From proyectohondureno at gmail.com Tue Mar 8 19:00:31 2011 From: proyectohondureno at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Proyecto_Hondure=F1o?=) Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 22:00:31 -0500 Subject: [HNA] Invitacion Message-ID: Reporte-Sobre la Exitosa Asamblea del FNRP En Honduras ?MARTIRES DEL AGUAN" Presentado por TITO MEZA uno de los 12 delegados del Departamento 19-Pa?s-EE.UU. REPORT-BACK FROM THE FNRP SUCCESSFUL ASSEMBLY ?MARTIRES DEL AGUAN" PRESENTED BY TITO MEZA ONE of the 19 DELEGATES FROM DEPARTAMENT 19 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Resistance-flyer-eng.doc Type: application/msword Size: 196096 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From proyectohondureno at gmail.com Wed Mar 9 08:25:54 2011 From: proyectohondureno at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Proyecto_Hondure=F1o?=) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 11:25:54 -0500 Subject: [HNA] Fwd: FW: [Presente-Honduras] Fw: Fwd: [TF on Americas] Life threats to LEO VALLADARES - Honduras- URGENT In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: *To:* Presente Honduras *Subject:* [Presente-Honduras] Fw: Fwd: [TF on Americas] Life threats to LEO VALLADARES - Honduras- URGENT A friend forwarded this announcement from the National Lawyers Guild on the threats against Leo Valladares. Vicki Cervantes Note: Forwarded message is attached. In a message dated 3/8/2011 8:54:03 P.M. Central Standard Time, emyozell at gmail.com writes: *PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY - THANK YOU!* Dear Colleagues, I'm sure those of you who participated in the NLG/AAJ/IADL delegation during August 2009 will recall our meeting with Dr. Valladares... COFADEH has put out this call for solidarity and Honduras Resists is also circulating it. Dr. Valladares is a very respected Constitutional law professor who is founder of CIPRODH one of the principal HR ngo's in Honduras; he was the HR Commissioner post military rule, as well as president of the Iberamerican Federation of HR Ombudsmen- he has been very active defending participation of civil society and constitutional reform. URGENT ACTION*: Leo Valladares Lanza* Human Rights Defender in Danger With great concern, the Committee of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared of Honduras (COFADEH) informs the national and international community of acts of harassment, persecution, and psychological aggression against Mr. Leo Valladares Lanza, the former Human Rights Commissioner of Honduras and the current director of the Association for Participatory Citizenship (ACI Participa). The 21 of February, 2011 at 3:15pm, a taxi arrived at a private meeting Mr. Leo Valladares Lanza had with the Special Prosecutor for Children Nora Urbina. This same taxi had for some time been parking outside of Mr. Valladares' home, and followed him to the caf? where he was meeting with the Special Prosecutor and parked outside, where the driver made several calls on his cellphone. The situation was so alarming that neighbours informed the Valladares family of what was happening, and the Special Prosecutor requested an escort for him to return home. On March 1st, the same taxi parked outside of the Valladares home, but this time was accompanied by another vehicle. The family called the police, who arrived and summoned the drivers of the vehicles in question. Following their inquiries, the police recommended to the family that they leave for a time and take additional security precautions. Since the second week of February, unknown individuals have called the Valladares residence numerous times asking for ?Rodrigo,? referringg to Jos? Rodrigo Valladares Pineda, Mr. Valladares' young son who was murdered January 25, 2009 and who's death remains in impunity. After asking for him, the caller laughed menacingly. There has also been an unknown motorcycle making rounds near the residence and accelerating its motor in front of the house to such an extent that it activates the house alarm. The above mentioned events occurred after Mr. Valladares participated as a speaker during a television program regarding the repositioning of the Armed Forces, the resurgence of militarism in post coup d'?tat Honduras, and the incorporation of the military in the structures of the Executive Background:In his role as national Human Rights Commissioner, during his first year in office Mr. Leo Valladares Lanza presented a preliminary report on Disappeared Detainees. During the second year of his term, he presented a report on arbitrary and summary executions and another regarding the state of freedom of expression in Honduras. During his final term in office, unknown assailants violently entered his homee, beat his son Rodrigo and his wife Daysi Pineda, and apparently stole a vehicle which was abandoned two blocks from the house. We request that the national and international community urge the Honduran State to: ? initiate an independent, impartial, and exhaustive investigation into the threats against Mr. Leo Valladares, that they make public the results of the investigation, and that the responsible parties appear in court; ? take immediate measures to provide effective and appropriate protection to Mr. Leo Valladares according to his wishes; ? carry out its responsibility to guarantee human rights defenders their right to carry out their work without unjust restriction and without fear of reprisal, as is established in the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders as well as the resolutions of the OAS. LE*TTERS AND CALLS TO:* Jorge Alberto Rivera Avil?s Presidente de la Corte Suprema de Justicia (President of the Supreme Court) Tel (504) 269-3000 269-3069 Mail: *cedij at poderjudicial.gob.hn* Luis Alberto Rub? Fiscal General de la Rep?blica (Attorney General of the Republic of Honduras) Fax (504) 221-5667 Tel (504) 221-5670 221-3099 Mail: *lrubi at mp.hn* *suazog at mp.hn* *With copies to:* 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 (ask for "tono de fax, por favor") Mail: *berthacofadeh at yahoo.com* *Ambassador Hugo Llorens* *Deputy Chief of Mission Simon Henshaw: **"Henshaw, Simon" < HenshawS at state.gov>* Nathan L. Macklin, Human Rights Officer : *"Macklin, Nathan L" < MacklinNL at state.gov>*** *U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa*** Telephone Numbers: (504) 2236-9320, (504)2238-5114 Fax Number: (504) 2236-9037 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TF on Americas" group. To post to this group, send email to tf-on-americas at googlegroups.com. 