[HNA] Please Call the State Department about emergency in Aguan, Honduras

[Tom Loudon]

    Quixote Center Announcement

	

Dear Friend,

We are writing to ask you to call the U.S. State Department today 
regarding alarming developments in the Aguan region of Honduras where 
over 3,500 peasant families are currently at risk. The peasant families 
are part of the Unified Campesino Movement of the Aguan who have 
suffered intense repression in the last months due to land disputes with 
wealthy  businessmen.  

In the last 24 hours, as many as 5000 troops, police and commando units 
have moved into the region. The military has taken total control of 
roads leading into the region and a curfew was announced by the Honduran 
Government. Honduran Human Rights Organizations 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fquixote.org%2Furgent-communication-cofadeh-emergency-agu%25C3%25A1n> 
have issued alerts to the international community fearing a potential 
massacre. Two cooperatives - Guadalupe Carney and El Remolino are 
particularly at risk. 

We have also received disturbing reports of U.S. air support for this 
military operation in the Aguan. Otto Reich is currently in Honduras 
reported to be meeting with representatives of the extreme right wing of 
the Honduran power elite.

Please call Ambassador Craig Kelly at the U.S. State Department  
(202-647-6754) today and express your alarm about a potential for 
violent repression of peasant farmers in the Aguan and the participation 
of U.S. air support in this operation.  Check the Quixote Center 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fquixote.org%2F> 
web site for updates.

Jenny Atlee,
Quixote Center
	

	
	
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