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<p><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><b><font size="3">9 Months </font></b></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><b><font size="3">after</font></b></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><b><font size="3"> the Coup, </font></b></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><b><font size="3">Human Rights</font></b></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><b><font size="3"> in Honduras</font></b></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><b><font size="3"> </font></b></span></p>
<p><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><b><font size="3">Boston</font></b></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><b><font size="3">, </font></b></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><b><font size="3">Massachusetts</font></b></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><b><font size="3"> </font></b></span></p>
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<p><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">On We</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">dnesday, April 7, 2010 at </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Boston</font></span> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">City Hall</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">, under</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> the auspices of Councilor Felix Arroyo</font></span></p>
<p><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Proyecto Hondure</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">ño</font></span> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">a</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">nd Centro Presente held a press conference </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">regarding</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> the current state of </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Honduras</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">. </font></span><br>
<br><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Visiting speakers from </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Honduras</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> Dr.</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> Juan</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> Almend</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">ares and Dr. Luther Castillo spoke in detail about the human rights violations in </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Honduras</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> during the coup and </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">their continuance </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">under the</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> current regime</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> of Porfirio </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Lobo</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">.</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> </font></span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Also present were: </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Joshua Rubinste</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">in</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">,</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> Director </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">of North </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">East Amnesty</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> International </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">and</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> Jeff Crosby President of the </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">local 201 </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">IUE-CWA, AFL-CIO. </font></span><br>
<br><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Dr. Juan </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Almendares</font></span> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">stated</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">, </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">“</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">No one has been brought to justice for the murder of Resistance members during the coup. In addition, one of the key coup organizers General Velasquez Velasquez has been rewarded by the government </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">of Porfirio</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> Lobo by an appointment to </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">the role</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> of Minister of Communications in the Lobo government.” Dr. Almendares also commented on </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">the conflict</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> of Lower Aguan in </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Honduras</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">, where there is imminent danger of a mass slaughter of peasants</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> advocating land reform.</font></span> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">He stated, “ one of the most powerful oligarchy families who was</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> key to the orchestration of the coup- The Facuse family</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">, have brought in gunmen from Colombia to Honduras</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">,</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> in addition to their private army to repress the peasants in Lower Aguan. Already there have been murders of one journalist from the nearby city of </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Tocoa</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">, </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Honduras</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> as well as other members of the campesinos organization MUCA (United Peasant Movement of Aguan). </font></span><br>
<br><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">The representative of Amnesty International</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">, Joshua Rubenstein</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">, </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">emphasized</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> the role </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">this institution </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">plays </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">in condemning human rig</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">hts violations. </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Mr. </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Crosby</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> from </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">de</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">l</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> Local 201 de </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">IUE-CWA-AFLCIO</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">, </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">expressed</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> his sympathy</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> with the struggle of Honduran workers</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">. Both</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> joined in the</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> condemnation of </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">the </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">human rights </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">violations that are</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> being carried out in</font></span> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Honduras</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">. </font></span></p>
<p><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Dr. Castillo narrate</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">d</font></span> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">his own </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">experience</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">, as well as that of other Hondurans regarding the </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">repression by the regime during </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">and after </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">the coup</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">.</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> The hospital founded by Dr. Castillo</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> w</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">as closed several times</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> during the coup resulting in loss of medical attention to </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">one of the poorest and neediest communities on the Honduran coast. </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Currently, it</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> remain</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">s</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> open</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> despite daily threats.</font></span></p>
<p><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">The speakers</font></span> <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">emphasized</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> the role of the State Department and its complicity with the coup leaders during and after the</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> coup.</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> They</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> spoke of the determination of or</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">ganized resistance to changes </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Honduras</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">, to a country</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> where all Hondurans </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">can be </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">represented. The press conference ended with a call </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">to action </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">and </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">an </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">invitation to visit </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Honduras</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> and demonstrate solidarity</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">:</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> in particular the </font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">Low</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">er</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> A</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3">guan</font></span><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000"><font size="3"> farmers. </font></span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> While in the area, Dr. Luther Castillo also spoke at Brown University in Rhode Island and both Dr. Almendares and Dr. Castillo also presented at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.</font></span></p>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><b><font size="3">9 meses después del </font></b></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><b><font size="3">G</font></b></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><b><font size="3">olpe </font></b></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><b><font size="3">de Estado-</font></b></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><b><font size="3">Derechos Humanos en Honduras</font></b></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><b><font size="3"> </font></b></span></div>