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La represi?n desatada por el r?gimen de Porfirio Lobo contra el gremio magisterial y el pueblo en resistencia cobr? la vida de la maestra Ilse Vel?squez Rodr?guez, quien fue alcanzada por una bomba lacrim?gena en su rostro y sucesivamente, aplastada por un veh?culo pesado. Todav?a se desconoce si fue una tanqueta lanza-agua de la Polic?a o una camioneta sin placa, que acostumbra usar la fuerza policial para filmar los participantes en las protestas. El COFADEH denunci? intento de engavetar las investigaciones. La maestra Ilse Ivania Vel?squez Rodr?guez (59) engros? hoy (18/3) la lista de v?ctimas mortales de la furia represiva del r?gimen golpista hondure?o. Despu?s del 28 de junio de 2009, son decenas los miembros de las organizaciones que integran la Resistencia que perdieron su vida a ra?z del golpe de Estado. Uno de los sectores m?s golpeados es sin lugar a dudas el gremio magisterial, que ya tiene m?s de una semana de estar luchando contra las pretensiones del r?gimen de municipalizar y privatizar la educaci?n, exigiendo al mismo tiempo el cumplimiento de los acuerdos firmados con el gobierno despu?s de la violenta represi?n de agosto 2010. Ilse Vel?squez, sub directora de la Escuela Rep?blica de Argentina, estaba participando en la movilizaci?n convocada por las organizaciones magisteriales despu?s del violento desalojo de ayer (17/3) en Tegucigalpa, que dej? un saldo de varios heridos y detenidos. ?Convocamos a una nueva movilizaci?n para protestar contra la intervenci?n y militarizaci?n del Instituto de Previsi?n del Magisterio (INPREMA). Sab?amos que a las 8.30 de la ma?ana la comisi?n interventora iba a tratar de entrar en las instalaciones del INPREMA y nos reconcentramos en las inmediaciones del lugar?, explic? a esta Lista Informativa, el presidente del Colegio Profesional Superaci?n Magisterial Hondure?o (COLPROSUMAH), Edwin Oliva. Seg?n Oliva, fuerzas policiales y militares atacaron a los manifestantes sin mediar palabra. ?Esta vez no fue un simple desalojo, sino un ataque brutal y salvaje al magisterio. Nos rodearon, nos cercaron y nos emboscaron para hacernos da?o. El resultado fue la muerte de la compa?era y miembro del COLPROSUMAH, Ilse Vel?squez?, asever? Oliva. La violenta represi?n dej? tambi?n un saldo de varios heridos y detenidos, sin embargo, los maestros y maestras volvieron a reconcentrarse en las inmediaciones de Plaza Colprosumah, donde fueron nuevamente dispersados. ?La compa?era fue atropellada y aplastada por un veh?culo muy pesado, despu?s de haber recibido un fuerte golpe en su cabeza con una bomba lacrim?gena lanzada por efectivos policiales. Esa nueva muerte, esa brutal represi?n no nos va a detener. M?s bien ha generado m?s indignaci?n. Ma?ana -continu? el presidente del COLPROSUMAH- vamos reunirnos a nivel nacional para decidir las acciones que vamos a comenzar a partir del pr?ximo lunes (21/3). El magisterio est? dispuesto y tiene la absoluta certeza que vamos a recrudecer las acciones de protesta?, concluy? Oliva. *Llamado de alerta del COFADEH* En comunicaci?n telef?nica, la coordinadora del Comit? de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH), Bertha Oliva, alert? sobre una posible estrategia para engavetar las investigaciones sobre la muerte de la maestra. Oliva record? que Ilse Vel?squez Rodr?guez fue co-fundadora del COFADEH y era hermana de Manfredo Vel?squez, dirigente popular secuestrado y desaparecido por los cuerpos de seguridad del Estado en 1981. ?Para mi fue horrible ver el nombre de Ilse entre los heridos y, despu?s, enterarme de su muerte. Nos movilizamos de inmediato y ya hemos enviado una nota al Ministerio P?blico, porque descubrimos que nombraron al primo hermano del actual Ministro de Seguridad como m?dico forense. Adem?s, ya hubo un comunicado del r?gimen donde asevera que la muerte de Ilse Vel?squez fue contingencial. Una actitud irrespetuosa para la familia y el pueblo que ya nos demuestra cu?l es el objetivo del r?gimen. Vamos a seguir muy de cerca lo que va a ocurrir, para que ese nuevo delito no quede impune?, concluy? la coordinadora del COFADEH. _______________________________________________ Presente-honduras mailing list Post: Presente-honduras at lists.mayfirst.org List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/presente-honduras To Unsubscribe Send email to: Presente-honduras-unsubscribe at lists.mayfirst.org Or visit: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/options/presente-honduras/proyectohondureno%40gmail.com You are subscribed as: proyectohondureno at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Delivery to the following recipient has been delayed: hiedra2010 at hotmai.com Message will be retried for 2 more day(s) Technical details of temporary failure: DNS Error: Could not contact DNS servers ----- Original message ----- Bcc: hiedra2010 at hotmai.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.71.97 with SMTP id t1mr3681084vdu.246.1300587955263; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:25:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.164.102 with HTTP; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:25:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <913541.99416.qm at web36506.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <913541.99416.qm at web36506.