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Quest for Peace has been working since 1983 to build a policy of peace and friendship between the people of the United States and Nicaragua.

News and Analysis

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION   Honduras: Violence and Human Rights Violations Escalate   Brussels, 15 June 2010 (ITUC OnLine): Honduras is immersed in a very worrying spiral of violence, and the international trade union movement remains on the alert for human rights violations....
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  Story From Upsidedown World by Rosemary A. Joyce and Russell N. Septak U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaking at the Organization of American States (OAS) annual meeting in Lima, Peru on Monday urged countries in the hemisphere to readmit Honduras into the regional organization....
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 The Committee of the Families of the Disapeared Detainees in Honduras, COFADEH, urgently alert the national and international community of the serious events which occurred this afternoon against the Union of Workers in the Beverage Industry (STYBS). 1.  COFADEH received the report of this at 4:...
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The World People’s Climate Change Summit Agreement Summary of Central Points May 2010 Foreign Ministry of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
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Today, U.S. Ambassador in Nicaragua, Robert Callahan asked the government of Nicaragua to provide an accounting of aid received from Venezuela and how it is spent. He warned that the United States may suspend aid over this issue …Speaking to the press, the diplomat stated that in addition to the...
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It is early on Friday morning. I’m hoping I can post something while I’m at the radio this morning. I won’t have a chance again until Monday, since this afternoon I leave for El Aguan for a weekend of workshops on political formation with a team from ERIC (Team for Reflection, Research and...
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The Quixote Center is coordinating accompaniment for Padre Melo in the aftermath of a series of death threats last month.  Lucy Edwards and Pam Shepherd of Ashland, OR are the team on the ground right now.  Lucy is sending daily reports which you can read here: May 18, 2010 We arrived this...
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On May 20th at 6:00pm Carlos H Reyes, leader of the Honduran Resistance Movement and former Independent Presidential candidate, received a series of death threat on his cell phone. He was able verify that the call came from a land telephone in Tegucigalpa. The number was 226-9965.  The caller...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   MAY 6, 2010 CONTACT: MEGAN MORRISSEY – 202-365-6900  INGRID SABJA – 973-738-2301 New York – On Friday, May 7th, President Evo Morales of Bolivia will personally present UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon with the conclusions of the World People’s Conference on Climate...
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Bolivia’s president says developing nations must not be shut out of international negotiations for combating the greatest environmental issue of our time. April 23, 2010|Evo Morales Opinion published in the LA Times  When I arrived at the United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen in late last...