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No coups in Latin America

  • 26 January 2013 | |

    Digging Deeper

    Interview with Juan Almendares, member of M4, at the Mesoamerican Meeting of Struggle Against Mining in Oaxaca, Mexico

    Part of the reality of social movements in Mesoamerica is the mobilization and exchange of information among the groups that resist the extractivist process, says Juan Almendares, who travelled to Oaxaca, Mexico from Honduras to participate at the Mesoamerican Meeting of Struggle Against Mining held from January 17 to 20. Read more

  • 13 December 2012 | |

    Minefield

    Honduras: Parliament Took Over Constitutional Authority; Resistance Exposes Attempt of Election Fraud

    The Honduran oligarchy led by Porfirio Lobo seems to have noticed the recent victory in the internal elections of the party Libertad y Refundacion, made up basically of what used to be the National Front of Popular Resistance of Honduras that confronted the coup d’état against Manuel Zelaya in June of 2009. Read more

  • 30 November 2012 | | | | |

    A Critical Construction

    Rafael Alegría: CLOC is the Main Social Movement in Latin America

    The leader of the Latin American Coordination of Countryside Organizations (CLOC-Via Campesina) Rafael Alegria, who has received death threats by businessmen and rural estate owners, talked about the 20 years of the organization. Read more

  • 29 October 2012 | | | |

    Ethical Imperative

    Interview with Father Miguel D’Escotto at the Action of Solidarity with the Peoples of Honduras and Guatemala

    Priest Miguel D'Escotto is the former chair of the United Nations General Assembly and foreign minister under the Sandinista administration of Nicaragua in the 1980s. He called for urgent solidarity with the peoples of Honduras and Guatemala, as part of an action of solidarity organized by the Coordination of Countryside Organizations (CLOC-Via Campesina). Read more

  • 29 October 2012 | | | |

    They Shall Not Silence Our Voices

    “It is Impossible Not to Be Afraid When You Live in Such a Violent Country”

    Karla Zelaya is part of the communications team of the Unified Peasant Movement of Aguan (MUCA), an organization fighting for agrarian transformation and fair distribution of lands in Honduras. She was kidnapped in Tegucigalpa, the country's capital, on October 23 and she made it out alive. But she was warned to keep her mouth shut. Read more

  • 22 October 2012 | | | |

    Radical Solidarity

    Peasants of Honduras at the Assembly of the Latin American Coordination of Countryside Organizations-Via Campesina

    Honduras is one of Central America's most problematic places in terms of conflicts over land, even more so after the coup d'état that ousted its constitutional President, Jose Manuel Zelaya, in 2009. Read more

  • 17 October 2012 | | | |

    Life Under Threat

    New interview with Rafael Alegria: “If you see two men in a motorcycle, that means death”

    “There is no doubt” that the death threats against social activists come from the “oligarchy”, “they are messages to give up our fight” in a country that the United Nations has ranked as the most violent in the world, said Honduran peasant leader Rafael Alegria. Read more

  • 10 October 2012 | | | |

    Let’s Call It By its Name

    More Repercussions of the Death Threat Against Rafael Alegria in Honduras

    The Minister of Security of Honduras, Pompeyo Bonilla, notified peasant leader Rafael Alegria that the government has information about a plan to plot against his life. President Porfirio Lobo confirmed the information provided by the Minister. Several social organizations of the country are extremely alert to defend the coordinator of Via Campesina Honduras. Read more

  • 9 October 2012 | | | |

    At Risk

    Interview with Honduran peasant leader Rafael Alegría: the government warned him about plans against his life

    “Last week, on Thursday precisely, I was notified by the Minister of Security and by the President himself about plans against my life. They told me I should take the necessary steps and precautions”, said Honduran peasant leader Rafael Alegría, coordinator of La Via Campesina International, to Real World Radio. Read more

  • 27 September 2012 | | | |

    It Is No Surprise: Honduras Hurts

    Lawyer Who Supported Peasants’ Fight for Land Killed in Honduras

    On September 22, 41 year-old Antonio Trejo Cabrera, the legal representative of the Authentic Peasant Movement of Aguan (MARCA), was shot to death near Tocontin International Airport in Honduras capital, Tegucigalpa. Read more

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