Given: 1- The recent escalation of violence by the de facto government against the Honduran people, 2- The US Embassy’s attempt to blame the violence on the civic organizations who are expressing their rights to call for democracy, justice and fairness 3- The near silence (and/or distortion of events) in the US media on this […]
http://www.thenation.com/article/160472/open-season-teachers-honduras Dana Frank May 5, 2011 In Honduras, it’s come to this: when 90 percent of the city’s 68,000 public schoolteachers went out on strike in March to protest the privatization of the entire public school system, the government teargassed their demonstrations for almost three solid weeks, then suspended 305 teachers for two to six months […]
Saturday May 7, 2011 By the Red Morazánica de Información, Translated by SC Staff. Click here for the Spanish Version On May 4, the parliamentary faction of the FMLN in the Legislative Assembly and in the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) presented a document requesting that the Government of El Salvador make a statement in support […]
HONDURAS SOLIDARITY NETWORK: SUMMARY OF LOBO REGIME VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS SINCE MID-MARCH ESCALATION Over the last few weeks, attacks against peaceful demonstrators and human rights defenders have intensified throughout Honduras. Under the regime of Porfirio Lobo, who assumed power following undemocratic elections in late 2009, the targeted violent attacks against political opponents and human […]
April 2011 Dear Member of Congress: I am writing to express my profound concern for both the deteriorating human rights situation in Honduras and the current U.S. policy towards the ongoing crisis taking place in that country. Since March 17th, when the teachers of Honduras initiated a strike and peaceful demonstrations, there have been daily […]
Since July of 2009 there has been a wave of violence and conflict in the communities opposing mining in the department of Cabañas. To date there have been three anti-mining activists murdered, one who was eight months pregnant at the time. We denounce the continued violence and threats towards anti-mining activists and community leaders in […]
Repression in Honduras has increased over the last month, with escalated violence against teachers, students and campesinos. Sister Cities and CRIPDES are dedicated to working in solidarity with the people of Honduras and educating folks in the U.S. about the human rights situation and the U.S. government's role in the coup and post-coup regime. As part […]
In the Third International Tribunal for Restorative Justice in El Salvador, one of the judges addresses a witness. He speaks directly to her, although he knows that his words are heard by the 250 person audience filling the large church of Arcatao, Chalatenango; thousands of listeners of the Radio Sumpul and YSUCA radio stations; future […]
Exactly two years after the Milwaukee based mining company Commerce Group filed their Notice of Intent to sue the Salvadoran Government for $100 million, the international trade tribunal released their decision to dismiss the case. On March 14th, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) threw out the case on a technicality, stating […]
President Barack Obama´s visit to El Salvador was met with protests by various sectors of Salvadoran society, from campesinos to students and even U.S. Citizens. With so many strong criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the protests could not be contained in a single day of action. {mosimage}The various different marches that blocked off streets and took over […]