Monday, April 09, 2007
Carlos Fuentealba
As you might imagine, teachers in Argentina are not well paid. And their situation is worse in provinces far away from the capital. Last week there was a protest in Neuquen, a province in the south, about 950 km away from Buenos Aires, which is ruled by the MPN (movimiento popular neuquino), a fascist rightwing party. During that protest, 41 yr old chemistry teacher Carlos Fuentealba was killed by the police. They shot him with a tear gas can at short distance.
Today, Monday, teachers all over the country are on strike. Also bank workers, trains, buses, university professors, hospitals. His students paid homage to him. They carried banners saying "las tizas no se manchan de sangre" (chalks must not be stained with blood).
We will keep fighting.
It sad when not only they gass people for freedom of speach but they also kill them with gass cans.Bless them all now thats a way to inspire to protest close down schools banks and and everything let the powers that be know .Sad someone had to die tho.
be safe walk in peace allways
The English language Buenas Aires Herald carries this article in todays edition. It reports eight opposition legislators of the Neuquén provincial assembly formally demanded Neuquén Governor Jorge Sobisch’s impeachment yesterday morning in the aftermath of Neuquén teacher Carlos Fuentealba’s death at police hands,
The Herald has been added to our left column news links.
