ARZOBISPO SECUESTRADO EN IRAK
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Associated Press
CIUDAD DEL VATICANO - Un arzobispo católico ha sido secuestrado en
Mosul, Irak, informó el lunes El Vaticano.
El Vaticano identificó al secuestrado como el arzobispo Basile
Georges Casmoussa, de la Iglesia Católica Siria y de 66 años de edad.
"La Santa Sede deplora de la manera más enérgica este acto
terrorista", dice el Vaticano en un comunicado. Exige que el
religioso sea puesto en libertad inmediatamente.
Un sacerdote en Irak dijo a condición de anonimato que el arzobispo
caminaba frente a la iglesia Al-Bishara, en el sector oriental de
Mosul llamado Muhandesen, cuando un grupo de hombres armados lo
obligaron a montarse en un vehículo y huyeron.
No queda claro el motivo del secuestro, pero los cristianos en Irak
han sido blanco de ataques en el pasado. En Mosul y sus alrededores
viven decenas de miles de cristianos.
Los cristianos son sólo el 3% de la población iraquí, de 26 millones
de habitantes. Las principales sectas cristianas en Irak son los
caldeo-asirios y los armenios. Los católicos son una minoría.
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> IRAQI ARCHBISHOP SEIZED, VATICAN DEMANDS RELEASE
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?
> tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050117/wl_nm/iraq_bishop_vatican_dc_8
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> By Maher al-Thanoon and Philip Pullella
> World - Reuters
>
> MOSUL/VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Iraqi Catholic archbishop of
Mosul
> was kidnapped at gunpoint on Monday and the Vatican demanded his
> quick release and deplored what it branded an act of terrorism.
>
> Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa, 66, was believed to be the
> highest-ranking Catholic prelate to be abducted in Iraq, where
> churches have been the target of a bombing campaign that has
rattled
> the tiny Christian minority.
>
> "We have received news of the kidnapping of the ... Archbishop of
> Mosul, Basile Georges Casmoussa," Chief Vatican spokesman Joaquin
> Navarro-Valls told Reuters.
>
> "The Holy See deplores this act of terrorism in the firmest manner
> and demands that the worthy pastor is swiftly freed unharmed to
> continue to carry out his ministry."
>
> Casmoussa was kidnapped by gunmen in two cars in the northern al-
> Majmoua al-Thaqafiya district of Iraq's third largest city soon
after
> 5 p.m. (0900 EST), a local Christian official said.
>
> The archbishop was on his way to visit some families from his
> congregation when the attack took place, he added, but was not
clear
> whether the motive was political, sectarian or financial, in a
> country where kidnapping for ransom is common.
>
> Most of Iraq's Christians, who make up some three percent of the 25
> million population, belong to the early Assyrian and Chaldean
> churches.
>
> WESTERN LINKS
>
> While Christians had little political power under Saddam Hussein,
> they were free to worship and did not feel threatened by sectarian
> violence.
>
> But Iraq's 650,000 or so Christians have been trickling out of
their
> ancient homeland since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 as insurgents
> step up attacks against both Muslim and Christian holy places in an
> apparent bid to inflame sectarian tension.
>
> On Aug. 1 five churches in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul
> were bombed in coordinated attacks that killed 12 people. Five
> Baghdad churches were bombed on the Oct. 16 start of the Muslim
holy
> month of Ramadan. Eight were killed in two church bombings on Nov.
8.
>
> Midnight Mass was canceled last Christmas, as several cities were
> under curfew and Iraq's Christian religious leaders feared renewed
> attacks.
>
> Last month the Vatican's foreign minister warned that anti-
Christian
> feeling was spreading in Iraq and other Muslim countries because of
> the war on terrorism.
>
> Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, the Vatican's second-ranking diplomat,
> said anti-Christian feeling existed where political strategies of
> Western countries were believed to be driven by Christianity.
>
> Washington justified invading Iraq by saying Saddam had developed
> weapons of mass destruction and claiming there were links between
> Baghdad and al Qaeda. No such weapons have been found nor hard
> evidence of pre-war al Qaeda links.
>
> Pope John Paul strongly opposed the invasion.
>
> Casmoussa is a member of the Syrian Catholic church.
>
> There are two Syrian Catholic dioceses in Iraq -- one in Baghdad
and
> the other in Mosul.
>
> According to the Vatican yearbook, Casmoussa was born in the Iraqi
> city of Qaraqosh.
IRAQI ARCHBISHOP SEIZED, VATICAN DEMANDS RELEASE
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By Maher al-Thanoon and Philip Pullella
World - Reuters
MOSUL/VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Iraqi Catholic archbishop of Mosul
was kidnapped at gunpoint on Monday and the Vatican demanded his
quick release and deplored what it branded an act of terrorism.
Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa, 66, was believed to be the
highest-ranking Catholic prelate to be abducted in Iraq, where
churches have been the target of a bombing campaign that has rattled
the tiny Christian minority.
"We have received news of the kidnapping of the ... Archbishop of
Mosul, Basile Georges Casmoussa," Chief Vatican spokesman Joaquin
Navarro-Valls told Reuters.
"The Holy See deplores this act of terrorism in the firmest manner
and demands that the worthy pastor is swiftly freed unharmed to
continue to carry out his ministry."
Casmoussa was kidnapped by gunmen in two cars in the northern al-
Majmoua al-Thaqafiya district of Iraq's third largest city soon after
5 p.m. (0900 EST), a local Christian official said.
The archbishop was on his way to visit some families from his
congregation when the attack took place, he added, but was not clear
whether the motive was political, sectarian or financial, in a
country where kidnapping for ransom is common.
Most of Iraq's Christians, who make up some three percent of the 25
million population, belong to the early Assyrian and Chaldean
churches.
WESTERN LINKS
While Christians had little political power under Saddam Hussein,
they were free to worship and did not feel threatened by sectarian
violence.
But Iraq's 650,000 or so Christians have been trickling out of their
ancient homeland since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 as insurgents
step up attacks against both Muslim and Christian holy places in an
apparent bid to inflame sectarian tension.
On Aug. 1 five churches in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul
were bombed in coordinated attacks that killed 12 people. Five
Baghdad churches were bombed on the Oct. 16 start of the Muslim holy
month of Ramadan. Eight were killed in two church bombings on Nov. 8.
Midnight Mass was canceled last Christmas, as several cities were
under curfew and Iraq's Christian religious leaders feared renewed
attacks.
Last month the Vatican's foreign minister warned that anti-Christian
feeling was spreading in Iraq and other Muslim countries because of
the war on terrorism.
Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, the Vatican's second-ranking diplomat,
said anti-Christian feeling existed where political strategies of
Western countries were believed to be driven by Christianity.
Washington justified invading Iraq by saying Saddam had developed
weapons of mass destruction and claiming there were links between
Baghdad and al Qaeda. No such weapons have been found nor hard
evidence of pre-war al Qaeda links.
Pope John Paul strongly opposed the invasion.
Casmoussa is a member of the Syrian Catholic church.
There are two Syrian Catholic dioceses in Iraq -- one in Baghdad and
the other in Mosul.
According to the Vatican yearbook, Casmoussa was born in the Iraqi
city of Qaraqosh.
[Text of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I HAVE A DREAM" Speech,
delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on
August 28, 1963.]
<<<Español sigue abajo>>>
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and
frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream
deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the
true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the
red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former
slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of
brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of
Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice
and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and
justice. I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but
by the content of their character. I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor's
lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and
nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little
black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little
white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day every valley shall
be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough
places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made
straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh
shall see it together. This is our hope. This is the faith with which
I return to the South. With this faith we will be able to hew out of
the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be
able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a
beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to
work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail
together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be
free one day.
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing
with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty,
of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's
pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring." And if America is
to be a great nation, this must become true. So let freedom ring from
the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the
mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening
Alleghenies of Pennsylvania! Let freedom ring from the snowcapped
Rockies of Colorado! Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of
California! But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain
of Georgia! Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee! Let
freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi. From
every mountainside, let freedom ring.
When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and
every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to
speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white
men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to
join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at
last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
ESPAÑOL
[Texto del discurso "Tengo un Sueño" del Rvdo., Dr. Martín Luther
King, Jr., pronunciado en las gradas del monumento de Lincoln en
Washington, D.C., el 28 de agosto de 1,963.]
Les digo a ustedes, mis amigos, que aunque nosotros enfrentemos las
dificultades de hoy y de mañana, aún yo tengo un sueño. Es un sueño
profundamente arraigado en el sueño Americano, que un día esta nación
surgirá y vivirá verdaderamente de su credo, "nosotros mantenemos
estos derechos patentes, que todo hombre es creado igual." Yo tengo
un sueño que ese día en las tierras rojas de Georgia, hijos de
esclavos anteriores e hijos de dueños de esclavos anteriores se
podrán sentar juntos a la mesa de la hermandad. Yo tengo un sueño que
un día aún el estado de Mississippi, un estado ardiente con e1 calor
de la injusticia, ardiente con el calor de la opresión, será
transformado en un oasis de libertad y justicia. Yo tengo un sueño
que mis cuatro hijitos algún día vivirán en una nación donde no serán
juzgados por el color de la piel, sino por el contenido de sus
carácteres.
Hoy yo tengo un sueño. Yo tengo un sueño que un día en Alabama, con
sus racistas viciosos, y su Governador con sus labios goteando
palabras de interposición y nulificación, un día allí en Alabama los
niñitos y niñitas negras, podrán unir las manos con niños y niñas
blancas, como hermanos y hermanas.
Hoy yo tengo un sueño. Yo tengo un sueño que algun día cada valle
será elevado, y cada colina y montaña serán hechas llanas. Los
lugares más ásperos serán aplanados y los lugares torcidos serán
hechos rectos, "y la gloria de Dios será revelada y toda la carne la
verá junta."
Esta es nuestra esperanza. Esta es la fé con la cual yo regreso al
Sur. Con esta fé podremos labrar de la montaña de la desesperación,
una piedra de esperanza. Con esta fé podremos transformar el sonido
discordante de nuestra nación en una hermosa sinfonía de hermandad.
Con esta fé podremos trabajar juntos, rezar juntos, luchar juntos, ir
a la cárcel juntos, pararnos por la libertad juntos, sabiendo que
algún día seremos libres, y este es el día. Este será el día cuando
todos los hijos de Dios podrán cantar con nuevos sentido, "Mi País es
de ti, dulce tierra de libertad a ti te canto. Tierra donde murieron
mis antecesores, tierra del orgullo de los peregrinos, de cada lado
de la montaña, que resuene la libertad." Y si América va a ser una
grande nación, ésto tendrá que hacerse realidad.
