X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,fccdae4b48da94f9,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-05-16 04:06:25 PST Path: gmd.de!nntp.gmd.de!urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de!Aachen.Germany.EU.net!rmi.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!news.hal.COM!decwrl!sgi!cdp!globalexch From: Global Exchange Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Date: 13 May 94 16:36 PDT Subject: Study Art in Cuba Message-ID: <2088800006@cdp> Sender: Notesfile to Usenet Gateway Lines: 61 * * Study "Art and Culture in Cuba" with Global Exchange * * June 10 - 20, 1994 * Still Room Left! Call 1-800-GXS-1994 immediately for more information. Reality Tour participants will meet with top Cuban artists, meet with students from the world-renowned Escuela Internacional de las Artes, travel to the Institute for Film and Television (where Gabriel Garcia Marquez teaches), visit museums cultural centers and schools. The trip will take place in Havana and San Antonio de los Baos. Participants will see various performances, from African dance to Russian Ballet. In addition, participants will meet with high-ranking political officials, public health officials and community leaders. Global Exchange, a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, was founded in 1988 to facilitate people-to-people ties between the First and the Third World. "Our tours attract people interested in something out of the ordinary," explained Medea Benjamin, Co-Director of Global Exchange. "Participants walk away from our trips with a deep sense of interconnectedness with individuals from a different culture." **** Global Exchange Announces Fact-Finding Trip to Chiapas, Mexico, June 11 - 19, 1994. **** Room Still Available Learn how rural communities have been affected by economic and social injustice and the recent military repression. Participants will dialogue with human rights workers, campesinos, church leaders, coffee producers, journalists and witnesses of the uprising. Global Exchange feels that it is critical to continue to send U.S. citizens to investigate the human rights situation and keep the pressure on the Mexican government to negotiate in good faith. The delegations help protect groups in Chiapas that might be targets of reprisals, encourage more and more U.S. activists to get involved and maintain close working relationships with non-governmental organizations in the region. * * Cost * * $1050, including round-trip fare from San Francisco (Call for prices elsewhere in the U.S. or Canada). Partial scholarships are available * * Background * * On January 1, 1994, the day NAFTA went into effect, the southern Mexican state of Chiapas erupted in armed rebellion. The Mexican government responded to the uprising with brute force. The military bombed civilian populations, tortured and executed prisoners and committed other serious human rights violations. Pressure from the international community is essential to ensure that the Mexican government negotiates with the Zapatistas in good faith and seriously addresses the need for greater democracy and social justice for Mexico's poor. In light of this urgent need, Global Exchange has launched a Campaign for Democracy and Social Change in Mexico. Global Exchange can be reached by sending e-mail to "globalexch@igc.org" (or just replying on-line), or by calling toll-free, 1-800-GXS-1994, (415-255-7296 in San Francisco), or the old-fashioned way at 2017 Mission St., #303, San Francisco, CA 94110.