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5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Help Honduras Fight for Justice

Diana — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:21:43 +0000

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Cindy Von Quednow from ColorLines

In a throwback to the political upheaval and unrest of the 1980s, the democratically elected president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, was ousted by the military and flown to Costa Rica on Sunday. Coverage of Iran’s rigged election has dominated the airwaves for weeks, but western MSM has been largely silent about the Honduras coup — strange, since both countries have had long histories of U.S. intervention, and protestors in both countries face lethal force at the hands of a government military with extensive U.S. ties and questionable legitimacy.

So whose responsibility is it to get the struggles of our southern neighbors in the headlines? Ours, of course.

Here are five things you can do right now, to get educated and make a difference.

1. Educate yourself on the long history of United States relations with Honduras. While Obama has denounced the coup and has so far taken a stance of non-intervention, the U.S.’s involvement in Honduras dates back decades. In the last 80 years, the U.S. has set up shop in Honduras to cultivate banana plantations and exploit its workers, funneled money to train Nicaraguan counterinsurgency troops during the Iran Contra scandal, and, after the passing of the Central American Free Trade Agreement, continues to exploit poor workers throughout the country in the form of maquilas. Although the U.S. government has denied having any role in the upheaval in Honduras, the U.S. has a sordid history of imperialism, colonialism and violating the sovereignty rights of countries where people of color live that would lead some to believe otherwise. In the case of Central America the U.S. as invaded and/or instigated civil wars in Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador and Panama in the name of fighting communism.

2. Read Roberto Lovato’s analysis comparing and contrasting the Honduran coup to the Iranian elections, and his argument about how President Obama should deal with the overthrow.

Boletín de Prensa a dos años de la desaparición de Daniela y Virginia Ortiz Ramírez

Diana — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:26:16 +0000

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• A dos años de la desaparición de Daniela y Virginia Ortiz Ramírez la CNDH, CODDH y PGJEO indiferentes. • Persiste la impunidad y un nulo interés para resolver el caso, frente a su nula actuación para dar con su paradero • Cómplice el silencio de Instancias Gubernamentales de Atención a la violencia contra las mujeres en Oaxaca

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Anonymous

2. Read Roberto Lovato’s analysis comparing and contrasting the Honduran coup to the Iranian elections, and his argument about how President Obama should deal with the overthrow.

LLAMADO DE ORGANIZACIONES DE MUJERES INDÍGENAS A DETENER LA VIOLENCIA CONTRA LAS MUJEREES TRIQUIS

Diana — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:21:15 +0000

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El 5 de julio de 2007 fueron vistas por última vez las hermanas Virginia y Daniela Ortiz Ramírez pertenecientes al pueblo Triqui que habita en el estado de Oaxaca, México. Dos años después sigue sin resolverse el caso a pesar de las numerosas denuncias tanto legales como a la opinión pública nacional e internacional que sus familiares han realizado. Durante este tiempo las familiares de las hermanas Ortíz Ramírez han recibido por parte del gobierno de Oaxaca: malos tratos, dilación de las acciones legales interpuestas, caso omiso a los llamados para resolver el caso del Congreso Federal y diversas instituciones de derechos humanos como la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos y la Comisión Internacional Civil de Derechos Humanos, así como de Amnistía Internacional.

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Anonymous

2. Read Roberto Lovato’s analysis comparing and contrasting the Honduran coup to the Iranian elections, and his argument about how President Obama should deal with the overthrow.

DECLARACIÓN POLÍTICA DEL CONGRESO BOLIVARIANO DE LOS PUEBLOS EN SOLIDARIDAD CON EL PUEBLO DE HONDURAS

Diana — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:27:52 +0000

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Ante los acontecimientos que está viviendo el pueblo de Honduras, y que afectan a todos los pueblos latinoamericanos caribeños y del mundo, el Congreso Bolivariano de los Pueblos declara:

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Anonymous

2. Read Roberto Lovato’s analysis comparing and contrasting the Honduran coup to the Iranian elections, and his argument about how President Obama should deal with the overthrow.

Honduras: Se prepara Golpe de Estado

Diana — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:05:24 +0000

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Ante la comunidad nacional e internacional, el Consejo Cívico de Organizaciones Populares e Indígenas de Honduras, COPINH, denuncia la intención golpista perpetrada la noche del 24 de junio del 2009 al gobierno constitucional de Manuel Zelaya Rosales y contra el pueblo hondureño y sus más importantes aspiraciones. Este acto es una reacción desesperada de la derecha y sus aliados para frenar la voluntad popular de buscar vías democráticas para la transformación nacional.

