“As you must know, im-
Perialism is pressing over
| Nicaragua strongly nowadays.
| And we need more than ever the
| Solidarity (of others) throughout
the world.”?

__ So read part of the letter Van-

SOuver shoreworker Kathy Schultz
_Teceived from a Nicaraguan friend,
| Whois highly placed in that Central
) “Merican’s country’s fishing
 Mihistry. ‘Francisco’? was writing

fothank Schultz for her part in an

_ €ffort last year that supplied the na-

tion with $70,000 worth of badly
equipment.

ete Official, one of several

Schultz met when she visited

Nicaragua as part of a Canadian

trade union and church delegation
two summers ago, noted that nets
and other fishing items from the
UFAWU ‘“‘are now at use in our
lakes and seas.”’

His letter underscored the need
of that nation, left almost in ruins
by acorrupt, U.S.-backed govern-
ment and a necessary but costly
armed revolution, for supplies
from friends and supporters
abroad.

In pursuit of that goal,
Nicaragua’s only deep-sea vessel,
the Monimbo, will again be visiting
Vancouver, at an estimated arrival
date of Nov. 17, the Coalition for
Aid to Nicaragua has announced.

"B.C. residents, who helped

ia SOLIDARITY
Coalition seeking aid to Nicaragua

make last year’s drive such a suc-
cess, will again be called upon to
respond, ‘‘and it’s urgent that they
do so,”’ said Schultz. ~

A printed appeal from the
organization, sponsored by in-
dividuals such as Liberal MP War-
ren Allmand, local MD and peace
activist Dr. Thomas Perry, Van-
couver alderman Harry Rankin
and numerous trade union and
church leaders, states, ‘‘Our goal is
to send over $100,000 worth of
goods: medical supplies, fishing
equipment, tools, school supplies,
toys and musical instruments.

“After an impressive beginning
at reconstruction in May of this
year, Nicaragua suffered the worst

_ An urgent appeal has gone out
fora letterwriting campaign to stop
: ian complicity in bolstering
| the regime of Rios Montt, whose
| 80verning military junta in
atemala is gaining a reputation

erica.

The campaign headed a number
Of recommendations for im-
Mediate action aired at the final
Plenary of a weekend meeting of
€ unionists, civic officials and
Others at the Langara campus of
ae Vancouver Community Col-
e.

The conference, entitled, ‘“Cen-
j tal America: A Region in
. nflict”” featured as keynote

Speakers and resource people
" Nigue and Marta Torres,

Guatemalan labor lawyers who
eon in exile for the last few

j ae of the bloodiest in Central |

No junta loan, feds

The Guatemalan junta ha gain-
ed notoriety with the recent
disclosure of its’ ‘‘scorched earth”
policy against the Mayan Indians,
who constitute about 60 percent of
the. country’s population. News
stories have reported the massacre
of hundreds of villagers by govern-
ment troops.

Guatemala has lived under a suc-
cession of dictatorships ever since
the United States engineered a coup
that ousted the democratically
elected government of Castillo Ar-
mas in 1954. From that point on,
the formerly ‘‘tiny groups’’ of op-
position have coalesced into large
organizations waging either labor
or armed struggl, according to Tor-
res.

The army’s genocide against In-
dians in particular has a twofold
purpose, Central American ac-
tivists have charged. They occupy

urged

land the junta desires for hydro
electric projects, “‘and they. are
afraid Mayans will join the revolu-
tion in increasing numbers,”’ said
Torres. :
Canada is a member of the In-
terAmerican Development Bank,
and will vote next Monday on an

~ $18 million loan to the Montt

regime. The money will finance a

‘*rural telecommunications _

system’’, which campaign
organizers say is a euphemism for a
radio system to be used to coor-
dinate army’s genocidal actions in
the countryside.

Postage-free letters or telegrams
should be sent to finance minister
Marc Lalonde or external affairs
minister Allan MacEachern at the
House of Commons, Ottawa K1P
5HS5, or to Harry J. Hodder, Ex-
ecutive Director of Canada, In-
terAmerican Bank, 808—17 St.,
Washington, D:C. 20577.

flooding in its history. Torrential
rains caused over $400 million
damage, destroyed 60 percent of
basic food grains, and left over
100,000 people homeless,’’ reads
the appeal, signed by local.Oxfam
director Harvey MacKinnon.
MacKinnon also warns of the
danger to Nicaragua from sur-
rounding hostile forces, consisting
of former Somoza supporters who
receive financial backing from the

‘U.S. government and the CIA.

His point was backed up by Van-
couver school trustee Philip
Rankin, who with MacKinnon,
fellow trustee Gary Onstad and
other B.C. educators visited the
country for two weeks last July, on
a trip organized by the B.C.
Teachers Federation.

‘“When we arrived we were told
that, the day before, ex-members
of Somoza’s national guard raided
the little town of San Francisco de
Norte and killed 14 of its citizens,”’
said Rankin.

The Nicaragua aid coalition is

asking B.C. residents to donate -

items such as those listed above, as
well as monetary donations and
some of their time as volunteers.
They also ask citizens to “‘put
pressure’’ on the federal govern-
ment to provide aid to Nicaragua,
by writing external affairs minister
Allan MacEachen, prime minister
Trudeau or local MPs, postage
free.

For further information, Van-
couver area residents can phone
736-1717, or 732-1497. Outside the
Lower Mainland, the numbers are:
Castlegar, 365-2813; Chilliwack,
823-6278; Courtenay, 338-9801;
Gibsons, 886-7906; Nanaimo,
753-7431; Nelson, 352-7764; Port
Alberni, 724-2749; Victoria,
385-2333.

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