I confess I had lived

The Clinic is a lefty joke newspaper. If you want to laugh against local politic you must buy it. When Pinochet was in London he went to a Private Hospital called The Clinic. That is where it take the name.




(A translation, for us Booo is spell Buuu)So the title is Buuush (Boooosh) look how I tremble.

Well to day there was an act against APEC. I didn't went, I know I'm a coward but I new things will go badly. And they did. The worst is the media trying to manipulate information. Lots of people went with their kids, it was a cultural act. But the policemen choose to throw tears bombs (You know the ones that don't allow you to breath and made you cry)

Secundary kids (From Upper School) protesting against APEC, the police men, sweet and pacific as always, are pulling him to the truck, a friend of him is calling people to help:



Saint Francis priest order in a non violence protest against the ones who crucified our people (What will Mel Gibson think of this). You could see Saint Francis Church behind. (They never use their robes, except in VERY formal ocassion and every time they protest, during dictatorship, our catholic church lead the resistant movement)



Today's protest



You could read No a la guerra (No war) and Fuera Bush (Bush go away).

As always, this is not against northamerican people, but about opression and colonialist politics and economy. It is urgent that the USA administration heard the voice of the rest of the world.

More than 40.000 people went, a small group start disorders. What do the press cover?, that group. Not the other 40.000 people. (We are a city of 4 million people, so 40.000 is a big group)

Christopher Reeves died today.
If he were just another Hollywood actor I wouldn't care less. But he wasn't.

When I was 16, an actor was kidnapped and killed by Pinochet forces.

Reeves came to Chile and support the Human Right cause. Our people felt his support. It was an important gesture then. It has a lot of political impact. It was my first massive political meeting.

That night I find my mum sick with worry, Pinochet had sent 100.000 soldiers through Santiago. I was lucky not to be arrested.

Christopher Reeves was a good man, a man who know he could mark the difference.

***

A quote, Galeano, a latin novelist:

He was a wizzard with the harp. In the plains of Colombia there was no party without him. For a party to be a party, Mese Figueredo had to be there, his dancing fingers brightening up the air and stirring the legs.
One night, on some remote track, he was assaulted by thieves, Mese Figueredo was on his way to a wedding on muleback -he on one mule, the harp on another- when the thieves jumped on him and beat him senseless.
The following day, someone found him. He was lying in the path, a filthy rag of mud and blood, more dead than alive.
And then the wretch said, with the remnants of a voice:
-- They took the mules.
And he said:
-- And they took the harp.
And he drew in breath and laughed, dribbling spittle and blood he laughed:
-- But they didn't take the music.
***


I really need to stop listening music, reading poetry and start working on my thesis. but hubby take the kids away, is raining, the chimeney is on...How I'm suppoused to work in such lovely atmosphere?

***

Some time ago I told you I hate take the kids to Mc Donald, but they threaten me into it once a year. Some of you felt surprised by my distrust to such a company. Well October 16 will be the Anti Mc Donald march all arround the world. Here are the motives:
http://www.mcspotlight.org/campaigns/translations/trans_usa.html

Remember my "nothing happen in Chile" comment?
Well, it was rubish. It's due to my "no tv" habits. Seems that the ususal happen on 9/11, meaning violence in some of Santiago's poor neighborhoods.

End my S/H ficathon ficlet (wee!!!), meaning I could re - estart writting "Stairs".
Feel very relieved, I was worring I couldn't finished in time, but the muses cooperate.

Russian tragedy has shut my soul with ice.
I can't even read or listen about it, it's sharp pain that brings me into tears.
I don't want to see photos, I felt that the victims don't deserve their suffer to turn into a show.
I don't need pictures to realized the horror of it.
Just can't stop thinking in my own kids.

Have just come back from the cinema. We went to see Machuca. Chilean cinema usually sucks (IMO), but this movie was beautiful and touching. If it ever gets near you, I highly recomend it. The best way of reviewing it, is saying that silence has arrive to my soul. I'm so moved that I have difficulties in expressing my self. When the movie ends, no one at the cinema moves, a death silence take place in the room. We can't even get comfort saying, "Well, it is a movie", no, it is based in our recent history and people who still is alive, and young (40), has that experience and memories of it. My husband was distress, he remember things being like that.
The sad thing is that thing hasn't change at all in all these years, discrimination is still an issue.

( Machuca at Cannes festival, reviews )

I´m piss. Don't read if you felt offend with Humans Rights issues. This is not anti USA, mind me. Is anti Human Rights violation.

....

"We may make honest mistakes ..." Miller says


Honest. Mistakes. Yeah, Good. An my Dad is Santa Claus.

How can he dare to use the word mistake?.Mistake is when I forget my purse at home.
Murder, torture, abuse, horror.

IS.NOT.A.MISTAKE.

This is sick, so bloddy identical to our September 11, 1973. Eighteen years of dictatorship. Five thousand of dead and dissapear people, much more torture in very similar condition to Irakies, and probably Guantanamo prisioners. The very same tactics. This are not honest mistakes. This is the way that things are carefully planned to make prisioners "talk". All conviniently support during the cold war for the sake of liberty.

And this is not a banana republic charachteristic, with ignorant militars even if hollywood love the esterotype, this is how things work when you aplay the logic of war. You turn your self into a terrorist.
I don´t blame an 18 yr old soldier, but an entire army who allows this.

THIS. IS. NOT. AN. HONEST. MISTAKE.

And we, the people, aren´t idiots Mr. Miller. Thank You.