|
|
The World Starts the New Year with a Call for Peace
an article by El Telégrafo, Guayaquil, Ecuador, December 31, 2009 (unofficial translation from Spanish)
After three months crossing the five continents, the World March for Peace and Non-violence is finishing in Argentina.
The groups of the World March for Peace and Non-violence are now
joining up in two Latin American countries, previous to the culmination
of the event this Saturday in the Argentine locality of Punta de Vacas,
at the feet of Aconcagua mountain on the border with Chile.
 A
group of young people participated, Tuesday, in the World March for
Peace and Non-violence along Avenida de Mayo in Buenos Aires.
photo by El Telégrafo
One of the groups, the one that entered by the Pacific, is in Chile,
and the other, whose route was the Atlantic, in Argentina. In the first
country, the delegation visited Villa Grimaldi, a former torture under
the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990).
In this place, that was re-baptized as the Park of Peace, the
Letter for a World without Violence, written by the Nobel prize winners
meeting in Germany was signed, in past November. This document was also
subscribed to by authorities and artists during the route of the
world-wide march around ninety countries in the five continents.
The march initiated in Wellington (New Zealand), the past 2 of
October, and has taken place through Southeast Asia, India, Europe,
Africa, the United States, Mexico, Central America and several
countries of South America, including Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia,
Bolivia and Peru.
According to the organizers, the objective of the event is to
awaken world-wide consciousness on the necessity of a world without war
or violence, with proposals like nuclear disarmament, the abandonment
of occupied territories, the progressive reduction of conventional
armaments and the resignation by governments of the use of the force.
The Spanish humanist Rafael de la Rubia, general coordinator
of the march, was received in Santiago by the Chilean NGO World Without
War and was an illustrious guest of the Chilean capital declared
yesterday by the mayor, Pablo Zalaquett.
The group of the World March for Peace and Non-violence
participated yesterday in a carnival by the main streets of the center
of Santiago, headed by the minister of Chilean Culture, Paulina
Urrutia, to arrive at the Palace of the Currency, where the members of
the initiative were received by the president, Michelle Bachelet.
The members of the international event that is in Chile
planned a major free concert with Argentine artists Pedro Aznar, Caesar
Isella, Victorio Menghi and Cristian Soloa, as well as the Chileans
Inti Historical Illimani, Piedra Lucybell, Pig and Florcita Motuda,
among others.
The other group of the world-wide event that traveled by the
Atlantic arrived Tuesday at Buenos Aires (Argentina), where they were
received by the president Cristina Fernandez.
|
|
 |
DISCUSSION
Question(s) related to this article:
How effective are mass protest marches?
As a reader, you are invited to join in the discussion of this
article based on any of the above question(s): just click on the
question, read the previous comments and add a new reply. You may also
enter a new discussion topic on this article - see bottom of this page.
Thematic forum(s) in which this article is being discussed:
MARCHES AND PROTESTS
Latest reader comment:
Readers' comments are invited on this question which relates to two articles on peace marches: Marching Past the Republican Convention; and The World Starts the New Year with a Call for Peace.
|
|