Entonces que resuene la libertad desde la cima de los montes
prodigiosos de New Hampshire; que resuene la libertad desde las
poderosas montañas de New York; que resuene la libertad desde las
alturas de las Alleghenies de Pennsylvania; que resuene la libertad
desde las rocas cubiertas de nieve de Colorado; que resuene la
libertad desde las curvosas cuestas de California. Pero no sólo
ésto. Que resuene la libertad de la Montaña de Piedra de Georgia;
que resuene la libertad desde la montaña del Mirador de Tennessee;
que resuene la libertad desde cada colina y montaña de
Mississippi. "De cada lado de montaña que resuene la libertad." Y
cuando ésto pase y cuando resuene la libertad, cuando la dejemos
resonar de cada aldea y cada caserío, de cada estado y cada ciudad,
podemos apurar el día en que todos los hijos de Dios, hombre negro y
hombre blanco, Judíos y Cristianos, Protestantes y Católicos, podemos
unir nuestras manos y cantar en las palabras del viejo espiritual
Negro: "Libres al Fin, Libres al Fin; Gracias Dios Omnipotente, somos
libres al fin."
Carlos,
Gracias por la información. Favor de mandarnos los detalles (fecha
y hora de los eventos) para programarlos en nuestro calendario, que
ya estamos llenando de actividades.
http://espanol.groups.yahoo.com/group/sanromero/calendar
Bienvenido, y saludes.
Carlos
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> Estimados Amigos:
>
>
> Les escribo para informarles que el xxv Aniversario de San Romero
se
> estara celebrando tambien en España.
>
>
> Salvadoreños viajaran a España para commemorar el xxv Aniversario
de
> San Romero junto con el pueblo español que ama y estima la memoria
> de nuestro pastor.
>
> Cualquier informacion podes pedirmela.
>
> Sinceramente:
>
> Carlos Flores.
Estimados Amigos:
Les escribo para informarles que el xxv Aniversario de San Romero se
estara celebrando tambien en España.
Salvadoreños viajaran a España para commemorar el xxv Aniversario de
San Romero junto con el pueblo español que ama y estima la memoria
de nuestro pastor.
Cualquier informacion podes pedirmela.
Sinceramente:
Carlos Flores.
Queremos avisarle de este evento que se aproxima.
Memorial: Silvia Maribel Arriola
Fecha: lunes, enero 17, 2005
Hora: todo el día
Enfermera, primera religiosa mártir en un frente de combate,
acompañando al pueblo salvadoreño - 17 de enero de 1981
Queremos avisarle de este evento que se aproxima.
Memorial: Ana María Castillo
Fecha: lunes, enero 17, 2005
Hora: todo el día
Militante cristiana, guerrillera, mártir de la justicia en El
Salvador - 17 de enero de 1981
IRAQ AND THE EL SALVADOR 'OPTION' - DEATH SQUADS VS. DEMOCRACY
by Justin Raimondo
ANTIWAR.COM
January 14, 2005
Panic is setting in at the Pentagon. Ever bolder and ever widening,
the Iraqi insurgency grows in firepower and tactical sophistication,
as well as in sheer numbers, while the architects of what appears to
be a looming stalemate are scrambling to snatch victory from the jaws
of defeat with what is being called the "El Salvador Option."
Newsweek magazine set off a furor the other day with the revelation
that top Pentagon officials are engaged in a furious debate over
whether to unleash El Salvador-style "death squads" in Iraq.
Presumably composed of Kurdish peshmergas and Shi'ite militia, these
American-trained -and-funded Orcs would go after not only the
predominantly Sunni insurgents, but also civilians who allow them to
operate without turning them in to the occupation authorities. As one
anonymous death squad enthusiast opined to Michael Hirsh and John
Barry of Newsweek:
"The Sunni population is paying no price for the support it is giving
to the terrorists. From their point of view, it is cost-free. We have
to change that equation."
The "experts" directing our war of "liberation" in Iraq are using the
country as a laboratory in which to test their theories of
counterinsurgency, and, in looking around for historical precedents,
have latched on to what they view as the "success" exemplified by El
Salvador. The advocates of the "Salvador Option," it is safe to say,
are operating from a series of assumptions, one of which is that
the "death squads" defeated El Salvador's insurgents. But that is
clearly wrong, since El Salvador's civil war ended in a negotiated
settlement, not a military victory for the U.S.-backed government.
The El Salvador success was due, not to the death squads' horrific
campaign of assassination, torture, and mass intimidation, but to the
cessation of such activities, as Ernest Evans pointed out in a 1997
World Affairs article:
"Another reason that systematic human rights abuses are so
counterproductive in a counterinsurgency campaign concerns the
critical issue of intelligence. In unconventional war, as in all war,
good intelligence is key to victory, and therefore, for all of the
reasons so forcefully stated by retired British general Richard
Clutterbuck in a 1995 article, the torture and killing of suspected
or actual rebels is inimical to the collection of vitally needed
intelligence:
"'Above all the British philosophy had been to secure the cooperation
of the people in acquiring intelligence, the decisive ingredient for
victory. …Torture, morality aside, would have been counterproductive;
even if it had induced the victim to give information about the past
or present, it would certainly not have secured future cooperation to
enable the security forces to arrest or ambush the terrorists.'"
Evans goes on to demonstrate that the war began to tilt in favor of
the pro-government forces just as soon as death-squad activity was
ameliorated if not entirely stopped, concluding with words the
architects of Abu Ghraib – and this new plan to unleash death squads
on the Sunnis – would do well to heed:
"The issue of torturing and killing prisoners can perhaps best be
summed up by recalling Talleyrand's famous remark to his master,
Emperor Napoleon, with respect to one of Napoleon's actions: 'Sire,
it is worse than a crime, it is a mistake!'"
If pro-war conservatives are going to raise El Salvador as an example
of a successful U.S. military intervention on behalf of "democracy,"
then they are going to have to disappear the entire recorded account
of that country's popular rebellion down the Memory Hole and come up
with an alternate history – not just a revision – of the Salvadoran
civil war. Because the catalyst for peace and democracy in that
troubled region was not U.S. military intervention, but regional
negotiations and – worst of all, from a neocon perspective – the
United Nations.
El Salvador, long ruled by a small oligarchy that controlled most of
the land, was shaken, in 1979, by a general revolt led by the
Farabundo Marti National Liberation Movement (FMLN), representing the
unified military command of five separate guerrilla groupings that
had up until then operated largely on the margins. Political
killings, carried out by the government's paramilitary secret police,
skyrocketed: in 1980, over 1,000 such murders were carried out per
month, most by the government's machinery of repression (although the
guerrillas were guilty of a smaller share). The assassination, by a
rightist death squad, of Archbishop Oscar Romero, in 1980, shook the
nation and turned the country's devoutly Catholic populace against
the government – which reacted with renewed savagery. This murderous
campaign was underwritten by the U.S. government to the tune of
hundreds of millions, and the cost in lives was horrendous: over
75,000 were killed, most of them civilians, over half of whom
perished in the first four years of the war, the "death squad era."
In the end, this strategy led to increasing political support for the
FMLN guerrillas in El Salvador and abroad, including official
diplomatic recognition from Mexico and the Europeans. In military
terms, the FMLN had stalemated the government of Jose Napoleon
Duarte, a Christian Democrat, who had been propelled into the
presidency by elections from which the guerrillas and their
sympathizers were excluded.
Duarte defied hardliners in Washington – including many of the same
neocons who infest the policymaking councils of this administration –
and tried on three occasions to initiate peace talks with the
guerrillas, but to no avail. The neocons in D.C., and the hardliners
among the guerrillas, successfully sabotaged Duarte's peace plans. At
the initiative of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, however, the
five Central American heads of state met at Esquipulas, Guatemala,
and the seeds of a regional solution to the problem were planted,
although they did not spring out of that bloodstained soil until the
later part of the 1980s, after Duarte and his Christian Democrats had
been supplanted by Arena, the party of the death squads. It took
until 1989 for the regional solution to take root. In that year, the
Cold War was waning, and the FMLN launched its November offensive,
which deployed thousands of rebel combatants against a wide variety
of urban targets, convincing El Salvador's middle-class and elite
sectors that it was time to start negotiating.
While hardliners on both sides – including in Washington, D.C. –
resisted it, the process begun at Esquipulas was allowed to resume. A
key catalyst was the murder of six Jesuit priests and two of their
servants at the Central American University campus in San Salvador,
which led to the cut-off of American aid to the government forces.
FMLN representatives went on a diplomatic offensive, asking the
United Nations to take a more direct role in bringing about a
negotiated settlement. A joint letter endorsing UN mediation was
signed by then-Secretary of State James Baker, Soviet Foreign
Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, and UN Secretary General Javier Perez
de Cuellar. The UN sent in a team of observers before a cease-fire
was even in place, with a staff of over 100 and a budget of $23
million: the UN played a key role in mediating the details of the
agreement, known as the Chapultepec Accord, which was signed on Jan.
16, 1992.
The Accord, a complex document of 100 pages in book form, including
nine chapters and two series of annexes, was mediated at every level
by the United Nations – down to such a fine level of detail that it
included over 100 specific deadlines related to implementing the
agreement. The Salvadoran state was de-militarized, and every branch
of government revamped. Land reform, human rights enforcement, and
the punishment of prominent death squad leaders – all of this and
more was agreed to in advance. The UN also closely monitored the
preparations for the scheduled elections – the results of which were
not contested by the defeated FMLN. The Arena party, shorn of its pro-
death-squad ultra wing, took the presidency, and El Salvador's long
civil war came to an end.
By bringing the guerrillas into the political process, the Accord
brought peace and some measure of democracy to El Salvador. But not
before setting into motion a complete reform of the political
structure that had nurtured and protected the death squads, and not
without at least getting a running start in healing the great damage
done by years of systematized barbarism.
In Iraq, the El Salvador option – the real one, that is – has been
effectively ruled out by the Bush administration. There is no hint of
negotiations, and all serious efforts by the Sunnis to join the
electoral process – such as a recent proposal by the Association of
Muslim Scholars, a Sunni clerical council, for the U.S. to set up a
timetable for troop withdrawal – have been rebuffed.
The guerrilla war in Iraq, of course, is fundamentally different from
what happened in El Salvador in that the U.S. never invaded and
conquered the latter, but only attempted to do so via surrogates –
such as the death squads – wisely never allowing more than 50 or so
American "trainers" (never advisers, since that was too reminiscent
of Vietnam) in the country at a time.
Yet there are some similarities. The upcoming Iraqi election bears a
striking resemblance to El Salvador's 1984 poll, which the Reagan
administration used to overcome congressional opposition to funding
counterinsurgency efforts. In that campaign, Duarte faced ultra-
rightist Roberto "Death Squad" D'Aubuisson, a favorite of Senator
Jesse Helms. Rightist violence continued after Duarte's election, and
the death squads inaugurated a reign of terror. The Left boycotted
those elections, just as the Sunnis are likely to do at the end of
this month, and this exercise in Iraqi "democracy" is likely to have
a result similar to El Salvador circa 1984: civil war.
