The Very Face of Impunity
Honduran security forces target and kill protesters while U.S. sits back On January 22nd, Witness for Peace issued its statement on the...
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- Dec 19, 2017
- 2 min
At a Barricade in San Pedro Sula
by John Walsh On December 18th, the day after the election authorities of Honduras declared the incumbent president Juan Orlando...
- Dec 18, 2017
- 3 min
Open Letter on Honduran Election Results
December 18, 2017 An Open Letter to the US Congress and US State Department: As a US-based human rights, grassroots organizing,...
- Sep 7, 2017
- 13 min
Pajuiles Resiste: Dignity, Water, and Life
In La Esperanza, Intibucá, Honduras, the hometown of the murdered indigenous, feminist, environmentalist leader Berta Cáceres, a slogan...
- Aug 17, 2017
- 7 min
Illegal Evictions and Detentions in Pajuiles, Honduras: The US Embassy’s Inadequate Response
[Note from the Honduras IT: This blog post was written on August 14th. At six o’clock this morning, August 15th, a contingent of National...
- May 5, 2017
- 7 min
The Complexities of US Security Aid to Honduras: A Response to Sonia Nazario
The Honduras International Team recently had a letter to the editor published in the LA Times in response to a Sonia Nazario op-ed about...
- Mar 24, 2017
- 6 min
Honduras Partner Profiles: Dina Meza
Honduras Partner Profiles: Dina Meza This post represents what we hope will be a new and regular feature from the Honduras IT for the WfP...
- Feb 16, 2017
- 8 min
Global Witness Report on Honduras Vindicates Berta Cáceres Act.
Global Witness Report on Honduras Vindicates Berta Cáceres Act: We Urge Refining Recommendations for US A new report from the human...
- Jan 17, 2017
- 2 min
Eyewitness to Assassination of Berta Cáceres Condemns Failures of Honduran Investigation
by John P. Walsh On January 16th Gustavo Castro, sole eyewitness to the assassination of Berta Cáceres last March in Honduras, held a...
- Jan 8, 2017
- 2 min
Take Action to Protect Honduran Workers
In April, Delta Apparel – a US-based company – fired 40 workers with crippling musculoskeletal injuries from their factory in Honduras....
- Sep 26, 2016
- 3 min
Padre Guadalupe Presente!
On the approximate anniversary of the disappearance of US-born Jesuit priest James Carney in Honduras, civil society organizations...
- May 5, 2016
- 4 min
Berta and Cuba: A History of Solidarity that Highlights Unjust U.S. Policies
“They killed a dreamer, thinking that it would make us stop dreaming. But for Berta, there will be no moment of silence, rather a whole...
- Mar 26, 2016
- 5 min
“The Honduran Government Wants to Incriminate Us”
Criminalization of COPINH and Misdirection Plague Investigation into Lenca Leader’s Assassination Family members of Berta Cáceres,...
- Mar 4, 2016
- 1 min
Our Deepest Condolences following the Assassination of Indigenous Leader Berta Cáceres Flores
Witness for Peace is devastated by the assassination of Berta Cáceres Flores, the General Coordinator of the National Council of Popular...
- Feb 26, 2016
- 6 min
Indigenous Lenca Mobilization Meets Intimidation and Harassment in Rio Blanco
“This is struggle is not just for Rio Blanco, not just for the indigenous,” explained a Lenca woman as she approached her town’s sacred...
- Dec 10, 2015
- 5 min
Could the Tomás García murder trial be another case of impunity in Honduras?
An interview with Berta Caceres of COPINH By Bryan Rogers y Gloria Jiménez In July of 2013, Lenca leader, Tomás Garcia, who was unarmed,...
- Jul 7, 2015
- 1 min
The Risk of Being a Woman and Human Rights Defender in Honduras
by Keith Roberts In a recent delegation to Honduras, we met a young (27-year-old) feminist activist in Honduras—trained as a...
- Feb 17, 2015
- 3 min
“Our conflict is not internal, but imposed”: Lessons from Colombia for U.S. aid to Central America
By Julia Duranti In a January op-ed for the New York Times, Vice President Joe Biden called for $1 billion in aid to Central America to...
