Election Blog Series – Honduras: Why U.S. Policy Needs a Re-Set
-by Witness for Peace Honduras/Nicaragua Team Why U.S. Policy in Honduras Needs a Re-Set Although neither candidate mentioned Honduras in...
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- Nov 16, 2011
- 3 min
Leading Honduran Human Rights Group Rallies Against U.S. Bases
The following is a release from the Comite de Familias de Detenidos y Desaparecidos de Honduras. All credit for translation attributed...
- Jun 28, 2011
- 2 min
Honduras: Two Years After Military Coup, U.S.-Backed Repression Continues
By Riahl O’Malley International Team Witness for Peace Two years ago today, Manuel Zelaya, then the democratically-elected president of...
- Jun 1, 2011
- 2 min
Zelaya is back – but the human rights crisis in Honduras continues
The Organization of American States has readmitted Honduras to the association, two years after the military coup that led to widely...
- Mar 19, 2011
- 1 min
Honduran Teacher Killed During Military Repression of Peaceful Protest
By Christine Goffredo International Team – Nicaragua Witness for Peace Yesterday in Honduras’ capital city of Tegucigalpa, members of...
- Dec 9, 2010
- 2 min
Open and Shut: a Case of Hypocrisy and the Honduran Coup
By Brooke Denmark, Witness for Peace International Team Leaked State Department cables recently shed light on what was going on behind...
- Jun 28, 2010
- 1 min
A year after the coup in Honduras
One year ago today, this is the situation that the citizens of Honduras were dealt when soldiers forced President Manuel Zelaya from the...
- Mar 7, 2010
- 5 min
“Don’t Close Your Eyes”: Honduran Journalist César Silva Speaks Out
by Galen Cohee Baynes, Nicaragua International Team César Omar Silva Rosales – a journalist, filmmaker and member of the Honduran...
- Jan 28, 2010
- 4 min
Whitewashing the Coup
by Galen Cohee Baynes, Nicaragua International Team Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo, winner of Honduras’ controversial November 29, 2009...
- Nov 29, 2009
- 2 min
Empty Streets on Election Day
by Galen Cohee Baynes, Nicaragua International Team Tegucigalpa woke on ‘election’ day to eerily quiet streets. The few taxis working...
- Nov 28, 2009
- 3 min
Tragedy and “Tranquility” Reveal Dual Realities in Honduras
by Galen Cohee Baynes, Nicaragua International Team On the eve of Honduras’ “elections,” Angel Sagrado lays in critical condition in a...
- Nov 27, 2009
- 3 min
Will Election Observers Understand the Context of the “Elections”?
by Galen Cohee Baynes, Nicaragua International Team “The three emotions you will see most prevalently this weekend are fear, uncertainty...
- Nov 26, 2009
- 2 min
The Pre-Election Environment in Honduras
by Galen Cohee Baynes, Nicaragua International Team Young girl lights a candle at a vigil for the International Day Against Violence...
- Nov 9, 2009
- 2 min
U.S. Hands Victory to the Coup Regime in Honduras
by Galen Cohee Baynes, Nicaragua International Team Last Friday Manuel Zelaya declared from his refuge in the Brazilian Embassy in...
- Nov 5, 2009
- 2 min
More Delays in Honduras
by Galen Cohee Baynes, Nicaragua International Team The initial optimism inspired by last Friday’s announcement of an agreement signed...
- Oct 30, 2009
- 2 min
Is the Honduras Agreement a Breakthrough?
by Galen Cohee Baynes, Nicaragua International Team Out of Honduras today come reports that ousted President Manuel Zelaya and...
- Oct 15, 2009
- 2 min
International Fast in Honduras
The International Fast for Honduras began its water-only phase on October 6th, 2009. One core faster, Andrés Thomas Conteris, is fasting...
- Oct 12, 2009
- 2 min
Give Hondurans Time for Free and Fair Elections
by Roxanne Hanson The June coup overthrowing Manuel Zelaya, the democratically-elected president of Honduras, may soon reach a...
- Oct 5, 2009
- 3 min
Honduran Economy and the Coup
by the Witness for Peace Staff in Honduras In San Pedro Sula we met with several union leaders to discuss the impact the coup has had in...
- Oct 4, 2009
- 3 min
“They are afraid of us, because we have no fear.”
by the Witness for Peace Staff in Honduras This is the mantra of the resistance movement in San Pedro Sula. After meeting many leaders...
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