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Honduras Archive
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Model Cities: Corporatocracy Seeks Submissive Wild For True Love – By Jack Eidt
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsNeo-colonialism in Honduras: Paul Romer's Charter Cities movement advocates suspension of sovereignty and democracy in the service of unfettered capitalism. Resistance members and indigenous and labor organizations prepare to fight this libertarian dream on the Coast of Trujillo. -
Caribbean Garífuna: Disguised Warriors Dance Wanaragua
Posted on April 27, 2012 | 1 CommentThe masked dance ritual called Wanaragua, takes place as part of the New Year's celebration among the Garífuna villages on the Caribbean Coast of Central America. -
Honduras: World Heritage Biosphere Trafficked Toward Destruction
Posted on December 12, 2011 | 2 CommentsDeforestation, the proposed damming of pristine rivers for hydroelectricity, and destruction of indigenous communities threatens the wildest and most biodiverse corner of tropical Central America: The Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve -
Honduras: Patuca River Dams Threaten Indigenous Survival
Posted on July 26, 2011 | 3 CommentsThe Moskitia is the largest, most biodiverse expanse of tropical wilderness north of the Amazon Basin – and the Indigenous Peoples who live there are determined to keep it that way. Unfortunately, no greater threat exists to the natural wealth hidden in the "Mesoamerican Biological Corridor" than the gigantic, transnational Patuca II, IIA, and III Dams. -
Fixing Honduras: A Constitutional and Historical Rewrite
Posted on June 8, 2011 | 1 CommentThree US law professor "specialists in comparative constitutional law," deny the reality of the Honduran coup and the anti-democratic oppression on the ground in Honduras, advocating imaginary limits on military and executive power. -
Democracy, Reconciliation, and Justice Returns to Honduras? Not Yet…
Posted on June 2, 2011 | 2 CommentsNobody has been punished for carrying out the 2009 coup d'etat in Honduras and repression continues against peaceful resistance movements and journalists, but the return of deposed President Mel Zelaya is reason to celebrate for a moment. -
World Bank-Funded Biofuel Corporation Massacres Six Honduran Campesinos – By Annie Bird
Posted on November 19, 2010 | 3 CommentsSecurity from World Bank-funded biofuel corporation Dinant massacred legally land-titled Honduran campesinos, casting a shadow on international climate change initiatives. -
Correa’s Ecuador: Police Insurrection Fails as Coup But Challenges Remain – By Jack Eidt
Posted on October 16, 2010 | No CommentsThe police insurrection turned failed coup d’état against Ecuador's President Rafael Correa illustrates the many shades of gray between national sovereignty, ethnic and regional autonomy, multinational corporate development interests, and international political movements. -
Honduran Regime Repression Continues
Posted on September 27, 2010 | No CommentsThe post-coup Honduran Regime of Pepe Lobo, elected under questionable circumstances, continues its crackdown against free speech by attacking musicians, adding to its repression of journalists, political activists, and striking teachers, while being welcomed at the UN and having dinner with President Obama. -
Crackdown on Teachers in Tegucigalpa Looking Like Dictatorship, Not Unity and Reconciliation
Posted on August 22, 2010 | No CommentsA non-violent road-block protest by teachers at the National Pedagogical University "Francisco Morazan" in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, calling for increasing the minimum wage, reinstatement of fired workers, and payment of past-due contributions to a pension and benefits fund, ended with teargas, beatings, and arrests.
