Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 23:26:27 -0400
From: Juan de Dios GOMEZ <[email protected]>

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING IS A NON-EDITED AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION FROM SPANISH

In these moments in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico is developing the Shop New Technologies and Indian Journalism where 20 partners of social and not government organizations participate. The shop is programmed for 3 days, later on we will send you the memory, support materials and the participants' comments.

It is important to mention that in Oaxaca 16 Indian towns that maintain culture, dress, language like forms of passive and active resistance converge. The experience of the shop is enriching, because it is the first occasion that a shop with these characteristic is organized in Oaxaca, with this acceptance on behalf of the Indian towns.

We clarify them that the Indian term, is not pejorative, rather the indigenous term that was imposed by the state politicians in the years 50�s in this country. The Indian being in Oaxaca, and in the Mexican southeast, it is synonymous of pride, of rebelliousness and it thrills.

This Shop New Technologies and Indian Journalism The Flower of the Word is part of the training that in this item the partners of Center support us of International of Investigation and Development (IDRC). it is also important to mention that some of the participants are its first approach to the new technologies, the social impact that has caused in the individual of the assistants is surprising.

We follow the spirit of Yanapanako. In Oaxaca, in this earth for the most part Indian, the term is Tequio, the Tequio, it is the service, the solidary work, community in all the members' of a community benefit.

Receive all those of the community virtual Mistica, a greeting from the earth of the mezcal, the mass and the culture of the Indian towns.

Juan de Dios G�mez, Pierre William Johnson, Gonzalo Santiago Garc�a.
Project of Intercomunicaci�n of Indian Towns of Oaxaca, Mexico.

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