1. “We’re Witnessing a Reactivation of the Death Squads of the ‘80s”: An Interview with Bertha Oliva of COFADEH
(Matching tags: human rights, military, Honduras, police, IACHR)

Bertha Oliva is the General Coordinator of COFADEH, the Committee of Relatives of the Disappeared and Detained in Honduras. Bertha’s husband was "disappeared" in 1981, a period when death squads were active ...

2. CEPR News, March 2013
(Matching tags: poverty, venezuela, retirement, inequality, paid sick days, Haiti, Social Security, medicare, Honduras, minimum wage, financial transactions tax)

The following highlights CEPR's latest research, publications, events and much more. CEPR on Venezuela CEPR marked the March 5th death of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez with op-eds, blog posts and ...

3. Did the AP Catch State Department Officials Lying to Congress About Honduran Death Squads?
(Matching tags: human rights, Honduras, congress, State Department, police)

... Justice Sector Reform, said the same. "Every police officer in Honduras, regardless of their specific functions, is under the hierarchy and obedience of the director general," he said. Congress has ...

4. Police Death Squads in Honduras Then and Now
(Matching tags: wikileaks, Honduras, State Department, police)

An important new investigative report from the Associated Press’ Alberto Arce describes the apparent ongoing activities of death squads within the Honduran police, reporting that: In the last three ...

5. Will the World Bank Stop Investing in Campesino Assassinations?
(Matching tags: world bank, Honduras, Facusse)

... guards in Honduras’ Bajo Aguán valley, the center of the country's ongoing land struggle. In offering its resources and reputation to the company, the World Bank and its member countries are complicit ...

6. Sean Wilentz and Cold War Liberals Prefer that Untold History Remains Unheard
(Matching tags: Honduras)

... helped the coup-installed government of Honduras legitimize itself.  Most of them even pretended that the Obama administration was trying to help restore democracy, when there was a mountain of evidence ...

7. Media Reports on “Charter Cities” Ignore the Larger Context
(Matching tags: amnesty international, Honduras, charter cities)

On Friday, February 22, Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) Radio’s The Current aired a nearly half-hour story about the Honduras government’s plans to create private, so-called “charter cities.” The show’s ...

8. Killings Continue in Bajo Aguán as New Report Documents Abuses by U.S.-Trained Honduran Special Forces Unit
(Matching tags: amnesty international, military, Honduras, Facusse)

A few days ago two more land rights activists were murdered in the Bajo Aguán, a region of Honduras where dozens of campesinos have been killed over the last three years. On February 16, Jacobo Cartagena, ...

9. IMF Ignores Proven Alternatives With Recommendations to Honduras
(Matching tags: coup, imf, Honduras, government spending)

On Friday, February 15, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that it had concluded its most recent Article IV consultation with Honduras. The Fund’s recommendations varied little from those ...

10. Administration Rejects Congressional Request for Investigation of Ahuas Killings Despite Evidence of DEA Role
(Matching tags: Honduras, DEA)

... of four Honduran indigenous villagers in Ahuas, Honduras during a counternarcotics operation that involved agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).  The letter, signed by 58 House representatives, ...