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Anonymous

2. Read Roberto Lovato’s analysis comparing and contrasting the Honduran coup to the Iranian elections, and his argument about how President Obama should deal with the overthrow.

Coup Fears in Honduras

Diana — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:03:14 +0000

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Civil society organizations and UN General Assembly President Miguel D’Escoto have warned of a possible coup attempt by the Honduran military. D'Escoto's spokesperson said that the Assembly President “clearly and strongly condemns the attempted coup d’etat that is currently unfolding against the democratically elected Government of President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras.” Fears of a coup stem from a military deployment around the Presidential Palace and the Toncontín airport on Thursday.

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Kristin Bricker for Narco News

2. Read Roberto Lovato’s analysis comparing and contrasting the Honduran coup to the Iranian elections, and his argument about how President Obama should deal with the overthrow.

Solidaridad con las familias de Sonora

Diana — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:53:56 +0000

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Con respeto y compasión por la pena que sufren las familias y amigos de los niñ@s y fallecid@s en el incendio acaecido en la Guardería ABC de Hermosillo Sonora, el día 5 de junio, así como con indignación por los daños a niñ@s y adultos, a consecuencia de esa tragedia: Anunciamos a ustedes la apertura de la cuenta 0621312438 a nombre de: María del Carmen Huete Lira y/o Ofelia Medina, en BANORTE, CLABE 072180006213124382 para que los familiares de las víctimas, puedan hacer la denuncia penal contra los presuntos culpables de las muertes de niñ@s y daños a niñ@s y adultos, en dicho incendio.

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Anonymous

2. Read Roberto Lovato’s analysis comparing and contrasting the Honduran coup to the Iranian elections, and his argument about how President Obama should deal with the overthrow.

Paramilitares atacan el municipio autónomo de San Juan Copala

Diana — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:45:42 +0000

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El día sábado trece de junio del presente año, como a las siete de la tarde, grupos paramilitares emboscados entre los cerros que circundan el centro del municipio autónomo, atacaron con armas de grueso calibre al cabildo municipal autónomo de San Juan Copala. De la agresión, que duró alrededor de dos horas, las autoridades municipales autónomas resultaron ilesas pero el niño Epifanio Celestino Bautista, de trece años perdió la vida, mientras su hermana Paulina Celestino Bautista, de diecisiete años fue herida gravemente, por lo que fue trasladada a la capital del estado para que reciba atención médica.

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Anonymous

2. Read Roberto Lovato’s analysis comparing and contrasting the Honduran coup to the Iranian elections, and his argument about how President Obama should deal with the overthrow.

Oaxaca: Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala attacked

Diana — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:41:59 +0000

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In a June 15th communiqué the authorities from the Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copola in the lower Triqui region in the state of Oaxaca denounced an attack by paramilitaries that left a 13-year-old boy dead and his 16 year-old sister gravely injured. The attack occurred June 13th in the afternoon when “paramilitary groups” opened fire using high-caliber guns in the center of the municipality. The attack lasted two hours.

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Sipaz

2. Read Roberto Lovato’s analysis comparing and contrasting the Honduran coup to the Iranian elections, and his argument about how President Obama should deal with the overthrow.

New Book Surveys Oaxaca Uprising to Teach Rebellion

Diana — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:03:50 +0000

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“I am 77-years-old. I have two children, eight grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren…My children are scared for me. It’s just that they love me. Everyone loves the little old granny, the mother hen of all those eggs. They say ‘They’re going to send someone to kill you. They’ll put a bullet through you.’ But I tell them, ‘I don’t care if it’s two bullets.’ I’ve become fearless like that. God gave me life and He will take it away when it is His will. If I get killed, I’ll be remembered as the old lady who fought the good fight, a heroine, even, who worked for peace…Hasta la victoria siempre. That’s what I believe,”says Marinita, a lifetime resident of Oaxaca, Mexico. Marinita was one of the many participants in the 2006 Oaxaca rebellion, whose first-hand account is featured in the new book released by PM Press, titled Teaching Rebellion: Stories from the Grassroots Mobilization in Oaxaca.

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Hans Bennett

2. Read Roberto Lovato’s analysis comparing and contrasting the Honduran coup to the Iranian elections, and his argument about how President Obama should deal with the overthrow.