But it is the differences with the Salvadoran example that are most
likely to intensify the violence and scope of the Iraqi conflict: El
Salvador's was a class-based war, the rural poor against the urban
elites, but in Iraq the divisions are religious and ethnic – and
therefore far more volatile. The introduction of death squads into
this explosive mix is likely to result in a regional conflagration –
with U.S. troops caught in the crossfire.
Those frivolous dilettantes over at National Review who think we
ought to take the "El Salvador option" wouldn't know the history of
that country from a Star Trek novel or the latest episode of The
Simpsons. It's hard to suppress a horselaugh when Jonah Goldberg
matter-of-factly informs us:
"Our special forces were not sent to El Salvador to train anybody to
murder people. They were sent to help stop the widespread civil chaos
and murder being perpetrated by others. They largely succeeded."
No, they failed. The UN and, most of all, President Arias succeeded.
Furthermore, U.S. "advisers" trained the Atlacatl Brigade, killers of
those Jesuit priests at Central American University. Several
graduates of the notorious School of the Americas carried out a
series of massacres in El Salvador, and they were trained right here
in the good old US of A. Goldberg's historical revisionism is
laughable.
What isn't laughable is the course our government has taken in Iraq,
which shows every sign of repeating all the mistakes we made in El
Salvador – without any prospect of an eventual UN-sponsored or
regional resolution.
The lesson of El Salvador is that guerrilla insurgencies arise and
gain ground only when all other avenues of protest are closed. The
U.S., in refusing to negotiate with a complex array of guerrilla
groups it indiscriminately labels "terrorist," and rejecting out of
hand the Sunni demand for a timetable for U.S. troop withdrawal, is
fueling the insurgency rather than effectively fighting it. With the
election results fairly certain to impose a Shi'ite-dominated
government on the rest of the country, Brent Scowcroft's speculation
that an "incipient civil war" is in the works is hardly a shocking
conclusion. I would go further and stipulate that the civil war is
not necessarily limited to Iraq, but is likely to go regional.
Scowcroft and allied realists, such as Zbigniew Brzezinski, well-
meaning fellows that they are, regard this civil war scenario with
horror, but one can't help but wonder if that wasn't the intention of
the architects of the invasion all along. So where's the postwar
plan, cavil the liberal skeptics, who have now gone antiwar in a big
way. Well, I have news for them: civil war, chaos in the Arab world –
"creative destruction," as neoconservative guru Michael Ledeen so
piquantly puts it – that is the plan. The neocons are just getting
started: Syria is next on their agenda, and beyond that Iran, Saudi
Arabia, and even Egypt is not safe, apparently.
The only alternative is taking the El Salvador option – not death
squads, but a timetable for a U.S. withdrawal, to begin with,
followed by a regional solution brokered by a consortium of the U.S.,
Europe, and Iraq's neighbors, mediated by the UN and also involving
the main guerrilla factions (excluding the extremists). What provided
the major breakthrough in Central America was the Arias plan, the
foundation of which was the end of foreign (i.e., U.S. and Soviet)
intervention. Foreign jihadists are already widely resented in Iraq,
including among the Iraqi resistance groups: an agreement based on
the principle of noninterference and premised on U.S. troop
withdrawal would split the indigenous fighters from the al-Qaeda-
affiliated foreigners. Not only would it get us out of Iraq – where
we never should have gone to begin with – but it would also strike a
blow against our real enemy, Osama bin Laden.
We have one more chance, as the Iraqi elections approach, a plastic
moment when the U.S. could grasp the opportunity for peace, instead
of the nettle of war. Will George W. Bush take it? Clearly, the
neocons are worried. At the moment, a terrific power struggle seems
to be going on inside the Pentagon and the White House itself.
Whether the voices of reason will prevail, or the neocons will
continue their stranglehold on American foreign policy in the post-
9/11 era, remains to be seen.
>From: "ceipes" <ceipes@...>
>To: "Carlos Colorado" <carlos_x_@...>
>Subject: Noticias
>Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:34:08 -0700
>
>Hemos creado el siguiente sitio web para difundir nuestro pensamiento,
>actividades, así como nuestro programa del XXV Aniversario de Mons. Romero.
>Por favor, visítenlo y difúndanlo: www.ceipes.8m.com
>
>Armando Márquez Ochoa
>Referente
>____________________________________________
>Coordinación Ecuménica de la Iglesia de los Pobres en El Salvador
>CEIPES - www.ceipes.8m.com
>
>Está conformada por:
>- Redes de Comunidades Eclesiales de Base.
>- Comités Mons. Romero.
>- Personas y comunidades de Iglesias Luteranas y Bautistas.
>- Biblistas Populares.
>- Grupos en Defensa de los Derechos Humanos y Ambientales.
>
>Somos miembros de:
>- LA COORDINACION OSCAR ROMERO DE CENTROAMERICA (CORCA).
>- DEL SECRETARIADO INTERNACIONAL CRISTIANO DE SOLIDARIDAD CON LOS PUEBLOS
>DE AMERICA LATINA 'OSCAR ROMERO' (SICSAL).
>___________________________________________________
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For Immediate Release: January 13, 2005
WHY DOES THE US GOVERNMENT WANT TO EXPORT SALVADORAN DEATH SQUADS TO IRAQ?
US-based non-profits are questioning why the Pentagon has proposed the
"Salvador Option" for Iraq: training paramilitary forces loyal to the US
to carry out intimidation and assassination campaigns against insurgents
(as reported in Newsweek 1/10/05). Donald Rumsfeld's denials of this
report have little credibility as the US government has a long history of
such interventions. Such training in the 1980s in El Salvador prolonged a
bloody civil war that eventually led to 80,000 deaths during 12 years and
from which the country has still not fully recovered. The death squads
there, together with the Salvadoran armed forces, were responsible for 90%
of the deaths and egregious human rights violations against innocent
civilians.
This year, 2005, marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the martyrdom of
Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was assassinated by a death squad for his
advocacy on behalf of the poor and oppressed. His death killed hope for a
peaceful solution and sparked the armed uprising that tore El Salvador
apart for more than a decade. Why would the United States want this for Iraq?
"US-trained forces in El Salvador brought suffering, torture and death to
more than 80,000 Salvadoran civilians," said Christy Pardew of School of
the Americas Watch. "The US should learn from its mistakes. The US should
not repeat the 'Salvador Option's' bloody legacy with the people of Iraq."
"I can think of one bishop, four U.S. religious women, six Jesuit priests,
and tens of thousands of innocent civilians who would, were they alive
today, advise against the 'Salvador Option,'" notes David Johnson, Policy
Director of The SHARE Foundation. "Nine out of ten Salvadorans today would
tell you the same."
Michael Ring of U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities says: "The communities of
our sister organization, CRIPDES, suffered thousands of deaths, bombings,
disappearances, and tortures by the US-backed Salvadoran military and death
squads. 'The Salvador Option,' in Iraq will cause more of the same."
"The occupation of Iraq is a brutal failure, just like its military
intervention in El Salvador," said Burke Stansbury, Program Director of
CISPES. "Instead of perpetrating more bloodshed, the US should end the
occupation and formally apologize to the Salvadoran people for promoting
death squads in the 1980s."
"I am appalled that the U.S. government would think of using the same
despicable tactics in Iraq as in Central America," said TASSC's Sister
Dianna Ortiz. "The United States government doesn't know what to do in
Iraq and is so lacking a moral compass, it now advocates torture and death
squads."
"Torture, disappearance, and assassination are morally indefensible and
politically ineffective," said Chris Ney, of CRISPAZ. "In El Salvador,
these misguided policies tore lives apart, causing long-term damage. As a
faith-based and nonviolent organization, we urge respect for human rights
of all people in Iraq."
"The US trained the Salvadoran military and death squads," the Foundation
for Self-Sufficiency in Central America's Chencho Alas asserts. "Then the
US turned a blind eye when they tortured me and thousands of others. Their
reign of terror forced me and 20% of my country to flee into exile."
SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS WATCH
Christy Pardew
<http://www.soaw.org/>www.soaw.org
202-234-3440
SHARE FOUNDATION
David Johnson
<http://www.share-elsalvador.org/>www.share-elsalvador.org
202-319-5542
US - EL SALVADOR SISTER CITIES
Jim Goronson
www.us-elsalvador-sisters.org
608-661-9300
CISPES
Burke Stansbury
<http://www.cispes.org/>www.cispes.org
212-465-8115
TORTURE ABOLITION & SURVIVORS SUPPORT COALITION
Sr. Dianna Ortiz
<http://www.tassc.org/>www.tassc.org
202-529-2991
CRISPAZ
Chris Ney
<http://www.crispaz.org/>www.crispaz.org
607-445-5115
FOUDATION FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN CENTRAL AMERICA
Chencho Alas
<http://www.fssca.net/>www.fssca.net
512-388-7957
********************
Sean Hale
Assistant Director
Foundation for Self-Sufficiency in Central America
(512) 388-7957 FAX (512) 388-2057
www.fssca.net
Plant a Tree in Honor of Monsignor Oscar Romero:
http://www.justgiving.com/pfp/seanhale
Queremos avisarle de este evento que se aproxima.
Memorial: Víctimas de 'La Matanza'
Fecha: jueves, enero 20, 2005
Hora: todo el día
30,000 víctimas de Izalco, la masacre más grande del
hemisferio - enero de 1932
Queremos avisarle de este evento que se aproxima.
Memorial - IAN MATES
Fecha: jueves, enero 13, 2005
Hora: todo el día
-Journalist-
News Organization: UPI-TN
Killed 1981
Location: El Salvador
War: EL SALVADOR CIVIL WAR (1979-1992)
Bio:
Died Jan. 13 from shrapnel wounds to the head when his car
struck a land mine planted by leftist guerrillas north of the
capital. He was a South African cameraman on assignment for the
London-based TV news agency.
http://www.freedomforum.org/about/
RUMSFELD DISMISSES REPORT THAT US MULLING WHETHER SQUADS SHOULD
ENTER SYRIA
http://news.yahoo.com/news?
tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050111/wl_mideast_afp/usiraqrumsfeldsyria_0501112
10312
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dismissed
as "nonsense" a report that the Pentagon is intensively debating a
so-called "Salvador option," in which US special forces or Iraqi
squads would pursue insurgents into Syria.
Rumsfeld said US special forces are not going into Syria in pursuit
of insurgents. When asked whether that had been considered, he
said: "Why would I even talk about something like that?"
The US defense chief said he had not seen the story published by
Newsweek magazine, only reporting about it.
