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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Celso Castro
[mailto:celcas2000@gmail.com<span class=GramE>] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent</span></b></span><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>:</span></b> </span></font><st1:date Month="10"
Day="13" Year="2009"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Tuesday, October 13, 2009</span></font></st1:date><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><st1:time
Hour="7" Minute="17"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>7:17 AM</span></font></st1:time><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> hondurasusaresistencia@yahoo.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Fwd: Honduran Soldiers
Raid Indigenous </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Garifuna</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>De:</span></b> Art Heitzer <<a
href="mailto:aheitzer@igc.org" target="_blank">aheitzer@igc.org</a>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Para:</span></b> NLG Taskforce on the
Americas <<a href="mailto:tf-on-americas@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">tf-on-americas@googlegroups.com</a>>;
nlgcuba <<a href="mailto:nlgcuba@topica.com" target="_blank">nlgcuba@topica.com</a>>;
pw-list <<a href="mailto:pw-list@igc.topica.com" target="_blank">pw-list@igc.topica.com</a>>;
Peacetalks <<a href="mailto:milwaukeepeace@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">milwaukeepeace@yahoogroups.com</a>>;
NLG International Committee <<a
href="mailto:international@nationallawyersguild.org" target="_blank">international@nationallawyersguild.org</a>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Enviado:</span></b> lun, octubre 12, 2009 </span></font><st1:time
Hour="20" Minute="35"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>8:35:26 PM</span></font></st1:time><font size=2
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Asunto:</span></b> Honduran Soldiers Raid
Indigenous </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Garifuna</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
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size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Hospital</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><st1:date Month="10"
Day="8" Year="2009"><strong><b><font size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>October 8,
2009</span></font></b></strong></st1:date><strong><b><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'> </span></font></b></strong><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'>-- Garifuna communities in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Honduras</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'> are protesting an October 6th
Honduran military police invasion of the only indigenous-directed
hospital in the country, located in remote Ciriboya. According to
eyewitnesses, 15 armed military police broke into the hospital in the
early morning hours, later claiming they were searching for illegal
drugs. No one was injured in the raid, which was timed during a
hospital shift change. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'>The hospital, staffed by Garifuna doctors recently
graduated from </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Cuba</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>'s Latin American Medical School
(ELAM), along with Cuban doctors, has treated over 300,000 cases since
its inauguration in December 2007. "We are not just providing
health care to a forgotten people," said Dr. Luther Castillo, an </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>ELAM</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'> graduate who has led the project and
community construction of its building. "We are creating a new
model of free health care, an example for other poor regions in </span></font><st1:place><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Latin America</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'>A statement by the Garifuna organization OFRANEH
(Organización Fraternal Negra Hondureña) called the military action
"a clear message to the Garifuna people (in response to) their
participation in the resistance movement against the coup, and
particularly to Dr. Castillo and hospital personnel. For OFRANEH, such
a punitive action against the hospital is one more indication of the
prevailing racism among the coup leaders and their military". <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'>Constitutional President Manuel Zelaya officially
opened the hospital, which serves many of the poorest coastal
communities in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Honduras</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>, and his government signed an agreement
affirming the right of the indigenous Garifuna to direct and administer
their own health care in the region. Since the June military coup, the
defacto government has cancelled the accord, eliminated physician
stipends, and has attempted to downgrade the hospital to health center
status. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'>However, the hospital has kept its doors open,
thanks to local communities' support and health workers who have stayed
on the job. In addition to patient services--such as birthing,
surgeries, hospitalization, dental care and laboratory tests--hospital
physicians have established courses for nurses' aides and midwives,
staffed eleven satellite clinics, and organized home visits and health
promotion activities throughout the area. "Since they haven't been
able to shut us down," charged Dr. Castillo, "those who
plotted the coup are now trying to use the military to intimidate our
health professionals."<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'>The hospital and its community health outreach are
supported by a number of </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>U.S.</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'> and other international organizations,
including the </span></font><st1:place><st1:City><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'>Sacramento</span></font></st1:City><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'>, </span></font><st1:State><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'> Central Labor Council, Global Links,
The Birthing Project, and MEDICC. Several </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>US</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'> medical schools also have cooperative
arrangements with the Garifuna hospital, including Johns Hopkins,
Emory, Charles Drew and University of California (SF). Eight Cuban
physicians and nurses also provide specialized services and academic
training at the hospital.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'>Dr. Castillo is currently in the </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>United States</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>, where he is part of an effort to
rally support for the hospital and the unconditional return to office
of President Zelaya, and to lobby the US Congress to demand the return
of basic constitutional and human rights in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Honduras</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>. "The people who suffer the most
consequences in this situation are the poor," he said before
returning to </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'>Honduras</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>. "We must stop further
attacks on our hospital."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><strong><b><u><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Background </span></font><o:p></o:p></u></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><u><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'><br>
</span></font></u><font size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Since 1999,
Luther Castillo has directed the Luaga Hatuadi Waduheñu Foundation
("For the Health of our People" in Garifuna), dedicated to
bringing vital health services to isolated indigenous coastal
communities. After his 2005 graduation from the </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Latin</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'> </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>American</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'> </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Medical</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>School</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'> in </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Havana</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>, Dr. Castillo returned to the
Honduran coast, where he led construction of </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Honduras</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>' first </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Garifuna</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'> </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Rural</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Hospital</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>, now serving some 30,000 in the
surrounding communities. <br>
The hospital opened in December 2007, just months after Dr.
