<div>The National Front Against the Coup are starting a hunger strike tomorrow, and are looking for solidarity statements from around the world to read out tomorrow, Tuesday Sept 15, as they begin. Can I send out a draft for the Committee to endorse and can our various groups and individuals also endorse? Endorse by sending messages to: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; "><a href="mailto:hondurasayuno@gmail.com" target="_blank">hondurasayuno@gmail.com</a></span></div>
<div><br></div>See the call, in Spanish followed by English:<div>paz</div><div>Kaveri<br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">andres thomas conteris</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andres@democracynow.org" target="_blank">andres@democracynow.org</a>></span><br>
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</b></font></p><p><strong><span style="color:maroon">13 de Septiembre, 2009</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:maroon">Día 78 de la resistencia</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:maroon">El Frente Nacional de
Resistencia contra el Golpe de Estado</span></strong><span style="color:maroon">
<strong>en Honduras</strong></span> invita a todas las personas conscientes y
solidarias con la vida, la paz y la justicia, a un <strong><span style="color:black">ayuno en diversas formas a partir del 15 de septiembre,
2009,</span></strong> fecha en que Honduras y centroamérica conmemoran la
independencia.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:black">El pueblo hondureño
necesita una nueva independencia del regimen de facto</span></strong> que
usurpó el poder con un golpe militar el 28 de junio, 2009. Este ayuno busca
promover la noviolencia activa y el Artículo III de la Constitución hondureña
que garantiza que: <em><span style="color:#333399">“Nadie debe obediencia a un
gobierno usurpador … El pueblo tiene derecho a recurrir a la insurrección en
defensa del orden constitucional.”</span></em></p>
<p><strong>15 de Sept. — Se lanza
el Ayuno por Honduras a nivel mundial</strong></p>
<p>En el marco del día de la independencia, el 15 de
Septiembre, 2009, se lanza el <em>Ayuno Mundial por Honduras: Insurrección
Noviolenta del Pueblo</em> que apela por la solidaridad internacional para que
Honduras sea independiente del regimen de facto que usurpó el poder del estado
hace 80 días.</p>
<p>El ayuno solidario con la insurrección noviolenta en
Honduras se lanza en 12 países con más de 80 ayunantes:</p>
<p>* <strong>Honduras</strong></p>
<p>– Tegucigalpa<br>
– San Pedro Sula<br>
– La Ceiba<br>
– Santa Barbara</p>
<p><strong>* El Salvador<br>
* Costa Rica<br>
* Nicaragua<br>
* Guatemala<br>
* México<br>
* Argentina<br>
* Estados Unidos<br>
* Canadá<br>
* España<br>
* Inglaterra<br>
* Francia<br>
* Filipinas<br>
* India </strong></p>
<p>Apelamos por la solidaridad del mundo con la insurrección
noviolenta del pueblo hondureño que busca:</p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:35.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span><strong><span style="color:maroon">R</span><span style="color:#993300">etornar a la
constitucionalidad en Honduras</span> y restaurar a <span style="color:#993300">José
Manuel Zelaya Rosales</span> en la presidencia de la Republica.</strong> </p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:35.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span><strong>Poner
en práctica el <span style="color:#993300">Artículo II de la Constitución de
Honduras</span> que establece que “La soberanía corresponde al pueblo del cual
emanan todos los poderes del Estado que se ejercen por representación”
ejercitando el derecho a constituir <span style="color:#993300">la Asamblea
Nacional Constituyente.</span></strong> </p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:35.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span><strong>Asegurar
que las próximas elecciones se celebren con transparencia bajo un <span style="color:#993300">Estado de derecho una vez restituido el presidente
Zelaya.</span></strong> </p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:35.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span><strong>Garantizar
que ningún ser humano este sobre la ley, debiéndose <span style="color:#993300">aplicar
la justicia a los autores intelectuales y ejecutores del golpe de Estado;</span>
y a quienes a<span style="color:#993300">tentaron contra los derechos humanos</span>
de la población hondureña durante el tiempo que el gobierno de facto usurpó el
poder.</strong> </p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:35.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span><strong><span style="color:#993300">Desmilitarizar Honduras completamente</span> para
fortalecer la democracia y facilitar la transferencia de recursos humanos y
materiales de la violencia a la noviolencia, de la guerra a la paz, de la
muerte a la vida. De igual forma, se procura la <span style="color:#993300">abolición
de todas las bases militares extranjeras.</span></strong> </p>
<p style="margin-left:35.35pt">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span><strong>Denunciar
la <span style="color:#993300">complicidad del gobierno de Estados Unidos</span>
<span style="color:#993300">con el regimen de facto</span> al no declarar que
ocurrió un <span style="color:#993300">golpe militar en Honduras</span> y se
siguen entrenando militares hondureños en instituciones estadounidenses como la<span style="color:#993300"> Escuela de las Américas,</span> actualmente conocido
como WHINSEC (por sus síglas en inglés).</strong> </p>
