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Last few Messages:
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Message 14: Friday morning
Message 15: Saturday evening
Message 16: Tuesday morning
Message 17: March Alert!!!
Message 18: More on march.
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Mrs Genoveva Aguirre (a member of the Strike Committee) spoke on
Local Pto. Ayora radio at 12:00 PM today to say that diputado
Eduardo Veliz is coming today to Pto. Ayora.
She called all citizens of Pto. Ayora to join a "peaceful march",
"to show that (they) are not only 4 people, and to show that they
cannot be displaced". They are trying to demonstrate their strength
of numbers.
She pronounced herself against the "Comite de Paz y Bienestar"
(Committee for Peace and Well-Being) which recently formed. She
continued with with a long message complaining about all faults of
the Central Government, the park, etc.
As a precaution we are sending the CDRS staff home early,
(with skiffs leaving ) at 15:00 and 15:30 approximately.
We have notified the Marines.
Updates to follow.
Jim
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| Matriarch Genoveva Aguirre (note her cooking
pot) and military man chat during the takeover of Park Service
offices -- artistic representation in papier-mache by townspeople
during "ano viejo"celebrations. As is customary for all "ano viejo"
displays, this one was burned on NewYear's Eve, 1995, symbolically
cleansing the event from the collective memory. |
[NOTE: Mrs. Genoveva
Aguirre was matriarch to a large family of fishermen and merchants
centered on Santa Cruz island where the main Station and Park
offices were located. Cook and advisor to the strikers, she
provided a moderating influence over some of the hot-heads who led
the strike.
The Committee for Peace and Well-Being was
formed by members of the tourism community and transport union
(both powerful elements of the local economy), merchants,
educators, resource managers, scientists, and various long-term
Galapagos residents who opposed the strikers' tactics. The
Committee supported the Park and Station in their on-going efforts
in environmental education and a scientific approach to peaceful
conflict resolution. In general, the Committee supported existing
Ecuadorian governmental efforts to plan, manage, and control growth
and development in the Galapagos.]
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