The CCR Celebrates its 21st Anniversary: A Message from the CCR Board

Speech by Miriam Ayala, President of the CCR

Please receive a fraternal greeting of solidarity from the Directive Board of the CCR. Greetings to the Presidents, Leaders, Youth, Professors, Veterans, and people representing the different national and international institutions that works hand in hand with the CCR for the development of our communities.

Before we start, we want to take advantage this time and congratulate and thank all of the communities, who are represented here, for the historic triumph of the people in the recent elections. This election guarantees that there will be a new a path for the country, now that that the government will work to benefit of the majority of the population, that part that has historically been abandoned.

Today, the CCR is celebrating 21 years of historic struggle in defense of the fundamental rights of our communities and the results of this coordinated effort have been good. However we recognize that there is a lot left to do and the work ahead will not be easy.

The new political context both allows and obligates us to re-orient our forces because today we have, thanks to the organized movement, a government that will open doors and allow us to get closer to them. We have a government with whom we can discuss issues and look for solutions together in order to respond to the needs of our people.

However, to take advantage of this huge opportunity that has presented itself to us, it is important, with out a doubt, to strengthen organizing inside all of our communities in order to be able to bring our needs to the new officials. But also, above all, we need to contribute from here on, to the new project of change in this country which we are a part of.

One of our largest challenges will be the struggle to defend our natural resources, which implies doing advocacy against the possible laws that the Right wants to impose in the Legislative Assembly. But more than that it means dialoguing with the Executive Branch about alternatives, so that they will give preference to the majority of people, and respect our environment over private interests.

Another great challenge is to consolidate the efforts already begun in the CCR, for example: preserving our historic memory, work in popular education, organization and productive projects for rural women that will help them confront the economic crisis that is affecting the country and our people.

We want to close by making a call to all communities and friendly institutions to continue working, in search of the well being and development. We will do this through strengthened organizing with the guarantee of full participation in the new political and social context of the country.

LONG LIVE THE ORGANIZED COMMUNITIES

LONG LIVE INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY

LONG LIVE THE CCR

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