights and for a vision of democracy 
that is deeply skeptical of political parties.

Meanwhile, some of the foreign aid destined for Chiapas, one of Mexico's 
poorest states, following the Zapatista revolt is being reduced.

A spokesman for the European Union's humanitarian office, Jean-Charles 
Ellerman-Kingombe, said Wednesday that funding for activities there would be 
phased out by the end of this year.

The office has given 7.6 million euros (now about $8.7 million) over past 
six years, including 1 million euros ($1.145 million) approved last year for 
health and water sanitation projects that are being carried out by the 
Spanish, German and International Red Crosses.

"There is no longer any immediate humanitarian needs that need to be catered 
for," he said. "What there is more need for now is more long-term 
development assistance."

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Ulis Fleming
Maryland USA
http://www.RadioIntel.com
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