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:25:55 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Fwd: [Presente-Honduras] Fw: (4 stories) Hondurans Condemn Repression From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Proyecto_Hondure=F1o?= To: Tito Meza Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf307f37c812a05b049ee0bbf8 From: Vicki Cervantes Date: Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 9:47 PM Subject: [Presente-Honduras] Fw: (4 stories) Hondurans Condemn Repression To: Presente Honduras Some English language coverage of the repression Friday and murder of Ilse Velasquez ----- Forwarded Message ---- *From:* Topix News Honduras *To:* vickicervantes at yahoo.com *Sent:* Sat, March 19, 2011 1:06:14 PM *Subject:* (4 stories) Hondurans Condemn Repression [image: Topix Honduras] Honduras - News March 19, 2011 See Honduras Weather< http://www.topix.com/rh?u=%2Fweather%2Fworld%2Fhonduras&c=newsmail%2Fweather&z=09ME4KL4560UQ2VM > Hondurans Condemn Repression< http://www.topix.com/rh?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.topix.com%2Fworld%2Fhonduras%2F2011%2F03%2Fhondurans-condemn-repression&c=newsmail%2Fpermalink&z=SKD3581KV38II0H8 > (Inside Costa Rica< http://www.topix.com/rh?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidecostarica.com%2Fdailynews%2F2011%2Fmarch%2F19%2Fcentralamerica1103001901.htm&c=newsmail%2Fsource&z=HLENVS8L1QEPE8J7 > ) Social organizations condemned on Friday repression against demonstrations staged in Honduras to protest privatization of education and the high cost of living. 1 dead, 2 injured in Honduras protests< http://www.topix.com/rh?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.topix.com%2Fworld%2Fhonduras%2F2011%2F03%2F1-dead-2-injured-in-honduras-protests-2&c=newsmail%2Fpermalink&z=JFUVO9V8DQMQ8EIO > (El Paso Times< http://www.topix.com/rh?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elpasotimes.com%2Fnationworld%2Fci_17646227&c=newsmail%2Fsource&z=5GIUPBV3M734TQU7 > ) A woman lies on the ground after she was allegedly struck by a vehicle as protesters ran when police advanced against them in the city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras Friday March 18, 2011. 1 dead, 2 injured in Honduras protests< http://www.topix.com/rh?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.topix.com%2Fworld%2Fhonduras%2F2011%2F03%2F1-dead-2-injured-in-honduras-protests&c=newsmail%2Fpermalink&z=OMLNC19E4I0LNF05 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From proyectohondureno at gmail.com Mon Mar 21 19:03:37 2011 From: proyectohondureno at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Proyecto_Hondure=F1o?=) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:03:37 -0400 Subject: [HNA] Fwd: [NALACC-MA] NALACC Letter to President Obama on U.S.-Latin America Policy In-Reply-To: <6216-4d87fe00-a5-6864f300@203086264> References: <6216-4d87fe00-a5-6864f300@203086264> Message-ID: rom: proyecto Hondureno Date: Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 9:40 PM Subject: [NALACC-MA] NALACC Letter to President Obama on U.S.-Latin America Policy To: NALACC MA NALACC Letter to President Obama on U.S.-Latin America Policy March 21, 2011 The Honorable Barack Obama The President The White House Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President, We, the under signers, leaders of prominent national Latino and Latin American Caribbean immigrant organizations in the U.S., are writing to you in light of your current trip to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador. First of all, we want to commend your Administration for the initiative to bring attention back to Latin America and the Caribbean, a region of the world with which the United States of America has had a long, often troublesome, relationship. Your victory in 2008 stimulated hope among Latin American societies that long for normalization of U.S.-Cuba relations; an end to the so called ?war on drugs?; a recalibration of U.S. trade and investment policies; and a firm commitment to nonintervention and respect for sovereignty in the region. The choice of Brazil, Chile and El Salvador for your visit is poignant. The U.S. has a large moral debt to these countries: In each case past Administrations (early 1960?S through early 1990?s) supported directly or indirectly the ascent and continuation in power of brutal dictatorships and later, in the case of Chile and El Salvador, U.S.-client states-regimes. The current Salvadoran and Chilean-origin populations in the U.S. are essentially creations of massive refugee-flows caused by gross and wide-spread human rights violation and political repression carried out by U.S.-supported regimes. Indeed, given the fact that most of the foreign born population now residing in the U.S. happen to be people born in Latin America and the Caribbean, we believe that U.S. Latin America relations should have a much higher level of priority than it has been given so far. As you visit the three countries mentioned above, we would like to bring to your attention some of the most important changes in Latin America and the Caribbean, which in our opinion should be taken into account as your Administration considers new policy approaches towards Latin America and the Caribbean: 1. Although the lack of economic opportunities in many Latin American and Caribbean countries is a leading driver of migration, we should also acknowledge and validate the economic, social and cultural symbiosis between the U.S. and our neighbors in the hemisphere. The migration dynamic is complex and multifaceted, yet we continue to use an outdated paradigm of control, exclusion, and punishment, which leads to the vilification of immigrants and creates an unhealthy pattern of scapegoating here in the U.S. 2. While the U.S. economy has experienced a devastating economic recession in recent years, many Latin American economies are experiencing rapid growth. This asymmetry is not an accident. Instead, it is the result of increasingly different approaches when it comes to comprehensive development strategies. The experiences of Brazil, Chile, Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina, and other nations throughout the Western Hemisphere demonstrate that Latin America has much to teach the U.S. and other nations about sustainable, equitable development models. 