"But everyone's talking about it, and it's nonsense," he told
reporters, after raising it himself at a press conference with
visiting Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov.
"The reality is that the responsibility of the commanders there and
the coalition and the Iraqi government is to see that the Iraqis are
trained up to provide security for that country," he said.
"And somebody has been reading too many spy novels and went off in
flights of fancy, which I hope have been put to rest," he said.
Newsweek said the Pentagon, under pressure in Iraq, was intensively
debating an option to use special squads to target insurgents much
the way "death squads" were used to kill rebel leaders in El
Salvador during the early 1980s.
It said one Pentagon proposal would send US special forces teams to
advise, support and possibly train Iraqi squads, most likely hand-
picked Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Shiite militiamen, to target
Sunni insurgents and their sympathizers, even across the border into
Syria.
The report said it was unclear whether this would be a policy of
assassination or so-called "snatch" operations to capture insurgents
and send them to special interrogation facilities.
Newsweek said the current thinking was that while US special forces
would lead operations in places like Syria, activities inside Iraq
would be carried out by Iraqi paramilitaries.
Another aspect of the debate, according to Newsweek, was whether the
Defense Department or the CIA would take responsibility for such an
operation.
SALVADOREÑOS RECUERDAN A ARZOBISPO ASESINADO POR ESCUADRONES DE LA
MUERTE
[português abaixo]
http://www.univision.com/contentroot/wirefeeds/world/1237195.html
05 de Enero de 2005, 02:49pm ET
SAN SALVADOR, Ene 5 (AFP) - Con diferentes actividades, la iglesia
salvadoreña inició los actos para conmemorar el vigésimo quinto
aniversario de la muerte del arzobispo Oscar Arnulfo Romero,
asesinado en 1980, informó a la AFP un portavoz de la Iglesia.
"Los actos conmemorativos ya están en curso en el denominado año de
monseñor Romero y participan diferentes congregaciones de la
iglesia", declaró a la AFP el director de la Fundación que lleva el
nombre del arzobispo asesinado, Edín Martínez.
El programa de actividades, según Martínez, incluye jornadas de
reflexión y misas que se efectúan los domingos en la tumba de
monseñor Romero, que está en la cripta de los obispos, en el sótano
de la catedral metropolitana de San Salvador.
"Para el vigésimo quinto aniversario, tenemos ya confirmada la
llegada de delegaciones de diferentes países del mundo, de Europa,
Asia y Africa, por lo que todo apunta a que los actos conmemorativos
contarán con una presencia religiosa internacional muy
significativa", señaló Martínez.
Considerado "la voz de los sin voz" por ser un fuerte crítico de la
injusticia social y la represión militar, Romero fue asesinado de un
disparo en el corazón cuando oficiaba una misa en el hospital para
cancerosos La Divina Providencia, en el sector noroeste de San
Salvador.
El asesinato de Romero aceleró el inició de la guerra civil
salvadoreña, la que concluyó doce años después con la firma de un
acuerdo entre el gobierno y la guerrilla, el 16 de enero de 1992.
Una Comisión de la Verdad, creada por la ONU para investigar las
atrocidades cometidas en la guerra, culpó del asesinato de Romero al
mayor del ejército Roberto D'Aubuisson, fundador de la gobernante
Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (ARENA, derecha) quien murió de
cáncer en 1992.
Para reflexionar sobre el mensaje del arzobispo mártir, llegarán
entre otras personalidades el sacerdote peruano Gustavo Gutiérrez,
uno de los fundadores en 1968 de la teología de la liberación, y el
obispo brasileño Pedro Casaldáliga.
También participarán en jornadas de reflexión el obispo auxiliar de
San Salvador, Gregorio Rosa Chávez, y el sacerdote jesuita Jon
Sobrino, otro de los fundadores de la teología de la liberación.
Los actos culminarán el 2 de abril, cuando el cardenal hondureño
Oscar Andrés Rodríguez oficie la misa central en la catedral de San
Salvador, precisó Martínez.
La Fundación Oscar Arnulfo Romero prepara además la edición de nuevos
libros sobre el pensamiento de monseñor Romero, además de la
traducción a otros idiomas de los ya existentes.
El 24 de marzo de 1994 se inició el proceso de canonización de
Romero, y desde 1996 la causa es ventilada en la Sagrada Congregación
para las Causas de los Santos, en Roma.
cmm/on/ar
===
BISPO OSCAR ROMERO É HOMENAGEADO
Com diferentes atividades, a igreja de El Salvador iniciou as
homenagens ao 25º aniversário de morte do bispo Oscar Romero,
assassinado em 1980. Jornadas de reflexão e missas que vão acontecer
no túmulo do monsenhor, que está no sótão da catedral metropolitana
de São Salvador estão inclusas.
Diferentes congregações religiosas estão participando do "Ano Oscar
Romero" em El Salvador. De acordo com a Fundação Oscar Romero,
delegações da Europa, Ásia, África e da América Latina vão visitar o
país para prestar homenagens, entre eles o bispo brasileiro Pedro
Casaldáliga, um dos fundadores da Teologia da Libertação, além do
peruano Gustavo Gutierrez e do jesuíta salvadorenho Jon Sobrinho,
também fundadores do movimento da igreja católica, iniciado em 1968
na América Latina, que dedica atenção especial aos pobres e excluídos.
A Fundação Oscar Romero prepara a edição de novos livros sobre o
pensamento do monsenhor, além da tradução a outros idiomas dos
volumes já existentes. Considerado a voz dos sem vozes, por ser um
forte crítico da injustiça social e da repressão militar, Romero foi
assassinado com um tiro no coração enquanto celebrava uma missa em um
hospital para pessoas que sofriam de câncer.
O assassinato dele acelerou o início da guerra civil em El Salvador,
que terminou 12 anos depois com a assinatura de um acordo entre o
governo e a guerrilha, em 16 de janeiro de 1992. Uma comissão da
verdade, criada pela ONU nos anos 90, concluiu que o plano para
assassinar o arcebispo foi liderado pelo ex-prefeito de San Salvador,
Roberto D'Aubisson, que morreu de câncer em 1992. Apesar dos
protestos internacionais, a morte não foi punida em El Salvador, onde
vigora uma anistia.
24 anos depois, em agosto do ano passado, um grupo de direitos
humanos dos Estados Unidos, o Centro para a Justiça e
Responsabilidade, entrou com uma ação civil contra um oficial da
reserva do Exército salvadorenho que mora nos Estados Unidos e que,
segundo este grupo, foi a mão direita dos esquadrões da morte, que
assassinaram mais de 75 mil pessoas. O julgamento acontece nos
Estados Unidos porque, sob a lei federal americana, tribunais do país
podem julgar estrangeiros acusados de assassinatos sumários, mesmo se
cometidos fora das fronteiras, desde que tenham um endereço
registrado dentro dos Estados Unidos.
A vida do arcebispo salvadorenho, cujo processo de canonização
iniciou em março de 1994, serviu de inspiração para o cineasta
estadunidense John Duigan, que dirigiu o filme Romero estrelado pelo
ator Raul Júlia.
DEATH SQUADS? Worse Iraq nightmare
Charleston Gazette
http://www.wvgazette.com/section/Editorials/200501101
[Editorial]
INCREDIBLY, the Pentagon is debating whether to deploy Latin American-
style "death squads" in Iraq, according to Newsweek. Writers Michael
Hirsh and John Barry revealed in an online report that some generals
want to unleash what they call "the Salvador option" — secret teams
that kill or abduct suspects.
"One Pentagon proposal would send Special Forces teams to advise,
support and possibly train Iraqi squads, most likely hand-picked
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Shiite militiamen, to target Sunni
insurgents and their sympathizers," the article said. It added that
U.S. soldiers might serve in squads sent across the border into
Syria, where some of Saddam Hussein's Sunni henchmen hide between
forays.
The extreme possibility of using assassination or abduction squads is
being forced upon the Pentagon by worsening resistance in Iraq, the
Newsweek writers said. They quoted a high-ranking U.S. officer: "What
everyone agrees is that we can't just go on as we are." The
snowballing Iraqi resistance comes mostly from Sunnis, who stand to
lose supremacy when the Shiite majority votes in the Jan. 30 election.
Newsweek adds that the Senate Intelligence Committee is touching upon
this topic, by debating whether to let U.S. Special Forces expand
into intelligence-gathering work currently done by the CIA. We hope
that Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., the committee's top Democrat,
does his utmost to prevent America from stooping to use of death
squads — a hallmark of vicious dictatorships.
This depressing report is just one more proof that plunging into the
Iraq war was a grievous U.S. mistake — a conclusion now shared by 56
percent of Americans in polls. Even far-right Republican Patrick
Buchanan, a fierce hawk, has turned against the war. He said many
Americans feel they've been "had" — that they were "made victim to
one of the great bait-and-switches in the history of warfare."
Buchanan's latest column says:
"The president, his war cabinet and the neocon punditocracy sold us
on this war by implying Saddam was implicated in 9/11, that he had a
vast arsenal of chemical and biological weapons, that he was working
on an atom bomb, that he would transfer his terror weapons to al-
Qaida. We had to invade, destroy and disarm his axis-of-evil regime.
Only thus could we be secure. None of this was true."
Buchanan said the new White House pretext for the war — substituted
in the "bait-and-switch" — is to give Iraqis democracy, "God's gift
to humanity." But Sunnis in Iraq don't want a democratic vote that
will put majority Shiites in power. As for Americans, Buchanan
asked, "Why should we fight and die for a Shia-dominated Iraq?"
The former GOP presidential candidate said America is caught between
two dismal choices: leaving U.S. troops mired in "a seemingly endless
guerrilla war" or "walking away from Iraq and watching it collapse in
mayhem and massacre of those who cast their lot with us."
As we've said many times, the Iraq war is a tragedy — one that easily
could have been avoided.
Dear Ms. Harbury,
I am the moderator of a Yahoo! Discussion Group called "San Romero," which
is dedicated to the memory and legacy of El Salvador's martyred Archbishop,
Oscar A. Romero.
http://espanol.groups.yahoo.com/group/sanromero/
We have read with incredible consternation the recent suggestions about a
"Salvadoran option" for Iraq, and welcome with great relief your group's
conscientious stance against it. We support your position and would only
add that this year, we mark the 25th anniversary of the martyrdom of
Archbishop Romero. Perhaps the vital memory of Oscar Romero's slaying will
add poignancy to the moral ramifications of this ill-thought scheme.
Best regards,
Carlos X. Colorado
Los Angeles, Calif.
UUSC STOP Campaign Statement on 'Salvadoran Option'
To: National and International desks
Contact: Jennifer Harbury of UUSC STOP Torture Campaign, 800-388-
3920, 512-751-5852 (cellular), or jharbury@...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released
today by The UUSC Committee on the "Salvador Option" proposed by the
Pentagon:
"The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), wishes to
express its profound opposition to the "Salvador Option" now proposed
by the Pentagon for utilization in Iraq. We remember with great
clarity and pain the horrors inflicted upon the people of Central
America by the U.S.-backed death squads throughout the 1980s. This
shameful and deadly chapter of our history must never be repeated.
