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LATIN-AMERICAN AGENDA emory and Hope r r r c r r r r < LATIN AMERICA '95 / Latin America '95 is: the Latin American book with the widest distribution each year both on and off the Continent. an anthology of popular wisdom; an annual of continental hopes. an almanac of the Latin American spirit, an historical record of our roots. a pedigogical tool for education, communication, solidarity or popular pastoral work. a sign of communion for those throughout the Continent who live the Great Causes of our Homeland, which shape our being, our dreams, our Latin American identity. "T(je Great Homeland is botl) a memory anb a l?ope" "cAU the b«nds, «U" the sister peoples of the (^rent ^omefand/ in whom memorg And hope flourish* ^Tie blood of the pASt, the Arc of the future/ the tendering. CAII. Qteen is the living kind, blue the seA And our dreams/ And over Alt the various faces of Our i^mericA/ the rainbow. fivAtQ ^ASAldAliAA r APPRECIATION We thank once again all those people who have contributed to the new edition of Latinamerican Agenda '95. We also thank those who have sent us texts which we were unable to publish because of lack of space. We thank the more than 60 popular centres, solidarity groups, popular organi zations, justice and peace secretariats, religious congregations, magazines and editorial bodies who have confidence in "Latinamerican Agenda '95" and who edit and distribute it across the Continent and beyond. Thanks too to the other institu tions, communities and base organizations who accept it as their own, use it and share with others. We would especially like to mention Fray David Raimundo dos Santos and the various organizations of the Brazilian Conciencia Negra; Maricarmen Montes y Mujeres for Dialogo in Mexico; the Equipo Nacional de Pastoral Aborigen in Ar gentina; as well as some of the well-known people whose works are published in this edition: Noam Chomsky, Rius and Ana Maria Ezcurra. To all of you, from the bottom of our heart: Thank you! in the name of all who use this agenda. rasowL MTH Name:... Address: Telephone: (Home) (Work) fax e-mail Passport number: BloodType: In case of emergency: Editions of the Latinamerican Agenda: * The Latinamerica Agenda '92 was published in the following countries: Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, and Spain. * The Latinamerican Agenda '93 was published in: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil (Portuguese), Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Portugal (Portuguese), Spain, and Italy (Italian). * The Latinamerica Agenda '94 was published in: Canada (French), United States (Spanish), Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Spain, and Italy (Italian). * The Latinamerican Agenda '95 is being prepared for distribution in: Canada (French), Canada-United States (English), United States (Spanish), Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Puerto Rico, Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Spain (Catalan), and Italy (Italian). Jose Maria VIGIL, "Latinoamericana '95" Original Design: Jose Maria Vigil and P.O. Box RP-15 Managua-3 NICARAGUA, Mary Zamora Tel. (505)2-66-19-37 Fax (505)2-66-52-15 Cover: Maximino Cerezo Barredo E-mail: [email protected] Original Illustrations: Lidia Wespi [email protected] This agenda is the property of the Latinamerican people who give permision to copy, quote, reproduce, multiply and share the material it contains. We welcome the editors, distributors and readers of Puerto Rico, Peru, Paraguay, Canada (English edition) and Catalonia (Catalan edition) who for the first time have joined the Latinamerica '95 family. For Distribution in Canada and the United States the Latinoamericana '95 agenda is produced by: Social Justice Committee of Montreal 1857 de Maisonneuve O., Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3H 1J9 Tel. (514)933-6797/Fax: (514)933-9517 E-mail: [email protected] The French language edition is produced by: Coalition Romero 25 rue Jarry ouest, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2P 1S6 Tel. (514)387-2541 Fax: (514)387-5550 The views expressed in the agenda and the articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Social Justice Committee of Montreal Presentation of the LatinAmerican Agenda '95 Social Justice Committee of Montreal Another Year... Black pride; the one hundredth anniversary of the death of Jose Marti, the father of both the Cuban Once again we have succeeded; and we are big homeland and revolution; and, the centenial of ger - three more countries in Latin America: Para Augusto Sandino's birth. Above all, it is the guay, Peru