First anniversary of the assassinations of Bety Cariño and Jyri Jaakkola

dublin | miscellaneous | event notice Wednesday May 04, 2011 13:23 by LASC info at lasc dot ie 5 Merrion Row Dublin 2 6760435

When: Wednesday 4th of May Time 7pm

Where: 5, Merrion Row. Lasc Office

27th of April 2011, marked one year since the date of the armed ambush on the caravan carrying humanitarian aid to the men, women, and children of the autonomous municipality of San Juan Copala, Oaxaca. In the attack, Bety Cariño and Jyri Antero Jaakkola were shot in the head and killed; Bety was a member of the "Working Together" Community Support Centre, CACTUS and Jyri belonged to the Finnish collective and also worked with the Oaxacan Voices Constructing Autonomy and Freedom (VOCAL) in Oaxaca.

This activity will include updates about the situation in San Juan Copala.

Some videos ('Copala Libre' in Spanish), and other short videos in English, followed by a discussion.

Copala Libre (55min) describes the history of San Juan Copala's struggle from the time of Mexican independence until shortly after the second caravan talk about the current situation in San Juan Copala. It portrays the history of the resistance of the Triqui indigenous people in Oaxaca, Southern Mexico. The struggle for the preservation of their identity and a form of self-organization, which has led to the creation of the Municipality of San Juan de Copala. San Juan Copala was brutally attacked by the machinery of the Oaxacan state, which supports local power groups who, since November 2009, maintain a paramilitary siege on Copala.

When: Wednesday 4th of May Time 7pm

Where: 5, Merrion Row. Lasc Office

For more info please contact LASC info@lasc.ie or call 016760435