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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Press release: ITF Seafarers¹ Trust awards GBP100,000 to help Filipino seafarers

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Yours,
Sam Dawson
ITF


27 November 2013

ITF Seafarers' Trust awards GBP100,000 to help Filipino seafarers

The ITF Seafarers' Trust – the charity arm of the International Transport Workers" Federation – today authorised two grants totalling GBP100,000 to aid Filipino seafarers and their families affected by Typhoon Haiyan.

 

The grants, for GBP50,000 each are being awarded to the Associated Marine Officers' and Seamen's Union of the Philippines (AMOSUP) and the Philippine Seafarers Union (PSU) to help them deliver emergency relief for seafarers and their families.

 

ITF Seafarers' Trust chair Dave Heindel commented: "Around 300,000 of the world's seafarers are from the Philippines, many of them from the worst hit areas. These two grants will allow us to provide targeted help to them.

 

"The Seafarers' Trust is trying to alleviate at least some of the awful effects of the tragedy that hit the Philippines, a country which is fundamental to the maritime world. With this aid the Trust is hoping to help many seafarers to get back on their feet, and to support  them at this difficult time."

 

For more about the ITF Seafarers' Trust see www.seafarerstrust.org or the Trust blog at www.itfglobal.org/seafarerstrustblog

 

ENDS

 

 

 

 

 








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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

[It's LIQUID News] Great Talent Deserves Endless Attention

 
 
.art news
November 26, 2013
 
   
 
Year In Review
 
Year In Review is a juried, international all-medium-encompassing open call for art. You are invited to take part in a mission to present a range of technique, style and narrative that captures the best emerging artists of 2013.
 
 
Submissions received by November 29, 2013 11:59pm EST will be considered for the $1,000 Early Entry Award in addition to the Grand Prize and Category Awards.
 
The Mission:
Let 2014 be the Year the World Sees Your Art
. The third of an annual series, Year In Review is an international open call for Painting, Sculpture & Installation, Photography, Design & Illustration, Motion & Sound, Fashion, and more, with a mission to present one selected visionary at SCOPE Art Show, the premier showcase for international emerging contemporary art and one of the most influential presences in the expanding global art market. Our goal is simple – to find amazing talents and expose them to the world in the most potent way possible. More info: http://www.yearinreviewcompetition.com/?f=yir13_il1
 
The Prizes:
 
The Grand Prize Package
One artist, determined by the Grand Prize jury, will be selected to receive:
- An exclusive booth at SCOPE New York 2014, next to the top figures in the global art scene
- $10,000 cash grant, including $5,000 to spend however you want and $5,000 toward production of the booth
- Printed inclusion in the SCOPE New York 2014 catalog distributed at the fair
- A publicity campaign in New York City promoting you and your work
 
The People's Choice Award
The public will cast their vote and the artist with the most viewed and highest voted portfolio will receive:
- A Trip Around the World
- $2,500 cash grant
- International exposure via a feature published by See.Me
 
The Category Awards
The jury panel will select six artists who will each receive inclusion in a Group Exhibition at SCOPE NY 2014, an online feature published by See.Me, a printed inclusion in the SCOPE New York 2014 catalog distributed at the fair. These six artists will be chosen in the following categories:
- Painting
- Sculpture & Installation
- Works on Paper
- Fashion
- Photography
- Design & Illustration
- Motion & Sound
 
The Early Entry Award
The jury panel will select one artist to receive a $1,000 grant, an online feature published by Artists Wanted, a printed inclusion in the SCOPE New York 2014 catalog distributed at the fair.
 
All artists who enter their work by Friday November 29, 2014 11:59pm EST will be considered for the Early Entry Award. Learn more: http://www.yearinreviewcompetition.com/?f=yir13_il1
 
Get your work reviewed by leaders in the industry. Entries will be reviewed in consideration for the Grand Prize, Category and Early Entry Awards by an esteemed panel of jurors:
- Alexis Hubshman, Founder of SCOPE Art Show
- Daria Brit Greene, Vice President of SCOPE Art Show
- James Jenkin, Executive Director of Printed Matter
- Eve Schillo, Curatorial Assistant at Los Angeles Country Museum of Art (LACMA)
- Sam Barzilay, Director & Founding Member of New York Photo Festival
- Katerina Simonva, Editor-in-chief of Creem Magazine
 
 
Submit by November 29, 2013 11:59pm EST to be eligible for the $1,000 Early Entry Award in addition to the Grand Prize and Category Awards.
 
