Friendship Office of the Americas – Page 15 – A social justice organization that fosters solidarity between the peoples of Nicaragua, Honduras and the United States and pursues polices of peace and friendship.

By adminNovember 13, 2014Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

Excerpts from Congressional Briefing on the Impact of U.S. Security Assistance on HR in Mexico, Central America and Colombia

During a visit to Washington in late July, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández and Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina jointly called for a regional security initiative modeled on Plan Colombia in response to the rampant violence sweeping their countries.

In an October 29^th Congressional brie

By adminNovember 4, 2014Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

Statement by the Mesoamerican Working Group* on the Impact of U.S. Security Assistance on Human Rights in Mexico, Central America, and Colombia

October 29, 2014 U.S. military and police assistance to Central America and Mexico has skyrocketed over the last fifteen years. U.S.

By adminOctober 16, 2014Honduras Accompaniment ProjectReports

PROAH Monthly Human Rights Summary August-September 2014

Attached is our Summary of Human Rights issues and events in Honduras- August-September 2014

By adminOctober 10, 2014Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

The Hondurans that don’t migrate: Indigenous communities face death threats to defend their land

We link to an article, published in Latin Correspondent, written by a recently returned PROAH volunteer about what is happening in Locomapa- a community in Yoro, Honduras that is struggling to protect communal lands from illegal logging and mining:

http://latincorrespondent.com/honduras/locomapa-de-yoro-indigenous-tolup…

By adminOctober 10, 2014Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

The Hondurans that don’t migrate: Indigenous communities face death threats to defend their land

http://latincorrespondent.com/honduras/locomapa-de-yoro-indigenous-tolup…

By adminSeptember 19, 2014Trauma Healing

Latin America at a Climate Crossroads

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 17 2014 (IPS) – World leaders gathered at the Climate Change Summit during the United Nations General Assembly on Sep. 23 will have a crucial opportunity to mobilise political will and advance solutions to climate change.

They will also need to address its closely connected challenges of increasing access to sustainable energy as a key tool to secure and advance gains in the social, economic and environmental realms.

By adminSeptember 11, 2014Honduras Accompaniment ProjectReports

PROAH Monthly Human Rights Summary – July 2014

Attached is our Summary of Human Rights issues and events in Honduras- July 2014

By adminJuly 22, 2014Honduras Accompaniment ProjectReports

PROAH Monthly Human Rights Summary – June 2014

Attached is our Summary of Human Rights issues and events in Honduras- June 2014

By adminJuly 15, 2014Nicaragua LibreNicaragua

El Niño Triggers Drought, Food Crisis in Nicaragua

By José Adán Silva

MANAGUA, Jul 10 2014 (IPS) – The spectre of famine is haunting Nicaragua. The second poorest country in Latin America, and one of the 10 most vulnerable to climate change in the world, is facing a meteorological phenomenon that threatens its food security.

By adminJuly 9, 2014Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

ALERT: ARMED ASSAULT OF PRIESTS WITH PROTECTIVE MEASURES AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS PROAH ACCOMPANIERS

The Honduras Accompaniment Project/Proyecto de Acompañamiento internacional en Honduras (PROAH) expresses its grave concern regarding the armed assault and abduction carried out against Father César Augusto Espinoza Muñoz and Father Abel Carbajal, priests of the parish of Arizona, Atlántida and three international human rights accompaniers with PROAH (Two Swiss and one French citizens).