"If we are serious about freedom for Iraq, then we must, at all
costs, protect its citizenry from all acts of torture, terror and
assassination. Democracy imposed by us at gunpoint is poorly
disguised tyranny indeed. On moral grounds alone, we must
categorically reject the use of U.S.-sponsored death squads. Torture
and terror by proxy is still torture and terror.
"The devastation inflicted by the U.S.-backed army death squads in
Central America is well documented. In El Salvador during the 1980s
these units were responsible, for example, for the murders of
Archbishop Oscar Romero and tens of thousands of civilians, including
union members, peasant leaders, physicians, and anyone working with
the poor. In Guatemala, the 200,000 victims of the army and its death
squads included Bishop Juan Gerardi and Rosario Godoy de Cuevas, a
young mother raped and killed in 1985 together with her 19-year-old
brother and two- year-old son. The baby's fingernails were torn out
as a warning to others. The U.S. support for the Guatemalan death
squads was sharply criticized by the U.N. Truth Commission report in
1999. In both countries, civilian institutions were dangerously
weakened, and the rule of law was lost. Can we seriously call these
results the building blocks of democracy for Iraq?
"Engaging in death squad activities is not merely immoral but also
highly illegal. Such acts are prohibited by numerous international
treaties, including the Convention Against Torture, the Third and
Fourth Geneva Conventions (which protects civilian saboteurs), the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The right to life, freedom
from torture and kidnapping, and a fair trial are sacrosanct. Our
domestic laws, including the War Crimes Act and the anti-torture
statute confirm these values and make conspiracy to carry out such
actions a felony.
"Last but not least, we must remember that violence will always beget
violence. Already, the U.S. detainee abuses are unifying the Islamic
world against us. Sadly, it is our young service men and women who
may pay the price, but civilians are endangered as well. Sowing the
seeds of hatred and terror will leave us with a long and bitter
harvest indeed to reap."
---
For information contact, Jennifer Harbury, 800-388-3920, 512-751-5852
(cellular), or at jharbury@.... UUSC is an international
human rights agency based in Cambridge, Mass., and directs the STOP
(Stop Torture Permanently) Campaign.
Estimado Gerardo Dure: hoy me llegó la información suya sobre el Seminario
de Formación Teológica en Iguazú. Me gustaría mucho asistir, pero vivo en
San Salvador, El Salvador. Soy argentino, y vivo aquí desde hace 8 años, con
mi familia. Trabajo en la Universidad Don Bosco. Si pudiera mandarme después
algo de lo que se ha tratado, me gustaría. Un abrazo desde este 'Pulgarcito
de América'. Héctor Grenni
>From: gerardo dure <duregerardo@...>
>Reply-To: sanromero@...
>To: sanromero@...
>Subject: [sanromero] Re: Seminario de Formación Teológica
>Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 16:20:19 -0300 (ART)
>
>
>
>
>Estimados Compañeros, les escribo con la intención de invitarlos a
>participar del Vigésimo Seminario de Formación Teológica a realizarse del 6
>al 12 de Febrero del 2005 en la Ciudad de Iguazú, Misiones. ¿Qué es el
>seminario? es un encuentro anual de Laicos comprometidos en la opcion por
>los pobres y con un claro compromiso en lo social y político. Es como un
>Foro Social al que se le agrega ademas de las miradas política, Social y
>cultural, la Mirada Teológica. A lo largo de estos años nos han acompañado
>en nuestro camino personas como Abuelas y Madres de Plaza de Mayo, Obispos
>comprometidos con el pueblo como los ya fallecidos, Novak, Sueldo y Don
>Jaime de Nevares, También participaron Perez Esquivel, Fortunato Mallimaci,
>Mario Wainfield, Roberto Parisi, H.I.J.O.S, etc.
>
>El lema de este año es: DESDE LOS POBRES LOS PUEBLOS SE ENCUENTRAN PARA
>VIVIR
>
>
>
>Y los temas a tratar son :
>
>AGUA-TIERRA
>
>ALCA-MERCOSUR-PACTO ANDINO-ALBA
>
>MIGRANTES Y EXCLUSION SOCIAL
>
>DIALOGO INTERRELIGIOSO
>
>CULTURAS JUVENILES
>
>
>
>Los temas se abordaran desde tres miradas:
>
>Politica-Social, Económica y Teológica.
>
>
>
>Los expositores invitados son:
>
>
>
>Sandro Galazzi - Brasil
>
>Ronaldo Muñoz- Chile
>
>Gustavo Gutiérrez - Perú
>
>Javier Goldín - Bs. As.
>
>J.J Gonzalez - Neuquén
>
>Nestor Miguez - Bs. As.
>
>Pocho Agüero - Misiones
>
>Marcelo Trejo - Sgo del Estero
>
>
>
>Esperamos alrededor de 1500 participantes de todo el país y también
>esperamos contar con ustedes o por lo menos mantener contacto para mandar
>información.
>
>Desde ya les agradezco la difusión del encuentro y para mas información
>contactense conmigo a duregerardo@...
>
>
>
>
>
>Gerardo Duré
>
>Secretario de Prensa
>
>Seminario de Formación Teológica
>
>
>
>
>
>Gerardo
>
>
>
>---------------------------------
> ¡Ganate una notebook!
> Usá Yahoo! Conexión y participá del sorteo de una computadora portátil
> Sólo tenés que navegar gratis con Yahoo! y sumar chances.
> Participá haciendo clic aquí.
>
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>
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MSN Amor: busca tu ½ naranja http://latam.msn.com/amor/
Estimados Compañeros, les escribo con la intención de invitarlos a participar
del Vigésimo Seminario de Formación Teológica a realizarse del 6 al 12 de
Febrero del 2005 en la Ciudad de Iguazú, Misiones. ¿Qué es el seminario? es un
encuentro anual de Laicos comprometidos en la opcion por los pobres y con un
claro compromiso en lo social y político. Es como un Foro Social al que se le
agrega ademas de las miradas política, Social y cultural, la Mirada Teológica. A
lo largo de estos años nos han acompañado en nuestro camino personas como
Abuelas y Madres de Plaza de Mayo, Obispos comprometidos con el pueblo como los
ya fallecidos, Novak, Sueldo y Don Jaime de Nevares, También participaron Perez
Esquivel, Fortunato Mallimaci, Mario Wainfield, Roberto Parisi, H.I.J.O.S, etc.
El lema de este año es: DESDE LOS POBRES LOS PUEBLOS SE ENCUENTRAN PARA VIVIR
Y los temas a tratar son :
AGUA-TIERRA
ALCA-MERCOSUR-PACTO ANDINO-ALBA
MIGRANTES Y EXCLUSION SOCIAL
DIALOGO INTERRELIGIOSO
CULTURAS JUVENILES
Los temas se abordaran desde tres miradas:
Politica-Social, Económica y Teológica.
Los expositores invitados son:
Sandro Galazzi - Brasil
Ronaldo Muñoz- Chile
Gustavo Gutiérrez - Perú
Javier Goldín - Bs. As.
J.J Gonzalez - Neuquén
Nestor Miguez - Bs. As.
Pocho Agüero - Misiones
Marcelo Trejo - Sgo del Estero
Esperamos alrededor de 1500 participantes de todo el país y también esperamos
contar con ustedes o por lo menos mantener contacto para mandar información.
Desde ya les agradezco la difusión del encuentro y para mas información
contactense conmigo a duregerardo@...
Gerardo Duré
Secretario de Prensa
Seminario de Formación Teológica
Gerardo
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Usá Yahoo! Conexión y participá del sorteo de una computadora portátil
Sólo tenés que navegar gratis con Yahoo! y sumar chances.
Participá haciendo clic aquí.
[Se eliminaron del mensaje las partes que no eran texto]
Queremos avisarle de este evento que se aproxima.
Memorial: Ernesto Fernández Espino
Fecha: lunes, enero 10, 2005
Hora: todo el día
Pastor de la Iglesia luterana, mártir de los refugiados del
pueblo salvadoreño - 10 de enero de 1985
Amigos (as):
Favor de tomar nota de mi cambio de direccion electronica empezando el 1 de
Febrero, 2005.
ocorletto@...
Tambien me pueden escribir a ocorletto@... si necesitan respuesta
immediata.
Gracias,
Omar Corletto
Dear Friends of MOZOTES
I send you the date and content of our Romero Day - Meeting in the
RomeroHaus at Lucerne Switzerland.
Can you publish it in your newsletter
Many thanks
and greetings from Switzerland
Toni Bernet-Strahm, director of RomeroHaus Lucerne Switzerland
ROMERO - DAY 2005:
Romero - presente: 25 years after
Satterday 17the March 2005
09.30 - 16.30
with Martin Maier SJ, Munic and San Salvador
Programm
09.30 Uhr Start of the meeting
09.40 Uhr Movie form German Television "Political assassination"
10.30 Uhr Kaffeepause
10.45 Uhr Conference of Martin Maier: "Nobody can kill the voice of justice"
Bishop Romero's prophetical critics of church and society
12.15 Uhr Mittagessen
13.30 Uhr Statements: The actual meening of Bischof Romero for our times
Joe Lang, member of the Swiss National Council
Annemarie Holenstein, specialist in development
Odilo Noti, Caritas Switzerland and journalist
Moni Egger, student of theology
14.45 Uhr El Salvador presente. Information about the situation in El
Salvador today, from Martin Maier
15.30 Uhr Political Prayer
16.30 Uhr End of the Meeting
Queremos avisarle de este evento que se aproxima.
Memorial - José Alcides Ortega Mejía
Fecha: martes, enero 4, 2005
Hora: todo el día
Laico, casado, médico al servicio del Arzobispado, trabajando
ad-honorem, ofreciendo sus servicios donde se le destinara.
Nació en San Salvador el 26 de julio de 1952. Su martirio
aconteció el 4 de febrero de 1981 mientras se dirigía a
Suchitoto a prestar sus servicios como médico. En un punto de
la carretera fue detenido por un retén, y junto a otros, fue
llevado y torturado, abandonando los cuerpos en un monte,
ocultos entre las ramas. Su cuerpo y el de sus amigos fue
recuperado por su madre, quien se enfrentó con los soldados,
hasta que le dijeron dónde se encontraban los cadáveres.
