Honduras Now Podcast

Many are thinking about and watching what is going on in Gaza and Israel. The parallels of North American support for a dictatorship in Honduras and the strategies of transnational resistance provide hope and inspire action from all of us to stop the bombing of Gaza and the murder of innocent people.This episode announces an upcoming campaign as ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández's trial in New York is set to start in four months. Then Karen shares a panel presentation she participated in mid-September called Nonviolent Resistance to Overthrow Dictatorships & Occupations organized by World Beyond War as part of their #NoWar2023 conference. The presentation shares some of the ways that people can act to change global issues and abuses from their own cities and towns around the world. #FreePalestine #AnotherWorldIsPossibleFor the full panel presentation, World Beyond War's #NoWarConference, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlGdq6s8HmZoqi6T1YEftxGtnaxjBKq1GComing soon. 'US and Canada-backed Narco-State on Trial in New York' campaign: A campaign to hold the U.S., Canada & the “international community” accountable for 12 years of support and legitimization of Honduras’ drug-trafficking President and Narco-State.Campaign launch January 2024. Trial in New York currently scheduled for February 5, 2024. More information and to donate to support the trial campaign, go to hondurasnow.org.IG: @HondurasNowX/Twitter: @HondurasNowThanks for listening!

In the last few weeks, Honduras has hit the international press, and not for good reasons. Host Karen Spring discusses violence, trauma, and Honduran culture and challenges with Faridd Sierra, a Honduran that grew up in the U.S. but has since moved back to live in Honduras. Since returning, Faridd has been closely following the human rights, political, and social situation in Honduras and tweets regularly at @AllThingsHondurasThe resources mentioned by Faridd in this episode:The Long Honduran Night: Resistance, Terror, and the United States in the Aftermath of the Coup by Dana FrankOttawa and Empire: Canada and the military coup in Honduras by Tyler ShipleyCipotes, by Ramón Amaya AmadorPrisión Verde, by Ramón Amaya Amador (the last two may be difficult to find in the U.S. and Canada).Song: La Huelga, by Mario de Mezapa (or any song by him)Follow us at:Twitter: @HondurasNowInstagram: HondurasNowFor show notes, monthly news summaries, and to read the U.S. Intervention Monitor, go to hondurasnow.org. Thank you to our listeners and donors.

It's almost been one year since President Xiomara Castro took power in Honduras. As President Castro has tried to fulfill her campaign promises, her government has been met by opposition from the U.S.This episode shares a presentation given by Karen Spring to the Rochester Committee on Latin America (ROCLA). Karen describes important reforms that the Castro government has implemented and describes the U.S. opposition to each. To watch the full presentation, go to ROCLA's website: https://rocla.org/events/reform-in-honduras-and-us-opposition/Follow Honduras Now on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hondurasnow/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HondurasNowFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/HondurasNowCheck out the show notes at: hondurasnow.orgHappy New Year, everyone! Thanks for listening.

This is part three of a three-part series, the Drug War Cover-up series that describes the incidents surrounding the DEA-led drug interdiction operation known as the Ahuas massacre on May 11, 2012.In Part three, host Karen Spring speaks with journalist and researcher, Dawn Marie Paley about the effects of the drug war in the Americas. Paley talks about how people going about their daily life are affected by the drug war, and what accountability may look like.**Read Dawn's book, Drug War Capitalism: https://www.akpress.org/drug-war-capitalism.htmlFind Dawn's work at: https://www.dawnpaley.ca/Follow Honduras Now on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hondurasnow/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HondurasNowFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/HondurasNowCheck out the show notes at: hondurasnow.orgThank you to our listeners and to the people that donate to this podcast. We can't do it without you!

This is Part II (Ep. 35) of the three part Drug War Cover-Up series that describes the incidents surrounding the DEA-led drug interdiction operation known as the Ahuas massacre on May 11, 2012. In Part II, host Karen Spring describes what happened in the weeks and years following the massacre including whether the DEA was held accountable, what happened in Washington, DC in the incident's aftermath, and 10 years later, how the victims feel about the justice process or lack thereof. See the Youtube video published by the New York Times narrated at the beginning of the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96iR0ICpQZYRead the report "Collateral Damage of a Drug War The May 11 Killings in Ahuas and the Impact of the U.S. War on Drugs in La Moskitia, Honduras": https://cepr.net/documents/publications/honduras-2012-08.pdfWatch U.S. Congressional representative Ilhan Omar questioning the State Department about the massacre: https://twitter.com/Ilhan/status/1489378251558555649Follow Honduras Now on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hondurasnow/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HondurasNowFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/HondurasNowCheck out the show notes at: hondurasnow.orgThank you to our listeners and to the people that donate to this podcast. We can't do it without you!