3. Democratic rule has taken deep roots in Latin America and the Caribbean in the last two decades. In defiance of a history of dictatorial regimes, (a history in which the U.S. usually took the wrong side), numerous Latin America and the Caribbean societies have become examples of robust democratic/civic participation. In the two recent instances where democratic rule was interrupted, the cases of Honduras and Ecuador, Latin American and Caribbean nations remained united in opposing a return to past anti-democratic practices. 4. In spite of the progress in Latin America and the Caribbean in recent years, there are serious challenges looming in the horizon. Among these challenges are the following: a. The impact of climate change in the region, which threatens the wellbeing of wide segments of the population, particularly those still affected by poverty and exclusion; b. The growth of powerful and transnational organized crime cartels dedicated to exploiting black markets ?unintentionally fostered by current U.S. policies- for illicit drug production, weapons, and human migration flows. In the case of several nations, particularly Mexico, the power of these criminal organizations has already reached a crisis level that threatens the security and wellbeing of segments of their respective populations along the trafficking routes. All of these should factor into consideration of how the U.S. might contribute to a mutually beneficial shared future. We would like to suggest the following proposals that taken together would revive the spirit of President Roosevelt?s Good Neighbor era arguably considered the zenith of U.S.-Latin America relations: 1. Organize a U.S.-Latin America and Caribbean Partnership, inclusive of civil society organizations (particularly those representing organized Latin American and Caribbean migrant communities) intended to educate the general public in the U.S. and Latin America and the Caribbean, about the multiple benefits rendered by migration and to promote the respect of the rights of migrant persons, irrespective to where they are and their migratory status. Regrettably, the predominant view about migrants that has come to dominate public discourse paints migrant persons as threats, or, in the best of cases, renders them invisible. Without a corrective intervention, it will be difficult to reach well informed and lasting policy changes. In addition, such a partnership should focus on working with national and international policymaking bodies in order to bring about modern, just, humane and functional policies to govern migration in the 21st century. 2. Conduct a thorough and public review of existing U.S. policies towards Latin America and the Caribbean, and to come up with a new generation of policy goals and practices intended to support the social, economic and political reforms carried out by different countries in this region in recent years, that have resulted in more equitable and sustainable societies. This includes the cases of nations often considered as adversaries to the U.S., such as Cuba, Venezuela and Bolivia. The goal of shared and sustainable prosperity throughout the Americas, that truly betters the life of the vast majority of people, is the best guarantee to ensure stable, mutually beneficial and ever more democratic societies in Latin America, the Caribbean and here in the U.S. 3. Recent events in the Middle East have taught us all how important it is to balance the relationship with government on one hand, and with key civil society actors on the other. In the case of U.S. policy towards Latin America and the Caribbean, we recommend a new emphasis on building relationships with key civil society actors. The case of Honduras is worthy of special mention. The current government, which many civil society organizations in Honduras continue to see as an illegitimate government, needs to be held to high standards when it comes to respect for human rights. The wisdom of supporting the removal from office of former Honduran president Manuel Zelaya remains to be seen. However, we respectfully urge you to take a leading role in holding the current Honduran government committed to unconditional respect for human rights and accountable for human rights violations committed under their watch. In conclusion, your Administration has a window of opportunity to bring about a new day in the relationship between the U.S. and its Latin American and Caribbean neighbors. We invite you to seize the opportunity to bring about a post-modern ?Good Neighbor? era that takes us away from a history of military intervention, and the advancement of economic policies that failed to create social, economic, political and cultural opportunities for the majorities. We urge your administration to reorient U.S. policy towards Latin America and the Caribbean in a way that enables a mutually beneficial future for all. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Oscar Chacon, Executive Director National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities Antonio Gonzalez, President William C. Velazquez Institute Nativo Lopez, President Mexican American Political Association -- Patricia Montes Executive Director Centro Presente 17 Inner Belt Road Somerville,MA 02143 617-629 47 31 Ext. 211 -- Has recibido este mensaje porque est?s suscrito al grupo "NALACC-MA" de Grupos de Google. 