“One Teacher Dead – Twenty teachers jailed for ‘sedition’ and ‘illicit protests’. Teachers threatened with mass firings for their national strike against the repression and attacks.” “Journalists attacked by police – Cameraman in hospital after police deliberately fire tear gas bomb at his face” “Massive use of tear gas and beatings send teachers, students, and…
Honduras
Action alerts, Honduras
Call on the international community to ensure all human rights are respected in Honduras
The following alert was originally issues by COFADEH. The Committee of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH) is requesting that letters be written to leaders at the Organization of American States (OAS) and Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR) regarding the current human rights crisis in Honduras, including threats and attacks against…
Honduras, News, Nicaragua
Delegations to Nicaragua and Honduras
Join the Alliance for Global Justice on delegations to Nicaragua (June 19-27, 2011) and/or Honduras (June 27-July 5, 2011). In Nicaragua, we will explore the theme of US intervention in the upcoming elections. In Honduras, we will accompany the non-violent progressive coalition, National Front for Popular Resistance, as they present their plan to restore democracy…
Action alerts, Honduras
Campesinos Face Systematic Evictions in Honduras
The following was originally circulated by the Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America. Below you will find a background piece on what led the Lobo government to deploy 300 heavily armed police and military in late November 2010 to systematically evict and displace campesino farming communities on Agrarian Reform cooperatives in the Aguán region…
Action alerts, Honduras
US Embassy Reverses Visa Denial and Information on AFGJ at the SOAW Vigil
The first half of the following was released by our friends at SOAW. We are thrilled to let you know that last week’s grassroots pressure campaign that followed the clearly political denial of the travel visa for Alejandro Ramirez by the U.S. embassy in Honduras has worked! Thanks so much to everyone who made phone…
Action alerts, Honduras, Militarism
SOAW Vigil Speakers from Honduras and Costa Rica Denied Visas to the U.S.
This alert was originally circulated by School of the Americas Watch. The two speakers named by the SOA Watch’s Latin American partners to represent them at the SOA Watch vigil (Nov. 19-21, 2010) have been denied entrance to the United States. Both Gerardo Brenes – a Costa Rican graduate of the SOA and activist with…
Honduras, News
Short-Term Accompaniment in Honduras
If you have been looking for a chance to support the people of Honduras through accompaniment, but are unable to go for an extended period of time, this is the opportunity for you! The following alert was originally distributed by the Friendship Office of the Americas. “The daily bloodshed of human beings is perpetrated by…
Action alerts, Honduras
Accompaniment Needed in Honduras – Training Opportunity
This alert was originally distributed by the Friendship Office of the Americas. The first training for people qualified and interested in doing accompaniment with the Honduras Accompaniment Project (HAP)/Proyecto de Acompanamiento en Honduras will be led by the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA) in January 2011 in the Bay Area, California.
Honduras, News, Nicaragua
“Nicaragua, Honduras and Hypocrisy” …Yes! But the hypocrisy belongs to the Washington Post
On Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 the Washington Post published another in its long series of editorials misrepresenting the situation in Latin America. We don’t think that ownership of a printing press entitles the Washington Post to tell deliberate lies. The editorial was published on the same day as 30 members of Congress sent a letter…
Action alerts, Honduras, Militarism
Long-Term Accompaniment Volunteers Needed in Honduras
The following message was originally sent by the Friendship Office of the Americas. If you or your organization is interested is interested in doing long-term accompaniment work, or sponsoring a long-term volunteer accompanier, please let us know. At this time (September 2010) and for the next several months, the project is looking for individuals with…
