<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">FYI<br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 11/20/09, Tupac Enrique <i><chantlaca@tonatierra.org></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Tupac Enrique <chantlaca@tonatierra.org><br>Subject: [Presente-Honduras] HONDURAS: School of the Americas Protest Action - Friday Nov 20 Honduran Consulate 4040 E. McDowell Phoenix<br>To: "Vicki Cervantes" <vickicervantes@yahoo.com><br>Cc: "Presente Honduras" <presente-honduras@lists.mayfirst.org>, lavozchicago@yahoogroups.com<br>Date: Friday, November 20, 2009, 12:30 AM<br><br><div id="yiv623494475"><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Palatino;"><span>Honduras</span> <span>Solidarity</span> Committee</span></p>
<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><i>Press Release</i></span><br><span style=""><b>For Immediate Release</b></span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Date: Friday November 13, 2009</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Contact:<span> </span>Tupac Enrique<span> </span>(602) 466-8367</span><br><br><p style="text-align: left;"><u>International <span>Solidarity</span> for <span>Honduras</span></u></p><p style="text-align: left;">
<u><br></u></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt;"><b>SHUT DOWN THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS!<br></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt;"><b>Protest Action at Phoenix Honduran Consulate </b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b><br>
</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><b>“An Election Farce is in the making in <span>Honduras</span> with U.S. State Department Support!”</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 0, 51);" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>US National Committee in <span>Solidarity</span> with Honduran Resistance to the Coup Regime</b></span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><b> <br>
</b></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><font size="4"><span style=""><b>When:<span> </span>Friday November 20, 2009</b></span></font></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">
<font size="4"><span style=""><b>Time:<span> </span><span> </span>4:00 PM to 6:00 PM</b></span></font></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><font size="4"><span style=""><b>Where:<span> </span><span> </span>4040<span> </span>E. McDowell (Honduran Consulate of Phoenix)</b></span></font></p>
<p><font style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" size="4"><span style=""><b>Re:<span> </span><span> Phoenix </span><span>Honduras</span> <span>Solidarity</span> Committee
joins international action at the gates of the School of the Americas
in Fort Benning, Georgia, Calls Again for End to US <span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span>Support for Illegal Military Coup Dictatorship in <span>Honduras</span></b></span></font> <br>
</p><font size="2"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span>Honduras</span> <span>Solidarity</span> Committee</span></span></font> <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">of
Phoenix will join the movement to close the infamous "School of the
Americas" that will bring together thousands of human rights activists,
torture survivors, veterans, faith-based communities, union workers,
students, musicians and others from across the Americas for a Vigil,
Rally, Funeral Procession and Nonviolent Direct Action to close the
School of the Americas at Fort Benning, GA from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=PGLu%2BSpZhFynD0TYTThcf8qCGz3Arkcw" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176);">November 20-22</a>.<br>
<br>The action in Phoenix in front of the Honduran Consulate is a call
on the U.S. Government and the Obama administration specifically to the <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>Reject the Honduran Election Farce being prepared for November 29, 2009.</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span><br>
<br></span></span>There
can be no legitimate, fair elections under the violence and threats of
violence of the de facto, unconstitutional government, and its
repressive police and military forces who have been brutally violating
the rights of peaceful Honduran protesters for the past four months.
Opposition candidates at national, provincial and municipal levels have
withdrawn from the electoral process.<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br>
<p><b>The action in Phoenix is part of a national and international series of <span>solidarity</span> actions across the U.S. which will continue on Friday November 27<sup>th</sup>, followed by <span>solidarity</span> protests in support of the Honduran people’s untiring, courageous resistance on November 28<sup>th</sup> and 29<sup>th, </sup>as they justifiably boycott the bogus and farcical elections.</b></p>
<p>The equivocating of the U.S. position as regards <span>Honduras</span> is
spinning heads around the U.S. and the world and contributes to setting
the stage for a return to failed policies of the past, legitimizing via
US power brokering an illegitimate and illegal regime of the military
coup now in power in <span>Honduras</span>.<span> </span>The failure
of the October 30 agreement between Micheletti and Zelaya clearly stems
from a plot to delay or impede altogether the restoration of President
Manuel Zelaya to power. <br>
</p><p><font size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">This represents
nothing less than a capitulation, or worse the outright endorsement of
the Obama administration to the illegitimate usurper coup regime in <span>Honduras</span>.</span></font><br>
</p>Organizers for justice in the Americas have been gathering at the
gates of Ft. Benning since 1990, and as the demonstration against the
SOA has evolved into one of the most vibrant anti-militarization
convergences in the United States, as we learn from one another's
stories, tactics, ideas, information, theater, friendships, trainings,
workshops, films, and more, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ZElp9z9xQrYEcHZrhl8wesqCGz3Arkcw" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176);">click here to see the schedule of events</a>!<br>
<br><font size="4"><b>Bertha Oliva</b>, the founder and coordinator of the Committee of Relatives of the Disappeared (COFADEH) will travel from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jZ76CP927FF5R9nmnN2a28qCGz3Arkcw" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176);">Honduras</a> to join the mobilization. </font><b>Bernardo Vivas</b> from
the Cacraica Community for Self-Determination, Life, and Dignity is
coming from Colombia to speak out at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia
and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a community-based worker
organization whose members are largely Latino, Haitian, and Mayan
Indian immigrants are traveling up from Florida. Celebrity entertainers
such as the <b>Indigo Girls</b> and <b><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3JnM7jZ2qduxRsfGWhExjsqCGz3Arkcw" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176);">Rebel Diaz</a></b> will attend as well.<br>
<br>Recalling the period in history from 1865-1867, when the US
government applied diplomatic pressure in favor of Mexico’s legitimate
president <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Benito Juarez</b> </span>and against the illegal right wing usurpers of power, the battle for constitutional government in <span>Honduras</span> takes place during new era of democratization across the hemisphere.<span> </span>The
developments in the central part of the continent also are framed by
the constitutional recognition for the first time of Indigenous
Peoples, as declared by the <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples </b>adopted by the UN General Assembly on September 13</span><sup style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">, 2007.</span><p>
Also calling for investigation of the role of the US based School of
the Americas at Ft. Benning Georgia in the military coup in <span>Honduras</span>, the <span>Honduras</span> <span>Solidarity</span> Committee of Arizona is also calling upon congressional support for <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>House Resolution 630</b> </span>before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, demanding the reinstatement of President Zelaya.</p>
<br><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">For more information please contact:<span> </span>Tupac Enrique Acosta (602) 466-8367 in Phoenix or consult the School of the Americas Watch website at: </span><span style="color: black;"><br>
<br></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">School of the Americas Watch</span><br><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://soaw.org/" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176);"><span style="color: black;">http://soaw.org/</span></a></span><br>
<span style="color: black;"></span><br>Links:<br><span style="color: black;">Quixote Center</span><br><span style="color: black;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.quixote.org/" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176);"><span style="color: black;">www.quixote.org</span></a></span><br>
<br>Americas Program<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://americas.irc-online.org/" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176);">http://americas.irc-online.org/</a><br><br><br><span style="font-family: Papyrus;">NAHUACALLI</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Papyrus;">Embassy of the Indigenous Peoples</span><br><span style="font-family: Papyrus;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nahuacalli.org/Honduras_Solidarity.html" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176);">http://www.nahuacalli.org/Honduras_Solidarity.html</a></span></div>
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