Le dijeron que lo habían matado por ser colaborador de la
iglesia y porque trabajaba por servir a los pobres en los
lugares más apartados.
http://romeroes.com/martires.html
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M O Z O T E S
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3 de ene. 2,005 * vol.4 no. 1 * Jan. 3, 2005
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para el GRUPO DE REFLEXIÓN "SAN ROMERO"
(For the "SAN ROMERO" DISCUSSION GROUP)
http://espanol.groups.yahoo.com/group/sanromero/
ITALIANO/ESPAÑOL/ENGLISH
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CALENDARIO DE ACTIVIDADES CONMEMORATIVAS DEL 25º
ANIVERSARIO DEL MARTIRIO DE
MONSEÑOR ÓSCAR A. ROMERO
CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES CONMEMMORATING THE 25TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARTYRDOM OF
ARCHBISHOP OSCAR A. ROMERO
CALENDARIO DELLE ATTIVITÀ DELLE CELEBRAZIONI
DELL' 25º ANIVERSARIO DELL MARTIRIO DI
MONSIGNORE OSCAR A. ROMERO
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>>>>>> SIN FECHA/NO DATE
>>>>>> SAN SALVADOR
• Delegación de los Comités cristianos de solidaridad Monseñor
Oscar Romero de España arriba en El Salvador
• Msgr. Oscar Romero Christian Solidarity Committees
Delegation from Spain arrives in San Salvador
Plazido Erdozain Beroitz
plazeb@...
• Delegación de Cátedra de la Paz y Derechos Humanos "Mons.
Oscar Arnulfo Romero" de la Universidad de Los Andes, en Merida,
Venezuela arriba en El Salvador
• "Msgr. Oscar Arnulfo Romero" Peace and Human Rights Chair
Delegation from the University of the Andes in Merida, Venezuela
arrives in San Salvador
Ptgo. Walter Trejo Urquiola
Coordinador
Telefax 0058-0274-2716868
Cellular: 0414-7484291
Venezuela
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>>>>>> 14 MARZO/MARCH (LUNES/MONDAY/LUNEDÌ)
>>>>>> SAN SALVADOR
• CRISPAZ Delegation arrives in San Salvador
• Delegación de CRISPAZ arriba en El Salvador
http://www.crispaz.org/anniv/anniv_mad.htm
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>>>>>> 17 MARZO/MARCH (GIOVEDÌ/JUEVES/THURSDAY)
>>>>>> ROMA/ROME
La celebrazione romana di Mons. Oscar Romero sarà il 17 marzo, nella
basilica dei Santi Apostoli.
La celebración romana de Monseñor Romero será el 17 de marzo en la
basílica de los Santos Apóstoles.
The Roman celebration of Archbishop Romero will be on March 17 in
the Basilica of the Holy Apostles.
http://espanol.groups.yahoo.com/group/sanromero/message/1792
P.Francisco Xamman SJ
sicsal04@...
Gianni Novelli, Via Fonteiana 9, 00152 Roma, Italia
tel. 06/5814018; cell, 335.6159057
novelli.gianni@...
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>>>>>> 21 MARZO/MARCH (LUNES/MONDAY/LUNEDÌ)
>>>>>> SAN SALVADOR
• CRISPAZ Delegation departs from San Salvador
• Delegación de CRISPAZ departe de El Salvador
http://www.crispaz.org/anniv/anniv_mad.htm
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>>>>>> 24 MARZO/MARCH (JUEVES/THURSDAY/GIOVEDÌ)
>>>>>> Jueves Santo/Holy Thursday/Giovedì Santo
>>>>>> SAN SALVADOR
8:00 a.m.
Visitas privadas al sepulcro de Mons. Romero
Private visits to Archbishop Romero's Tomb.
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10:00 a.m.
Peregrinación en silencio "El profeta Vive". Santo Via Crucis .
Desde la Basílica del Sagrado Corazón hacia la Cripta de Catedral
Metropolitana.
Silent pilgrimage entitled "The Prophet Lives." Holy Way of the
Cross from the Sacred Heart Basilica to the Crypt of the
Metropolitan Cathedral.
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12:00 m.
ACTO ECUMÉNICO En cripta de Catedral Metropolitana (la cual se
mantendrá abierta para la oración y meditación de 8:00 a.m. a 5:00
p.m.)
ECUMENICAL ACT in the Crypt of the Metropolitan Cathedral (which
will be kept open for prayer and meditation from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m.)
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>>>>>> 25 MARZO/MARCH (FRIDAY/VIERNES)
>>>>>> Good Friday/Viernes Santo
>>>>>> DAYTON, OHIO
Holy Trinity Church: Commemorative Mass presided over by the
Archbishop of Cincinnati and showing of the movie "Romero" starring
Raul Julia.
Iglesia de la Santísima Trinidad: Misa conmemorativa presidida por
el arzobispo de Cincinnati, y proyección de la película "Romero" con
la actuación estelar de Raúl Julia.
Contact: Wayne Wlodarski
Holy Trinity Church
612 E. Mulberry, West Union
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>>>>>> 26 MARZO/MARCH (SÁBADO/SATURDAY/SABATO)
>>>>>> Sábado de Gloria/Holy Saturday/Sabato Gloria
>>>>>> SAN SALVADOR
• First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto Delegation arrives in
San Salvador
• Delegación de First Presbyterian Church de Palo Alto arriba
en El Salvador
http://www.fprespa.org/whatsnew.htm
6:00 p.m-a 5:00 a.m.
Vigilia pascual de la Juventud Unida por Monseñor Romero, Plaza
Salvador del Mundo.
Paschal Vigil by Youth United for Archbishop Romero, Divine Savior's
Square.
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>>>>>> 27 MARZO/MARCH (DOMINGO/SUNDAY/DOMENICA)
>>>>>> Domingo de Resurrección/Easter Sunday/domenica di
Resurrezione
>>>>>> SAN SALVADOR
7:30 a.m.
Peregrinación de la Juventud Unida por Monseñor Romero (desde la
Plaza Salvador del Mundo hacia Catedral Metropolitana).
Youth United for Archbishop Romero pilgrimage (from Divine Savior of
the World Square to the Metropolitan Cathedral).
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9:30 a.m.
EUCARISTÍA: "Monseñor Romero y su Resurrección en la Juventud
Salvadoreña"
EUCHARIST: "Archbishop Romero and his Resurrection in the Youth of
El Salvador"
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11:00 a.m. - 12:00 m.d.
ACTO CULTURAL DE LA JUVENTUD
YOUTH CULTURE EVENT
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>>>>>> 28 MARZO/MARCH (LUNES/MONDAY/LUNEDÌ)
>>>>>> SAN SALVADOR
• FSSCA, SHARE-RTFCAM and CISPES Delegations arrives in San
Salvador
• Delegaciones de FSSCA, SHARE-RTFCAM and CISPES arriban en El
Salvador
http://www.fssca.net/tours/romero25.htmlhttp://www.share-elsalvador.org/25anniv/romero.htm
www.cis-elsalvador.org/25th%20Ann. %20Romero%20Delegation.htm
2:30 - 5:30 P.M.
CONGRESO DE TEOLOGÍA LATINOAMERICANA - TALLER - "Cultura juvenil:
dimensión ética, eclesial y religiosa" - Responsable: Compañía de
Jesús en Centro América (Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón
Cañas" - "UCA")
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - WORKSHOP - "Youth Culture:
ethical, churchly and religious dimension" - Presenter: Company of
Jesus in Central America (Jose Simeon Canas University of Central
America - "UCA")
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5:00 - 7:30 p.m.
"Legado de Monseñor Romero al Arte y a la Cultura Popular" (Cripta
de Catedral Metropolitana)
"The Legacy of Archbishop Romero in Popular Art and Culture" (Crypt
of the Metropolitan Cathedral)
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5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
CONGRESO DE TEOLOGÍA LATINOAMERICANA - PONENSIAS - a) "Hablar de
Dios en América Latina desde los socialmente insignificantes" -
Expositor: Padre Gustavo Gutiérrez - b) "La fe en Jesús, liberación
y esperanza" - Expositor: Padre Jon Sobrino (Universidad
Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" - "UCA")
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - DISCUSSIONS - a) "Speaking
about God in Latin America from the socially insignificant" -
Presenter: Father Gustavo Gutierrez - b) "Faith in Jesus, liberation
and hope" - Presenter: Father Jon Sobrino (Jose Simeon Canas
University of Central America - "UCA")
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>>>>>> 29 MARZO/MARCH (MARTES/TUESDAY/MARTEDÌ)
>>>>>> SAN SALVADOR
2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
CONGRESO DE TEOLOGÍA LATINOAMERICANA - TALLERES - a) "Misión de los
laicos y laicas en la Iglesia" - Responsable: Centro Pastoral de la
UCA - b) "presente y futuro de la vida religiosa" - Responsable:
Confederación de Religiosos y Religiosas de el Salvador (CONFRES)
(Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" - "UCA")
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - WORKSHOPS - a) "Mission of the
laity in the Church" - Presenter: UCA Pastoral Center - b) "Present
and future of religious life" - Presenter: Federation of Men and
Women Religious of El Salvador (CONFRES) (Jose Simeon Canas
University of Central America - "UCA")
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5:00 - 7:30 p.m.
"Monseñor Romero inspiración e interpelación en el compromiso de una
auténtica evangelizacion" (Cripta de Catedral Metropolitana)
"Archbishop Romero: inspiration and call to commitment of an
authentic evangelization" (Crypt of the Metropolitan Cathedral)
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5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
CONGRESO DE TEOLOGÍA LATINOAMERICANA - PONENSIAS - a) "Desafíos y
futuro de la Iglesia latinoamericana" - Expositor: Mons. Pedro
Casaldáliga - b) "La presencia de Monseñor Romero en la Iglesia
Salvadoreña" - Expositor: Mons. Gregorio Rosa Chávez (Universidad
Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas")
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - DISCUSSIONS - a) "Challenges
and prospects of the Latin American Church" - Presenter: Msgr. Pedro
Casaldaliga - b) "The presence of Archbishop Romero in the
Salvadoran Church" - Presenter: Msgr. Gregorio Rosa Chavez (Jose
Simeon Canas University of Central America - "UCA")
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>>>>>> 30 MARZO/MARCH (MIÉRCOLES/WEDNESDAY/MERCOLEDÌ)
>>>>>> SAN SALVADOR
2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
CONGRESO DE TEOLOGÍA LATINOAMERICANA - TALLERES - a) "Memoria
histórica de los mártires" - Responsable: Comunidades populares -
b) "Solidaridad Internacional" - Responsable: Comités de solidaridad
(Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" - "UCA")
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - WORKSHOPS - a) "Historic
Memory of the Martyrs" - Presenter: Popular communities -
b) "International Solidarity" - Presenter: Committees of Solidarity
(Jose Simeon Canas University of Central America - "UCA")
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5:00 - 7:30 p.m.
