[HNA] Honduras Solidarity Committee Work & Letter to Pres. Obama

[Sergio Reyes]

Dear compas,

The newly formed Committee in Solidarity with the Honduran Resistance is circulating a card to be sent to President Obama, demanding action against the military-business dictatorship in Honduras. The text of the letter is below and you can use it as a model and send it to the president.

Also please be aware that the Committee is now officially formed and functioning and you are welcome to join in its work in support of the democratic resistance in Honduras. The frist event of the Committee took place on July 24 at Salem State College, with the participation of Prof. Aviva Chomsky, the Consul General of Venezuela, Omar Sierra, and reporters Simon Rios and Rene Funes. The local reporters spent a week in Honduras interviewing people active in the resistance to the dictatorship. If you would like to attend our meetings send an email to info at hondurasresists.org

We have also established an announcement listserv. If you would like to be informed about events, solidarity and news about Honduras please go to the link below to join the listserv:

http://hondurasresists.org/mailman/listinfo/announce_hondurasresists.org

Finally, please visit our new website http://www.hondurasresists.org for English and Spanish information, analysis, resources and news about the situation in Honduras.

In the struggle,


Committee in Solidarity with the Honduran Resistance

LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA

[Date]

President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Dear President Obama: 

I call upon you and your administration to increase pressure on the de facto regime of Honduras that the regime immediately undertakes the following actions:

1.Restore Manuel Zelaya to the presidency of Honduras.

2. Halt the widespread violation of human rights, restore constitutional guarantees, and guarantee the safety of members of social organizations, unions, political parties, and all other groups and individuals who oppose the coup.

If these demands are not met, we urge the U.S. administration to undertake the following actions:

1. Freeze U.S. bank accounts of coup-leaders, both in the private and public sectors.

2 Prohibit the importation of goods produced in the factories and plantations of these coup-leaders.

3. Revoke visa status and prohibit entry into the US of those Honduran citizens directly involved in the coup

4. Withdraw the U.S. Ambassador to Honduras

With respect for the people of Honduras and their right to determine their own fate.

Sincerely,


[Your name]




      
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