From zdario182 at hotmail.com Sun Aug 8 08:12:56 2010 From: zdario182 at hotmail.com (Dario Zapata) Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 15:12:56 +0000 Subject: [HNA] =?windows-1252?q?FW=3A_Colombia=2C_S=E1trapa_triste=2C_rey_?= =?windows-1252?q?advenedizo?= In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: From: zdario182 at hotmail.com To: continenttr at hotmail.com Subject: FW: Colombia, S?trapa triste, rey advenedizo Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:58:13 +0000 FELICITACIONES MI APRECIADO ANTUA,JUSTO EN EL MOMENTO PARA EL SATRAPA INJUSTO. > From: joancaderibe at hotmail.com > To: poloboston at googlegroups.com > Subject: Colombia, S?trapa triste, rey advenedizo > Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 10:11:28 -0400 > > > ?En la soberbia, la espina? es un poema escrito en 1943 por Pablo Neruda luego de visitar Colombia y recibir agravios de Laureano G?mez, Director del peri?dico conservador El Siglo quien luego ser?a presidente y padre de la violencia pol?tica colombiana de la cual ?lvaro Uribe es iracundo y feroz continuador. Por lo que merece Uribe heredar este poema, como despedida, este 7 de agosto, tras ocho largos a?os de su r?gimen mafioso, corrupto y violento. > > Por los falsos positivos. Por los torturados y los desaparecidos. Por los sindicalistas, ind?genas y opositores asesinados. Por los Millones de Desplazados y los miles de exiliados. Por los muertos, miles, de la fosa de La Macarena y tantas otras. Por los perseguidos y los presos pol?ticos. > > En la Soberbia, la Espina > > > Adi?s ?lvaro. Pr?ncipe nunca laureado, > s?trapa triste, rey advenedizo. > Adi?s, emperador de cuarto piso > antes de tiempo y sin cesar pagado. Administras las tumbas del pasado, > y hechizado, aprovechas el hechizo > en el agusanado para?so > donde llega el soberbio derrotado. > All? eres dios sin luz ni primavera, > all? eres capit?n de gusanera, > y en la terrible noche del arcano, > el cetro de violencia que te espera > caer? podrido como polvo y cera > bajo la jerarqu?a del gusano. > Caballero del l?tigo mezquino, > excomulgado por el ser humano, > iracunda piltrafa del camino, > Oh peque?o anticristo, anticristiano. > Como t?, con el l?tigo en la mano, > tiembla en su tumba en Espa?a Franco el asesino > y en Alemania tu sangriento hermano > lee sobre la nieve su destino. > Es tarde para ti, triste ?lvarito. > Quedar?s como cola de tirano > en el museo de lo que no existe. > En tu peque?o parque de veneno > con tu pistola que dispara cieno. > > YO AGREGARIA: EPITAFIO EN LA PUERTA DE NARQUI?O adios varito el aire fetido que dejas de tu putrefacto y genocida regimen.zumba no tendras descanso tras las rejas ni en vida ni en tu negra tumba. pero antes de irte tendras que juzgar larga condena esa que la corte penal te impondra en hora buena genocida cruel por tanto mal que a tu patria y al mundo dejaste. p?rfido animal. rey en un oceano de sangre ilegitima corona y cetro. impuestas por vandidos, sicarios y un enjambre de narcos y paracos todos locos es la cruz que el pueblo lleba a cuestas la que pronto caera como los cocos y mana de paz cubrira los llanos, el camino de Bolivar,de los andes las crestas, Colombia toda y todas las manos. DARIO ZAPATA AGOSTO 5- 2010 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michelle.fuentes at gmail.com Sun Aug 8 18:02:29 2010 From: michelle.fuentes at gmail.com (Michelle Fuentes) Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 21:02:29 -0400 Subject: [HNA] Agosto 7, 2010 Carta Abierta de Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales Coordinador General FNRP Message-ID: *8 de agosto de 2010*.- Al Pueblo Hondure?o y a la Comunidad Internacional , comunico que he sido Informado de las declaraciones del Dr. Jorge Arturo Reina en el programa ?Interpretando la Noticia ?, en cuanto a la propuesta que le ha hecho el r?gimen de Porfirio Lobo para nombrarle como Embajador itinerante, especialmente ante los pa?ses que conforman la UNASUR. Al respecto, quisiera declarar lo siguiente: 1. Que la tr?gica experiencia del golpe de estado del 28 de junio de 2009, nos ha ense?ado, que los que fueron capaces de romper el orden constitucional, y su suced?neo, apoyado por el gobierno de los Estados Unidos, no cumplieron ni cumplen los compromisos acordados, aunque se hallan suscrito en documentos p?blicos, constituyendo esto una burla constante para el pueblo Hondure?o. 2 Que las posiciones medi?ticas del r?gimen del propio Presidente Lobo Sosa, y algunas de sus declaraciones personales en las que trata de aparentar ?buena voluntad?, son absolutamente, incongruente con sus acciones. 