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By jennyaMay 26, 2010Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

Accompanying Padre Melo – May, 2010

The Quixote Center is coordinating accompaniment for Padre Melo in the aftermath of a series of death threats last month. Lucy Edwards and Pam Shepherd of Ashland, OR are the team on the ground right now. Lucy is sending daily reports which you can read here:

May 18, 2010 We arrived this morning and were greeted at the airport by Don Jose who was holding a sign with my name on it. I have always wanted to be met at the airport like that! (lu grins) He had one for Pam, too.

By jennyaMay 26, 2010Honduras Accompaniment ProjectAction Alert, Human Rights

COFADEH Alert: Armed Men Break into Union Center in San Pedro Sula Wouding One Person

The Committee of the Families of the Disapeared Detainees in Honduras, COFADEH, urgently alert the national and international community of the serious events which occurred this afternoon against the Union of Workers in the Beverage Industry (STYBS).

1. COFADEH received the report of this at 4:30 pm, Tuesday, May 25, 2010: armed men dressed in white shirts, with black pants and caps violently entered STIBYS, and immediately fired on Douglas Gomez who is now in surgery at the Social Security Hospital in San Ped

By jennyaMay 26, 2010Honduras Accompaniment ProjectAction Alert, Human Rights

Urgent Action: Carlos H Reyes receives death threats

On May 20th at 6:00pm Carlos H Reyes, leader of the Honduran Resistance Movement and former Independent Presidential candidate, received a series of death threat on his cell phone. He was able verify that the call came from a land telephone in Tegucigalpa. The number was 226-9965.

The caller issued the following threat in a gruff voice: "We are going to take your head off (expletive), you have a very few days left to live."

By jennyaApril 28, 2010Nicaragua Libre, Trauma Healing

"Peoples Agreement " from Cochabamba – on its way to Cancun

Last week, in the heart of the Andes Mountains, some 30,000 people from more than 140 countries and representatives from forty eight governments came together to work to produce concrete documents and proposals on 17 different themes related to the single most important issue of our lifetime – the climate crisis.

By jennyaApril 27, 2010Honduras Accompaniment ProjectNews Flashes

Honduran Resistance begins Referendum to convene a Constituent Assembly

Thousands of Hondurans were mobilized throughout the country to start the process of collecting signatures, which will end on June 28, the first anniversary of the military coup. The aim is to show the current government and the powers who staged the coup, that the people demand the reestablishment of Honduras through a new constitution. After the mobilization, they denounced the kidnapping of a well-known activist of the Resistance.

By jennyaApril 16, 2010Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

COFADEH – Urgent Letter to U.N. High Commissioner on crisis in the Aguan

We have received reports that, after a 12 hour negotiation session, the Unified Peasant Movement of the Aguán (MUCA) has signed a preliminary agreement with the Government of Honduras regarding the conflict in the region. The agreement is scheduled to be ratified on Saturday in Tocoa, Colón after the peasant population has had an opportunity to review the terms.

By jennyaApril 12, 2010Honduras Accompaniment ProjectAction Alert, Human Rights

URGENT COMMUNICATION COFADEH – Emergency in the Aguán

The Committee of Families of the Detained and Disappeared of Honduras, COFADEH, sends an urgent message to the national and international community to express our deep concern regarding the official government communication issued via national TV stations, in an intimidating tone similar to that used by official radio and TV broadcasters following the June 2009 political, military coup.

By jennyaApril 6, 2010Nicaragua Libre

U.S. critized for interfering in Nicaragua's internal affairs

Former Nicaraguan guerrilla leader Eden Pastora criticized the announced arrival this week of Ambassador Crescencio Arcos, former U.S. Ambassador to Honduras during the 1980’s, now serving as international advisor to the Obama Administration. Pastora denounced Arcos’ intent to unite the liberals in order to mount a unified opposition in the 2011 general elections. “It would not be the first time that high level functionaries of the U.S.

By jennyaMarch 26, 2010Trauma HealingEconomic Justice, Human Rights

Bolivia calls for Peoples’ World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth’s Rights

In response to the derailment of Climate Change talks in Copenhagen, Bolivia has called for a Peoples’ World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth’s Rights. In April, Quixote Center staff will attend the Conference in Cochabamba which will generate proposals for the next round of negotiations in Mexico. Visit our website for reports from the conference.

By jennyaFebruary 12, 2010Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua LibreAction Alert, Human Rights, Take Action

Call-in Solidarity with Victims of State Terror in Honduras

Since the November elections in Honduras which resulted in the installation of Porfilio Lobo as President on January 27, 2010, the human rights situation in Honduras has continued to deteriorate. According to human rights organizations, there is a marked increase in selective targeting of people and communities active in the resistance movement. Despite a public discourse of reconciliation on the part of Lobo, partners in Honduras are experiencing increased levels of state terror.

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