Honduras brings the inspiration of revolution to Portland!
This Sunday, PCASC is excited to host Gerardo Torres at our Spring Brunch
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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.
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May Day 2011 Rally & March!!!
Make your voices heard this May Day!!
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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.
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“Broken Trust”
Harsh, anti-immigrant sentiment is influencing our lawmakers to create unnecessary links between law enforcement and immigration enforcement, creating significant barriers for domestic violence victims and their children.
Bolivia enshrines natural world’s rights with equal status for Mother Earth
Law of Mother Earth expected to prompt radical new conservation and social measures in South American nation
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Act NOW to Stop US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement!
With ample support from both parties in Congress, a vote is expected to come quickly.
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Ecuador: US Ambassador Expelled Over Wikileaks Cable
In the document addressed to the U.S. Department of State, Hodges said embassy officials believed Correa was aware of supposed corrupt practices by former national police chief Jaime Hurtado, but that the president named him to the post anyway because it would make him more easily manipulated.
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Pop singer Michel Martelly wins Haiti presidency by a landslide
Pop singer Michel Martelly better known as “Sweet Micky”, is Haiti’s new president-elect. Preliminary results, released by the country’s electoral council yesterday, show that Martelly won 68% of the vote in March 20 run-off election to beat former Haitian first lady, Mirlande Manigat
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