[act-ma] Honduras election report from City Life/Vida Urbana March 17 E

[Charlie Welch]

 Join Gabriela Cartegena, CLVU Communications Co-Director, who recently
returned from a delegation to witness the historic January 27th Honduran
presidential inauguration. The new president, Xiomara Castro, was recently
elected after decades of Honduran people-power and grassroots activism
seeking political change away from a long history of right-wing,
Nationalist, neoliberal, US-backed, narco-traffic financed, dictatorship
that has made Honduras one of the most dangerous countries in the world.

Come hear about this historic event on Zoom.
Thurs March 17 from 5:30-7pm

Speakers will include:
- Jose Artiaga, Salvadoran civil war refugee and co-founder of SHARE
Foundation which coordinated the delegation
- Amy Argenal, Nicaraguan, UC Davis Human Rights and Migration studies
professor and activist, who accompanied the Guapilanol fight for over 5
years
- Mercy Ayala Claros, human rights investigative journalist with Radio
Progreso and Radio Erick. Mercy was instrumental in liberating 8 land and
water defenders who were illegally incarcerated for their activism against
mining companies threatening their local source of clean river water.
- Gabriela Cartagena, US Born, Salvadoran/Honduran housing justice
organizer with City Life Vida Urbana, Immigrant Rights activist with
Movimiento COSECHA, and photographer

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Únase con Gabriela Cartegena, codirectora de comunicaciones de CLVU, que
acaba de regresar de una delegación que fue testigo de la histórica toma de
poder de la nueva presidenta hondureña del 27 de enero. La nueva
presidenta, Xiomara Castro, fue elegida recientemente después de décadas de
poder popular hondureño y de activismo de base en busca de un cambio
político que se aleje de una larga historia de dictadura de derecha,
nacionalista, neoliberal, respaldada por Estados Unidos y financiada por el
narcotráfico, que ha convertido a Honduras en uno de los países más
peligrosos del mundo.