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At the community "Ocotes Altos" our vehicle was intercepted suddenly without warning by two police patrols, one driving a Toyota 4X4, double cabin and the other, a truck which also was transporting around twenty-five police, dressed in rigorous dark uniforms, all with ski masks and armed with machine guns. All of the police pointed their loaded weapons in the direction of our vehicle and towards each of the four persons who were riding in the vehiculo. They yelled at us to get down from the car, and a group of them, without saying anything, pressed us against the vehicle while they violently searched our clothing and our bodies. It was then that they asked us where we had the weapons. To our question of why such an attitude and agression against us, one of the uniformed men, who seemed to be commanding the platoon, limited himself to saying, "it is a routine operation", meanwhile one group aimed at us from the vehicles and other police surrounded us motioning with their weapons to signal that they would shoot at any gesture, movement or word that was not under their implacable control. Once they had checked our bags, wallets, pants, car seats and all of the nooks and cranies of the vehicle, the police again got into their vehicles and were lost in the dust of their "routine operation". Once inside the vehicle, and almost to shake off our own anguish, we began to express our feelings of impotency and the shock that, for us, this authoritarian, violent, horrific action represented. One of the two campesinos who accompanied us in our visit, with parsimony said: "So you see what happens to us daily, those of us who live in Aguan. It happend to you today. We live it every day; that is why the policemen in charge didn't say anything strange when he responded that it was a "routine operation". ** That same day, a campesino group had been violently evicted from lands they claim and that are in the hands of Miguel Facusse. It is public knowledge that the police are also in the hands of that businessman and of other dark enterprises in Aguan. The same day a protest was repressed in the capital leaving a teacher dead. And once day before, the so-called Miniter of Justice ahd Human Rights, had called from Geneva, Switzerland to speak with pride of her success in defending the government of Lobo Sosa, who with a cynical smile, she called a loyal defender of human rights. The "routine operation" with which the police violate human rights in Honduras and in particular in the region of Aguan, seems to be part of the same operation as the routine lie by high public functionaries who present an image of a government that defends human rights, but that has very little to do with the defencelessness to which so many poor people, communications media that leave the officialist format and the social sectors who struggle for their rights, are subjected. That is what Radio Progreso experienced in our own flesh in our recent visit to the region of Aguan. And so we share this testimony of our own defencelessness. * -translation by VC * *-----------------------------------------------------------* *informe por Padre Ismael Moreno * ** *Operativo de rutina?* Eran las tres y media de la tarde del viernes 18 de marzo, cuando un equipo de Radio Progreso nos dirig?amos de la ciudad de Tocoa a la comunidad Guadalupe Carney, en el municipio de Trujillo, departamento de Col?n. A la altura de la comunidad ?Ocotes Altos? nuestro veh?culo fue interceptado intempestivamente por dos patrullas de polic?as, una conducida en un veh?culo marca Toyota 4X4 de doble cabina, y otra, un veh?culo tipo cami?n los cuales, en conjunto, transportaban unos veinticinco afectivos policiales, vestidos con riguroso uniforme oscuro, todos con pasamonta?as y armados con fusiles ametralladoras. Todos los efectivos policiales dirigieron sus armas, bala en boca, en direcci?n a nuestro veh?culo y hacia cada un de las cuatro personas que nos conduc?amos en el veh?culo. Nos gritaron que nos baj?ramos del carro, y un grupo de ellos, sin mediar palabras, nos aprision? contra el veh?culo, mientras nos registraba con violencia nuestras ropas y nuestros cuerpos. Fue entonces cuando nos preguntaron que d?nde ten?amos las armas. A nuestra pregunta de por qu? aquella actitud y agresi?n contra nosotros, uno de los uniformados, quien parec?a comandar el pelot?n, se limit? a decirnos, ?es un operativo de rutina?, mientras un grupo nos apuntaba desde los veh?culos y otros polic?as nos rodeaban haciendo movimientos con su armas en se?al de disparar ante cualquier gesto, movimiento o palabra que se salieran de su implacable control. Una vez que revisaron nuestras bolsas, carteras, pantalones, asientos y todos los vericuetos del veh?culo, los polic?as subieron de nuevo a sus veh?culos y sin seguir diciendo palabra alguna, pero con su mirada amenazante, arrancaron con fuerza sus veh?culos y se perdieron en la polvareda de su ?operativo de rutina?. Una vez dentro del veh?culo, y casi para espantar nuestras propias angustias, comenzamos a expresar nuestros sentimientos de impotencia, y el asombro que para nosotros significaba aquella acci?n autoritaria, violenta y de horror. El ?operativo rutinario? con el que los polic?as violan los derechos humanos en Honduras, y particularmente en la regi?n del Agu?n, parece ser parte de un mismo operativo de la mentira rutinaria de los altos funcionarios p?blicos por presentar la imagen de un gobierno defensor de los derechos humanos, pero que muy poco tiene que ver con la indefensi?n a la que est? sometida much?sima gente pobre, los comunicadores sociales que se salen del formato oficialista y los sectores sociales que luchan por sus derechos. As? lo experiment? en carne propia Radio Progreso en su reciente visita a la regi?n del Agu?n. Y as? compartimos el testimonio de nuestra propia indefensi?n. Uno de los dos campesinos que nos acompa?aba en nuestra visita, nos dijo con la mayor de las parsimonias: ?Es para que vean lo que nos pasa en la vida cotidiana a los que vivimos en el Agu?n. A ustedes les ha pasado hoy. Nosotros lo