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Honduras Update

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  • 3 MOCSAM members murdered
  • Urgent Action:  Illegal arrest of Priest and 22 members of Honduran National Resistance Front
  • Article:  THE AGUA ZARCA DAM: How the World Bank and Central American Bank for Economic Integration are Profiting from the Looting of Indigenous Lenca Territory

http://conexihon.info/site/noticia/derechos-humanos/derechos-humanos-conflicto-agrario-y-minero/honduras-masacran-tres-miembros

Here is a translation of the article from Conexihon.info that covers the incident that occurred yesterday regarding the 3 MOCSAM members that were murdered by sugar company security guards. The campesino are still occupying the land today and are under threat by the paramilitary guards who illegally possess military grade firearms. Valentin Avelar’s body was finally attended to by the medical examiner at 9pm. 6 hours after the shooting!!

PLEASE CALL THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY of Human Rights in Cortres, RENE DIAZ 011 (504) 3389-5098. AND Ministra de Justicia y Derechos Humanos, Ana Piñeda (504) 9982 680

Demand that the human rights of the campesinos of MOCSAM be protected. Inform Fiscalia Diaz that international observers will continue to follow the situation. Also inform them of the illegal possession of military grade firearms by the guards. Continue reading →

Weekly News Report May 3, 2013

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Juan Vázquez Assassinated in Bachajón, Chiapas
Bolivian President Evo Morales expels USAID
Nicaragua cloud forest ‘under siege’ by illegal loggers
Guatemala declares emergency after mine protests
Mexico Congress passes sweeping telecoms bill
US Gives Honduras $1.75 Million for Police; Promises $200 Million for El Salvador, Guatemala and Central America
The Venezuelan Presidential Vote — What is the Probability That It Could Have Been Stolen?
Obama, visiting Mexico, shifts focus from drug war
Economy, security in spotlight as Obama heads to Costa Rica
Guatemalan Judge Reopens Genocide Trial of Rios Montt
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145 Organizations Call on US & Mesoamerican Presidents to Reevaluate Regional Security Policies

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April 30, 2013

JASS-MESO-HONDURAS

As Heads of State from Mexico, Central America and the United States prepare to meet for the Summit of the Central American Integration System (SICA) in Costa Rica on May 4 and 5th, JASS (Just Associates), the America’s Program, the Guatemala Human Rights Commission-USA and the Latin America Working Group collaborated to present a letter that has been signed by over 145 international, regional and local organizations from 10 countries in the Americas. The letter addresses civil society concerns about security issues, human rights violations, violence against men and women human rights defenders, among others.

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HONDURAS: EXHUMATIONS IN THE AGUÁN IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH

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>CLANDESTINE GRAVES BEING DUG UP IN HONDURAS : The Nightmare Of Repression Continues

>US Gives Honduras $1.75 Million for Police; Promises $200 Million for El Salvador, Guatemala and Central America (story follows below)

Exhumations… by Defensores en Línea (Translation by Sandra Cuffe)     24 April 2013

TEGUCIGALPA – National and international media gathered in the Committee of Relatives of the Detained-Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH) office for the announcement of the exhumation of human remains found in the Paso Aguán plantation, in the jurisdiction of Trujillo, Colón.

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Tuesday, April 9: Call Your Member of Congress Today to close WHINSEC/SOA

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National Call-in Day! Echo the Voices of Grassroots Activists in DC!
Tuesday, April 9: Call Your Member of Congress Today

In Honduras, and across the Americas, human rights activists, teachers, students, medics, and farmers are mobilizing, speaking out, putting their bodies on the line and demanding that the US end the militarization of the Hemisphere. And in the belly of the beast, SOA Watch activists are meeting this week with their members of Congress, urging them to take a stand on the side of justice.

We need you to pick up the phone now, and echo the voices of thousands across the Hemisphere. Click here to find your Representative (or call the Capitol Switchboard TOLL FREE at 866-338-1015 and ask to be connected to your Representative), and ask that they become an original cosponsor to the forthcoming McGovern bill to suspend and investigate the SOA/WHINSEC. Continue reading →

IFCLA News Summary April 1-8

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Ecuador to Sell a Third of its Amazon Rainforest to Chinese Firms, Despite Protests of Indigenous Groups

MARCH 2013 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY http://compamanuel.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/zapatista-news-summary-march-2013/

The Latest from NACLA online

Drugs and Democracy Newsletter: Bolivia and Coca

Newsbriefs from IFCLA emails

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End all U.S. aid to the Honduran National Police

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Tell President Obama and Congress to end all U.S. aid to the Honduran National Police, as required by U.S. law.

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The State Department assured Congress that millions of U.S. tax dollars given to the Honduran National Police only go to units that don’t operate under the direct supervision of Director General Juan Carlos Bonilla, who has been accused of responsibility for extrajudicial killings for which he has never been investigated. But the Associated Press has found that all Honduran National Police units are under Bonilla’s control. Aid to police units under Bonilla’s control violate U.S. law.

Urge the Obama Administration and Congress to end all U.S. aid to the Honduran National Police, as required by U.S. law. Continue reading →

WNU #1170: Panamanian Anti-Dam Activist Murdered

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Weekly News Update on the Americas Issue #1170, March 31, 2013

1. Panama: Ngöbe-Buglé Murdered After Anti-Dam Protest
2. Mexico: 22 Injured in Oaxaca Wind Farm Protest
3. Chile: Students Resume Marches for Education Reform
4. Haiti: Haïti Progrès Editor Honorat Gunned Down
5. Links to alternative sources on: Latin America, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Haiti, US/immigration Continue reading →

Honduras News – Reminds one of the Death Squads of the 1980s

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Campesino communities in Honduras being devastated, one family at a time

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HONDURAS IS OPEN BUSINESS … AND REPRESSION  Report from a fact-finding delegation, March 16-23

Honduras CAFTA labor complaint now a year old

“We’re Witnessing a Reactivation of the Death Squads of the ’80s”

More on death squads and other shameful uses of US tax dollars

Inside Story Americas – Honduras: A culture of impunity

Militarization Ramped up in Honduras by PROAH (Honduran Accompaniment Project)

Will Congress act to stop US support for Honduras’ death squad regime?

**Action: Tell Kerry: No Aid to Honduran Death Squads
Tell Secretary of State John Kerry and Congress to end all U.S. aid to all units of the Honduran National Police, whose leader has been linked to death squads, as required by U.S. law.   http://signon.org/sign/kerry-no-aid-to-honduran?source=c.url&r_by=1135580

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US aids Honduran police despite death squad fears

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US aids Honduran police despite death squad fears
ALBERTO ARCE and KATHERINE CORCORAN. AP. March 25, 2013

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The U.S. State Department, which spends millions of taxpayer dollars a year on the Honduran National Police, has assured Congress that money only goes to specially vetted and trained units that don’t operate under the direct supervision of a police chief once accused of extrajudicial killings and “social cleansing.”

But The Associated Press has found that all police units are under the control of Director General Juan Carlos Bonilla, nicknamed the “Tiger,” who in 2002 was accused of three extrajudicial killings and links to 11 more deaths and disappearances. He was tried on one killing and acquitted. The rest of the cases were never fully investigated. Continue reading →