Presented by SCOPE Art Show, powered by See.Me
 
 

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Monday, November 25, 2013

Double digit growth in Russian recycled containerboard production


Russia achieves higher profits compared with Western European market after increasing its usage of recycled containerboard over the last 4 years.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite a limited supply of recovered paper in Russia, recycled containerboard production is outpacing virgin containerboard production. Over the last 3 years recycled containerboard production grew 11.3% each year, while production of virgin containerboard grew 3.7%. These findings were published today in a new study by RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry.

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"Double-digit production growth has resulted in Russian domestic Testliner 2 prices reaching 1.7 times their variable costs in the 2010-2012 period. This is much higher than the 1.25 ratio experienced by the Western European recycled containerboard industry," said Orifjon Abidov, Senior Economist, Packaging Papers at RISI.

The Outlook for Russian Paper Packaging Markets provides an independent and thorough analysis of the sub-segments of the Russian packaging paper markets. It includes coverage of containerboard, cartonboard, wrapping and specialty papers from 2002-2012 with forecasts through 2018. The study will help you understand the Russian paper packaging markets and the influences that will drive them.

Included in the Outlook for Russian Paper Packaging Markets:

  • Overview of paper packaging demand by region in Russia
  • Analysis of real and gross market share of producers in Russian containerboard, cartonboard and sack and wrapping paper grades
  • Technical comparison of containerboard machines with corrugator specifications
  • Analysis of brown testliner and brown kraftliner manufacturing costs
  • Containerboard price development in Russian regions
  • Forecast of demand, supply, exports & imports, for the Russian containerboard, cartonboard and wrapping papers industries

For more information on this study, download the prospectus or visit www.risi.com/russiapack

The key companies covered by this report include: Arkhbum, Asia Pulp and Paper, Consolidated Paper Mills (OBF), Gotek, Stora Enso, SFT Group, Smurfit Kappa, MM-Karton, Hansol, Metsa Board, Ilim Group, Mondi Packaging, Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill, Kievsky Paper and Board Mill, Permsky Karton, Naberezhnochelninsky Cardboard and Paper Mill, DS Smith, Fiskeby Board, Gofron, Hamburger, Iggesund Paperboard, Hansol, International Paper, Jidachevsky PPM, Jitomirsky PBM, Kartonsan, Klaypedos Kartonas, Mariysky PPM, Metsa Board, Moritz Weig, Nikolрak Uchaly, Novolyalinsky PPM, Okulovsky Bumazhnik, Packaging Kuban, Premium board, Rubejanskiy Paper and Board Mill, Segezha PPM, Continental Management, Soyuzgofra, St. Petersburg Cartonboard Mill, Umka, Ussuriyskiy Cardboard and Paper Mill, Vyborgskaya Cellulose, Yaroslavskaya Bumaga

About RISI (www.risi.com)

RISI is the leading information provider for the global forest products industry. The company works with clients in the pulp and paper, wood products, timber, biomass, tissue, nonwovens, printing and publishing industries to help them make better decisions.

Headquartered in Boston, MA, RISI operates additional offices throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia.

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Arup resilience pushes the firm past £1 billion


 

 

Arup resilience pushes the firm past £1 billion

 

·         Arup Group turnover exceeds £1 billion for the first time

·         Employee ownership model continues to deliver results

 

(London) Arup, the global design engineering firm, saw its turnover pass the £1 billion mark for the first time as the firm released its results for the financial year ending 31st March 2013.

 

Overall, Arup's global income came in at £1.03 billion for the year, an increase of 3.9% on the previous 12 months. Operating profit for the period was positive at £23.7 million, so despite an extremely competitive global operating environment Arup once again demonstrated the resilience of the group.

 

Announcing the 2013 financial results, Arup Group Chairman, Philip Dilley, said, "I am delighted to be able to say that for the first time in its history Arup is a £1 billion firm. It is a significant milestone that comes with winning and delivering great projects such as Kunming Airport in China, the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link between Germany and Denmark and the Second Avenue Subway in New York. While we are happy to have broken £1 billion, turnover is not a goal the firm strives to meet. We remain focused on the true metrics of success; employing fantastic people and delivering top quality projects for our clients and partners."

