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The U.S. and its Dubious Exports

Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters don’t take long to come out in Mexico. I imagine that the Sonys and the Warner Brothers pay the dubbing...

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...

U.S. Threatens to Cut All Aid to Nicaragua

By: Christine Goffredo WFP Nicaragua Team Member Many people in the U.S. know about Nicaragua from the Sandinista revolution in the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

More Delays in Honduras

by Galen Cohee Baynes, Nicaragua International Team The initial optimism inspired by last Friday’s announcement of an agreement signed...

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...

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...

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