<p><strong>Invitamos</strong> a todo el mundo solidario con
Honduras a vincularse con el <strong><span style="color:maroon">Ayuno Mundial
por Honduras: La Insurección Noviolenta del Pueblo.</span></strong></p>
<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:maroon">Contactenos:
<a href="mailto:hondurasayuno@gmail.com" target="_blank">hondurasayuno@gmail.com</a></span></strong>
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<p><strong><span style="color:maroon">September 13, 2009</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:maroon">Day 78 of the Resistance</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:maroon">The National Resistance
Front against the Coup d'etat in Honduras </span></strong><strong><span style="color:maroon;font-weight:normal">invites all people of conscience in
solidarity with life, peace and justice to fast in different ways beginning
September 15, 2009, independence day for Honduras and Central America.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:black">The Honduran people
demand a new kind of independence from the coup regime </span></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-weight:normal">that usurped power in a military coup on
June 28, 2009. This fast seeks to promote active nonviolence and the III Article
of the Honduran Constitution which guarantees that: “<i>No one should obey a
usurper government … The people have a right to rise up in insurrection to
defend the constitutional order</i></span></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-weight:normal">.”</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>September 15, 2009 –
Worldwide Fast for Honduras launched </strong></p>
<p>September 15<sup>th</sup>, Honduran independence day,
marks the launch of the <i>Worldwide Fast for Honduras: People's Nonviolent
Insurrection </i><span style="font-style:normal">which appeals for
international solidarity so that Honduras will be truly independent from the
coup regime that usurped governmental power 80 days earlier. </span></p>
<p>This fast in solidarity with the people's nonviolent
insurrection in Honduras is being launched in many countries around the world
with a host of participants in the fast.<span>
</span></p>
<p>* <strong>Honduras</strong></p>
<p>– Tegucigalpa<br>
– San Pedro Sula<br>
– La Ceiba<br>
– Santa Barbara</p>
<p><strong>* El Salvador<br>
* Costa Rica<br>
* Nicaragua<br>
* Guatemala<br>
* Mexico<br>
* Argentina<br>
* United States<br>
* Canada<br>
* Spain<br>
* Great Britain<br>
* France<br>
* Philippines<br>
* Japan<br>
* India </strong></p>
<p>We appeal for worldwide solidarity with the nonviolent
insurrection of the Honduran people which seeks:</p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:35.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></strong><strong><span style="color:maroon">The return of constitutional government in Honduras and
the restoration of </span><span style="color:#993300">José Manuel Zelaya
Rosales</span> as president of the Republic.</strong></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:35.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></strong><strong>To
put in practice Article II of the Honduran Constitution through a National
Constituent Assembly.<span> </span>Article II
states that “Sovereignty corresponds to the people from whom all powers of
State are derived and executed with representative government.”</strong></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:35.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong>3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></strong><strong>To
guarantee that the next elections are free and fair and take place with
transparency under the rule of law once President Zelaya is returned to
power.<span> </span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:35.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span>To certify
that no one is above the law and that justice be applied to the intellectual
authors and direct perpetrators of the coup d'etat; and to those who violated
the human rights of the Honduran population during the time that the de facto
government usurped state power. </p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:35.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></strong>To completely demilitarize Honduras in order
to strengthen democracy and facilitate the transfer of human and material
resources from violence to nonviolence, from war to peace. Similarly, we demand
the abolition of all foreign military bases and an end to the training of
military at the School of the Americas, currently known as WHINSEC, <strong><span style="font-weight:normal">the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security
Cooperation.</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-left:35.35pt"><strong>6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></strong><strong>We
urge that the government of the United States declare that a military coup
occurred in Honduras from the perspective of the law which states that no funds
“shall be obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance to the
government of any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by
military coup or decree.” </strong></p>
<p><strong>We invite all in solidarity with Honduras to join
the Worldwide Fast for Honduras: People's Nonviolent Insurrection.</strong></p>
<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Contact us: <a href="mailto:hondurasayuno@gmail.com" target="_blank">hondurasayuno@gmail.com</a></span></strong>
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