Planting Memory, We Harvest: Discussion on Justice in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 7:00pm
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DC

Planting Memory, We Harvest Struggle
Four decades of collective struggle for justice and sovereignty in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras

Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 7:00pm
Belmont House
1830 Belmont Rd. NW (Adams Morgan)
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On June 28, 2009 democratically elected president Manuel Zelaya was ousted through a military coup carried out by graduates of the School of the Americas (SOA/ WHINSEC). Since then, the country has begun to see repression that mirrors the dark histories of previous decades in Central America.

Come explore the history of U.S. military, economic and political intervention in these three countries, the internal conflicts that resulted, and the present-day struggles against economic and geopolitical interests that they share in common.

Through a process of historical memory, we will see more clearly the importance of what is currently happening in Honduras and how to strengthen our solidarity with the pro-democracy resistance.

Panelists:
Representatives from the community Santa Anita la Unión from Guatemala
Rodolfo Pastor, Member of Hondurans for Democracy
Sonia Umanzor, Coordinator of the FMLN-DC
Arturo Viscarra, activist and lawyer who recently returned from Honduras and El Salvador

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Co-sponsored by SOA Watch, CISPES-DC, NISGUA, Hondurans for Democracy, and DESGUA