 

The Chairman also pointed out that the Group's unique employee ownership model and long-term strategy of diversifying across market sectors and geographies continued to show returns, helping to counteract economic difficulties in certain regions.

 

"We have faced challenges such as the resources downturn in Australia, for example, and some of our teams have been working in a very competitive environment as a result," said Philip Dilley. "At the same time, cashflow remains sound, our future order book is robust and we are employing more people to meet the global opportunities. Overall, I believe we have the strategy, skills and people to drive our performance over the coming year."

 

Arup is wholly owned in Trust for the benefit of its employees. This means no dividends are taken from the business by external shareholders. Instead, all staff members share directly in a profit distribution scheme so that each individual is incentivised to do their best for the firm as a whole. This year, the profit share allocation was raised to £30 million, up £8 million on the previous period.

 



 

Notes to Editors

 

1.       Arup is owned in Trust for the benefit of its employees past and present. The firm distributes earnings to its employees through a staff profit share scheme.

 

2.       During the year, Arup Group made direct charitable donations of £743,000. Staff members also contributed some 17,000 hours to various charities on a pro bono basis worth approximately £850,000.

 

 

About Arup

Arup is the creative force at the heart of many of the world's most prominent projects in the built environment and across industry. From more than 90 offices worldwide some 11,000 Arup planners, designers, engineers and consultants deliver innovative projects across the globe.

www.arup.com

 


[International ArtExpo] "BorderBody - Mixing Cities" Opening is near! November 28th, 2013

 
  
 

BorderBody - Mixing Cities
International video-art, photography, installation and performing art festival
Opening: November 28th, 2013

"BorderBody – Mixing Cities" exhibition will be held in the prestigious Palazzo Barone Ferrara in Bari (Italy), from November 28th to December 06th 2013. Thirty-three international artists have been selected to take part in this exhibition.

"BorderBody – Mixing Cities" exhibition will be the first of 3 events held in Palazzo Barone Ferrara during the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014. "BorderBody" cycle will consist of "Mixing Cities", "Mixing Identities" and "Mixing Future" exhibitions. "Mixing Cities" deals with modern urban changes and their influence on citizens, on hybridization between identities and urban settings in contemporary time. Artworks' selection is based on the main concept of fluidity, motion, changing networks and cities transformations. People, backgrounds, societies, progress and all their inputs creates hybrid identities, modifying each other and being mixed in prospect to shape a better world.

Palazzo Barone Ferrara is a magnificent historic building of XIX century, symbol of importance and progress of the city. Located in the centre of Bari, is the headquarters and exhibition space of Banca Apulia bank.

organizer: International ArtExpo
curator: Luca Curci
press office: It's LIQUID

exhibition & screening place: Palazzo Barone Ferrara, Bari (Italy)
dates: from November 28th to December 06th 2013, from 10.00 AM to 01.00 PM and from 03.00 PM to 06.00 PM, at Palazzo Barone Ferrara, C.so Vittorio Emanuele II n.102/A, Bari (Italy)

opening: November 28th, 2013, at 06.00 PM, at Palazzo Barone Ferrara, C.so Vittorio Emanuele II n.102/A, Bari (Italy)

.featured artists
Candaş Şişman . Turkey | Di Mainstone . UK | Jalila Essaïdi . The Netherlands | Paul Amlehn . New Zeland

.video artists
Sheryl Cheung . Taiwan | Fred. L'Epee . Switzerland | Kate MacDonald . Canada | AUG Ferdinand . USA | Toni Simò . Spain | Dénes Ruzsa . Hungary | Antonis Kourkoulos . Greece | Fouilhoux Biliana . France | Merve Goulding . Turkey | compagnie fabienne berger . Switzerland | Linda Riseley . Australia | Gabriella Parisi . Italy | Katarina Kaplarski . Serbia | Gregory Steel . USA | Peter Palvén . Sweden | Remapping Europe . European project | Elika Zarei . Iran | James Leonard . USA | Mia Dudek . Poland

.photo artists
Erin Solomons . UK | Antonis Kourkoulos . Greece | Andrea Colangiuli . Italy | Sabina Izu . Spain | Nicola Boccadoro . Italy | Carlos Torres Machado . USA | Sultana Raza . Luxembourg | Malgorzata Basinska . Poland | Maria Buchner . Australia | Mia Dudek . Poland

.installation artists
Antonella Zito . Italy | Simone Tripaldi . Italy | Robert Kirov . Switzerland | Alejandro Schianchi . Argentina

During the event will be presented the stunning digital videos "Flux" and "Eff-Lux" by Turkish artist Candaş Şişman; the amazing project "Human Harp" by London based artist Di Mainstone, and "Bulletproof skin" video by the founder of "BioArt Laboratories" Jalila Essaïdi.

