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Fact-Finding Delegation to Honduras, June 14th – 19th 2010

 

IFCO/Pastors for Peace is organizing a fact-finding delegation to Honduras in response to the increasing levels of repression and human rights violations in the country since the military coup of June 28th, 2009. The delegation will investigate the reality for communities and grassroots organizations after the coup and their ongoing struggles for peace with justice. We will also learn about the role that U.S. foreign policy has played in the history of Honduras and its continued negative impact today.

The delegation will be a demonstration of a people-to-people foreign policy in support of self-determination and sustainable development. This delegation will serve as an example to our own government, which historically has supported policies that actively suppress grassroots movements for progressive social change in Central America. We hope that with this act of solidarity we can encourage the Obama administration that a change in our foreign policy towards the people of Central America into one of mutual respect and cooperation on equal terms is just and necessary. As part of our program we will request a meeting with the U.S. Embassy in Honduras to share and inform of the findings of our delegations.

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