An Iraqian in the Government


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Posted by Jeff (207.73.68.198) on November 20, 2001 at 16:01:32:

Taken from (and translated from Spanish to English) http://www.procesosur.com.mx/sur42/0042n08.html

OAXACA

A Iraqian in the government
Pedro Matías / Photo: Felix Reyes

OAXACA, OAX. - Been eminently population extractor, Oaxaca is simultaneously seat of reduced groups of foreign immigrants, between whom Spaniards, French, Chinese excel, German and of descendants árabe.Para the investigator of the Institute of Sociological Investigations of the Independent University " Benito Juárez " of Oaxaca, Mario Ortiz Gabriel, the migration is a phenomenon that appears at world-wide level by different causes: some are by reasons for persecution in their countries of origin, or are of political or religious order, others by violence, drought or ecological destruction, but the mayores flows are happening for economic reasons.

In the particular case of the state of Oaxaca, they exist antecedent historical that reveals that from the conquest Spaniards remained and, later, during the French intervention, some of overthrown by general Porfirio the Diaz Mori, took refuge in indigenous communities, nevertheless, was as of 1905, date in which it was begun to construct the Cross port Saline, when they began to arrive working and trading from Chinese, Arab, Turkish, Lebanese origin, German, Poles and Spaniards.

It is in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec where still families whole of foreign descendants can be found and some have scaled important political positions, social and enterprise.

Among them the Murat families excel, Casab, Mafud and Estefan, as well as the Zetuna, Curioca, Nacif, Musalem, Harfuche, Habib, all of them of Arab descendants; Leon, Lee and the Choi, of Chinese origin; the Noguichi of Japan; the Petricowsky, of Poland; the Vehutelestacher, of Germany and the Lopez Mier, of Spain, all of them seating in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.

Of this list the present governor excels Jose Nelson Murat Casab, who hard has been questioned by his political opponents because its father, Tomás Murat, she is of Iraq, and the ancestors of his mother, Juana Margarita Casab, although they say that she was born in the Isthmus, also are of that Asian country that is based in where before the old Mesopotamia was located.

Murat Casab was born the 18 of October of 1949 in city Ixtepec, Oaxaca, and had an ascending political race, because he was three times delegated federal and in an occasion senator of the Republic; also, it carried out important positions in Oaxaca in the National and State Executive Committee of the PRI, but when elect candidate left to the gubernatura of the state the attacks of their adversaries were centered in their nationality.

The then candidate of the PRD to the gubernatura of Oaxaca, Héctor Sanchez Lopez, used like motto of his political campaign the phrase: " By whom they are going to vote, by a Iraqian or one of here ".

Similarly, it presented/displayed a inconformidad resource before the Council of the Electoral State Institute by " doubtful " the double nationality of the flagman of the PRI, although this one never prospered.

Another one of the political outstanding that are descending of foreigners, apparently Turkish, is the present Secretary General of government, Héctor Anuar Mafud Mafud, who in addition was municipal president of Saline Cross and local deputy.

The Mafud family has a marine transport company and one of them, Armando Mafud, is a recognized designer of fashions.

Whereas the tehuano of Arab descendants Jose Antonio Estefan Garfias, present delegate of the IMSS in Puebla, not only coordinated the campaign of governor of Diódoro Carrasco Altamirano, but that was secretary of Finances, Secretary General of government, state president of the PRI and precandidate to the gubernatura.

Whereas his cousin Javier Estefan were secretary of Commerce in the state of Puebla indeed in the administration of Manuel Bartlet and soon was delegated federal.

And Jose Estefan Acar, who was director of Tourism and local deputy, at the moment is civil employee of the Federal Office of the judge advocate general of the Consumer (Profeco).

To this list they add Roberto Nacif, who was delegated and municipal president of Ixtepec; flying pilot Taruf Musalem, who was municipal president of Juchitán; Anuar Karim Murat Casab, brother of the governor who has carried out positions in the area of customs; Zarif Zetuna, that let the presidency municipal of local Ixtepec to be delegated; Shamo Curioca, that was president municipal and delegated by Ixtepec; or Miguel Angel Ortega Habid, who was secretary of finances of the PRI and at the moment he is director of the Institute of House of Oaxaca.

These families besides to participate in political activities, also are outstanding like industralists, mainly in the branch of the distribution of materials for construction, pharmacies or in marine transports.

Nevertheless, in Oaxaca an investigation does not exist on the foreign immigrants who can give testimony from their arrival to the work which they carry out.

So far, the investigator of the IISUABJO declared that before the process of economic globalización, the Third World Countries run the risk only of acting the as of suppliers of cheap force of work and with the terrorist attacks, of Tuesday 11 of September, to the heart of New York, the risk that runs the emigrants is to be victims of xenofóbicas attitudes.

It considered that the terrorist attacks not only represent a danger for the Muslim population, but for all the emigrants because they are going away to increase the racist actions and they go away to close borders.



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