3. Que promover el reconocimiento del r?gimen en las actuales condiciones, constituir?a un desprecio para nuestros m?rtires, ser?a condenado por nuestro pueblo y por aquellos que desde la comunidad internacional han sostenido con firmeza posiciones de dignidad. Por tanto, considero correcta la posici?n dada a conocer por el Embajador Reina Idiquez de* NO aceptar la **nominaci?n que le ofrece el r?gimen de Lobo Sosa*; primero que cumpla las recomendaciones hechas por la Comisi?n de Alto Nivel integrada por 17 pa?ses de la OEA , mediante el Informe elaborado por mandato de la Asamblea General de Lima, y que en s?ntesis se?ala lo siguiente: A- Poner fin a los juicios iniciados en contra del ex Presidente Zelaya y sus colaboradores, ya que los mismos tienen motivaciones pol?ticas (persecuci?n judicial por motivos pol?ticos). B- Avanzar decididamente en las investigaciones para esclarecer los asesinatos cometidos en el marco del golpe de estado, y durante el r?gimen de Lobo. C- Adoptar medidas para poner fin a los asesinatos, torturas, persecuci?n, amenazas y hostigamientos contra miembros del Frente Nacional de Resistencia Popular. D- Dotar a la Comisi?n Interinstitucional de Derechos Humanos de Honduras de los recursos humanos y econ?micos para que pueda responder de manera eficiente a la defensa de los Derechos Humanos. F- Que cese la impunidad por las violaciones a los derechos humanos, incluyendo las verificadas por la CIDH y la Oficina del Alto Comisionado para los Derechos Humanos de la ONU. Asimismo, el r?gimen debe dar cumplimiento a las condiciones m?nimas que permitan dar inicio al proceso de reconciliaci?n y normalizaci?n para la restauraci?n democr?tica en nuestro pa?s como fue presentado por nosotros, en el plan de reconciliaci?n, a la OEA y Honduras pueda integrarse con pleno derecho a la comunidad internacional como es nuestro deseo, cumpliendo lo siguiente : Que se separen de sus cargos a los autores intelectuales y materiales del golpe de estado, los cr?menes de lesa humanidad y de las violaciones a los Derechos Humanos. Que se convoque a un gran dialogo nacional, para elegir la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente, a trav?s de la cual se proceda a la refundaci?n pacifica de la institucionalidad democr?tica en nuestro pa?s. 4. No podemos ni debemos como defensores de la democracia y de los Derechos Humanos, aceptar este tipo de trampas que ?nicamente contribuyen a la promoci?n de la impunidad y por ende, a que *otros piensen que el nuevo patr?n de opresi?n es dar golpes de estado en naciones hermanas, sin castigo para los criminales golpistas* . Jos? Manuel Zelaya Rosales. Ex Presidente de Honduras. Coordinador General del FNRP Rep?blica Dominicana 7 de agosto de 2010 MI SOLIDARIDAD Y APOYO AL MAGISTERIO EN LUCHA, SU CAUSA ES JUSTA Y EL PUEBLO DEBE ENTENDERLO , QUE HOY ES POR LOS MAESTROS PERO EL MANANA ES PARA TODOS LOS TRABAJADORES . -Michelle Fuentes "Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children." 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Do you have anyone to recommend based on their language skill level, interest in Fair Trade, and warm personality? If so, feel free to share my work email: jdecarlo at crs.org Thanks and be well, Jackie De Carlo jdecarlo at crs.org Catholic Relief Services -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From proyectohondureno at gmail.com Tue Aug 10 04:35:10 2010 From: proyectohondureno at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Proyecto_Hondure=F1o?=) Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:35:10 -0400 Subject: [HNA] Human rights defender needs protection: Gladys Lanza Message-ID: Document - Honduras: Human rights defender needs protection: Gladys Lanza UA: 170/10 Index: AMR 37/012/2010 Honduras Date: 4 August 2010 *URGENT ACTION* * HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER NEEDS PROTECTION *A Honduran human rights defender has received a threatening email message and a series of anonymous phone calls. Amnesty International believes that her life may be in danger. On the evening of 17 July, *Gladys Lanza*, Coordinator for the Visitaci?n Padilla Pro-Peace Women?s Movement (Movimiento de Mujeres por la Paz Visitaci?n Padilla) received an email with the subject: ?Hello old whore!!!?(Hola vieja puta!!!). Part of the email said: ??Now we?re coming for you, you stupid old woman!!! [?] Billy Joya Amendola renewed.? (Ahorita te caemos, vieja ignorante!!! [?] Billy Joya Amendola renovado). Many people in Honduras are fearful of Billy Joya, due to his reported activities with the 3-16 Battalion, a Honduran military intelligence unit which committed human rights violations in the 1980s. Six photographs were attached: an image of Billy Joya, a kitten holding a sniper rifle, a bizarre funeral procession led by men in prisoners? uniform, a watch with the time at 10.12, and two photographs of Gladys Lanza. Three hours before, Gladys Lanza had taken part in a radio programme produced by the Committee of Relatives of the Disappeared in Honduras (Comit? de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras, COFADEH), where she condemned the resurgence of militarism in Honduras and plans for the US government to establish new military bases in Honduras. During the programme, where different guests talked on the same subject and also mentioned