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"Some People Build Walls and Some Build Doors"

by Vanessa Kritzer on February 03, 2010

"With the Clinton Administration, Cuban artists were more able to come to the US.... There was a wonderful event in Cuba in the 1999 when a large number of musical artists from the US came to Cuba and met with Cuban artists. It produced songs, new working relationships, wonderful paths and bridges—projects that were all terminated with the Bush Administration. It was very telling that when I was denied a visa in 2004 to do a tour in United States, and many Cuban youth protested in Miami. How could it have been that they left Cuba looking for the land of the free and they weren’t even allowed to listen to their own musicians?”

:2010, Publications

"We Cannot Continue Living This Way"

by Emily Chow on December 16, 2009

:2009, Publications

Ten years from now, perhaps we will not be able to say we survived the brutality of these times."

by Vanessa Kritzer on November 12, 2009

The international community initially celebrated an agreement negotiated in Honduras, on October 28th, between coup regime leader Roberto Micheletti and deposed President Manuel Zelaya, which could have put an end to the crisis. But, less than a week later, the accord started crumbling apart.

On November 5th, 2009, Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) sponsored a briefing of civil society leaders and activists on Capitol Hill to talk about the human rights violations that have been occurring in Honduras since the coup and give their vision for the future. The leaders’ visits were coordinated by the Quixote Center and Just Associates, and LAWGEF pitched in to help. The following quotes were taken from that briefing.

:2009, Blog Posts, Latin America, Publications

"Ten years from now, perhaps we will not be able to say we survived the brutality of these times."

by Suzette Diaz on November 12, 2009

:2009, Publications

"Do not be silent during this time."

by Christa Schelter on July 30, 2009

We need democracy now, not later. And while all of us tell stories, time is going on, and it is the poor people who are suffering from torture and persecution. My last message is do not be silent during this time. To be silent is to be complicit. We need people speaking out; we need people like you to speak up for the Honduran people.

:2009, Publications

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"Some People Build Walls and Some Build Doors"

"We Cannot Continue Living This Way"

Ten years from now, perhaps we will not be able to say we survived the brutality of these times."

"Ten years from now, perhaps we will not be able to say we survived the brutality of these times."

"Do not be silent during this time."

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"Some People Build Walls and Some Build Doors"

"We Cannot Continue Living This Way"

Ten years from now, perhaps we will not be able to say we survived the brutality of these times."

"Ten years from now, perhaps we will not be able to say we survived the brutality of these times."

"Do not be silent during this time."

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Ten years from now, perhaps we will not be able to say we survived the brutality of these times."