In the final part of this graphic history of the Honduran coup, originally published on Alternet and followed up on HuffPost, I focus on piecing together the evidence of the repression that went mostly undocumented in the wake of the Nov 29th Honduran elections. Despite the media's portrayal of a democratic transition to Porfirio Lobo's inauguration as president, the de facto government's use of violence and threats against resistance members should stand as an ominous augury, especially given its clear links to Lobo and his cabinet. Most troubling of all is the United States' involvement under the banner of promoting 'democracy,' a term that is being increasingly used as a pretext for supporting a regime whose sympathies correspond to the American agenda (be it CAFTA or alarmist left-wing conspiracies), regardless of popular feeling or their worrying record of human rights abuses.
Military Coup in Honduras
The School of Coups is at it again: In June 2009, SOA graduates overthrew the government of Honduras.
Seven Bases
U.S. and Colombian officials signed an agreement granting the U.S. military access to seven Colombian bases for ten years.
Interview with H.I.J.O.S.
¡Presente! talked with Cecilia Gonzales of H.I.J.O.S. about their activism, re-militarization and the School of the Americas.
Moving the Vigil to DC?
Ad your opinion about the proposal to move the 2010 November Vigil from Fort Benning, Georgia to Washington, DC.
Building a Cross-Continental Movement
In June 2010, grassroots activists from across the Americas will come together in Venezuela.
A Challenge to Institutional Racism
One New York activist group transforms how they approach their work.
Julie Maas
Julie created the illustration that we used for the Shut Down Guantanamo article in the Spring 2010 issue of Presente.
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A challenging new documentary has quickly become one of the
widest-reaching films to encapsulate the history of the SOA Watch
movement.
An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.
Taxi to the Dark Side