general human rights issues in Honduras, a text message was sent to the programme: ?You communists are the ones who deserve a kicking for being liars.? (Ustedes comunistas son los que kieren patadas por mentirosos). Throughout June, Gladys Lanza received four separate calls to her mobile phone, where all she could hear was heavy breathing. Calls from the same number continued throughout July, but Gladys Lanza stopped answering. On 24 July 2009, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) called on the Honduran authorities to protect Gladys Lanza. This order has not been adequately implemented by the Honduran authorities. Commitments to hold regular meetings with Gladys Lanza and to organize police patrols around the Visitaci?n Padilla office have not been fulfilled, leaving Gladys Lanza in danger. PLEASE WRITE IMMEDIATELY in Spanish or your own language: - Calling for an independent, thorough and impartial investigation into the threats and harassment against Gladys Lanza; - Urging that the authorities take immediate steps to fully comply with the IACHR order of 24 July 2009. The form of protection provided to Gladys Lanza must be agreed with her and reflect her own wishes; - Reminding the authorities that human rights defenders have a right to carry out their activities without any unfair restrictions or fear of reprisals, as set out in the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 15 SEPTEMBER 2010 TO: President Sr. Porfirio Lobo Sosa Presidente de la Rep?blica Casa Presidencial Boulevard Juan Pablo Segundo Palacio Jos? Cecilio del Valle Tegucigalpa, Honduras Fax: + 504 239 3298 Salutation: Dear President Attorney General Sr. Luis Alberto Rub? Fiscal General de la Rep?blica Lomas del Guijarro, Avenida Rep?blica Dominicana Edificio Lomas Plaza II Tegucigalpa, Honduras *Fax:* *+ 504 221 5667* Salutation: Dear Attorney General And copies to: NGO Comit? de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH) Barrio La Plazuela, Avenida Cervantes, Casa No. 1301 Apartado Postal 1243 Tegucigalpa, HONDURAS Fax: +504 220 5280 (say ?tono de fax por favor?) *Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country.*Check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date. URGENT ACTION *HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER NEEDS PROTECTION* Additional Information The Visitaci?n Padilla Pro-Peace Women?s Movement (Movimiento de Mujeres por la Paz Visitaci?n Padilla) is a human rights organization which works to promote and defend women?s rights. Visitaci?n Padilla was one of the many Honduran women?s organizations to play an active and visible role opposing the June 2009 coup d??tat. In October 2009, the radio programme ?Entre Chonas?, produced by Visitaci?n Padilla, was cancelled by the management of the radio station which transmitted it. The management stated that the broadcasts violated an emergency presidential decree issued by the de facto government since they "failed to promote peace? and ?discredited? the November 2009 electoral process. On 9 March 2010, members of Visitaci?n Padilla were on their way to an event they had organized for International Women?s Day, to protest at the killing of women in Honduras and the impunity which frequently surrounds such crimes. At 12 pm, a member of Visitaci?n Padilla parked the organization?s car outside their office while she went inside to collect the materials and equipment needed for the event. When she and her colleagues came back to the car and drove off at 12.30 pm, they noticed that there was a problem with the car. When they took it to a mechanic he told them that one of the tyres had been deliberately cut. Many people in Honduras are fearful of Billy Joya, due to his reported activities with the 3-16 Battalion, a Honduran military intelligence unit which was charged with the task of targeting political suspects and carrying out their abduction, detention, torture and murder in the 1980s. 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BELOW: Article, with photos, by Karen Spring, in Honduras Background information, from the Honduras Solidarity Network Sample letter to your politician Contact info: US gov't and officials Contact info: Cdn gov't and officials Thank-you. Annie Bird, annie at rightsaction.org Grahame Russell, info at rightsaction.org Karen Spring, spring.kj at gmail.com TO SUPPORT & GET INVOLVED: see below Join our listserv: http://visitor.