vivimos todos los d?as; por eso el jefe policial no dijo nada extra?o cuando respondi? que andaba en un ?operativo de rutina??. Ese mismo d?a, un grupo campesino hab?a sido desalojado violentamente de la tierra que reclaman y que est? en manos de Miguel Facuss?. Y es de dominio p?blico que tambi?n los polic?as est?n en manos de este empresario y de otras oscuras empresas del Agu?n. Ese mismo d?a una manifestaci?n hab?a sido reprimida en la capital con el saldo de una maestra muerta. Y un d?a antes, la autodenominada Ministra de Justicia y Derechos Humanos hab?a llamado desde Ginebra, Suiza, para hablar con orgullo de sus ?xitos en defensa del gobierno de Lobo Sosa a quien con una sonrisa al viento calificaba como un fiel defensor de los derechos humanos. _______________________________________________ Presente-honduras mailing list Post: Presente-honduras at lists.mayfirst.org List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/presente-honduras To Unsubscribe Send email to: Presente-honduras-unsubscribe at lists.mayfirst.org Or visit: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/options/presente-honduras/proyectohondureno%40gmail.com You are subscribed as: proyectohondureno at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The attacks have as their only aim to liquidate the teachers? organizations and to break-up the social movements in Honduras; never before has such a brutal plan been executed in our country using such premeditation and advantage to sustain the privileges of a voracious and bloody elite. We find ourselves facing nothing less than the execution of the third part of the conspiracy that destroyed democracy with the Coup d?Etat of June 29, 2009, which consists of the appropriation at all costs of the country?s natural resources to fill their pockets at the expense of millions of poor people; the first mission towards this goal is to destroy the organized sectors, beginning with the national teachers? organizations. Submission to the International Monetary Fund agreements negotiated by the regime, include the reduction of the wage base through firings, restructuring and the dismantling of union organizations in the country. We must not make any mistake about the true intentions of the repression which is to break the will of the teachers? struggle; when they show their inflexibility and are spending millions of lempira on bombs and bullets with the security forces, we cannot believe that they are only thinking about the Teachers? Law. We must understand that they are not looping for Solutions for Honduras. They are only following instructions and are creating the system, the enclave that includes the conditions for the privatization of health, Education, and the other public services. The payment required by the Teachers? Law, if we fulfill it, is viable and must be paid; the State can do so; I personally know the issue well, and I have no doubt that this is not a question of a lack of government funds; it is part of a plan that implies the disappearance of the professional organizations of the teachers for other organized forms in the country that favor their goals. This macabre strategy is directed at destabilizing all the social organizations with conscience such as those of the teachers nationally. Compa?eros to know their plan gives an advantage and allows us to join with other sectors affected by the Coup d?etat. The destiny of Honduras, and other countries in the region, is at play in this struggle. The dimensions of this issue require urgent attention because the level of repression shows the desperation of the regime in the face of the strength of our ideas and the truth that is with us. Our mission is to support without reservation the teachers, the men and women that struggle, so under no circumstances are the decrees against the teachers upheld; and to demand their immediate derogation. Compatriots this is the hour to give the best of ourselves. They are the aggressors, those that behave with brutality, we can beat them; we can win over them with the unity of the people and defeat the perfidy that those who don?t love the Education of the people nor the mission of the teachers. We continue in the struggle; comrade teachers: count on us; the Honduran people support the teachers until victory. * **Jos? Manuel Zelaya Rosales Coordinador General Frente Nacional de Resistencia Popular* Honduras. Misi?n Internacional en Washington para entregar su informe preliminar a la CIDH *Violaciones en el Bajo Agu?n trascienden a nivel internacional* *Honduras**: International Mission in Washington to present preliminary report to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights*. Violations in the Lower Aguan Moves to the International Level Giorgio Trucchi Rel-UITA The grave violations against peasant families in the Lower Aguan and the criminalization of their struggle for access to the land the right to a decent live, now have risen to the International level. Delegates of the International Mission that last month investigated the situation of human Rights in the Lower Aguan are in Washington, D.C., USA, to turn over their preliminary report to the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights. On March 25, the counselor for Honduras for the Commission, Felipe Gonzalez will meet with the delegation from the International Mission*, of which Rel-UITA is a part, to receive the preliminary report n the serious violations of human Rights found Turing their stay in the Lower Aguan. In the report, that consists of 48 pages, the severe crises of human Rights affecting this regions of Honduras is evidenced; the principal elements are the assassination of 23 campesinos, one journalist and his spouse, as well as the ineffectiveness of the institutions charged with providing justice and the total impunity that reigns in the area. Furthermore, the delegates presented to the Commission the multiple violations of the right to physical