Honduras: Human Rights Accompaniment – June 22-July 1, 2014 On the fifth anniversary of the coup that overthrew democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya, the nonviolent National Front for Popular Resistance, farmers, students, labor unionists, LGBT activists, and regular people request our accompaniment in the face of violence and repression. This delegation will join with a…
At the crossroads between North and South America, Nicaragua is astonishingly bio-diverse and is a regional leader in terms of energy from renewable resources. It is also on the frontline of climate change, suffering increasingly from desertification, flooding and crop devastation. And, this little country is also profoundly engaged in two projects that could re-shape…
April SOAW Delegation to Venezuela to observe Special Presidential Election and commemorate overturn of 2002 coup Venezuela delegation – April 10-16, 2013 Sponsored by TASK FORCE ON THE AMERICAS AND SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS WATCH Meet with grassroots organizations and possibly government officials to learn about the legacy of Hugo Chavez during this crucial time…
June 10 – 21, 2013, $950 (excluding airfare) Wonderfully rich in natural resources, Nicaragua has one of the world’s great stores of ‘sweet’ water. However it is also one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. In recent decades it has seen its rivers begin to dry up and its farmers to lose crops…
By Borland (text) and Roger Harris (photos) (If you are interested in being an election monitor for Honduras’ Nov. 24 general election, send an email to Chuck Kaufman at chuck(at)AFGJ.org.) Arriving at noon on November 16, 2012, in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, I joined a delegation of 35 internationalists and was immediately immersed in…
Would you like to go to Colombia as a guest of the country’s largest agricultural union, its largest popular mobilization for peace, and a cutting-edge grassroots political prisoner solidarity organization? For more information, write [email protected] or call 202-544-9355 ext. 3
Join Honduras Solidarity Network’s Election Delegation Nov. 12-21, 2012 or Nov. 16-19, 2012
Invitation to join the Honduras Human Rights Primary Elections Accompaniment Delegation – Nov. 18, 2012 LIBRE, the party of the National Front for Popular Resistance (FNRP), is holding primary elections for President and National Assembly on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. The FNRP is the organization uniting labor, teachers, students, campesino, Afro-Honduran, and indigenous groups, LGBT,…
Honduras Delegation: May 19-28, 2012 DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 19! Since the June 2009 military coup, large landowners in the fertile Aguan Valley of Northern Honduras have used the military, police, and private security guards, to terrorize villages and expand their lucrative African palm plantations. Canadian and US transnational corporations are pushing mining and tourist…
