Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nobody takes power these days by seizing the seat of government---you've got to grab the radio-TV broadcasting facilities, or it's as if it never happened. (Although I recall a counter-terrorism exercise in Brisbane a few years ago where the "bad guys" seized the TV transmitter *and* the XXXX brewery.) Keep your head down, Duane. Chuck Albertson Seattle, Wash. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Birkey, Duane" <dbirkey@hcjb.org.ec> To: "Leica Users (E-mail)" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 9:12 AM Subject: [Leica] Luggers in Ecuador..... > The Indians seized the congress building around 10 am this morning... but > Congress itself was not in session... the leaders declared themselves to be > in power.... an ex-supreme court justice, a coronel and the leader of the > idigenous groups of Ecuador.... But I doubt anyone will give them any more > credibility than the last declaration.... on the other hand with some 5000 > to 15,000 indians demonstrating around Quito until the President, Congress > and the Supreme Court resign.... things are only going to get worse.... > > There is supposed to be a press conference shortly from the real > government... >