Add to mission calendar please for January and February
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Tuesday, 17 January 2012 16:33
Linda Gilbert
January 28 - February 25/Tela, Honduras. Construction, education, medical mission by Hands to Honduras-Tela of Shelburne, Vermont. Contact: Linda Gilbert,
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Money does not grow on trees up here. I wish Hondurans would start using some common business sense. I noticed the huge gas tax there as another hinderance to economic growth.
Charge the security tax only to Honduras citizens, assuming that only wealthy citizens fly, and since they have been avoiding paying taxes thus far, this will be a way to get them.
Pepe please use your veto once more. Maybe they could just put a box in the airport asking for donations. Then whoever wants to give more to Honduras, they can give. Chiste
Marco, I think you have said it all. If the powers that be do not get this message then maybe it is time to close up shop and move on to another country.
Sadly, I do not think that that the people in charge in Honduras (not necessarily the Government) really care one way or the other if tourists come or not. Every year they run off more business, new jobs, support for the poor and now the tourists. If being "arrogant" ever becomes an Olympic sport then the leaders of Honduras could win the gold. I love the country and the people but I give up on the leaders who run it.
Will the last logical, sane, or intelligent Honduran to leave the country please remember to bring the Honduran flag?
Mexican graduates of the U.S. Army School of the Americas have played a key role in the “low-intensity conflict” in the States of Chiapas, Guerrero, and Oaxaca. At least 13 top military officials involved in the conflict are SOA grads. They include Col. Harold B. Rambling Torres , Brig. Gen. Carmelo Teheran Montero, Col. Jose Luis Ruvalcaba , Brig. Gen. Carlos Demetrio Gaytan Ochoa, Col. German Antonio Bautista , Gaston Menchaca Arias, Miguel Leyva Garcia, Enrique Alonso Garrido, Manuel Garcia Ruiz, Adrian Maldonado Ramirez, Edmundo Elpidio Leyva Galindo, Renato Garcia Gonzalez, and Jose Ruben Rivas Pena (Nuevo Amanecer Press and Covert Action Quarterly).
COL Augusto Moisés García Ochoa,1977, Jungle Operations Suspected drug-trafficking, 1997: Listed by a leading Mexican news magazine as one of the 32 Mexican officers under investigation in drug trafficking (Proceso).
TCL Rene Herrera Huizar, 1980, Operaciones de Patrulla. Suspected drug trafficking, 1997: Listed by a leading Mexican news magazine as one of 32 Mexican military officers under investigation by the Mexican government for suspected ties to drug-trafficking (Proceso).
GEN Juan López Ortiz, 1959, Infantry Arms; 1959, Infantry Tactics Ocosingo Massacre, 1994: Troops under his command massacred five persons
in the Ocosingo market; the prisoners’ hands were tied behind their backs before the soldiers shot them in the back of the head (Covert Action Quarterly).
GEN Luis Montiel López, 1962, Counterinsurgency Intimidation of human rights activists, 1992: Forces under Gen. Montiel's command falsely accused human rights activists in Chihuahua of "aiding drug traffickers" in an attempt to intimidate them.
(Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights: Civilians at Risk: Military and Police Abuses in the Mexican Countryside)
GEN Fernan Perez Casanova, 1962, CIO Contrainsurrecia. Suspected drug-trafficking, 1997: Listed by a leading Mexican news
magazine as one of 32 officers under investigation by the Mexican government for suspected ties to drug-trafficking (Proceso).
Jose Ruben Rivas Pena, 1980, Comando y Estado Mayor
Called for the formation of paramilitary groups: Rivas Pena wrote the army’s “Campaign Plan Chiapas 94” which calls for the “training and
support for self-defense forces or other paramilitary organizations.”
(NACLA Report on the Americas). Rivas Pena is also credited with saying: “The Vatican is the indirect cause of the conflict in Chiapas, which is
directly sponsored by a contaminated current of Liberation Theology.” (Nuevo Amanecer Press).
