Aggiornamento del 8.01.97

Continua l'occupazione militare della residenza dell'ambasciatore giapponese a Lima, Perù, da parte del commando "Edgard Sanchez" delle forze speciali del M.R.T.A. (Movimento Rivoluzionario Tupac Amaru), che detengono 74 prigionieri di guerra, tutti quanti, politici, diplomatici uomini d'affari, militari e elementi dell'alta borghesia, pesantemente coinvolti nel regime dittatoriale di Alberto Fujimori che ha portato alla fame ed alla disperazione la popolazione peruviana, seguendo le ricette neoliberiste della World Bank e dell'I.W.F. .

Oggi il premier del governo peruviano, Pandolfi, si e' espresso pubblicamente per una soluzione pacifica della crisi, e continua la trattativa ufficiosa condotta dal ministro della pubblica istruzione, malgrado la rigidita' di Fujimori che vuol prendere per stanchezza i commandos del MRTA, ma soprattutto vuol far scemare l'attenzione dei media per tentare una soluzione militare, che si puo' facilmente intuire si risolvera' in un bagno di sangue.


Esplosioni a Lima


7.01.1997 - Reuter
Questa mattina presto sono state ascoltate due esplosioni dall'interno della residenza dell'ambasciatore giapponese a Lima, Peru.
La polizia ha detto che sembravano colpi di pistola. Sono stati seguiti da silenzio e da nessun segno di movimento dall'interno dove i ribelli Marxisti (l'M.R.T.A. n.d.t.) tengono ancora 74 ostaggi (prigionieri di guerra n.d.t.)
Oggi è finita la terza settimana dall'occupazione militare.
Le esplosioni sono le prime ascoltate nella residenza dal giorno dopo Natale quando una unica forte esplosione sconvolse l'area. Più tardi le autorità dissero che l'esplosione probabilmente fu causata da un animale passato su una mina piazzata dai ribelli.




CNN

Peru's Fujimori Stands Firm In Guerrilla Siege

January 7, 1997
Web posted at: 10:00 p.m. EST (1500 GMT) 

LIMA, Peru (Reuter) -- Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori pledged
Tuesday to stand firm against "terrorist blackmail" by Marxist guerrillas
holding 74 hostages at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima. 

"We maintain a firm position of not giving in to blackmail from the
terrorists," Fujimori told reporters during a surprise visit to a Lima
shantytown. 

But he expressed hope for a peaceful solution to the
three-week-old crisis, and said the "physical well-being" of the
hostages was assured "because there are not going to be acts of
blood." 

Fujimori, who had ended his regular visits to shantytowns when the
crisis began, said his trip Tuesday was intended to show the world
that life continued as normal in Peru despite the Tupac Amaru
Revolutionary Movement's (MRTA) takeover of the residence. 

"We should not transmit the image that in Peru we are living a
situation of terrorism," he said. 

Asked for his current stand in the crisis, he said: "A mixture of
firmness in our position -- and in this sense the non-liberation of
MRTA prisoners -- and at the same time prudence." The rebels
have demanded from the outset that the government free all of their
roughly 400 jailed comrades. 

During a frenetic tour of the city's outskirts, Fujimori also visited a
jail, passing by a wing holding MRTA members. 

Journalists Slip Into Compound

As his tour was under way, the guerrillas put up two new signs at a
window of the residence inviting local journalist Guido Lombardi to
enter for an interview. "Panorama must give the right to reply," read
one of the signs, in reference to Lombardi's weekly television
program. 

Minutes later, Lombardi rejected the offer from a group that, he
said, is "armed to the teeth" and "never gave a right of reply to its
kidnap or murder victims." 

About 3 p.m., a cameraman and a reporter from the Japanese
television station Asahi entered the residence at the invitation of the
MRTA rebels, after sneaking into the compound through an
adjoining house. 

They left about two hours later, only to be arrested and driven by
anti-terrorism police to their headquarters in central Lima. 

Rebel Fired Early-Morning Shots

An MRTA fighter fired two gunshots into the air shortly before dawn,
shattering the edgy peace around the residence in the upscale San Isidro
district. Two guerrillas slipped out of the building toward cars in the
driveway, then fired a warning salvo as they went back inside, witnesses
said. 

Reuters Television images filmed from a vantage point above the
residence showed a man dressed in combat gear and carrying an
automatic rifle running across the driveway at the front of the
compound shortly before the explosions. 

"I think the guerrillas were trying to get one of the car batteries, but
they made a noise and decided to abort the operation, firing a
couple of shots after they reached the house again," Reuters
cameraman Carlos Valdez said. 

Police In State Of Alert

Police surrounding the residence moved to a state of alert and
speculated the MRTA was trying to make its presence felt. "We
think it was a psychological tactic to let us know that they're there,"
one policeman said. 

Red Cross spokesman Jean-Pierre Sharer later confirmed the
shots were outside the house, and there were no injuries to the
hostages, who spent the morning writing letters to families. 

The explosions underscored the delicately balanced nature of the
crisis, which began on December 17 when about 20 heavily armed
MRTA rebels stormed a cocktail party at the residence and took
more than 500 guests hostage.

(Source: CNN, http://cnn.com)


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