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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.31,0:00:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WITNESS and HIC-AL in Temacapulín, Mexico
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.34,0:00:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,september 2011
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.02,0:00:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eight months ago, we began supporting three communities in the use of video for the defense of human rights.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.56,0:00:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laura - WITNESS/HIC-AL)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.06,0:00:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today we're here in Temacapulín, a community of roughly 300 families at risk of forced eviction due to the
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.31,0:00:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,planned construction of a hydroelectric dam.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.74,0:00:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We came here to do a follow-up training with our local partners,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.58,0:00:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and continue supporting these communities that are facing the risk of forced displacement.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.79,0:00:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the next days, we will review the footage they've filmed since January,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.34,0:00:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will learn about what they've achieved by using video to defend their rights,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.28,0:00:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will also update the plans for what these communities will be doing in the coming months.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.60,0:01:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The government wants to flood our communities,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.64,0:01:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and leave underwater all of our lands of crops, farming, livestock, history...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.36,0:01:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason I keep fighting for Temacapulín is that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.50,0:01:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my grandparents and great-grandparents grew up here, as did all of my ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.83,0:01:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But also because we're rooted in cultural values, human values,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.43,0:01:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because it's not fair that in the world today, and specifically in Jalisco, Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.43,0:01:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the human rights of all citizens and people are not being upheld.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.44,0:01:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that governments are still allowed to trample them, trample our dignity.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.72,0:02:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Neftalí, EDUCA) We support the resistance against the Paso de la Reina Dam because
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.42,0:02:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have worked with these (indigenous) communities historically.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.03,0:02:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Flavio, COPUDEVER) Above all, we're fighting for a better life in the future. In short, to save the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.42,0:02:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ana, CECOP) We are fighting to defend our lands because they want to displace us from them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.15,0:02:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since 2003, the Cacahuatepec community has been threatened by the construction of the La Parota Dam.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.78,0:02:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The government has tried to impose the dam on several occasions, but the communities organized in the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.79,0:02:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CECOP network have resisted for the past 8 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.62,0:02:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After WITNESS' training in January in Mexico City,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.13,0:03:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went back to my community and trained six other youth (from the affected communities).
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.85,0:03:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We then decided to create the youth video squad,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.22,0:03:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we began making videos to support the process of resistance led by the CECOP network.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.46,0:03:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've made three videos, one was directed to the governor and we asked him to support us,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.62,0:03:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and join us in saying no to the Parota Dam project.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.46,0:03:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had less than a month, and we began preparing the proposal for the video,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.42,0:03:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to show the eight years of resistance by CECOP,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.55,0:03:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the confrontations we've lived through.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.31,0:03:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The goal was to get him to put an end to the (dam) project.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.06,0:03:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We presented him with a T-shirt, everyone started chanting to him: 'put it on, put it on.'
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.47,0:04:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think he didn't have any other option but to put it on.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.18,0:04:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He found a way of changing and came back after a few minutes wearing the shirt.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.22,0:04:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone was very happy to see him with the shirt that said "Full stop to the Parota Dam".
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.62,0:04:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has been two very intense days,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.95,0:04:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've heard about many successes as the communities use video to defend their rights.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.34,0:04:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This has helped halt the construction of the dams,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.01,0:05:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has also helped hold back the forced evictions of these communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.26,0:05:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, the campaigns continue and there are many other tasks to accomplish.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.27,0:05:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we'll certainly see many other important successes for these communities in the coming months.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.31,0:05:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Support the Global Campaign Against Forced Evictions