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?m=1103480765269 Please redistribute this information * * * REPRESSION IN HONDURAS CONTINUES, UNABATED By Karen Spring, August 31, 2010 (spring.kj at gmail.com) Last Thursday and Friday (Aug 26-27), police and military violently repressed public school teachers that have taken to the streets for almost 3 weeks to demand, amongst other things, that the Pepe Lobo regime return 4 billion lempiras (or some 200 million dollars) that were taken from National Institute of IMPREMA, an institution that manages teacher's pension funds, after the military-oligarchic coup against President Zelaya on June 28, 2009. The 6 teachers unions that form the umbrella organization FOMH - that represents 63,000 teachers nation-wide - believe that the funds taken from this institution were used to fund the military regime, after the June 2009 coup headed by Roberto Micheletti and General Romeo Vasquez Valesquez, that repressed and terrorized the pro-democracy movement critical of the coup and it's perpetrators. The education system in Honduras has been in crisis for the last 4 months particularly the month of August starting when the university students occupied the National Autonomous University (UNAH, Spanish acronym) demanding the reinstatement of 180 workers fired from their positions and the resignation of university director, Julieta Castrellano. Five fired workers still remain on hunger strike on the university grounds, some now reaching over 126 days without eating. During the university occupation, police showed up during the occupation and attempted to enter the university where they were then run off university grounds by the protesters. The stand off between the students and police occurred at the time that State Department's Maria Otero was visiting Honduras to investigate the human rights situation, an attempt once again by the United States government to paint the picture that the Lobo government is working hard to better the human rights situation in the country, a necessary condition to having Honduras readmitted into the Organization of American States (OAS). (IMG_2096: In front of occupied National Autonomous University (UNAH by students & supporting members of the national resistance movement. White sign reads "Maria Otero, go home". All photos: Karen Spring.) Although the university student and the public school teachers have different immediate focuses and demands, they both claim that the form in which the Pepe Lobo's regime is managing the teacher's struggle and education system in general is one of the many attempts by the oligarchy and the government to privatize the public education system in Honduras. Recognizing this threat, this massive teachers strike converges with and compliments the on-going struggle of the National Front of Popular Resistance (FNRP) as well as the preparatory stages of a mass general strike involving the three major umbrella unions (Unitary Confederacy of Workers of Honduras (CUTH, by its Spanish acronym); the Confederacy of Workers of Honduras (CTH); the General Head office of Workers (CGT) to which all unionized Honduran workers belong. 3 DAYS OF HARSH REPRESSION AGAINST THE TEACHERS Last Friday August 27th, teachers were violently evicted twice from the area around the National Pedagogical University; first, when they had occupied the boulevard and second, when teachers were regrouping and meeting inside the University. At the University, located close to a major boulevard and across from a business shopping centre, police arrived with 2 water tanks, firing more than a 100 tear gas canisters and rubber bullets at the teachers and members of the resistance movement in and outside the university grounds, beating up those they chased and captured without regard for the presence of children and the public in the busy area of the city and the peaceful form in which the teachers were protesting. (IMG_2191: August 27, 2010. In front of National Pedogogical University, police show up firing tear gas to evict teachers.) (IMG_2192: Young child suffering from tear gas shot by the police, fleeing from the University grounds.) >From a black Toyota four-runner parked on the street in front of the University, a man opened fired at the protesters with a 9-millimeter gun. Although no one was shot, the car was later identified as belonging to the National Congress. Over 100 people were captured and 'guarded' by police against a fence outside the University. They were later released after human rights representatives arrived and negotiated with the police. Many teachers and resistance members, fleeing the tear gas, were trapped inside the classrooms in the university where they suffered from severe exposure to tear gas. Over 7 people were injured from the gas and from police beatings including a journalist from Globo TV/Radio Globo. (IMG_2197: Police 'guarding' teachers and individuals they captured during violent eviction.) The day before, on Thursday, after occupying a street close to the Presidential Palace in Tegucigalpa, police and military violently evicted the teachers. Six teachers were reported injured from the tear gas and wounds inflicted by the police. These two days, last week, were the icing on the cake to the violence inflicted against the teachers movement on August 20th, when again, police/military evicted the movement and brutally beat up 3 union leaders and one teacher that all were supposedly identified on the spot to the police by individuals infiltrated in the marches. Before and particularly since