[HNA] Chicago demo opposing U.S. govt in Honduras, Colombia, Haiti...support resistanc

[NealBetty at aol.com]

On Tuesday, in Chicago, we will be having bullhorning and leafleting  at 
the Federal Plaza. Our call pointed out--   


On Wednesday the illegal U.S.-backed military coup will be seated, the U.S. 
 military occupation of Haiti is escalating, and the role of U.S. bases for 
 Colombia and attacks on Venezuela and Cuba are not well known. 
 
This the content of the leaflet we will be distributing--  
 

U.S. HANDS OFF LATIN  AMERICA!                           Cartoon of U.S as 
a vulture on a   
branch drooling over Latin America, and people  
                                                                       
opposing.
U.S.TROOPS &  BASES OUT OF 
HAITI, HONDURAS & COLOMBIA!!!
 
Honduras-- Following the U.S.-backed military coup on June 28 that removed  
the democratically elected president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, from   
office, the U.S. government supported  an illegal election on November  29th.  
The national resistance organizations of the Honduran people called  for a 
boycott-- and the turnout was less than 50%.  The Obama  Administration, 
practically alone in the world, has recognized the results of  the illegal 
election and the installation of the coup government on January  27th. The U.S. 
government has taken no stand against the continued killings of  people who 
are opposing the coup government.  We should stand with the  heroic Honduran 
people in resisting the coup, and condemn the U.S. government  for backing 
it. 

Colombia-- As part of U.S.  interference in Latin America, the Obama 
Administration recently announced its  plan  to establish seven military bases and 
34 military “lily pads” in  Colombia. These can be used  by the U.S. as 
jumping off points to try to  seize control of all of Latin America and its 
rich natural resources and labor  power.  The U.S. wants to overthrow the 
political opposition  to U.S.  domination in Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, etc.* 
U.S. control of Latin America has  been the U.S. aim since the days of the 
Monroe Doctrine, the Spanish American  War, the Bay of Pigs invasion, the U.S. 
organized 1973 coup in Chile, and the  failed  2002 U.S.-backed  coup in 
Venezuela. 
* See Eva  Golinger, “Official US Air Force Document Reveals the True 
Intentions Behind the  US-Colombia Military Agreement,” chavezcode.com  
/2009/11/breaking-news-official-us-air-force.html   
 
Haiti— The U.S. government, hiding behind a banner of aid,  has  maneuvered 
to get   thousands of troops in control of the airport and  roads--all the 
while getting in the way of  deliveries of  food and  medicine.   While 
people from all over the world concentrated on  saving Haitian lives, the U.S. 
government was plotting how to further tighten  its grip on Haiti.  The U.S. 
has been a key factor in making Haiti  poor,  and trying to dominate it 
militarily and politically since the  Haitians’ 1804 successful slave 
revolution. The U.S. used  invasions and  occupations. The U.S. sold U.S. rice and 
other products below the price of   Haitian products  to  ruin Haitian 
agriculture, and force Haitians to  become cheap labor in foreign owned factories.  
The U.S. imposed a   huge debt burden, and organized military coups to 
remove the democratically  elected President Aristide and suppress the people’s 
movement for democracy and  freedom.*(See the interview with journalist   Kim 
Ives on “How Western  Domination Has Undermined Haiti’s Ability to Recover 
from Natural Devastation,”  Democracy Now, 1/20/10, 
_www.democracynow.org/2010/1/20/journalist_kim_ives_on_how_decades_ 
(http://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/20/journalist_kim_ives_on_how_decades) )
This  has to stop, and the U.S. government must pay reparations to the 
Haitian people. 
 
     It’s a responsibility of Americans to oppose U.S.  interference, and 
to support the people’s resistance. For further work on these  issues, 
contact _lavozchicago at yahoo.com_ (mailto:lavozchicago at yahoo.com)  or 
_justice.yes at juno.com_ (mailto:justice.yes at juno.com)  or call  773.250.3335.  
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