Photos from PCASC Brunch with Gerardo Torres
Photos capturing the afternoon on 4/17/11
Honduras
PCASC has been supporting Hondurans’ in their resistance to the 2009 military coup that overthrew President Manuel Zeleya.
Local activists have been instrumental in supporting on the ground projects including the building of a community radio station in a rural community fighting to protect their land from gold mining.
Honduras brings the inspiration of revolution to Portland!
This Sunday, PCASC is excited to host Gerardo Torres at our Spring Brunch
Protestors Across Honduras Challenge IDB-Funded ‘Shock’ Program Met with Violence and Repression
[Source – Upside Down World] Written by Karen Spring and Annie Bird Wednesday, 13 April 2011 20:21 March 2011 was marked by the worst repression seen against the people of Honduras since the June 2009 military coup. The repression came in response to massive protests against an all-out final push by the Pepe Lobo regime …
An Inconvenient Truth in Honduras
By the end of each of the three sessions, the commission clearly and severely condemned the government’s violent abuse of human rights activists, peasants, teachers, students, journalists, and other members and supporters of the popular resistance movement.
Journalists, Activists Targeted as Honduran Repression Grows
Workers, students and activists have held a month-long general strike in Honduras to protest repression by the government of President Porfirio Lobo.
3 new videos from Real News reporting from Honduras
Weeks of demonstrations continue against de-facto regime and its plans to privatize public education.
Take action today for Honduras
National civic strike against repression in Honduras needs international solidarity.
Military Coups are Good for Canadian Business: The Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement
According to the Honduran press, an agreement is close to being completed. This marks an alarming development in the efforts of the Canadian state and multinational corporations to deepen their relations with Honduras following the military coup of June 28, 2009.
We Need to Awaken the Solidarity Movement: A Report Back from Honduras
It is like we are returning to the Honduras of the past, a Honduras that is completely militarized, poor and terrorized. We have to awaken the solidarity movement because worse days are still to come.
Central American Nations Seek ‘Plan Central America’
US State Department official: “After this tour, if we find we have a shared perspective in the region, we hope it will allow us to develop a new structure which could develop more collaboration between countries in the Mesoamerican region, as well as other countries in the hemisphere that offer their support and participation”