Gringa con el Corazon a la Izquierda: November 2009

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

This is what I am listening to and reading this morning

http://seattleplus10.org/peoples-summit/schedule - oh man, i wish i could be there for this important and exciting event!

http://www.coha.org/letter-to-the-president-honduras-human-rights-violations-and-elections/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-to-the-president-honduras-human-rights-violations-and-elections

This is my general perspective on the situation in Honduras. The elections are not valid, Zelaya must be restored, and the constitutional assembly must be convoked. Human Rights investigations and trials should be held and the coup regime should also be tried. This is a question of democracy for the entire region, and we should not allow a military coup to set the example for change of government.

Para los que entienden español: http://www.radiodignidad.org/vistada/radiorevista01.mp3

Muy buen programa sobre los problemas que enfrentamos en Centroamerica ahora.

http://www.democracynow.org/ I catch this show every day that I can! Not only is there great news and interviews, but sometimes they do special features that I like too! I love when they interview people like Evo Morales or social movement leaders from the US.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Been a long lonely lonely lonely time without internet...

But I feel lucky that we still have a house and that our community still has crops. The storms last weekend have killed 190 people (not counting the disappeared) and left some 14,000 homeless. Yikes. The worst damage we suffered was a loss of phone and internet.
Now my new partner in crime and I are getting our youth groups organized to help out the nearby communities that were damaged. From the highway we can look up and see the landslides that came down off of the volcano and we know that we need to go help rebuild the communities in a safe and sustainable way. The media here has mostly been covering the "great" amounts of aid pouring in from national and international donors, but reports from the ground say that needs of those displaced by the storm are not having their needs met. People are stacked in on top of one an other in schools and institutions are slow to move. That is why I am really excited that there are grassroots efforts here coming from the poor themselves to get food and supplies to the communities in need.
I was impressed when I went to mass this Sunday and found a box full of donations - all from one of the poorest communities in the zone. Solidarity is what keeps people alive in El Salvador.
As you will see in the photos below, help is more than necessary.