Candaş Şişman has received several awards since 2007, among which are an Honorary Mention from Prix ARS Electronica Computer Animation/Film/VFX and Best Prize in Sound Design from Roma Viedram Video Festival. London based artist and researcher Di Mainstone creates sculptures that connect to the body, designed to initiate movement and storytelling. Human Harp is a collaborative creative project led by Di Mainstone and supported by Queen Mary University of London. Jalila Essaïdi is an artist who uses biology – in particular ecology and the life sciences – as an artistic medium, and in 2010 she was a recipient of the Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award and got in 2012 a Honorary Mention in the Category of Hybrid Art of the Prix Ars Electronica 2012.

In the exhibition area it will be possible to listen to the sound artwork "Interzone" by Paul Amlehn, who has collaborated on music projects with musicians from the bands of Lou Reed, David Bowie, Laurie Anderson, Tom Waits, and others, and with members of the Kronos Quartet, and Philip Glass Ensemble.

The event is supported by Banca Apulia.

International ArtExpo is an art organization that provides a significant forum for cultural dialogue between all artists from different cultures and countries. ArtExpo is grateful to all of the institutions, corporations, and individuals who support our artistic projects. We work with a number of national and international galleries as well as publishers, museums, curators and critics from all over the world. We help artists through solo and group exhibitions, gallery representation, magazine reviews and advertisements, press releases, internet promotion, as well as various curatorial projects

International ArtExpo
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 33
70122 Bari (Italy)
+39.0805234018
+39.3387574098
lucacurci@lucacurci.com
www.lucacurci.com/artexpo

  


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[It's LIQUID News] Call for Artists: BORDERLAND - Deadline: December 07, 2013

 
 
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November 22, 2013
 
   
 
Call for Artists: BORDERLAND – The entropy of identities
Nottingham (UK) 2013
International Video-Art screening
Deadline: December 07, 2013

International ArtExpo is selecting all interesting video/short films to include in "BORDERLAND – The entropy of identities" international video art screening which will be held in Nottingham (UK), at Nottingham Playhouse, from the 13th to the 26th of January 2014.

Entropy is conceptually defined as the measure of the level of disorder in a changing system. Starting from this fascinating concept, each person can be considered as a changing system, as the same as for a specific culture, city or country, until the whole universe. All these systems are subjected to a process of continuous inner evolution which overcome their own boundaries to contaminate and crossbreed each others. Borders of this evolving systems get more and more fleeting, and their identities turn out fluid, multiple and changeable. These continue changes find in the inevitability of evolution their measure of order.

Nottingham Playhouse has been one of the United Kingdom's leading producing theatres since its foundation in 1948. Touring work nationally and internationally, the Playhouse remains firmly rooted in its vibrant home city, where its spacious modernist building – fronted by Anish Kapoor's "Sky Mirror" – is one of the region's most popular landmarks. Thanks to the programme "Digital Stage" curated by The Cutting Room innovative digital artworks have been brought to Nottingham Playhouse, offering an alternative viewpoint to Nottingham Playhouse's artistic programme.

The deadline for applications is December 07, 2013.

The event is open to video-art only. To take part in the selection, send your videos' submissions with a CV/biography, videography and some still images via email to lucacurci@lucacurci.com or via mail to:

International ArtExpo
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 33
70122 Bari, Italy

The number of works you can submit is free and unlimited. The participation in the International Art Festival requires an entry fee only for selected artworks. Participation open to: artists, architects and designers, associate groups and studios.

International ArtExpo is an art organization that provides a significant forum for cultural dialogue between all artists from different cultures and countries. ArtExpo is grateful to all of the institutions, corporations, and individuals who support our artistic projects. We work with a number of national and international galleries as well as publishers, museums, curators and critics from all over the world. We help artists through solo and group exhibitions, gallery representation, magazine reviews and advertisements, press releases, internet promotion, as well as various curatorial projects.