integrity, and cases of kidnapping and torture, multiple injuries and sexual abuse. Also, it will emphasize the systematic forced displacements of the campesino settlements which are violations of the right to food, housing, health and which also flagrantly violate the established standards of international law and due process. Finally, the delegates of the International Mission will speak of the total lack of (government) fulfillment of the agreements signed with the campesino organizations and the lack of fulfillment of the legal rulings related to the agrarian arena, and the recommendations made by national authorities and the international community, as well as the worrisome climate of stigmatization and criminalization of the peasant struggle in Lower Aguan. ?The presence of a delegation from the Mission in Washington is very important. Achieving the placement of the theme of Lower Aguan on the agenda of the Interamerican Human Rights Commission can be a fundamental element so that other international organisms use the report and demand that the State of Honduras comply with the them?, a leader from the Committee of Families of the Disappeared Detainees in Honduras (COFADEH), Mary Agurcia, told Sirel. Honduras on the Agenda The grave situation in which the country is living will also be debated within the Framework of a Public Hearing by the Commission on Honduras. During the hearing the case of the systematic criminalization of the defenders of human Rights and the illegal firings of judges and magistrates by the Supreme Court of Justice of Honduras, as reprisals for denouncing the coup d?Etat of June 2009 will also be discussed. In this context, the delegates of the International Mission will have the transcendental opportunity to present and explain the grave situation that exists in Lower Aguan which gives even more important tot he presence of the Mission in the U.S. capital. Finally, the theme of Honduras and the violations of human rights was also given prominence yesterday (March 24) during an informational meeting, attended by his advisors and the general public, in the office of the U.S. Congressman, James McGovern. *APRODEV (Association of Development Agencies linked to the World Council of Churches); CIFCA (Copenhagen Initiative for Central American and Mexico); FIAN International; FIDH (International Federation of Human Rights); Rel-UITA (Latina American Region- International Union of the Workers in Food, Agriculture, Hotels, Restaurants, Tobacco and Procesing) _______________________________________________ Presente-honduras mailing list Post: Presente-honduras at lists.mayfirst.org List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/presente-honduras To Unsubscribe Send email to: Presente-honduras-unsubscribe at lists.mayfirst.org Or visit: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/options/presente-honduras/proyectohondureno%40gmail.com You are subscribed as: proyectohondureno at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From proyectohondureno at gmail.com Mon Mar 28 14:17:04 2011 From: proyectohondureno at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Proyecto_Hondure=F1o?=) Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:17:04 -0400 Subject: [HNA] Fwd: March 30Call Out Honduras Solidarity Network (2) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: *Honduras** Solidarity Network* Urgent Appeal: Day of Action for Honduras ? March 30th Contact: Chuck Kaufman, Alliance for Global Justice, 202-544-9355 x1 Vicki Cervantes, La Voz de los de Abajo 312-259-5042 Local Action: To be announced by member organizations in each city. - ?One Teacher Dead - Twenty teachers jailed for ?sedition? and ?illicit protests?. Teachers threatened with mass firings for their national strike against the repression and attacks.? - ?Photos: Teacher Ilse Velasquez, killed on March 18 & teachers detained in Tegucigalpa - ?Journalists attacked by police ? Cameraman in hospital after police deliberately fire tear gas bomb at his face? - ?Massive use of tear gas and beatings send teachers, students, and bystanders, including small children to the hospital? This is the news from Honduras after a week of protests against the Lobo regime?s human rights violations, attacks against the unions, and plans to privatize education and public services. The army and police have forcibly occupied the National University and repeatedly assaulted the offices of the teachers? unions. Peaceful protest marches have been violently attacked; many hundreds of tear gas bombs have been fired; one teacher has been killed in the protests, and many persons detained. At the same time the harassment and paramilitary threats against the peasant and indigenous communities in the countryside continue unchecked and with total impunity. * * *U.S.** Government spends millions to support repression*** While almost every day Human Rights organizations issue urgent alerts for Honduras, the U.S. government is moving forward with its plans to ?normalize? Honduras? position in the international community and is trying to get Honduras reinstated in the Organization of American States (OAS); it was expelled after the military coup in June 2009. Furthermore, the U.S. has scheduled millions of dollars in aid to the illegitimate regime of Porfirio Lobo: $1.7 million dollars in direct aid to the military and an estimated $4.6 million in aid to the police and other security forces. Since Lobo took power in January 2010, through elections that were not recognized by most international human rights groups and observers organizations such as the Carter Center, there have been as many as 36 political murders, according to the Center for Constitutional Rights, these murders include teachers, peasants, members of anti-coup resistance groups and 8 journalists, and 14 members of the LGBT community. Join us on March 30th ? SAY NO! ? to the repression and human rights violations. ? to U.S. military, economic and political aide to Honduras. Stand in solidarity with the March 30th civic strike called by the resistance organizations, unions, and student groups in Honduras. ? Participate in local actions in your location. ? Call and email: o Congressional Representatives and Senators (202-224-3121) o Department of State (Honduras Desk: 202-647-3482) http://www.state.gov/ o The White House (202-456-1111) http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact Tell them of your concern for the human rights crises in Honduras and your demand to cut off aid to the Lobo regime and end efforts to reinstate Honduras in the OAS. ? Share information about Honduras and this call for action with your friends and neighbors. