Friendship Office of the Americas – Page 34 – 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 jennyaNovember 15, 2011Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

Gringo Bases in Honduras Again

COFADEH Nov. 11, 2011 The first executive order issued by Porfirio Lobo in January 2010 after assuming the presidency following the coup d’état was the authorization of another Gringo military base in Caratasca and an extension in the small island of Guanaja. The bases – sea, land, and air – join with Palmerola, in the heart of the Comayagua valley, which dates back to the 1980s. In addition to these US military enclaves on the Atlantic coast and in Comayagua there are also U.S.

By jennyaNovember 15, 2011Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

Gringo Bases in Honduras Again

Gringo Bases in Honduras Again

By jennyaNovember 14, 2011Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

URGENT CALL FOR SOLIDARITY WITH THE BAJO AGUÁN CAMPESINO MOVEMENT IN HONDURAS! OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLES AND GOVERNMENTS OF OUR AMERICA

Brothers and sisters:

By jennyaNovember 14, 2011Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

Declaration of the Permanent International Observatory of the Aguán

We, members of the Honduran Social Movement, the Campesino Organizations of the Aguán, the National Front of Popular Resistance of the Department of Colón and international Human Rights organizations who attended the opening of this Observatory of Human Rights, before the National and International Community declare:

By jennyaNovember 9, 2011Nicaragua LibreNews Flashes

Election Results Released

On Monday afternoon, the Nicaraguan Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) released its third report of results from Sunday’s presidential election. CSE President Roberto Rivas said that, with 85.8% of precincts reporting, the Sandinista Party (FSLN) and its candidate President Daniel Ortega had won with 62.65% of the votes, followed by the Independent Liberal Party (PLI) Alliance with 30.96%, and the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC) with 6.02%. Rivas said that voter turnout had been between 75% and 80%.

By jennyaNovember 8, 2011Nicaragua LibreNews Flashes

Nicaraguan Elections Peaceful

National elections were carried out peacefully in Nicaragua yesterday. The current President, Daniel Ortega, was re-elected in a landslide victory according to results released today by the Supreme Electoral Council.

By jennyaNovember 3, 2011Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

Citing Total Impunity in Honduras, Human Rights Attorneys Push Forward Case Against Coup Regime Leader in U.S.

Laura Raymond – Nov.3, 2011 If there was one watershed moment after the military coup in Honduras, it was this. Just one week after the coup ousted and forced President Manuel Zelaya into exile at gunpoint, he attempted to return to his country by plane.

By jennyaNovember 3, 2011Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

CCR Press Release: Attorneys Urge Court to Hear Lawsuit Against Honduras Coup Leader

Total Impunity in Honduras Underscores Need for U.S.

By jennyaNovember 2, 2011Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

COFADEH demands complete overhaul of the Ministry of the Attorney General and the Ministry of Security

Tuesday, November 1, 2011 – “A complete overhaul of the Ministry of Security and the Ministry of the Attorney General is urgent,” said Bertha Oliva, Coordinator of the Committee of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared of Honduras, COFADEH, as she called on the international community to suspend financial aid to these institutions, which she refers to as “death machines.”

By jennyaOctober 27, 2011Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights