User talk:Lawikitejana

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I'll try to post the link later - have to leave right now - but that's the page I sign in to regularly. I've posted two article requests on events this weekend in Oaxaca, Mexico. Here's a translation I did of an article in El Universal in Spanish:


 * US denounces murder of journalist; renews alert


 * El Universal, Saturday 28 October 2006


 * The United States government denounced the murder of American journalist Bradley Will, and indicated that his "senseless death highlights the need that law and order return to Oaxaca."


 * In a letter, the Mexican ambassador to Washington, Antonio O. Garza, indicated that "during several months, the violence and disorder in Oaxaca have gotten worse. The protests have been characterized by a growing violence, including at least nine deaths over the course of the last five months."


 * This violence, notes the ambassador, was the cause of my [sic] issuing a warning to U.S. citizens on August 24, urging them to consider carefully the risks of traveling to Oaxaca.


 * "This advisory will expire October 30. Nonetheless, I decided to renew it, in view of the continual increase in violence. The tragic firearms death of an American only increases my profound worry for the safety of Americans who travel to Oaxaca."


 * "The possibility of violence in Oaxaca continues and the situation continues to be tense. I urge anew that all American citizens consider very carefully the risks of traveling to Oaxaca at this time," Garza notes in his letter.


 * EU deplora el asesinato de periodista; renueva alerta

Please note that not all of us who are from other countries are aware which news sources tend liberal or conservative. It is not enough (though it's a start) to find articles in Spanish and translate them; one should make an effort to find neutral sources or to weave the article together in a way that balances slanted sources. The tendency in reporting these things is to write them sloppily in a way that indicates the protestors got violent, when often the violence is introduced by others to a protest that initially was peaceful. I don't yet know about this particular case. Participants seem to be indicating that police forces, many in civilian dress, came armed and began firing on a group that had more rudimentary everyday items to use in self-defense; you may see mention of machetes, which doesn't mean they came armed, as many people in Latin America use these cutting tools for ordinary household tasks such as food preparation (members of my own household do that). --Lawikitejana 18:11, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Austin accident
No worries on that headline. Keep coming back! Wisekwai 19:12, 20 June 2007 (UTC)