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Nov 5, 20092 min read
More Delays in Honduras
by Galen Cohee Baynes, Nicaragua International Team The initial optimism inspired by last Friday’s announcement of an agreement signed...
Oct 30, 20092 min read
Is the Honduras Agreement a Breakthrough?
by Galen Cohee Baynes, Nicaragua International Team Out of Honduras today come reports that ousted President Manuel Zelaya and...
Oct 15, 20092 min read
International Fast in Honduras
The International Fast for Honduras began its water-only phase on October 6th, 2009. One core faster, Andrés Thomas Conteris, is fasting...
Oct 12, 20092 min read
Give Hondurans Time for Free and Fair Elections
by Roxanne Hanson The June coup overthrowing Manuel Zelaya, the democratically-elected president of Honduras, may soon reach a...
Oct 5, 20093 min read
Honduran Economy and the Coup
by the Witness for Peace Staff in Honduras In San Pedro Sula we met with several union leaders to discuss the impact the coup has had in...
Oct 4, 20093 min read
“They are afraid of us, because we have no fear.”
by the Witness for Peace Staff in Honduras This is the mantra of the resistance movement in San Pedro Sula. After meeting many leaders...
Oct 3, 20091 min read
New Perspective
by the Witness for Peace Staff in Honduras As the demonstrations in Tegucigalpa have continued to diminish, protesters from other parts...
Oct 1, 20093 min read
Restore Civil Liberties, Protect Human Rights
Witness for Peace joined human rights organizations and faith groups to sign the statement below. Honduras: Restore Civil Liberties,...
Oct 1, 20093 min read
Fear and Intimidation of Women
by Rachel Anderson Micheletti’s decree last weekend stripping Hondurans of their constitutional rights is rapidly shrinking the massive...
Sep 30, 20093 min read
Police Detentions in Honduras
by the Witness for Peace Staff in Tegucigalpa Agustina Flores Lopez, a 54-year-old teacher and mother, was arrested in the early morning...
Sep 30, 20091 min read
Silencing the Press
by the Witness for Peace Staff in Tegucigalpa Today we visited Radio Globo, one of the radio stations shut down after de facto leader...
Sep 29, 20093 min read
A Struggle for Rights and Livelihood
This morning protestors gathered again at the Universidad Pedgogica to demand the return of democratically-elected President Manuel...
Sep 28, 20092 min read
Honduran Voices Suppressed
by the Witness for Peace Staff in Tegucigalpa Protesting restricted speech under the state of emergency We woke this morning to find one...
Sep 28, 20094 min read
The Waiting
by Rachel Anderson Today, the first day after de facto leader Micheletti announced a suspension of constitutional rights, was a day...
Sep 27, 20092 min read
Constitutional Rights Suspended in Honduras
by the Witness for Peace Staff in Tegucigalpa Police enter the blockade surrounding the Brazilian embassy. Last night President Manuel...
Sep 26, 20091 min read
Mistaken Identity
On July 12, 2009, Milko Durán Céspedes, a Colombian national born in Venezuela, was in a hotel in downtown Tegucigalpa. He had been in...
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