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<br />.' <br /> <br />INITIATIVE PElTl'ICN <br />City of EUgene, oregon <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />CHIEF 1'.t;J;.L:J:J.UL'lERS: Manuel Pacheco <br />490 East 34th St. <br />EUgene, oregcn . <br /> <br />SUe GoJ:dan <br />ll36 East 20th St. <br />DJgene, Qre9an <br /> <br />Pmn ,~.." <br />2lS E. 2nd, ~3 <br />Dlgene, Oregon <br /> <br />BM.IDr 'l"l!Lt <br /> <br />CAPl'ICN: Sl'OP U.S. MILrrARY AID 'l'O CENTRAL AMERICA <br /> <br />W~'J."~: SHALL 'mE PEDPLE OF mGEl-m CAlL FOR A mwr <br />'l'O U.S. ~ AID 'l'O CENTRAL J\MERICA? . <br /> <br />PURPC6E: 'mE P.EDPIE ce EOOmE CAlL FOR A HALT 'l'O ~~ <br />AID 'l'O CFN1'BAL >>!ERICA. 'mE CI1'!' c:cxN:c:. <br />WJLL BE ~ 'l'O SEND A CJ::JIn CR 'mE MEASURE <br />'l'O FmEML Utt.LC1AIS. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />'lEE MmSUBE <br /> <br />~, ~L...o:::ale poverty, gx:oss eccnanic disparity and political re.- <br />pression are the true root causes of unrest aJI'OI'l9 the peoples of <br />Centnl J\merica, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, u.s. mUitm:y assistance to the '.:IU~C:"ts of El Sa1vadar, <br />Glat:eaala. and Honduras, and oow:rt mUitm:y aid to the counter- <br />revolutiaJaEy forces fighting to ove:rtIu:af the gcvemment of NicaJ:agua, <br />has increased and continues to :iJ:lcrease draDatically and, <br /> <br />tGmEAS. CJOVI!%IllIB1t3 supported by 0.5. milita:l:y assistarlce practice <br />institut:i.ona1i2ed huIrsn rights violatinr,s directed tcwm:d their own <br />populations, .inc1u:llD:J death~, torture, J:ap8 and deprivation and, <br /> <br />tiHERF.AS. O.S. financi.nq of ocun~~uti.a1a%Y farces fight:i.nq to <br />overtb%af the gave.mzrent of Nicarac;ua, in violatial of u.S. and inter- <br />national law, .increases the dang8r of regi.ooalized warfare while it <br />undem1ines i:egian81.efforts t:cward di~tic soluticms, and <br /> <br />~,. exntinued millta:l:y aid to the n!gia1 has c:ont:ri.buted to the <br />eaxx:mic, polit::ica1 and social disrupticns of thOse oountries, foz:t::i.n9' <br />hundn!lds of thouSands of refugees to flee their native lands and. seek <br />refage in Mexico and the Udted States, aa:J. '" <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />i'iHEREAS, with, the severe oe-.",....mc n;i"MCI.1lties facinq the ~ted States <br />am deep cuts in dalestic ~~....s. the ncney spent at militaxY aid <br />to Cent:ral Imerica could be spent suppar:tinq jobs, health and educaticn <br />pmjects in this CIClUDCy, and <br /> <br />~, we rec:xJ9ni28 that ally' J.ongstandinq solutiaJs to the problems <br />\ohi.ch face Central AJterlca are to be found in peaceful. diplaratic <br />altematives: ard <br /> <br />lD'l, '.Il1I:;t(t;t~, BE IT 0RDlUNED BY mE PD'IE OF 'mE c:r.rr OF EIXiENE <br />AS ~JS; <br /> <br />~ 1. 'D1e pecple of En]ene call for: <br /> <br />tal A halt to the. use of federal ~ for overt and <br />CXJWrt militaxY assistance to Central Alrerica. <br /> <br />(l)l A halt to the ~ of U.S. milituy personnel <br />in the regia1, and,. '.. . . <br /> <br />e <br />--- r <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />~} A halt to all ..~,., support funds" directed <br />pdmarlly tcwIIX'd milituy pw:p:lses :in the reg:i.oD. <br /> <br />SEX:TlCN 2. The City Cbl~ 1 is inst:;ruct:ed to transmit a a:1f1.l of <br />this ordinance to the President of the omted states, <br />the Secreta%:y of state, the Sec:retaJ:y of Defense, <br />the Speaker of the Heuse, the Majority Leader of the <br />Senate, the CW.%man of the Senate Foreign Relations <br />Calmittee, and to each nezdJer of the Oregan COngressional <br />DeJegat:i.al. 'l!1e City is also instxuctec1 to publicize <br />this atdlnance to the people and press of Oregan. <br /> <br />~ 3. ~ Ordinance shall take effect as provided l:7.f law. <br />