"Monseñor Romero perfil de Santidad y compromiso para la juventud
en la construcción de un mundo más justo y más humano" (Cripta de
Catedral Metropolitana)
"Archbishop Romero: profile of holiness and committment for the
youth in the construction of a more just and humane world" (Crypt of
the Metropolitan Cathedral)
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5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
CONGRESO DE TEOLOGÍA LATINOAMERICANA - PONENSIAS - a) "Los padres de
la iglesia latinoamericana" - Expositor: Padre José Comblin -
b) "Los y las mártires latinoamericanos" - Expositora: Elsa Tamez -
c) "África mártir, continente e iglesia" - Expositor: Juan
Floribert, Sacerdote congoleño (Universidad Centroamericana "José
Simeón Cañas" - "UCA")
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - DISCUSSIONS - a) "The Fathers
of the Latin American Church" - Presenter: Father Jose Comblin -
b) "The Latin American Martyrs" - Presenters: Elsa Tamez -
c) "Africa Martyr, continent and Church" - Presenter: John
Floribert, Congolese priest (Jose Simeon Canas University of Central
America - "UCA")
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>>>>>> 31 MARZO/MARCH (JUEVES/THURSDAY/GIOVEDÌ)
>>>>>> SAN SALVADOR
• Voices on the Border Delegation arrives in San Salvador
(Tentative date)
• Delegación de Voces en la Frontera arriba en El Salvador
(fecha provisional)
http://www.votb.org/deleg%20pack.pdf
8:30 - 8:45 a.m.
CONGRESO DE TEOLOGÍA LATINOAMERICANA - Inauguración - Palabras de
bienvenida por parte de Mons. Ricardo Urioste (Universidad
Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" - "UCA")
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - Invocation - Welcome greeting
by Msgr. Ricardo Urioste (Jose Simeon Canas University of Central
America - "UCA")
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8:45 - 10:00 a.m.
CONGRESO DE TEOLOGÍA LATINOAMERICANA - PONENSIA - "La eclesiología
en el pensamiento de Monseñor Romero" - Expositor: Padre Luis Coto
(Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" - "UCA")
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - DISCUSSION - "Ecclesiology in
the thought of Archbishop Romero" - Presenter: Father Luis Coto
(Jose Simeon Canas University of Central America - "UCA")
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10:00 - 10:30 a.m.
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - REFRIGERIO
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - BREAK
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10:30 - 11:30 a-m.
CONGRESO DE TEOLOGÍA LATINOAMERICANA - MESAS DE TRABAJO (Universidad
Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" - "UCA")
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - ROUND TABLE WORKSHOPS (Jose
Simeon Canas University of Central America - "UCA")
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11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
CONGRESO DE TEOLOGÍA LATINOAMERICANA - PONENSIA - "Las exigencias
teológicas de la salvación liberación en Monseñor Romero" -
Expositor: Dr. Yves Carrier (Universidad Centroamericana "José
Simeón Cañas" - "UCA")
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - DISCUSSION - "The theological
rigor of salvation and liberation in Archbishop Romero" - Presenter:
Father Luis Coto (Jose Simeon Canas University of Central America -
"UCA")
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12:45 - 2:00 p.m.
CONGRESO DE TEOLOGÍA LATINOAMERICANA - ALMUERZO (Universidad
Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" - "UCA")
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - LUNCH (Jose Simeon Canas
University of Central America - "UCA")
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2:00 - 3:00 P.M.
CONGRESO DE TEOLOGÍA LATINOAMERICANA - MESAS DE TRABAJO (Universidad
Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" - "UCA")
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - ROUND TABLE WORKSHOPS (Jose
Simeon Canas University of Central America - "UCA")
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3:00 - 3:30 p.m.
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - REFRIGERIO
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - BREAK
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3:30 a 5:30 p.m. (Congreso)
CONGRESO DE TEOLOGÍA LATINOAMERICANA - ESPACIO TESTIMONAL -
1. "Monseñor Romero y los Derechos Humanos" - Dr. Roberto Cuellar -
2. "Aporte de Monseñor Romero a nuestro tiempo" - Padre Gustavo
Gutiérrez (Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" - "UCA")
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - TESTIMONIAL TIME -
1. "Archbishop Romero and Human Rights" - Dr. Roberto Cuellar -
2. "Archbishop Romero's Contribution to Our Times" - Father Gustavo
Gutierrez (Jose Simeon Canas University of Central America - "UCA")
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5:00 - 7:30 p.m.
"Monseñor Romero referente para una vivencia plena del evangelio de
Jesús de Nazareth Encarnado" (Cripta de Catedral Metropolitana)
"Archbishop Romero, compass for a full living of the Gospel of the
Incarnated Jesus of Nazareth (Crypt of the Metropolitan Cathedral)
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6:00 –9:00 p.m.
Il benvenuto agli ospiti internazionali nella camera di acti publici
dell'arcivescovo di San Salvador.
Bienvenida a los visitantes extranjeros en el salón de actos del
Arzobispado de San Salvador
Welcome to international visitors in the Public Acts Hall of the San
Salvador Archdiocese.
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>>>>>> 1º ABRIL/APRIL/APRILE (VIERNES/FRIDAY/VENERDÌ)
>>>>>> SAN SALVADOR
8:30 - 8:45 a.m.
CONGRESO DE TEOLOGÍA LATINOAMERICANA - MOTIVACIÓN - Mons. Ricardo
Urioste (Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" - "UCA")
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - MOTIVATION - Msgr. Ricardo
Urioste (Jose Simeon Canas University of Central America - "UCA")
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8:45 - 10:00 a.m.
CONGRESO DE TEOLOGÍA LATINOAMERICANA - PONENSIA - "La Cristología en
Monseñor Romero" - Expositor: Padre Fredis Sandoval (Universidad
Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" - "UCA")
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - DISCUSSION - "Chistology in
Archbishop Romero" - Presenter: Father Fredis Sandoval (Jose Simeon
Canas University of Central America - "UCA")
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10:00 - 10:30 a.m.
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - REFRIGERIO
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - BREAK
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10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
CONGRESO DE TEOLOGÍA LATINOAMERICANA - MESAS DE TRABAJO (Universidad
Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" - "UCA")
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - ROUND TABLE WORKSHOPS (Jose
Simeon Canas University of Central America - "UCA")
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11:30 - 12:45 p.m.
CONGRESO DE TEOLOGÍA LATINOAMERICANA - PONENSIA - "El martirologio
de Monseñor Romero" - Expositor: Lic. Armando Márquez - (Universidad
Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" - "UCA")
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - DISCUSSION - "The Martyrology
of Archbishop Romero" - Presenter: Armando Marquez, Esq. (Jose
Simeon Canas University of Central America - "UCA")
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12:45 - 2:00 p.m
CONGRESO DE TEOLOGÍA LATINOAMERICANA - ALMUERZO (Universidad
Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" - "UCA")
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - LUNCH (Jose Simeon Canas
University of Central America - "UCA")
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2:00 - 3:00 P.M.
CONGRESO DE TEOLOGÍA LATINOAMERICANA - MESAS DE TRABAJO (Universidad
Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" - "UCA")
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - ROUND TABLE WORKSHOPS (Jose
Simeon Canas University of Central America - "UCA")
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3:00 - 3:30 p.m.
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - REFRIGERIO
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - BREAK
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3:30 - 4:10 P.M.
CONGRESO DE TEOLOGÍA LATINOAMERICANA - CLAUSURA TESTIMONAL -
1. "Aportes de Monseñor Romero" - Mons. Kevin Dowling - 2. "Poema",
Mons. Pedro Casaldáliga (Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón
Cañas" - "UCA")
CONGRESS OF LATIN AMERICAN THEOLOGY - TESTIMONIAL RECESSIONAL -
1. "Archbishop Romero's Contributions" - Msgr. Kevin Dowling -
2. "Poem," - Msgr. Pedro Casaldaliga (Jose Simeon Canas University
of Central America - "UCA")
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5:00 - 7:30 p.m.
"El Ecumenismo camino para alcanzar una Práctica cristiana desde el
aporte de Mons. Romero" (Cripta de Catedral Metropolitana)
"Ecumenism: the path to reach a Christian praxis from the
contribution of Archbishop Romero (Cript of the Metropolitan
Cathedral)
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>>>>>> 2 ABRIL/APRIL/APRILE (SÁBADO/SATURDAY/SABATO)
>>>>>> "Dia Grande"/The Great Day/il giorno grande
>>>>>> SAN SALVADOR
6:00 a.m.
Alborada en la Plaza Cívica
Sunrise in the Civic Plaza.
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8:00 a.m.
Peregrinaciones al sepulcro de Mons. Romero
Pilgrimages to the Tomb of Archbishop Romero
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9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Reflexiones "La sangre de los mártires, huellas que marcan el camino
de una Iglesia auténtica"
Reflections: "The blood of the martyrs, footprints that mark the
road of an authentic Church"
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10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
"El aporte de Monseñor Romero en la construccion de una nueva
sociedad"
"The contribution of Archbishop Romero to the construction of a new
society"
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12:00 m. A 2:00 p.m.
Expresion artística-Cultural "poema y canto para ti, Monseñor Romero"
Artistic-cultural expression, "poetry and song for you, Archbishop
Romero"
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4:00 p.m.
Animación Pre-Eucaristía (Plaza Salvador del Mundo)
Pre-Eucharistic Cheer (Divine Savior of the World Square)
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5:30 p.m.
EUCARISTIA SOLEMNE - Presidida por S.E. Cardenal Oscar Rodríguez
Maradiaga (Plaza Salvador del Mundo)
SOLEMN EUCHARIST - Presided by His Excellency Cardinal Oscar
Rodriguez Maradiaga (Divine Savior of the World Square)
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8:00 p.m.
PROCESION DE FAROLITOS - Desde la plaza Salvador del Mundo hacia
Catedral Metropolitana
PROCESSION OF LANTERNS - From Savior of the World Square to the
Metropolitan Cathedral
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10:00 p.m. - 5:00 a.m.