International ArtExpo
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 33
70122 Bari (Italy)
+39.0805234018
+39.3387574098
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www.lucacurci.com/artexpo
 


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Press release/noticias de prensa: ITF demands answers from Guatemalan president over attempt on dock leader's life/La ITF demanda que el presidente de Guatemala dé respuestas sobre el atentado contra la vida de un dirigente sindical portuario

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Sam Dawson
ITF




22 November 2013

ITF demands answers from Guatemalan president over attempt on dock leader's life

The ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) today demanded the president of Guatemala reinstate protection for a dock workers' union leader whose life is in danger – and challenged the president over the behaviour of the government mediator that he has personally approved to oversee the possibility of a new operator taking over the concession for part of the port of Puerto Quetzal.

 

The ITF has acted following an attack on the family of Lázaro Ramos, who is secretary general of the ITF-affiliated STEPQ (Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Empresa Portuaria Quetzal) union. One of his predecessors, Pedro Zamora, was killed by hired gunmen in 2007. The death threats that had preceded that killing were immediately directed towards Ramos. Following interventions and investigations by the ITF, police protection was provided for Ramos. Despite continuing threats it was removed this year, then reinstated at the request of the International Labour Organization (ILO) – but only in the form of one guard. This left Ramos's family open to attack; an attack which happened on 14 November, when armed assailants broke into a relative's house a few steps from his. They boasted that they were acting on orders "from above" and displayed a photo of Ramos to make clear who their ultimate target was.

 

STEPQ and the ITF believe that this latest assault is linked to attempts to have the union abandon its lawful resistance to part of the port being privatised and handed over to the Spanish company TCB (Barcelona Container Terminal). Legally this privatisation could not happen while the union maintains a court case that it is unconstitutional and unlawful. In September the government-appointed mediator told Ramos that he could have "anything he wanted" if his union would abandon the case. He also said that the offer was authorised by the Guatemalan president, Otto Pérez Molina.

 

The ITF has previously spearheaded the attempts to protect Pedro Zamora's family and colleagues. Under pressure from the ITF and the ILO the government instituted investigations into the 2007 murder, but these failed to prosecute the murderers or those who ordered the killing.

 

ITF acting general secretary Steve Cotton has today sent the following letter (in Spanish) to the Guatemalan president:

 

Señor Presidente:

 

Stephen Cotton, Secretario General en Funciones de la Federación Internacional de los Trabajadores del Transporte (ITF), que afilia aproximadamente a 5 millones de trabajadores, representados en 706 organizaciones sindicales, de 154 países; nos dirigimos a usted para manifestarle lo siguiente:

 

Observamos con gran preocupación que a pesar de que en tiempo y forma, le hemos comunicado de las acciones represivas implementadas en contra del Secretario General del "Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Empresa Portuaria Quetzal" (STEPQ), inclusive el retiro de la seguridad que originalmente le había sido asignada desde comenzó a recibir amenazas de muerte y desde que fue evidente que como resultado de la lucha para evitar la privatización obscura e ilegal de la Empresa Portuaria Quetzal, el entonces Secretario General de STEPQ Pedro Zamora fue arteramente asesinado, crimen que hasta ahora, continua sin resolver posiblemente para esconder intereses obscuros, hasta ahora nada ha sido hecho para garantizar los derechos y la seguridad del actual Secretario General de STEPQ Sr, Lázaro Reyes, conforme a nuestro Oficio de fecha del 9 de Septiembre del presente año que hasta ahora no ha sido respondido.

 

Afortunadamente en esa ocasión, y gracias a la intervención de una renombrada funcionaria de la OIT, fue reasignado uno de los efectivos de seguridad para el Sr. Lázaro Ramos .Sin embargo lo anterior, el día 14 de noviembre, nuevamente fueron efectuadas amenazas de muerte en contra del Sr. Lázaro Ramos, sólo que en esta ocasión fueron físicas agrediendo física y moralmente a su cuñada para que le dieran el mensaje que había orden "de arriba". Le anexamos las denuncias presentadas ante la policía.

 

Lo anterior es altamente preocupante, no solamente porque es coincidente con las propuestas no lícitas efectuadas por el interventor de Puerto Cortes, Sr. Allan Marroquín, en "nombre" de Usted Señor Presidente, sino además porque al pasar de agresiones de carácter oral a físicas y habiendo víctimas que han sido agredidas, pasa de simples denuncias de amenazas a delitos de agresión y amenazas de muerte.