Castillo was named "Honduran Doctor of the Year" by Rotary
International's </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'>Tegucigalpa</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'> chapter. "Thank you for
inspiring me," said California Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi,
speaking at the hospital's opening ceremony. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'>A few weeks before the coup, Dr. Castillo was
named director of International Cooperation in the Honduran Foreign
Ministry. Since July 3rd, he has been been active in national protests
against the coup and included on a list of persons whose lives and
safety were declared "at risk" by the OAS Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'>Dr. Castillo is featured in <em><b><i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>¡Salud!</span></font></i></b></em>
(<a href="http://www.saludthefilm.net/" target="_blank" shape=rect
rel=nofollow>www.saludthefilm.net</a>), a documentary film that
received the Council on Foundations Henry Hampton Award for Excellence
in Film & Digital Media (USA). </span></font><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman"><o:p></o:p></font></b></strong></p>
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color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'>What you can do: </span></font><o:p></o:p></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><b><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066;font-weight:bold'>1) Circulate this
release to listservs, blogs, press and human rights organizations.<br>
2) Sign--and ask your organization or institution to
sign--the following letter to the Secretary General of the
Organization of American States. To sign, just reply to
this alert or send an email to <a
href="mailto:admin1@mediccglobal.org" target="_blank" shape=rect
rel=nofollow>admin1@mediccglobal.org</a> indicating your
name, your title and the name of the organization you represent.
Please reply by Thursday, October 15 in order to be included.</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'>October, 2009<br>
Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza<br>
Organization of American States<br>
</span></font><st1:Street><st1:address><font size=2 color="#000066"
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#000066'>1889 F Street, N.W.</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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</span></font><st1:place><st1:City><font size=2 color="#000066"
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#000066'>Washington</span></font></st1:City><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'>, </span></font><st1:State><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'>D.C.</span></font></st1:State><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'>, </span></font><st1:PostalCode><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'>20006</span></font></st1:PostalCode></st1:place><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'><br>
</span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=2
color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#000066'>U.S.A.</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<br>
Dear Secretary General Insulza:<br>
<br>
It has come to our attention that on the morning of </span></font><st1:date
Month="10" Day="6" Year="2009"><font size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>October 6,
2009</span></font></st1:date><font size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>, armed
military invaded the premises of the indigenous </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Garifuna</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Hospital</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'> in Ciriboya, </span></font><st1:place><st1:City><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Iriona Department</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>, </span></font><st1:country-region><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Honduras</span></font></st1:country-region></st1:place><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>, on the pretext of a search for
illegal drugs. They found none. <br>
We join with local Garifuna communities in demanding an end to such
intimidation of health workers and patients, and call upon you to
redouble your efforts to guarantee the human, political and civil
rights of all Hondurans, in particular of the Garifuna people. The
right of indigenous peoples to establish their own health care services
is enshrined in an International Labor Organization covenant subscribed
to by the government of </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Honduras</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>. The raid on their hospital
constitutes a violation of their rights as human beings, Honduran
citizens and indigenous people.<br>
We urge you to take whatever measures necessary to protect the lives of
hospital staff and community members in the Garifuna regions of </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Honduras</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>, as you seek to uphold the rights of
all Hondurans put at risk by the military coup and defacto government.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Peter Bourne, MD, MA, Chair<br>
Medical Education Cooperation with </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Cuba</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'> (MEDICC)<br>
<br>
Kathleen Hower, Executive Director and Co-Founder<br>
Global Links<br>
<br>
Dabney Evans, MPH, CHES, Founder and Director <br>
Institute of Human Rights, </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>Emory</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'><br>
<br>
Dan Kovalik, Senior Associate General Counsel<br>
United Steelworkers, AFL-CIO (USW)<br>
<br>
Bill Camp, Executive Secretary<br>
</span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2 color="#000066"
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#000066'>Sacramento</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#000066'> Central Labor Council</span></font><font
size=2 color="#000066" face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:#000066'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1 color="#000066"
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:#000066'>MEDICC (Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba), <a
href="http://www.medicc.org/" target="_blank" shape=rect rel=nofollow>www.medicc.org</a>,
is a US non-governmental organization working to enhance cooperation
among the U.S., Cuban and global health communities aimed at better
health outcomes.</span></font><font size=2 color="#000066"
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
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