VIGILIA en Catedral Metropolitana - Acto Ecuménico - Acto de
clausura del Año de Mons. Romero - Acto Cultural
VIGIL at the Metropolitan Cathedral - Closing Act for the Archbishop
Romero Year - Cultural Activity
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>>>>>> 3 ABRIL/APRIL/APRILE (DOMINGO/SUNDAY/DOMENICA)
>>>>>> SAN SALVADOR
• FSSCA Delegation departs from San Salvador
• Delegación de FSSCA departe de El Salvador
http://www.fssca.net/tours/romero25.html
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>>>>>> 4 ABRIL/APRIL/APRILE (LUNES/MONDAY/LUNEDÌ)
>>>>>> SAN SALVADOR
• SHARE-RTFCAM and First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto
Delegations depart from San Salvador
• Delegaciones de SHARE-RTFCAM y de First Presbyterian Church
de Palo Alto departen de El Salvador
http://www.share-elsalvador.org/25anniv/romero.htmhttp://www.fprespa.org/whatsnew.htm
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>>>>>> 5 ABRIL/APRIL/APRILE (MARTES/TUESDAY/MARTEDÌ)
>>>>>> SAN SALVADOR
• CISPES Delegation departs from San Salvador
• Delegación de CISPES departe de El Salvador
www.cis-elsalvador.org/25th%20Ann. %20Romero%20Delegation.htm
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>>>>>> 7 ABRIL/APRIL/APRILE (JUEVES/THURSDAY/GIOVEDÌ)
>>>>>> SAN SALVADOR
• Voices on the Border Delegation departs from San Salvador
• Delegación de Voces en la Frontera departe de El Salvador
http://www.votb.org/deleg%20pack.pdf
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FRATERNALMENTE,
Carlos
Desde la Cátedra de la Paz y Derechos Humanos " Mons. Oscar Arnulfo Romero"
de la Universidad de Los Andes, en Merida / Venezuela, siendo ente afiliado
al SICSAL nos estamos preparando para esta celebracion de los 25 años
del martirio del Mons Romero, esperamos estar en El salvador para la fecha.
Saludos de Paz.
Ptgo Walter Trejo Urquiola
Coordinador General Cátedra de la Paz
UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES
Telefax 0058-0274-2716868
Cellular: 0414-7484291
Venezuela
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CATÓLICOS AYUDARÁN A DAMNIFICADOS DE ASIA
http://www.laprensagrafica.com/lodeldia/1.asp
San Salvador / AFP, Internet
internet@...
Realizarán una campaña de recolección de fondos durante una semana,
los cuales serán canalizados por el Vaticano.
Enero 1. (11:00 a.m.) La Conferencia Episcopal de El Salvador
(CEDES) anunció este sábado que impulsará una campaña, del 2 al 9 de
enero, de recolección de fondos para los damnificados del mortífero
maremoto que asoló a varios países asiáticos, consignó el organismo
eclesial en un comunicado.
"Como pastores del pueblo de Dios pedimos a todas las parroquias del
país celebrar una eucaristía por las víctimas de la tragedia y
organizar con la feligresía en general, los grupos eclesiales,
movimientos y asociaciones una colecta en dinero desde el domingo 2
hasta el 9 de enero", señaló la CEDES.
La búsqueda de fondos, según la Conferencia Episcopal, es con el fin
de "asegurar con un gesto concreto de solidaridad fraterna, la ayuda
de nuestras iglesias locales".
"Este es el momento en que los afectados en el sudeste asiático
necesitan de manos amigas como las que nos ayudaron en los
terremotos de 2001. La generosidad de nuestro pueblo se ha
caracterizado siempre por la vivencia de la solidaridad, hacemos un
llamado para que en esta ocasión seamos igualmente generosos",
subrayan los obispos.
Los fondos que reúna la Conferencia Episcopal serán enviados al papa
Juan Pablo II, quien a través del Pontificio Consejo Cor Unum, lo
hará llegar a los damnificados del sudeste asiático.
La CEDES se declaró "consternada" ante la tragedia que enluta a los
países asiáticos arrasados por los devastadores terremotos y
maremotos y expresó "su solidaridad" con las familias de las
víctimas que sufren las consecuencias.
UCA DE EL SALVADOR ADVIERTE SOBRE AUMENTO DE LA POBREZA
http://www.lahora.com.ec/NoticiaCompleta.asp?noid=308436
SAN SALVADOR, (AFP) La Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) de El
Salvador aseguró este martes que 2004 fue un mal año para los
ciudadanos, que consideran, según un estudio reciente, que la
pobreza ha crecido.
"El problema principal para la inmensa mayoría de la opinión pública
es el económico, mientras que el de la seguridad ciudadana ha pasado
a ocupar un segundo lugar muy lejano", indicó un análisis de esa
universidad jesuita.
"Casi la mitad (de los ciudadanos) asegura ser más pobre que antes y
para un poco más de cuatro de cada diez, su situación económica no
ha mejorado en este año", indica en un análisis basado en una
encuesta que dio a conocer a mediados de diciembre.
Según la encuesta, un 25,8% de los salvadoreños considera que el
principal problema del país es el desempleo, un 22,7% señaló que es
la pobreza, un 16,9% aseguró que es la marcha de la economía del
país, y un 15,6% la delincuencia y sólo un 4,4% dijo que eran las
pandillas, conocidas como "maras".
Según estimaciones de organismos internacionales en El Salvador, la
tasa de pobreza ronda el 43%, mientras que el desempleo y el
subempleo el 40%. Oficialmente se estima el desempleo en un 6,3%.
ENVIARÁ EL SALVADOR AYUDA A VÍCTIMAS DE MAREMOTOS EN ASIA
http://www.prensalatina.com.mx/article.asp?ID=%7b8FE8759A-EBC8-4826-
813B-D7E35B7E5C12%7d&language=ES
San Salvador, 29 dic (PL) Autoridades gubernamentales y grupos
sociales de El Salvador efectúan hoy contactos con los países de
Asia afectados por el terremoto, maremotos y tsunamis (olas
gigantes) del domingo último para ayudar a las personas afectadas.
En declaraciones a la prensa nacional, el vicecanciller Eduardo
Cálix explicó que se realizan las gestiones necesarias para enviar
suministros en la medida de las posibilidades del país.
Explicó que la administración espera que los gobiernos de las
naciones afectadas o la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU)
decidan si requieren el socorro en especie o efectivo.
También, comunicó, en las sedes diplomáticas de Tailandia y Sri
Lanka se investiga el paradero de posibles turistas salvadoreños en
los países del sur asiático.
El desastre ha dejado hasta el momento más de 80 mil fallecidos y se
espera -de acuerdo con organismos internacionales- que la cifra
alcance los 100 mil muertos.
La cancillería local habilitó una línea telefónica para que las
personas consulten sobre el paradero de algún familiar que resida en
los lugares devastados por el fenómeno natural.
En tanto, la Cruz Roja Salvadoreña abrió una cuenta bancaria para
que la población haga donativos monetarios en respuesta al llamado
hecho por la Federación Internacional de las Sociedades de la Cruz
Roja para cooperar con los miles de afectados.
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IGLESIA CATÓLICA PIDE INICIAR COLECTAS DINERO PARA DAMNIFICADOS
http://www.terra.com.sv/noticias/nacionales/articulo/html/nac33822.ht
m
La Iglesia Católica de El Salvador pidió a todas las parroquias del
país organizar asociaciones entre los feligreses para recolectar
dinero para los miles de damnificados por el maremoto en el sureste
de Asía.
La Conferencia Episcopal de El Salvador (CEDES) dice, en un
comunicado, que los grupos eclesiales, movimientos y asociaciones
que se organicen deberán recolectar fondos desde mañana, domingo,
hasta el 9 de enero próximo "que nos permitan asegurar con un gesto
concreto de solidaridad fraterna la ayuda de nuestras iglesias
locales".
La CEDES expresa su consternación ante la tragedia en el sureste
asiático, que ha dejado más de 100.000 muertos, y dice que "se une
al esfuerzo de la Comunidad Internacional y a las diversas
organizaciones eclesiales que están dando respuestas concretas al
urgente llamado de los países y poblaciones afectadas".
Señala que las festividades de Navidad y Año Nuevo "se han visto
ensombrecidas por las tristes noticias que nos llegan y nos invitan
a elevar nuestras plegarias por las numerosas víctimas de la
gigantesca tragedia y a realizar un gesto de austeridad y sacrificio
en beneficio de los afectados".
Los obispos salvadoreños recuerdan que la comunidad internacional
ofreció su ayuda a El Salvador tras los terremotos que sufrió en
enero y febrero de 2001 y que los fondos que sean recolectados serán
enviados al Vaticano para que éste los canalice a los países
asiáticos afectados.
El gobierno salvadoreño anunció el viernes que está en disposición
de enviar a unos 150 voluntarios a los países afectados si ese tipo
de ayuda le fuera solicitada en forma oficial al país, según declaró
el ministro de Gobernación (Interior), René Figueroa.
Explicó que los voluntarios podrían colaborar en administración y
manejo de albergues, distribución de víveres y evaluación de daños,
por la experiencia que dejaron los terremotos que sufrió el país en
2001.
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CARECE EL SALVADOR DE RECURSOS PARA CONTRARRESTAR DESASTRES NATURALES
http://www.prensalatina.com.mx/article.asp?ID=%7b9A87A649-214D-411D-
AEAA-0E2CC30DD081%7d&language=ES
San Salvador, 28 dic (PL) Ante la advertencia de posibles fenómenos
mundiales similares a los ocurridos en el sudeste asiático, las
autoridades salvadoreñas indicaron hoy que el país carece de
recursos para contrarrestar las consecuencias de un evento natural.
El director del Comité de Emergencia Nacional, Mauricio Ferrer,
apuntó que El Salvador tiene planes de prevención contra catástrofes
climáticas, pero nada se puede garantizar.
El Salvador está conectado con el Centro de Monitoreo de Hawai y
podría ser alertado sobre sucesos naturales como los maremotos del
domingo último en Asia, pero es poco lo que se podría hacer ante un
caso similar por necesitar de una infraestructura aceptable, dijo.
Un sismo de 9,0 grados en la escala abierta de Richter asoló
Indonesia, cuyo efecto destructor se reflejó en el mar y generó olas
de hasta 10 metros de altura que afectaron Malasia, India, Sri
Lanka, Tailandia, Bangladesh, Myanmar y Maldivas, entre otros.
Entidades humanitarias ofrecen un saldo preliminar de casi 60 mil
muertos repartidos por todas esas naciones del sudeste asiático.
Ferrer recordó que en 1992 el sistema de monitoreo de Hawai emitió
un aviso de un posible maremoto o tsumani (olas gigantes) sobre
México, Guatemala y El Salvador, pero media hora después ese mismo
centro revirtió la advertencia.
Sentenció que los países del Pacífico están expuestos a las
inclemencias del clima y además existen fuertes antecedentes
históricos como el acontecido en 1900, cuando un maremoto azotó la
localidad costera de Garita Palmera.
Fabio Alvarado, sismólogo salvadoreño, comentó que es casi nula la
posibilidad de que este país pueda reaccionar ante la eventualidad
de un maremoto frente a sus costas, ya que las olas viajan a
velocidades de tres kilómetros por segundo.
El Salvador sufrió el embate de dos terremotos en el 2001 que
dejaron mil 250 fallecidos y pérdidas por mil 600 millones de
dólares.
De acuerdo con reportes de la prensa local, la nación
centroamericana aún no se ha restablecido de los nefastos resultados
de aquella ocasión y las víctimas esperan por el cumplimiento de las
promesas del gobierno.
mgt/ydg
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