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Nov 29, 20092 min read

Empty Streets on Election Day

by Galen Cohee Baynes, Nicaragua International Team Tegucigalpa woke on ‘election’ day to eerily quiet streets. The few taxis working...

Nov 28, 20093 min read

Tragedy and “Tranquility” Reveal Dual Realities in Honduras

by Galen Cohee Baynes, Nicaragua International Team On the eve of Honduras’ “elections,” Angel Sagrado lays in critical condition in a...

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 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, 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...

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