Tag: Human Rights

By Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua Libre

Declaration of the Hemispheric Social Alliance on Honduras

Honduras: without democracy and without a President.  The Resistance continues.

Today a group of Presidents (Panama, Dominican Republic, Colombia and Taiwan) as well as official delegations from 15 other countries including Australia, United States, Canada, India, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, the Vatican, Peru, Switzerland and Turkey will assist a parody of the transition of presidential power with leading roles played by Mr. Jose Lobo and other actors and authors of the coup de tat that overthrew President Manuel Zelaya on June 28, 2009.
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By Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua Libre,

Honduran Coup d’état, a ‘win’ for the U.S.?

January 27, 2010

Today, Pepe Lobo will be inaugurated as the new President of Honduras in what many consider to be an institutionalization of the coup d’état which took place seven months ago. Lobo comes to the Presidency as a result of a highly disputed election process carried out by the coup regime. The elections, which have been widely condemned as illegitimate were boycotted by a large percentage of the Honduran population.  

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By Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua Libre

Video: Repression in Honduras

Haz un click para español.  This powerful video was made by Cesar Silva, a publicist who before the coup in Honduras worked for Channel 8, the State Television Channel. He made this video in collaboration with Edwin Renán Fajardo Argueta. Once the coup happened, and Channel 8 was no longer directed by the Zelaya government, Cesar continued his work as a journalist, but as an individual in collaboration with Edwin.

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By Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua Libre

Honduras’ Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo: Another Disaster for Central American Democracy Waiting in the Wing

by COHA Senior Research Fellow Adrienne Pine

Tomorrow, January 27th, as the world’s eyes continue to be riveted on the unfolding disaster in Haiti, Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo will be installed as Honduras’ president, succeeding de facto president Roberto Micheletti. Lobo, a supporter of the June 28th military coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya, was chosen in a November election held under conditions of qualified state terror. As the majority of Hondurans boycotted the elections, and dozens of candidates for lower offices withdrew, the vast majority of countries around the world classified the ballot as illegitimate.

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By Alliance for Responsible Trade, Nicaragua Libre, ,

Its time for a new relationship with Bolivia

Evo Morales is the most popular President Bolivia has ever had, winning re-election last month with 64% of the vote in spite of the fact that he is often at loggerheads with Bolivia’s upper classes who have control over the country’s print and television media.
Evo Morales and representatives of the US government have a history of tense relations as well. The situation dates back to the 1980s, when the United States government declared the War on Drugs and Evo Morales became a leader of a federation of indigenous farmer’s unions representing the growers of the coca plant. US policy of forced eradication of the coca plant turned Morales’ home community into a war zone.
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By Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua Libre,

Honduras Repressed / Honduras Reprimido

Por: Cesar Omar Silva R-  Periodista Independiente
Este impactante video fue producido por César Silva, un publicista que antes del golpe en Honduras trabajaba para Canal 8, el canal de televisión del estado. El video fue hecho en colaboración con Edwin Renán Fajardo Argueta. Después del golpe, Canal 8 dejó de estar bajo el gobierno de Zelaya y César continuó su trabajo como periodista independiente y en colaboración con Edwin.

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By Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua Libre,

IACHR PUBLISHES REPORT ON HONDURAS

Washington, D.C., January 20, 2010 — The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) today published the report entitled Honduras: Human Rights and the Coup d’État. The IACHR conducted an on-site visit to Honduras on August 17-21, 2009, and prepared this report, which covers the human rights situation from the time of the coup that overthrew the democratically elected President on June 28, 2009.
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By Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua Libre,

Unified Peasant Movement Alert: More are captured

January 13, 2010 – At 1:30pm, a military and police patrol captured three members of the Unified Peasant Movement of Aguan along the Aguan river. The men are members of the Buenos Amigos Cooperative in the municipality of Trujillo. According to farmers in the zone, there are approximately 1000 armed men, military and paramilitary, under the command of Coronel Dagoberto Melgar occupying the area. He is suspected of selling protection services to large African palm plantation owners in the region.

Movimiento Unificado Campesino del Aguan

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By Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua Libre

Unified Peasant Movement Alert: More are captured

January 13, 2010 – At 1:30pm, a military and police patrol captured three members of the Unified Peasant Movement of Aguan along the Aguan river. The men are members of the Buenos Amigos Cooperative in the municipality of Trujillo. According to farmers in the zone, there are approximately 1000 armed men, military and paramilitary, under the command of Coronel Dagoberto Melgar occupying the area. He is suspected of selling protection services to large African palm plantation owners in the region.  

Movimiento Unificado Campesino del Aguan
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