August 20th, the major media outlets owned by the oligarchy continue a media campaign against the teacher's movement to portray them as instruments of violence with no regard for children's education and the educational system in Honduras. At the writing of this article, the teachers are gathered in their daily assembly to discuss an agreement recently negotiated between the Government negotiation team and the leaders of the teacher's movement. Today, the teachers will announce whether they accept the proposal or not. * * * BACKGROUND INFORMATION By the Honduras Solidarity Network Contact: Vicki Cervantes, vickicervantes at yahoo.com A coalition of North American organizations today denounced the exercise of violent repression by Honduran military and police forces against members of a striking teacher's union at a university in Tegucigalpa. The Honduras Solidarity Network (HSN) declared that "the recent brutal attacks by government forces against non-violent protests show that there has been no reconciliation after last year's coup d'etat, and the U.S. government's policy of support for the current government must be changed. We call for an immediate end to the repression and human rights violations against the opposition movement". The group referred to military and police attacks against members of the teacher's union, COPEMH (Colegio de Profesores de Educaci?n Media de Honduras (Association of Secondary Teachers of Honduras)), and their supporters, which took place at The National Pedagogical University Francisco Morazan in Tegucigalpa on August 26 and 27. The union has been on strike since May, and is generally viewed as opposing the regime of Honduran President Porfirio Lobo. The HSN based its action on reports received from the human rights group COFADEH and the General Workers' Central Federation (CGT) labor organization, and corroborated by local news from Radio Globo and eyewitness accounts that report the following: On Friday, Aug. 27, police and military troops surrounded the National Pedagogical University, responding to thousands of teachers and members of trade unions, peasant organizations and other organizations supportive of the teachers gathered on the university grounds. The police and military forces sprayed tear gas from trucks and beat protesters with truncheons before firing canisters of tear gas into the University grounds. As people were overcome by the gas and tried to leave, they were beaten and many detained. Among the injured were two well-known reporters from Radio Globo, one of the few independent radio stations in the country. Among those seriously affected by the gas were a number of children and pregnant women. On Thursday, the police and military attacked the same group at a massive protest near the presidential residency in the capital city. Television stations aired video showing soldiers firing their rifles during the repressive action and police beating protesters. Four teachers from the teachers' union were seriously injured and, according to human rights organizations in Honduras, they were denied medical care at the main public hospital in Tegucigalpa. The teachers' union then took the men to a private medical facility. On Aug. 20, four leaders of the teachers' union were badly injured when police attacked them during a union march. The men were detained at a police station for 12 hours during which time they were denied medical care and human rights observers were refused entry to the jail to verify their condition. Throughout the month of August the level of conflict and the human rights crisis in Honduras has deepened. Non-violent protesters in Choloma were beaten, and three members of peasant organizations in Aguan were killed. Another journalist, critical of the regime, was murdered bringing to ten the total of journalists murdered since Lobo took over in January. Vicki Cervantes, a spokesperson for the Honduras Solidarity Network said, "The United States government continues its support for the oligarchy and Lobo in the form of aid and pressure on other governments in the hemisphere to accept the illegitimate Lobo administration." Meanwhile, on the ground in Honduras the opposition of the majority of Hondurans to the coup and the subsequent regimes, including Lobo's, is growing. For the first time since 1954, Honduran trade union federations have all agreed to prepare for a general strike and nearly a million Honduran eligible voters have signed letters demanding the convocation of a constituent constitutional assembly with the peoples' participation and leadership. The Honduras Solidarity Network, a nationwide coalition of non-profit, human rights and educational organizations, and the Honduran Front for National Resistance (FRNP) call for: an end to police and military repression of the teachers and the protesters at the university; resumption of negotiations between the government and the Teacher's Union; payment of back wages and an investigation into the violation