 

Entendemos que hayan intereses económicos que intentan quedarse con la concesión del puerto, y que ante la falta de la ilegalidad, demostrada por los procesos legales interpuestos por el Sindicato, tal tentativa haya sido transformada por la concesión para la construcción de una terminal privada, pero creemos que en algún momento alguien se debería de preguntar si es honesto y si vale la pena violentar tantas leyes y cometer tantos crímenes simplemente para beneficiar a una empresa extranjera. Creemos que igualmente cualquier empresa extranjera en esas condiciones debería de analizar si mancharse las manos de sangre vale la pena para construir una terminal portuaria.

 

Esperamos que los próximos pasos no sean ni intentar efectivar las amenazas de muerte "de arriba", ni interferir en la justicia para invalidar el proceso identificado con el número 011732012-04959, conflicto de carácter jurídico en juicio ordinario laboral, el cual está asignado al Juzgado Quinto de Primera Instancia de Trabajo y Previsión Social del Departamento de Guatemala, porque ello daría una clara e irrefutable evidencia de que efectivamente se trata de crímenes de Estado, para favorecer intereses económicos extranjeros.

 

No es justo ni coherente con el respeto de los derechos humanos de los Ciudadanos y Ciudadanas de Guatemala, que ante las denuncias concretas de ilícitos cometidos por sus funcionarios, de crímenes con la evidente intención de privatizar el puerto y/o concesionar parcialmente sus instalaciones para la construcción de una terminal containerizada, y ante la utilización del nombre de Usted para encubrir esos crímenes, su gobierno no haga nada y la impunidad sugiera que tales denuncias sean verídicas.

 

Le comunicaremos de estos hechos reprochables a la empresa TCB de España porque ignoramos si ellos están conscientes de estos crímenes y de que al estar vinculados a la concesión "especial" que están recibiendo, puedan ser maculados internacionalmente por alguna posible conexión

 

ENDS

 



22 de Noviembre de 2013

La ITF demanda que el presidente de Guatemala dé respuestas sobre el atentado contra la vida de un dirigente sindical portuario

La ITF (Federación Internacional de los Trabajadores del Transporte) le demandó hoy al Presidente de Guatemala que reinstale la protección policiaca a un dirigente sindical portuario cuya vida ha sido amenazada – y exigió una clarificación sobre las acciones del interventor, nominado personalmente por el Presidente – para la posible implementación de un nuevo operador portuario que se quedaría con la concesión de una parte de Puerto Quetzal.

 

La ITF ha reaccionado como resultado del ataque contra la familia de Lázaro Ramos, quien es actualmente el Secretario General del sindicato afiliado a la ITF STEPQ (Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Empresa Portuaria Quetzal) y quien posterior al asesinato de Pedro Zamora quedó temporalmente al frente después que su líder, Pedro Zamora, fuera asesinado en el año de 2007 por pistoleros. Las amenazas de muerte fueron inmediatamente canalizadas en contra de Ramos y como resultado de las investigaciones y de las intervenciones de la ITF, se le otorgó en esa época protección policial. Sin embargo a pesar de las continuas amenazas la protección fue removida y solamente fue restablecida a solicitid de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT), sólo que un único guardia fue reasignado. Esto ha dejado a la familia de Ramos en una condición vulnerable, y como consecuencia hubo un ataque el 14 de noviembre, cuando delincuentes armados ingresaron en el domicilio de un familiar, a unos pocos pasos de su casa. Ellos aclararon que están siguiendo ordenes "de arriba" y mostraron una foto de Ramos para señalar quien es su verdadero objetivo.

 

El STEPQ y la ITF están convencidos que este reciente incidente esta directamente vinculado a la tentativa de que el sindicato abandone las acciones legales contra la privatización de una parte del puerto y concesionado a la empresa española TCB (Terminal de Contenedores de Barcelona). Legalmente la privatización no podría acontecer mientras que el proceso legal del sindicato continué en la corte bajo la acusación de ser ilegal e inconstitucional. En Septiembre el interventor del puerto, nombrado por el gobierno le dijo a Ramos que podría pedir "cualquier cosa que quisiera" si el sindicato aceptaba retirar el proceso. También le informó que esa propuesta contaba con el aval del Presidente de Guatemala, Otto Pérez Molina.

 

La ITF ha sido la punta de lanza de las acciones para proteger a la familia de Pedro Zamora y de sus colegas.  Como resultado de la presión de la ITF y de la OIT el gobierno inicio una investigación sobre el asesinato perpetrado en el 2007, para ha sido incapaz de encarcelar a los asesinaos materiales ni a los intelectuales.

