Friendship Office of the Americas

The Friendship Office of the Americas is 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 Nicaragua Libre

Call to Action from the Quixote Center Delegation, 21 September 2009

U.S. citizens should contact the U.S. State Department and their Congressional Representatives to demand that the U.S. government:

  • pressure the de facto government of Honduras to refrain from using violence against nonviolent protestors
  • pressure the de facto regime to cease its repression of the freedom of expression and information in Honduras
  • unequivocally support the return to power of elected President Manuel Zelaya
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By Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua Libre

Honduran Ministerio Publico trying to bring charges against wounded protestors

Members of the Quixote Center delegation just returned from visiting people who had gone to the Hospital Escuela for treatment.  18 wounded were treated at this hospital after the attacks on the protesters who were at the Brazilian Embassy this morning.  At least 3 whose injuries were serious enough to warrant outpatient surgery

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By Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua Libre

Protesters Attacked, Curfew Extended

The protesters camped out in front of the Brazilian Embassy were violently attacked and removed from the Embassy with live rounds of ammunition and tear gas. There are at least 4 people wounded. President Zelaya was in the middle of an interview with Radio Globo early this morning from inside the Brazilian Embassy, struggling to talk through the tear gas, when the Radio Globo signal was once again cut.

The curfew started yesterday at 4pm has been extended until 6pm today.

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