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Resistencia
When a military coup ousted the only president that ever supported them, they occupied the plantations…and these farmers aren’t going anywhere.
A NATIONAL EMERGENCY The day that the President made his first cabinet changes, using football terms and scoring “goals” against rival factions within the National Party, was the same day that the national director of prisons talked about the unsafe nature of these facilities on a radio program in Tegucigalpa… And this was the
Originallly posted on Amnesty International’s website.
15 febrero 2012
From the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The full end-of-mission statement in English and Spanish can be found here.
With hope and the desire to continue building a Honduras in which we will NOT be among the growing statistics of the violation of human rights, we are seeking a solution to the grave humanitarian situation in the Valley of Aguan. This is a region of struggle for communities of family farmers, who have united once again to take up unified efforts to achieve justice, dignity and life.
February 12, 2012.The second of a two-part series about the roots of violence in Honduras. by Annie Murphy NPR: Weekend Edition Sunday February 11, 2012. This is the first of a two-part series about the roots of violence in Honduras.
NPR Series Part II: 'Who Rules In Honduras?' Coup's Legacy Of Violence
NPR Series Part 1: In Honduras, Police Accused Of Corruption, Killings
