Honduran Coup Subverts Vote, AJWS Partner Responds

The hopes of Hondurans eagerly anticipating a visit to the polls were dashed in the early hours of the morning on Sunday, June 28th. As the Honduran people prepared to vote on a referendum that would convene a constitutional assembly, soldiers entered President Manuel Zelaya’s residence, removed him at gunpoint, and forced him onto a plane to Costa Rica. Since the coup, the military forces responsible have occupied the country, instituted checkpoints and surveillance and stifled protests.

Protest on the ground is being led by AJWS partner the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), which has been a leader in the Honduran popular movement for years. More

Rallying to Save the Amazon, Indigenous Peoples are Attacked and Murdered in Peru

In Peru, numerous "mega-projects" threaten the very existence of the Amazon rainforest’s rich flora and fauna—and the well-being of the indigenous peoples who have lived there for hundreds of years. But, as demonstrated in recent attacks, those who stand up for the rainforest are finding their very own survival at stake. More