Support Human Rights, Democracy, and Sovereignty in El Salvador and Honduras! The Honduran people currently face a situation similar to El Salvador in the 1970´s with increasing militarization, repression, and violent murders of activists and community leaders. In response to this growing crisis the people of El Salvador and Honduras call for solidarity and accompaniment. […]
Tag Archives: Honduras
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Today, June 28th, 2013 about 125 folks from the Movement of Popular Resistance and solidarity organizations gathered outside the Honduran embassy in San Salvador to commemorate the 4th anniversary of the military coup in Honduras and to demand that the U.S. government cut military aid to Honduras, which has been increasing each year since the […]
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Obama and the Militarization of the “Drug War” in Mexico and Central America May 7th, 2013 Written by Alex Main for the Center for Economic and Policy Research During his trip last week to Mexico and Costa Rica, President Obama sought to down play the U.S.’s security agenda in the region, emphasizing trade relations, […]
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On Sunday January 13th, 2013, Erik Vidal Martinez, a well know human rights defender and gay rights activist was assaulted and arrested by police while defending while defending patrons from police harassment at an LGBT bar in Tegucigalpa. Erick was released but his safety could be in danger because Honduran police are known for retaliation and […]
Contact the Foreign Policy Staffer in the Washington DC Office of Your Representative to Sign on to the Hank Johnson Dear Colleague Letter Today! On Monday, January 07, 2013, U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) circulated a House sign-on “Dear Colleague” letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Attorney General Holder addressing ongoing human […]
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November 21th, 2012 by Alexandra Early On November 18th, Hondurans came out in droves to vote for their preferred parties in the country´s first primary elections since the formation of a new left-wing party, LIBRE. The Liberation and Re-foundation Party, LIBRE, was formed with the help of the Honduran National Popular Resistance Front (FNRP) […]
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CounterPunch Magazine: Central America’s Newest “Death Squad Democracy” September 14, 2012 by Andy Thayer, part of the September La Voz de los de Abajo delegation My first day in Honduras last week was also my first in a truly “Third World” country, though from what I’ve seen, portions of Russia and the Appalachians could give […]
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Sign a Petition to Stop the Neoliberal Model Cities Project from Moving Forward in Honduras Defend the Sovereignty of Honduras and the Culture and Territory of the Garifuna People! Click here to sign a petition asking the Supreme Court of Honduras to declare the Special Development Regions (RED) Law Unconstitutional. In 2010, the government […]
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By Libby Pappalardo Friends of Chilama Crystal Lake, IL On our first morning in Honduras, we awoke to news of a horrendous fire at Comayagua Prison where 370 prisoners burned to death. Held at gunpoint, prisoners were kept from fleeing the fire and the dead were left on a curb outside the prison to […]
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March 18, 2012 Michael Ring, for the US-El Salvador Sister Cities Honduras Solidarity Committee Thanks to the advocacy work of people around the country, including many in our own network, 94 Congresspeople signed on to a letter sponsored by Ill. Rep Jan Schakowsky calling for the cutting of US military aid to Honduras because of […]