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| HAGATNA, Guam (AP)
- Former Sen. Angel Santos, a Chamorro rights activist, died Sunday. He was
44. Santos had suffered from an undiagnosed disease for the past year. An autopsy was to be performed to determine the cause of death. Santos served three terms in the U.S. territory's Legislature. In 2000, Santos, a spokesman for the indigenous activist group Chamoru Nation, served six months in federal prison for violating a 1993 court order to stay off U.S. Air Force land he claimed belonged to his grandfather. He was elected to the Guam Legislature after his release. Santos ran for governor in the Democratic primary in 1998, losing to former Gov. Carl Gutierrez and former Lt. Gov. Madeleine Bordallo, who now is Guam's delegate to the U.S. Congress. 07/08/03 07:05 EDT |
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In Memory of Angel Leon Guerrero Santos; "You Shall Never Be Forgotten" |
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I send my deepest condolences to
all the surviving members of the Santos family:
"I will share your grief with you and yours in this moment of great sorrow by his passing... I shall pray to our creator for the easing of your pain and suffering for his loss in this world... I pray that He gives you all the strength (as Angel had) to take you through your days... On behalf of my entire family and I, we shall pray for you and yours... God Bless..."
Tommy L.G. Benavente & Family |
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UN Could Provide Aid to territories Like Guam |
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| The United Nations later this year
will consider providing technical and financial aid to non-self-governing
territories such as Guam for a number of purposes, including educational
programs leading up to political status plebiscites, according to recent
reports from the UN Committee on Decolonization and the Guam Commission on
Decolonization. The UN committee, also called the Committee of 24, drafted its annual resolution in New York last month for consideration by the General Assembly later this year. Guam Commission on Decolonization education officer Debra Lynne Quinata attended the committee meetings, telling members and others in attendance that "nothing has changed in 20 years regarding our colonial status, while much has changed to destroy our sense as a people." Quinata reminded Committee members that Guam's Commonwealth Act languished in the U.S. Congress for nearly 10 years, saying the result is a "confirmation of our colonial status and an affirmation that our Administering Power can do whatever it wants to do regarding Guam, including doing nothing." She pointed to economic difficulties Guam is facing, noting that the U.S. Congress recently voted for continued financial and medical assistance for the poor in all 50 states, but refused to reauthorize these crucial programs, which affect mostly women and children, for the territories. Government officials has endorsed the Guam Chamber of Commerce's "#000000 Paper," which calls for a larger military presence on the island, which Quinata said demonstrates the extent of the U.S. military's occupation of Guam and its influence in local affairs. The Committee included language in their resolution that notes Guam's poverty level has risen from 12% a decade ago, according to U.S. Census figures, to 20% today. Discussion on the "major issue" of funding for Guam's political status education program included the representative from Cote d'Ivoire wondering what the Committee could do to provide financing for that purpose. "Let us not kid ourselves," Quinata said, "our Administering Power is trying to lure you into believing that Guam is so important to world peace that we should be left as a colonial territory. Our greatest fear now is not that we will be the last non-self-governing territory, but that we will be the first global colony. If we are, indeed, to be a United Nations colony, then let the United Nations be our Administering Power!" Representatives of the U.S. Interior and State departments also attended the meetings, but did not present any testimony. For comments and questions, please contact: > click < |
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| Our mission: to perpetuate the culture, traditions, beliefs, and the lands of all Chamorus and to ensure a place on our sacred island in the future for the next generation of Chamorus. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Let us not forget that our
culture, beliefs and our people have been suppressed for over four hundred
years. Our history portrays us as always giving with open doors and
open arms to all. How much longer can we as a people continue this
behavior when our resources and surroundings are diminishing at a very fast
pace with the assistance and our growing dependancy on both industrial and
commercial growth? The time has come for us to make a stand in preserving
what's left of our lands. We must all decide what fate is to
be determined of our sacred island before it falls entirely in to the hands
of others who only have personal financial interests in mind, and not the
interest of the people as a whole. Our first step in perpetuating our goal is to first bring common ground with our Chamoru brothers and sisters both on, and off-island. It is time to start renewing our faith and beliefs as Chamorus. Some of us might have forgotten who we are in this time and age and from where we've come from, but I sure haven't, and neither should you. This is what makes the world such a fascinating place to live on, "A diversity of cultures." "Be proud of who you are" and "try not to portray yourself as someone who you can never be." Fan ha'su Chamoru, "No matter what you wear, how expensive your clothes are, the size of your home, what country you're currently in, or what color you paint your skin, whenever you bleed, you will still bleed Chamoru blood. It is time to commit ourselves to educating our children and ourselves of our true culture. The Chamoru culture. I Kotturan Chamoru. Let us not laugh at those of our brothers and sisters who attempt to speak our language and make mistakes. Instead, we should educate them on the proper manner in which to pronounce or speak it. "Chedo" |
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Protesting for the Return of Chamoru Lands on the Grounds of the Governor's Office in Adelupe (1994): |
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As active members of the Nasion,
Angel,
Ed, Fa'et,
Luta, Ma'taga,
Ma'laet, Ma'ting'an, Pagat,
Rumbo,
Stranger, along with many other sincere and dedicated members of the
Nasion Chamoru, humbly had become catalysts towards resolving many issues
facing the Chamoru People. "Chedo"
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