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<td valign="top" width="550">Dear Friends,<br>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Since the November
elections in Honduras which resulted in the installation of Porfilio
Lobo as President on January 27, 2010, the human rights situation in
Honduras has continued to deteriorate. According to human rights
organizations, there is a marked increase in selective targeting of
people and communities active in the resistance movement. Despite a
public discourse of reconciliation on the part of Lobo, partners in
Honduras are experiencing increased levels of state terror. </span><br>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">In the month of January, the
Committee of the Families of the Detained and Disappeared of Honduras
documented the death of seven resistance members, as well as 12 other
targeted incidents including beatings, detentions and disappearance.
People continue to flee the country to protect their lives. </span> <br>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Limm5W4h9Xg5OkDtX518PlEVgIudr4Y0">The
deadly pace continues in February</a> with the murder of Vanessa
Zepeda, a 29 year old nurse, active member of the <img
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width="222">resistance movement and SITRAIHASS union organizer (in
photo). On Feb. 3, Vanessa l</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">eft
her home at 2pm; at approximately 6:30 pm, her lifeless body was dumped
out of a vehicle in Loarque, a neighborhood with strong links to the
resistance movement. Vanessa was the mother of three children; the
youngest is 4 months old.</span> <br>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">The United States was a
major backer of the highly contested elections in Honduras and is
pushing for international recognition of the new government as a U.S.
certified democracy. For many however, the deepening human rights
crisis attests to the fact that the elections have institutionalized
the military dictatorship. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The
targeted murder of Vanessa is typical of the current counterinsurgency
campaign being waged in Honduras. </span> <br>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On Friday, Feb. 12, the
SITRAIHASS union that Vanessa worked for has called for a march in
Tegucigalpa. We can stand in solidarity with Vanessa and the people of
Honduras by calling your <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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style="text-decoration: underline;">U.S. Senators and Representatives</span></a></span><a
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style="font-size: 12pt;">to let them know that:</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> 1.<span style="">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are alarmed
at the growing human rights crisis in Honduras under the government of
Porfirio Lobo.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> 2.<span style="">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We will not
tolerate the funding of state terror in Honduras with U.S. tax dollars.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Quixote Center staff
will be in Honduras next week.</span> Please visit our <a
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href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8QYhNqrD7977aakTc4aCACgPLZhsA6mS">website</a>
for updates and information. </div>
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