“Konke kwashintsha lapho amasosha efika,” kusho uRosa, owesifazane womdabu wase-Ixil ohlala esifundeni saseQuiché eGuatemala. “Bashise imizi yethu, badlwengula abesifazane futhi babulala abangane bami nomakhelwane abaningi.”
Kwakungo-1982, futhi u-Efraín Ríos Montt wayesanda kuthatha amandla ekuketulweni kwezempi. Ngaphansi kokubusa kwakhe kwezinyanga eziyishumi nesikhombisa, Abantu Bomdabu baseGuatemala bahlupheka kakhulu: okungenani abantu abangu-1,771 babulawa, amantombazane angu-1,485 adlwengulwa kwathi abangu-29,000 baxoshwa ngendluzula emakhaya abo..
Eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu kamuva, u-Ríos Montt ekugcineni uzovela enkantolo ngalawa macala. Uma etholakala enecala, angase abhadle ejele iminyaka engu-30.
Icala likaMontt, elimenyezelwe kuleli sonto eledlule, liza ngemuva kwamashumi eminyaka ezicelo zaboHlanga zokwenza ubulungiswa. Abantu Bomdabu, ikakhulukazi abesifazane, babeqondiswe ngendlela ehlelekile kuyo yonke impi yombango yeminyaka engama-36. Ukubusa kukaMontt kwakuyisigaba esichitha igazi kakhulu lengxabano.
Lokhu kwakungekona ukuhlasela okwenziwa ngokungahleliwe; udlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane kwakuyisu elisetshenziswa ngamabomu ukuhlukumeza imindeni futhi kucekele phansi amandla emiphakathi yokumelana nokuhlela. Abantu besifazane abaningi babebhekiswe kubo ngoba beyizinsika zemindeni nemiphakathi yabo. Abesifazane babedlwengulwa phambi kwemindeni yabo. Abesifazane abakhulelwe babehlukunyezwa futhi babulawe ukuze kunqunywe isizukulwane esilandelayo.
Imiphakathi yabomdabu eGuatemala isakhungathekile ngenxa yale mpi ebhubhisayo. Naphezu kwezivumelwano zokuthula ezasayinwa ngo-1996, aboMdabu baseGuatemala basaqhubeka nokubhekana ukucwasa okuhlelekile kanye nokwephulwa kwamalungelo abantu okuqhubekayo. Bangabantu abaningi abampofu ezweni, abaswele umsebenzi futhi ngaphezu kwengxenye yezingane zabo zingondlekile.
Kodwa abesifazane abanjengoRosa basebenzela ukushintsha lokhu. Ngokusekelwa yi-MADRE, Abesifazane bomdabu esifundeni saseQuiché eGuatemala baqale amapulazi ezinkukhu ukuze banikeze imindeni yabo ukudla futhi benze imali engenayo. Bafuna amalungelo abo ezepolitiki: ukubamba imihlangano yokucobelelana ngolwazi yabavoti kanye nokusebenza ukuze banqobe izithiyo eziningi zokubhalisela ukuvota. Futhi bayaqhubeka nokulwela ubulungisa emakhulwini ezinkulungwane abulawa, adlwengulwa futhi axoshwa ezindaweni zawo phakathi nempi yombango.
Indlela engaphambili yinde. Ngesonto eledlule, u-Otto Pérez Molina ugcotshwe njengomongameli omusha waseGuatemala, indoda nayo esolwa ngokwephula amalungelo abantu ngesikhathi sempi yombango. Ngonyaka odlule, Abavikeli bamalungelo abantu abangu-19 babulawa, okuhloswe ngakho ukukhulumela amalungelo abomdabu. Futhi amakhulu emindeni yakwaMaya Q'eqchi' yasePolochic Valley yaseGuatemala basala dengwane Ezinyangeni ezingu-10 ngemuva kokuxoshwa ngobudlova emhlabeni wabo yinkampani kashukela eyayibanga le ndawo.
Ngahlangana noRosa ngonyaka odlule lapho ngiya emaphandleni aseGuatemala ngiyohlangana nabesifazane boMdabu belwela ukusinda kwemindeni yabo. Ngizobe ngicabanga ngaye futhi, kanye nezinkulungwane zabanye abafana naye, njengoba kuqala ukuqulwa kwecala likaRíos Montt. Ulahlekelwe kakhulu, futhi ubufanele ubulungiswa.
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