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Guatemalan to talk about refugees
By Michael Cobb
For the Oregon Daily Emerald
Evangeline Rodriguez Lopez will speak on the
topic of Guatemalan refugees tonight at 7:30 in the
EMU Fir Room. Rodriguez is a member of the Nue
vo Union refugee women's group in the Quetzal
Kdzna camp in the Mexican state of (.ampeche
"I am here representing the Permanent Commis
sions of the Guatemalan Refugees in Mexico
(GCPP)," Rodriguez said. "The purpose of CUPP is
global as well as conducting the return of refugees
to Guatemala. We also have a dialogue with the
government so that when the people return bock
then there is security for them. So on Oct. H, they
celebrated a treaty that was completed with tin
president of Guatemala," she said.
This treaty covers a number of economic and
human rights issues, including the right to land
and security conditions for the returning refugees
This dialogue was started by tin- former
Guatemalan president, and there have been prob
lems getting firm commitment from Ins successor
"Unfortunately the current president hasn't
done anything < oncerning the treaty, and human
rights violations are still taking place, she said
‘ The problem with Guatemala is that the power
is in the hands of the military and the government
does what the military wants and what the mili
tary wants is controlled by what the rich want.
Land previously owned by the refugees is now
inhabited bv new settlers According to Rodriguez,
the military is pressuring the people now on the
land to sell their land, which would leave no place
for the refugees to return to I his is the reason why
the refugees want to return quit kly
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