Central America Caravan
NYC Brecht Forum July 1st 7:00 PM
Speaker Rev. Lucius Walker and featuring the music of Gabriella Callender and the Mahina Movement. Call (212) 926-5757 for more info.
Read more > Great Day at Beacon NY Event
Pete Seeger, great food and fellowship for the Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba! Read more >
Noam Chomsky Speaks on Haiti--Proceeds Go To Haiti Relief
Donations toward Haitian Relief Efforts will be accepted at the event. Riverside Church South Hall. For more information call Desi Ruiz at (212) 749-0668 Read more >
Pete Seeger June 5th Benefit for IFCO/Pastors Caravan to Cuba
At the home of Connie Hogarth and Art Kamell
80 Hartsook Lane, Beacon, NY 12505
For more information contact: (212) 926-5757. Read more >
NYC Update Honduras- After the Media Spotlight Leaves w/ Dr. Luther Castillo
Join us as we welcome Dr. Luther Castillo to New York City.
“After the Media Spotlight Leaves: Continuing Solidarity with Haiti
and Honduras”
Forum, film and discussion
Friday April 16th
7:00pm
La Resurreccion United Methodist Church
790 Elton Ave @ E 158th St, the Bronx, 10451
(1 Block East of E 158th St and 3rd Ave, take the 2 or 5 train or the
BX19 bus to E 149th St and 3rd Ave or take the BX06 bus to E 161st and
Washington Ave)
We will be showing the new film “Fireflies in the Night” about the
Henry Reeve Cuban Medical Brigade in Haiti.
Dr. Luther Castillo M.D., spokesperson for the People’s Front for
National Resistance in Honduras, joins us once again in New York City
to share his recent experiences in the struggle to defend democracy
and human rights in Honduras following the military coup of June 28th,
2009.
As a graduate of the Latin American School of Medicine (LASM), Dr.
Castillo, a young Garifuna (African and indigenous descendant) doctor,
is the founder and director of the first hospital on the Atlantic
coast of Honduras that provides the Garifuna community with
healthcare.
Dr. Castillo is also the co-coordinator of the Latin American School
of Medicine's International Henry Reeve Brigade, and has spent the
last 2 months in Haiti working alongside more than 1000 Cuban doctors,
LASM graduates from 26 nations, and Haitian LASM students and
graduates providing emergency medicine as well as basic medical and
psychological care to hundreds of thousands of Haitians.
We will also have updates about IFCO’s collaboration with Local 100 of
the Transport Workers Union to organize a container shipment of
medicines, medical supplies, tents and cots to Haiti at the end of
April.
For questions and more information please call 212-926-5757 or e-mail
ifco@igc.org
NW Latin American Solidarity Conference: Olympia, WA
NW Latin American Solidarity Conference
*Pre-registration is requested, billeting is available.
For more information visit: http://nwlasconference.wordpress.com
Workshops include:
Pastor’s For Peace: 21st Cuba Caravan takes off July 3rd
Presenter/s: Rick Fellows and Brendan Funtek
Rick Fellows has been a mechanic for the Cuba Caravan since the beginning. He will be discussing his experience in over 60 caravans to Cuba and Central America along with Brendan Funtek who went on one of the caravans a couple years ago.
“Free All Political Prisoners Now!”: Supporting our PP’s in AmeriKKKa
Nita and Adam Carpinelli
Nita will discuss the case of the Cuban Five and Adam will discuss the importance of Political Prisoner support networks and solidarity specifically in context of working with The Jericho Movement.
Honduras
Repression and Human Rights Violations Intensify
The last few weeks have seen a resurgence of death squads throughout Honduras that have gone out in search of leaders and members of the National Resistance Front. Read more >
De Facto Elections Equal a De Facto Government - Not Democracy! Chicago, IL
Emergency Action
Honduras: De Facto Elections Equal a De Facto Government - Not Democracy!
We Are All Honduras - Chicago VIGIL
In front of the Honduran Consulate at 4439 West Fullerton
Join us in a vigil to protest the illegal elections organized by the coup government - in the midst of a growing human rights crises - and to honor the assassinated and imprisoned members of the anti-coup resistance.
At 4 pm, there will be a ceremony marking the closing of the polls and the attempted murder of democracy in Honduras.
Concert for Honduran Resistance: Minneapolis, MN
Join Us!
Concert for Honduran Resistance
Entrance: $10 (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Bands: Pachamama, Jumpship, Carlos Yamil Lumbi
The struggle continues in Honduras. The supposed agreement between President Manuel Zelaya and the "golpista" government led by Roberto Micheletti has fallen apart. The agreement, created at the behest of the US state department, proved to be an empty shell under whose authority Micheletti created a unilateral "unity" government. The US is waffling about its position on the legitimacy of the government and the status of the November 29 elections in Honduras, while the Organization of American States (with the exception of the US) has declared that it will not recognize the elections. President Zelaya remains holed up in the Brazilian embassy and the Honduran Resistance has vowed to continue its battle against the coup.
Here in Minnesota, the Minnesota Cuba Committee is part of the newly formed group, Hands Off Honduras, and is helping to organize the concert on November 28 to support the Honduran resistance.
Honduras: Military Coup engineered by two US Companies?
Every multinational knows that if Honduras raises its hourly rate, the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean will have to follow. Haiti and Honduras have always set the bottom line for minimum wages. Read more >
