This article by Honduras Now, attempting to make sense of the current political shifts in Honduras, reviews the political developments from the military coup in 2009 to the imminent developments resembling post coup narco dictatorship, restoring right wing policies and thus becoming yet another functionair fostering trump administrations agenda in central america.
In the weeks leading up to the 17th anniversary of the 2009 coup in Honduras, dozens of social movements and grassroots organizations are coordinating press conferences, collecting signatures, blocking roads, and demonstrating in front of the Supreme Court. All of these actions aim to denounce a series of laws that promote and prioritize large-scale private investment in the agribusiness, tourism, and energy sectors, which they claim are returning Honduras to the narco-dictatorship that followed the coup (2009-2022). The resistance of these movements is directly linked to the intensification of US intervention in Honduras.
The company paid bribes to judges, police, and even former president Alejandro Giammattei to continue operating. Q’eqchi’ Indigenous people warn of protests over the reactivation of the El Estor mine
High commissioner for human rights calls for ‘those responsible for violations of the law’ to be held to account.
As deaths in US immigration detention hit a staggering 20-year high, the UN's top human rights official is sounding the alarm over a secretive spike in custody fatalities and alleged torture. While the Trump administration fiercely denies the crisis, internal watchdogs and human rights groups are launching urgent investigations into what critics call a "breathtaking breach of care."
Please join us for an evening of discussion and reflection on Cooperative Culture!
The world we live in greatly favors domination culture. We see this culture in our work places, in our government, in our schools, and even in some of our houses of worship. We are constantly presented with organizational structures that divide, and alienate us. Ways of living and working that focus on control, authority, and management.
Starting in May, immigration attorneys began reporting that they were arriving at immigration court to find judges’ dockets packed with over 100 hearings scheduled in a single morning—a phenomenon that quickly became known as “mega master calendar hearings,” ...
“Hundreds of thousands of people who hold legal status... now face losing their ability to work and being torn from their families and homes.”
A shocking government report has revealed a 38% surge in cancer deaths and toxic arsenic poisoning in Guatemalan communities surrounding a controversial silver mine. Yet, despite these damning health findings and overwhelming rejection by indigenous Xinka communities, corporate giants are aggressively pushing to restart operations.
Join us to learn more about CatholicSocial Teaching and immigration and the work already being done in the Cleveland area to support our immigrant and refugee neighbors.
“Neighboring the Dear Neighbor: A Catholic Response to Immigration in Cleveland” is being held on Saturday, June 13, 10am-12pm at the St Joseph Center, 3430 Rocky River Dr., Cleveland 44111.
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