of the teachers' human rights. * * * SAMPLE LETTER Dear ???, Non-violent protests by striking teachers and democracy supporters in Honduras have been attacked in recent days by the military and police causing many injuries and detentions. On Aug. 26 and Aug. 27 the Honduran military and police attacked demonstrators gathered at the National Pedagogical University Francisco Morazan in Tegucigalpa firing many rounds of tear gas and live bullets. When those trapped in the university tried to escape the tear gas, they were beaten, including pregnant women and at least two journalists. Until the brutal repression of social movements in Honduras ends, I demand that the Government: Suspend all aid to the Lobo administration Stop the U.S. (or Canadian) government lobbying for recognition of the undemocratic government of Honduras. Recognize the Honduran people's demand for a Constituent Assembly to establish a functioning, participatory democracy. I look forward to hearing from you about what you and your office are doing about this. Sincerely, [name and address] * * * US GOV'T OFFICES & POLITICIANS White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov/CONTACT/, 202-456-1111, Comment Line: 202-456-1414 US Congress: go to http://www.house.gov/ to get contact info for your congress members. 202-224-3121 US Senate: go to http://www.senate.gov/ to get contact info for your senator. 202-224-3121 State Department: F: 202-647-8947, T: 202 647-8947 State Department, Office of Western Hemisphere Affairs: (202) 647-0834, WHAAsstSecty at State.Gov Ambassador Craig Kelly, Principal Deputy Asst. Secretary, Western Office of Hemisphere Affairs: KellyC at state.gov, F: 202-647-0834 Dan Restrepo, Special Asst. to the President, Western Hemisphere Affairs, drestreop at nsc.eop.gov Maria Otero, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs; c/o Laura Pena, Assistant: PenaL at state.gov Ambassador Hugo Llorens, U.S. Embassy, Honduras, LlorensH at state.gov, F: 011-504-236-9037 Dr. Arturo Valenzuela: ValenzuelaAA at state.gov Paul Monteiro, Office of Public Engagement, Darron_P._Monteiro at who.eop.gov * * * CANADIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS Governor General of Canada Micha?lle Jean Rideau Hall, 1 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1A-0A1 info at gg.ca, (613) 993-8200, 800 465-6890 Duncan Mousseau, Director, Policy, Planning and Correspondence Office of the Secretary to the Governor General DMousseau at GG.CA Prime Minister Stephen Harper, harpes at parl.gc.ca Minister of Foreign Affairs Lawrence Cannon 509-S Centre Block, House of Commons, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0A6 cannol at parl.gc.ca Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas) Peter Kent 125 Sussex Dr, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0G2 (613) 992-0253, kent.p at parl.gc.ca Gilles Duceppe, leader, Bloc Quebecois 1200 Papineau Av, #350, Montreal, QC, H2K 4R5 ducepg at parl.gc.ca Jack Layton, leader, New Democratic Party 221 Broadview Ave, Suite 100, Toronto, ON, MM 2G3 laytoj at parl.gc.ca Elizabeth May, leader, Green Party Saanich Gulf Islands EDA, PO Box 20076, Sidney, BC, V8L 5C9 emaytowin at greenparty.ca Michael Ignatieff, leader, Liberal Party 656 The Queensway, Etobicoke, ON, M8Y 1K7 ignatm at parl.gc.ca Mr. Peter Julian & Mr. Henri Sader, NDP International Trade Critic, Rm 178, Confederation Bldg., Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 julian.p at parl.gc.ca John McKay, liberal, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (613) 992-1447, MckayJ at parl.gc.ca, 613-947-4609 Kevin Sorenson, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, Room 518, Justice Building, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 (613) 947-4608, SorenK at parl.gc.ca, 613-992-2971 Mr. Dean Allison, Foreign Affairs Committee Chairperson, 4994 King Street, Beamsville, Ontario, L0R 1B0 allison.d at parl.gc.ca, 905-995-2772 CONTACT YOUR MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT: http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Compilations/HouseOfCommons/MemberByPostalCode.aspx?Menu=HOC CANADIAN Embassy in Costa Rica (responsible for Honduras, as well) Ambassador Neil Reeder (506) 2242-4400, (506) 2242-4411 - Political, sjcra at international.gc.ca Honduras Office of the Canadian Embassy Centro Financiero Banexpo - Tercer Piso Boulevard San Juan Bosco, Colonia Payaqu? Tegucigalpa, Honduras (504) 232-4551; tglpa at international.gc.ca * * * WHAT TO DO? (info at rightsaction.org, www.rightsaction.org) FALL 2010 SPEAKERS: Contact us to plan educational presentations in your community, school, place of worship, home, about the tireless and courageous Honduras pro-democracy movement. EDUCATIONAL DELEGATIONS TO CENTRAL AMERICA: Form your own group and/ or join one of our educational delegation-seminars to learn first hand about community development, human rights and environmental struggles. 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