and Puerto Rico; and two more lan memory of Zumbi - and the enthusiastic collabo guages: English and Catalan. We are a family fully ration of so many black organizations throughout "Latinamerican", not only spiritually, but also geo the Continent - which has led us to place an em graphically - we are now everywhere on the Con phasis on the Cause of the Blacks. tinent. This year we are available in 21 countries and 6 languages, thanks to the more than 80 groups Using the Agenda as a Teaching Tool which edit/distribute the Agenda. Such a welcome obliges us to constantly look for better ways to The Latinamerican agenda is certainly meant serve. It is of great help for us to know that we for the personal use of individuals but also as a have so many brothers and sisters and that you pedagogical tool for popular or pastoral anima send us your suggestions, thanks and criticisms. tion. The texts are always short and adaptable; none are more than two or three pages long. Some even Ever since it was born, the Latinamerican carry suggestions for use with groups. All can be Agenda has sought to be a vehicle for communi used in this way. cating the Latinamerican spirit. No other Conti nent feels its identity with the same intensity. Latin It is of such a size that when opened it can be America is, above all, a Utopia: not to be found in reprinted on legal-size paper. The diagrams are any one region but everywhere; throbbing, stimu simple, easy to read and copy. We sacrificed some lating, attracting, not something already accom esthetics, such as more graphics and blank spaces, plished, but more like a collective imagination for the sake of a greater volume of print. which feeds our identity, our meaning, our hope. The Great Homeland, this Bolivaran dream of Uto We are very aware of the collective nature of pia which liberates and generates so many ener this enterprise. We will continue to gratefully ac gies, is above all a Cause, or even a handful of cept your suggestions, material, texts, etc. which great Causes which together form the "Spirit of we hope you will send for use in the 1996 version our Great Homeland". of the Latinamerican Agenda. Memory and Hope Jose Maria Vigil, Editor-in-chief The theme for this year's agenda is "memory and hope" and it must be understood within the Preface to the English Edition context of the Causes of the Great Homeland. This year we would like to highlight three anniversa The Social Justice Committee of Montreal is ries: the three hundredth anniversary of the mar very happy to present the Latinamerican Agenda tyrdom of Zumbi, the great Brazilian defender of '95. This is the first time that the Latinamerican Agenda is printed in English. the agenda and chosen those which we believe to have the most relevance to our readers. We are very greatful to Jose Maria Vigil and his team in Nicaragua for having sent us most of We would like to mention that all proceeds from the material which appears in this agenda. Our own the sale of the English version of the agenda will editorial board decided that we would include only go to support the work of the Canada/Central a few non-Latinamerican articles. These speak to America Urgent Action network (cf article by Northern solidarity with the people of Latin- Shelley Coleman). America. We would appreciate any criticisms or sugges The translation of the agenda from Spanish to tions that you might want to share with us so that English has been undertaken by a number of vol we can improve the 1996 version of the agenda. unteers and staff people from the Social Justice We also want to thank all who worked on this Committee. We apologize for any weaknesses and agenda, especially Elsa Abelleira who oversaw the inconsistencies which will inevitably appear. Due translation and Ken Yip, our computer whiz. to space limitations, we have left out a few items which appear in the original Spanish version of - Maura McGrath, end, President. In the Manner of a Fraternal Introduction Memory and Hope - Pedro Casaldaliga The life of an individual, or that of a people, things past," but rather to forge a secularly won entails a dialectical push and pull between past future. As the great theologian Rahner once and future—that is, for as long as they remain, wrote: "the treasure of the past is the freedom respectively, an individual and a people. This of the future." dynamic is present with us today. Between the past and the future, or—putting it in terms more Memory and hope are, in the larger scheme filled with spirituality and Spirit—between of things, like the ends of a single arc: the arc of memory and hope; this is the "stage" upon which war and peace.