The U.S Army School of the Americas has only been rechristened. It bears a fancier, less incriminating moniker. Its protocols and strategic objectives have not changed. It’s still the School of Assassins. It is doubtful in the extreme that it is not involved, directly or indirectly in Mexico or elsewhere in Latin America.
Anyone interested in the SOA’s sinister history can log on to http://www.soaw.org/
Marco, I suggest that the Conference on Honduras be held in Paris. The city is 2,000 years old and getting younger. It's cultured and sophisticated, it boasts elegant architecture, beautiful parks, great entertainment, fabulous food. The French are proud of their heritage. They have dignity: They don't throw garbage in the streets or on its impeccably paved and well-manicured highways. Paris is safe -- day or night. There are no scorpions. Malaria and dengue are unknown. Tap water is safe to drink. Of course, attendees can always drink Perrier. Best of all, France does not have an exit tax. The French would rebel if one was ever imposed.
And, if you need an interpreter, I'm available....
I have a feeling that Honduras will-- sooner than later-- with a population of two: Mel Zelaya and Porfirio Lobo. I truly believe that most will abandon the ship as it sinks.
Time to move the Honduras Conference out of Honduras?
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Saturday, 07 January 2012 10:52
Rodger Harrison
When will Honduras ever learn? Living proof one more time that Honduras just can't seem to get their act together. This new entry and exit tax is going to take even a bigger bite out of the very people who come to help the Honduran people. What kind of cool aid is the Honduras congress drinking these days?
Marco I think if this keeps up you are going to have to hold the annual conference on Honduras in another country just so people can afford to attend. Goodbye tourists and NGOs as well as other volunteers and people living here. At this rate pretty soon Honduras will be a desert of poverty, coruption, and crime, as well as the last place on earth any tourist would want to visit. No wonder the NGO's are moving to other countries around the world where they will be safe and appreciated. You know things are bad when the Peace Corps folds their tent and pulls out of Honduras.
"...given that the world has kind of changed a little and moved on since the 18th century."
The principles of freedom outlined in the Constitution don't have a shelf-life, why suggest otherwise? Happiness and achievement thrives with freedom and withers under repression, such is the nature of man.
Newsflash-- the constitution is just as applicable to the twenty-first century as the eighteenth! We needn't don powdered wigs! (Unless you WANT to, of course--).
60 million will be split between all the ministers and other supporters of the rulling party. The other 5 mil, will be spent in paying back the teachers for unpaid wages. Thanks EU for the gift!!!
So lets legalize the use of drugs, so that i can walk down the street freely with a big fat joint between my fingers. Hey better yet, i would sure enjoy to go to work all coked up instead of drinking that shitty coffee. By the way if they legalize drugs, then that will only create even more unemployement in Honduras. I mean, then all the college graduates, governement workers and police will be out of a job. No Ron!!! Not a good idea. This guy is a complete qwack shouldn't even be in this race.
Peace Corps - A Tough Job and Not for the Faint of Heart
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Friday, 06 January 2012 11:25
Josh
I know from personal experience that the Peace Corps works hard to protect the health and lives of its volunteers in Honduras. However, short of arming PCVs, which would defeat the purpose of the mission, there is no way for the oranization to keep PCVs free from being victims of crime. I experienced it, and most volunteers I know experienced something. That is part of standing out in a crowd. Still, I also witnessed increadible kindness. Honduras, is full of gentle compassionate people, with a minority, some coming from outside, that are causing the violence.
Most should hand it to Dr.Paul, His views are age old and he is the only worthy Candidate to note, This world is begging for some peace and freedom to live the way they choose. That alone would create a world view of America unlike ever before. Many Countries including Honduras would breath a sigh of relief...
Good article,and more balanced and insightful than most I have read from the mainstream american media so far.I think you will find as the race goes on and moves to the western states his position will continue to improve. Having lived in many of them and currently residing in Idaho I can assure you the libertarian values he represents are deeply ingrained and widely spread. Most people I know need little persuasion. The government meddles in everyones personal affairs,passes dangerous and oppressive laws,starts wars without good cause or authority,bails out politically well connected business disasters and pays for it all by borrowing or printing god only knows how many trillions of dollars. People,even the slow learners eventually start to get fed up,even angry. And watching the Republicans and Democrats argue over symbolic solutions to real problems is a waste of time even in the best of times,which is something we are certainly not living in. People looking for someone willing to face facts and grapple with the difficult solutions to our very real problems are eventually forced to admit there is only one real candidate on the ballot. He isn't hard to spot.
