Action Center - Latin America Working Group

Human Rights at Risk in Honduras

by Lisa Haugaard on July 20, 2009

With the chaos following the June 28th coup and the shuttering of media outlets, it has been hard to learn about the state of human rights in Honduras. That’s why it’s so important to read the report that the Honduran Association of the Detained and Disappeared, COFADEH, released July 15t on the human rights situation in Honduras since the coup on June 28, 2009.

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Congress, Condemn the Coup in Honduras!

by Paulo Gusmao on July 15, 2009

The situation in Honduras has only escalated since last week. Civilians in the streets of Tegucigalpa and throughout the country side continue to face brutal repression by military officials. Civil liberties remain gravely affected, including freedom of the press. We need you to contact your elected officials, and urge them to send the right message to the coup government currently in Honduras: Coups will not be tolerated.

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Dark Days in Honduras

by Lisa Haugaard on July 06, 2009

The situation in Honduras has only worsened since the coup on June 28th when the Honduran military rousted President Manuel Zelaya from his bed, and flew him to Costa Rica in his pajamas.

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Call Today to Support Democracy in Honduras

by The Latin America Working Group on July 10, 2009

The coup deposing democratically-elected President Manuel Zelaya that took place in Honduras on June 28, 2009 has been condemned by the Organization of American States and governments from around the world --including the United States. Now the U.S. government needs to stay on the right side of history and make its message unmistakable. Will you take action to help ensure that the White House stands firmly for democracy in Honduras and our Congress joins the deafening chorus signaling, in no uncertain terms, that coups are a ghost of the past and will not be tolerated?

*Please call your congressional representative. Tell her/him to support the Delahunt-McGovern House Resolution on Honduras!

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Peaceful Indigenous Protests Turn into Violence in Perú

by Vanessa Kritzer on June 17, 2009

On June 5th, violence erupted near Bagua, Perú when members of the country’s security forces confronted indigenous people who were protesting recent governmental decrees that, if fully enacted, would allow logging, drilling, and mining on indigenous lands without the prior consultation of the communities. According to various sources, the protestors had been blocking roads and waterways peacefully when ground forces and helicopters were sent in to break up the demonstration. Many people, both indigenous protestors and members of the security forces, were killed and wounded in the ensuing clash.

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Delahunt-Serrano-McGovern Resolution on Honduras

by Vanessa Kritzer on July 10, 2009

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Becoming Better Neighbors

by Travis Wheeler on May 27, 2009

Becoming Better Neighbors: Tales from Organizing for a Just U.S. Policy toward Latin America captures 25 years of LAWG's history through interviews with the personalities who participated in creating the history. This publication follows the story of LAWG as an organization from its beginning in 1983 through 2008.

Read our publication: Becoming Better Neighbors (PDF)

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