 

El Secretario General en Funciones de la ITF Steve Cotton le ha enviado el día de hoy la siguiente carta (en español) al Presidente de Guatemala:

 

Señor Presidente:

 

Stephen Cotton, Secretario General en Funciones de la Federación Internacional de los Trabajadores del Transporte (ITF), que afilia aproximadamente a 5 millones de trabajadores, representados en 706 organizaciones sindicales, de 154 países; nos dirigimos a usted para manifestarle lo siguiente:

 

Observamos con gran preocupación que a pesar de que en tiempo y forma, le hemos comunicado de las acciones represivas implementadas en contra del Secretario General del "Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Empresa Portuaria Quetzal" (STEPQ), inclusive el retiro de la seguridad que originalmente le había sido asignada desde comenzó a recibir amenazas de muerte y desde que fue evidente que como resultado de la lucha para evitar la privatización obscura e ilegal de la Empresa Portuaria Quetzal, el entonces Secretario General de STEPQ Pedro Zamora fue arteramente asesinado, crimen que hasta ahora, continua sin resolver posiblemente para esconder intereses obscuros, hasta ahora nada ha sido hecho para garantizar los derechos y la seguridad del actual Secretario General de STEPQ Sr, Lázaro Reyes, conforme a nuestro Oficio de fecha del 9 de Septiembre del presente año que hasta ahora no ha sido respondido.

 

Afortunadamente en esa ocasión, y gracias a la intervención de una renombrada funcionaria de la OIT, fue reasignado uno de los efectivos de seguridad para el Sr. Lázaro Ramos .Sin embargo lo anterior, el día 14 de noviembre, nuevamente fueron efectuadas amenazas de muerte en contra del Sr. Lázaro Ramos, sólo que en esta ocasión fueron físicas agrediendo física y moralmente a su cuñada para que le dieran el mensaje que había orden "de arriba". Le anexamos las denuncias presentadas ante la policía.

 

Lo anterior es altamente preocupante, no solamente porque es coincidente con las propuestas no lícitas efectuadas por el interventor de Puerto Cortes, Sr. Allan Marroquín, en "nombre" de Usted Señor Presidente, sino además porque al pasar de agresiones de carácter oral a físicas y habiendo víctimas que han sido agredidas, pasa de simples denuncias de amenazas a delitos de agresión y amenazas de muerte.

 

Entendemos que hayan intereses económicos que intentan quedarse con la concesión del puerto, y que ante la falta de la ilegalidad, demostrada por los procesos legales interpuestos por el Sindicato, tal tentativa haya sido transformada por la concesión para la construcción de una terminal privada, pero creemos que en algún momento alguien se debería de preguntar si es honesto y si vale la pena violentar tantas leyes y cometer tantos crímenes simplemente para beneficiar a una empresa extranjera. Creemos que igualmente cualquier empresa extranjera en esas condiciones debería de analizar si mancharse las manos de sangre vale la pena para construir una terminal portuaria.

 

Esperamos que los próximos pasos no sean ni intentar efectivar las amenazas de muerte "de arriba", ni interferir en la justicia para invalidar el proceso identificado con el número 011732012-04959, conflicto de carácter jurídico en juicio ordinario laboral, el cual está asignado al Juzgado Quinto de Primera Instancia de Trabajo y Previsión Social del Departamento de Guatemala, porque ello daría una clara e irrefutable evidencia de que efectivamente se trata de crímenes de Estado, para favorecer intereses económicos extranjeros.

 

No es justo ni coherente con el respeto de los derechos humanos de los Ciudadanos y Ciudadanas de Guatemala, que ante las denuncias concretas de ilícitos cometidos por sus funcionarios, de crímenes con la evidente intención de privatizar el puerto y/o concesionar parcialmente sus instalaciones para la construcción de una terminal containerizada, y ante la utilización del nombre de Usted para encubrir esos crímenes, su gobierno no haga nada y la impunidad sugiera que tales denuncias sean verídicas.

 

Le comunicaremos de estos hechos reprochables a la empresa TCB de España porque ignoramos si ellos están conscientes de estos crímenes y de que al estar vinculados a la concesión "especial" que están recibiendo, puedan ser maculados internacionalmente por alguna posible conexión

 

FIN

 

 

 

 

 






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