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“Without Justice, Bloody Histories Have a Way of Repeating Themselves” |
“We have called for justice in Guatemala for almost 20 years, but we
still have not been able to accomplish our major goals. When we
denounce the authors of these atrocities, the government often loses
the evidence. The proof, the testimonies disappear in the Attorney
General’s office. We have done so much. We have written books and made
declarations. Even people from outside of the community have done
studies; but still, we do not advance toward justice. We continue
because we know that without justice, bloody histories have a way of
repeating themselves.”
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"The Country is Different Now" |
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“It's important to talk about the terrible things that are
happening, but the media always covers the negative. It’s more
important to talk about what is rarely discussed—that the people are
organizing themselves. Not much has been said about how the country is
different now, or at least that there are new ideas now about what
policies should be like and how we can change things. I wanted to bring
that sense of hope and possibility here. The belief that a new America
is possible, a different order is possible.”
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“I Want Guatemala to Be Known for Our Struggle to Stop Violence Against Women” |
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“I don’t want you all to know Guatemala for the number of people
killed. I want it to be known for the struggle that we are organizing
to stop violence against women and to be an example for the world that
we can do it. I hope the day comes when we will have zero deaths of
women, not just in Guatemala, but in the whole world. If we organize
and fight then our dreams will become a reality.”
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"Some People Build Walls and Some Build Doors" |
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"With the Clinton Administration, Cuban artists were more able to come
to the US.... There was a wonderful event in Cuba in the
1999 when a large number of musical artists from the US came to Cuba
and met with Cuban artists. It produced songs, new working
relationships, wonderful paths and bridges—projects that were all
terminated with the Bush Administration. It was very telling that when
I was denied a visa in 2004 to do a tour in United States, and many
Cuban youth protested in Miami. How could it have been that they left
Cuba looking for the land of the free and they weren’t even allowed to
listen to their own musicians?”
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"We Cannot Continue Living This Way" |
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“The indigenous movement is not Ecuadorian. It is spread
throughout Latin America. This movement is giving the world the
opportunity to reflect upon the importance of the environment. This is
the moment to give back to the environment so that we can continue our
lives and the lives of our future generations. In the Amazon region, we
have endured half a century of oil exploitation. We are the most
contaminated region in the continent. Ninety percent of our rivers are
contaminated. We cannot continue living this way.
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