This Gringo says: An educated person is trained to hear different sides of the story. But I will have to say you are STARTING TO PISS ME OFF when you call Honduran woman stupid.
Sadly, I do not think that that the people in charge in Honduras (not necessarily the Government) really care one way or the other if tourists come or not. Every year they run off more business, new jobs, support for the poor and now the tourists. If being "arrogant" ever becomes an Olympic sport then the leaders of Honduras could win the gold. I love the country and the people but I give up on the leaders who run it.
Will the last logical, sane, or intelligent Honduran to leave the country please remember to bring the Honduran flag?
COL Augusto Moisés García Ochoa,1977, Jungle Operations Suspected drug-trafficking, 1997: Listed by a leading Mexican news magazine as one of the 32 Mexican officers under investigation in drug trafficking (Proceso).
TCL Rene Herrera Huizar, 1980, Operaciones de Patrulla. Suspected drug trafficking, 1997: Listed by a leading Mexican news magazine as one of 32 Mexican military officers under investigation by the Mexican government for suspected ties to drug-trafficking (Proceso).
GEN Juan López Ortiz, 1959, Infantry Arms; 1959, Infantry Tactics Ocosingo Massacre, 1994: Troops under his command massacred five persons
in the Ocosingo market; the prisoners’ hands were tied behind their backs before the soldiers shot them in the back of the head (Covert Action Quarterly).
GEN Luis Montiel López, 1962, Counterinsurgency Intimidation of human rights activists, 1992: Forces under Gen. Montiel's command falsely accused human rights activists in Chihuahua of "aiding drug traffickers" in an attempt to intimidate them.
(Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights: Civilians at Risk: Military and Police Abuses in the Mexican Countryside)
GEN Fernan Perez Casanova, 1962, CIO Contrainsurrecia. Suspected drug-trafficking, 1997: Listed by a leading Mexican news
magazine as one of 32 officers under investigation by the Mexican government for suspected ties to drug-trafficking (Proceso).
Jose Ruben Rivas Pena, 1980, Comando y Estado Mayor
Called for the formation of paramilitary groups: Rivas Pena wrote the army’s “Campaign Plan Chiapas 94” which calls for the “training and
support for self-defense forces or other paramilitary organizations.”
(NACLA Report on the Americas). Rivas Pena is also credited with saying: “The Vatican is the indirect cause of the conflict in Chiapas, which is
directly sponsored by a contaminated current of Liberation Theology.” (Nuevo Amanecer Press).
The U.S Army School of the Americas has only been rechristened. It bears a fancier, less incriminating moniker. Its protocols and strategic objectives have not changed. It’s still the School of Assassins. It is doubtful in the extreme that it is not involved, directly or indirectly in Mexico or elsewhere in Latin America.
Anyone interested in the SOA’s sinister history can log on to http://www.soaw.org/
And, if you need an interpreter, I'm available....
How about Casablanca?
Marco I think if this keeps up you are going to have to hold the annual conference on Honduras in another country just so people can afford to attend. Goodbye tourists and NGOs as well as other volunteers and people living here. At this rate pretty soon Honduras will be a desert of poverty, coruption, and crime, as well as the last place on earth any tourist would want to visit. No wonder the NGO's are moving to other countries around the world where they will be safe and appreciated. You know things are bad when the Peace Corps folds their tent and pulls out of Honduras.
The principles of freedom outlined in the Constitution don't have a shelf-life, why suggest otherwise? Happiness and achievement thrives with freedom and withers under repression, such is the nature of man.
Newsflash-- the constitution is just as applicable to the twenty-first century as the eighteenth! We needn't don powdered wigs! (Unless you WANT to, of course--).