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<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">El </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">miércoles</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> 7 de abril se llevo a cabo una </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">conferencia</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> de prensa sobre</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> la violación de derechos humanos en</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> Honduras en el municipio de Boston </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">organizado por el Proyecto Hondureño y Centro Presente con bajo </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">el Auspicio del </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">concejal</font></span> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">Félix</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> Arrollo. </font></span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">Oradores visitantes de Honduras, </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">Dr. Juan </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">Almendrares</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> y el Dr. Luther Castillo quienes </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">hablaron detalladamente sobre las violaciones de derechos humanos, durante el golpe de estado y su continuación bajo el </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">régimen</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> presente de Porfirio Lobo. </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">Presentes </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">estuvieron</font></span> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">también</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">: El Sr. Joshua </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">Rubinstein</font></span> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">Director del Norte este de </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">Amnistía </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">I</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">nternacio</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">nal</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> y el Sr. Jeff Crosby Presidente de</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">l Local 201 de </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">IUE-CWA-AFLCIO.</font></span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">El Dr, Juan Almendares, comento, “nadie ha sido llevado a la justicia por la muerte de los miembros de la resistencia bojo el golpe. </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">Además uno de los planificadote claves del golpe el General </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">Velásquez</font></span> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">Velásquez</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> ha sido </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">premiado</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> por el gobierno de Porfirio Lobo con la posición de </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">Ministro</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> de Comunicaciones”. </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">También</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> el </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">comento</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> sobre </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">el conflicto del Bajo Aguan</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> en honduras, donde existe la posibilidad eminente de una masacre de campesinos que abogan por la reforma agraria. El comento,”una de las familias de la </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">oligarquía</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> que fue clave en </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">orquestación del golpe la familia F</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">acuse, ha </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">traído</font></span> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">sicarios</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> de Colombia a Honduras en adición a sus fuerzas privadas para reprimir a los campesinos del bajo aguan/ Ya han muerto un periodista de la zona de Tocoa y varios miembros de la organización</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> MUCA, (Movimiento Unificad</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">o </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">Campesino</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> del </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">Aguan)”. </font></span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">El representante de </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">amni</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">s</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">t</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">ía</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> internacional Joshua Rub</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">enstein</font></span> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">enfatizo</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> la labor </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">desempeñada</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> por esa </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">institución</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> en la condena a las violaciones los derechos humanos. </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">El S</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">r. Crosby, </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">del la </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">Unión</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> IUE_CWA_AFL-CIO </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">se </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">solidarizo</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> con la lucha d</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">e los trabajadores hondureño. Los dos se sumaron </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">a la condena</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> de la violación </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">de los derechos humanos que se esta llevando a cabo e Honduras. </font></span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">El Dr. Castillo narro </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">la experiencia vivida</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> de la </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">represión</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> del </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">régimen</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> durante el golpe y </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">después</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> del golpe ya que su ho</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">spital que atiende a una de las comunidades en la costa de Honduras fue cerrado varias veces bajo el golpe. Hoy en día se mantienen abiertos bajo amenazas. </font></span></p>
<div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">Los oradores enfatizaron el </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">papel del Departamento de estado y su complici</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">dad con los golpistas durante y</font></span> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">después</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> del golpe.</font></span> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">Los </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">Doctores hablaron </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">de la determinación de la resistencia organizada para </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">hacer cambios en Honduras para que </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">todos los hondureños </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">tengan representación</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">. </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">La </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">conferencia</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> de prensa termino con un llamado </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">a la acción y una </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">invitación</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> a </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">visitar</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> a Honduras y brindar su solidaridad, </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">en particular los </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">campesinos</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> del Bajo Aguan. </font></span></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3">Mientras en el area de Boston, el Dr. Castillo presento en la Universidad de Brown en Rhode Island, y los Doctores Alemdares y Castillo hablaron en la Universidad de Hampshire en Amherst, Massachusetts. </font></span></div>
<br clear="all"><font color="#888888">-Michelle Fuentes<br>"Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children." Kahlil Gibran<br>
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