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By tomlApril 21, 2010Trauma HealingNews Flashes

Climate Change Summit Underway in Bolivia

By Redaction AHORA / redaccion@ahora.cu / Wednesday, 21 April 2010 07:45

The Summit on Climate Change currently underway in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba is a ray of light and hope for those concerned with the environmental situation on the planet. It is also an alternative to the meeting that took place in Copenhagen, where rich countries conspired to come up with an agreement that exempts them of any responsibility regarding the climate world situation.

By tomlApril 21, 2010Trauma HealingNews Flashes

QC staff in Cochabamba

Quixote Center staff are participating in the "World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth" in Cochabamba Bolivia this week. The Conference is a response to the derailment of climate change negotiations by the industrialized countries in Copenhagen in December, 2009, placing the future of our planet at risk.

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 tomlApril 12, 2010Trauma HealingNews Flashes

US denies climate aid to countries opposing Copenhagen accord

This is a story that from today’s Guardian newspaper:

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 tomlMarch 17, 2010Honduras Accompaniment ProjectHuman Rights

Letter to Congress regarding Human Rights Situation under the Lobos Government in Honduras

Dear Members of Congress,

During her trip to Latin America earlier this month, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that she had sent members of Congress a letter informing them that the administration would be restoring aid to Honduras. “The Honduras crisis has been managed to a successful conclusion” and “without violence”, she told reporters accompanying her on her trip.

By tomlMarch 16, 2010Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua LibreHuman Rights

Honduran Platform for Human Rights opposes proposed Truth Commission

On Feb. 19th, the “Platform for Human Rights” – a coalition that includes each of Honduras’ key human rights organizations – issued a statement strongly criticizing the Truth Commission jointly proposed by the Lobo government and U.S. Administration. The Honduran Human Rights Platform states that “the conditions for such a commission do not exist” given that, among other reasons:

By tomlMarch 16, 2010Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua LibreHuman Rights

COFADEH releases statement regarding first 30 days of Porfirio Lobo

The respected Honduran human rights organization, COFADEH, released a statement this week on the "First Thirty Days of the Porfirio Lobo Government" which describes
a continued state policy of social control and repression against political opposition in the country. COFADEH states that 160 cases of violations of human rights have been documented during the first 30 days of the Lobo government. The full statement is the attachment in the blue box.