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tito Meza Date: 2011/3/28 Subject: March 30Call Out Honduras Solidarity Network (2) To: Proyecto Hondure?o -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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There is an attachment with background information, detailing some of the human rights abuses being committed by Honduran government forces headed by President Lobo which is supported and funded by the US government. The phone numbers of Chelsea representative Capuano and Senator Kerry are below. Please join us in this act of solidarity. Join us on March 30th ? SAY NO! ? to the repression and human rights violations. ? to U.S. military, economic and political aide to Honduras. Stand in solidarity with the March 30th civic strike called by the resistance organizations, unions, and student groups in Honduras. o Congressman, Michael Capuano (617) 621-6208---Washington Office: (202) 225-5111 o Senator Kerry : (617) 565-8519 Washington Office: (202) 224-2742 Tell them of your concern for the human rights crises in Honduras and your demand to cut off aid to the Lobo regime and end efforts to reinstate Honduras in the OAS. 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El hecho ocurri? el d?a de hoy jueves 31 de marzo ?a eso de la 1:40 am cuando unas personas de jean azul y camisa blanca se detuvieron frente al edificio y comenzaron a lanzarle piedras a la ventana de arriba; luego se fueron caminando, rumbo al centro de la capital y 20 minutos m?s tarde, regresaron montados en un taxi lanzando m?s piedras y gritando? asegur? Mario Herm?n Izaguirre, guardia privado del edificio. Un equipo de abogados de la CDV, interpuso una nueva denuncia ante el Ministerio Publico, por amenazas y ataques, posteriormente, se hicieron presentes a la oficina de la CDV, para recibir los datos y testimonios del hecho. En d?as recientes se han presentado denuncias de amenazas contra miembros del equipo por parte de elementos policiales. *Ataques* El d?a lunes 28 de marzo la Coordinadora de la Oficina de Atenci?n a las V?ctimas en San Pedro Sula, Brenda Mejia report? un incidente, al escucharse una explosi?n en el local en horas de la tarde, creando confusi?n entre el personal de la oficina. El estallido provoco un hueco en el techo. La utilizaci?n de artefactos explosivos o un posible ataque sigue bajo investigaci?n. El d?a mi?rcoles 30 de marzo, Eddy Guifarro, miembro del equipo de seguridad de la CDV sufri? un violento atentado, cuando cuatro hombres armados lo interceptaron mientras se conduc?a en un taxi y comenzaron a golpearlo con la intenci?n de bajarlo de la unidad. Guifarro logr? escaparse y sali? huyendo por la calle en medio de disparos de sus agresores, actualmente se recupera en un lugar seguro de varias lesiones craneales y de su t?mpano derecho que quedo muy afectado por los golpes. ?Estos hechos no son una coincidencia, los ataques y las amenazas obedecen a acciones planificadas y pareciera que buscan distraer a la CDV, o atemorizarla ahora que estamos muy pronto a recibir a los Comisionados y Comisionadas Internacionales que vienen la pr?xima semana para verificar la situaci?n de los Derechos Humanos en Honduras y a trabajar en la estructura del informe que presentaremos? coment? Thomas Loudon, Secretario Ejecutivo de la CDV. Por su parte la coordinadora de la Oficina en Tegucigalpa, Nora Miselem, se?al? que ?el ataque a esta oficina es un mensaje de que existe inconformidad de las autoridades por el trabajo de recopilaci?n de informaci?n que estamos haciendo? ?Es imposible creer que est? acci?n la realizaron personas civiles ya que todos en esta ciudad sabemos que desde hace m?s de dos semanas esta zona esta militarizada por el conflicto con el magisterio y nadie se atreve a hacer acciones sin esperar alg?n tipo de represalia y estas cuatro personas no solo pasan una vez si no dos veces lanzando piedras y los decenas de militares y polic?as que resguardan el Instituto de Previsi?n Militar (IPM) y el Instituto de Previsi?n del Magisterio de Honduras (INPREMAH) no hicieron absolutamente nada? agreg? Miselem. Seg?n informaciones confirmadas por los Procuradores de Derechos Humanos del Comit? de Familiares de Detenidos y Desaparecidos de Honduras (COFADEH) en un horario parecido en la madrugada el d?a de hoy tambi?n hubo un ataque por desconocidos a la sede del Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria de Bebidas y Similares (STIBYS) ubicada al sur de la ciudad. -- ** Comisi?n de Verdad Tegucigalpa, Honduras Tel (504) 2263-4943 comunicacion at comisiondeverdadhonduras.org http://www.comisiondeverdadhonduras.org http://twitter.com/comisionverdad ** _______________________________________________ Presente-honduras mailing list Post: Presente-honduras at lists.mayfirst.org List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/presente-honduras To Unsubscribe Send email to: Presente-honduras-unsubscribe at lists.mayfirst.org Or visit: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/options/presente-honduras/proyectohondureno%40gmail.com You are subscribed as: proyectohondureno at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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