[HNA] FW: DC Action on Honduras - Mon Nov 23, 1-2.30 PM

[Tito Meza]

If you have friends in Washington D.C., please call them and encourage
them to support this action. 
Thank You
 
Angel Tito Meza
Community Organizer
Somerville Community Corporation
337 Somerville, Ave. Somerville, MA
Tel. (617) 776-5931E231
Fax: 776-0724
-----Original Message-----
From: sergioemoncada at gmail.com [mailto:sergioemoncada at gmail.com] On
Behalf Of Sergio Moncada
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 5:36 PM
To: Sergio Moncada
Subject: DC Action on Honduras - Mon Nov 23, 1-2.30 PM
 
Demand that U.S. recognize human rights violations NOT elections
 
WHAT: Protest the U.S. intent to recognize elections under martial law
in Honduras
 
WHEN: Monday, November 23, 1.00-2.30 PM 
 
WHERE: Side entrance of the U.S. Department of State - 23rd Street
between C and D Streets NW
 
 
Time is running out. On November 29th, the Honduran military and
business junta that illegally seized power on June 28th and that has
since violently repressed the country's people and press will hold
"elections" effectively closing all possibility for a reversal of the
coup d' etat that ousted democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya
on June 28, 2009. 

The announcement in late October of an agreement between President
Zelaya and the coup regime, although extremely flawed, gave to many the
hope that a semblance of the democratic process would be restored in
Honduras after all. However, the coup regime has reneged on its
obligations under the accord by refusing to allow President Zelaya to be
reinstated prior to the elections.  The coup regime is attempting to
launder the coup d'etat with martial law elections that the opposition
cannot meaningfully contest. 

President Zelaya, the National Front Against the Coup, and a broad-based
popular movement in Honduras have called for a boycott of the elections.
Twenty-three Latin American nations are echoing the cry of the Honduran
people and have expressed that they will refuse to recognize the
coup-regime elections.  These nations have opted to instead recognize
the widespread violations of human rights committed by the cup regime.
The U.S. State Department representatives continue to deny having heard
any reports of human rights abuses.

In a recent and shocking policy shift, the U.S. plans to almost
unilaterally recognize these elections as legitimate. While the State
Department claims the elections represent a way for Honduras to "move
forward" out of the crisis, those who know the history of Latin America
know that without justice and accountability, Honduras is in danger of
repeating the repression and suffering of dirty wars throughout Latin
America's history.
Please join Hondurans for Democracy at the State Department to
personally deliver human rights reports on Honduras and to tell
President Obaman, Secretary Clinton, and other key decision-makers that
their position, and their cowardly silence on human rights abuses in
Honduras at the hands of the coup regime, are completely unacceptable.
 
WHAT: Protest the U.S. intent to recognize elections under martial law
in Honduras
 
WHEN: Monday, November 23, 20009, 1.00-2.30 PM
 
WHERE: Side entrance of the U.S. Department of State - 23rd Street
between C and D Streets NW.
 
SPREAD THE WORD. FORWARD TO FRIENDS, FAMILY, and CO-WORKERS!
PRINT THE ATTACHED FLYERS AND DISTRIBUTE FAR AND WIDE
 
Questions? E-mail us! mramos at porlademocracia or smoncada at porlademocracia
 
www.porlademocracia.org <http://www.porlademocracia.org/> 
 
 
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