COPINH protest vigil against U.S. embassies and Spain
518 years of indigenous, black and popular ... and keep on fighting
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The Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras, COPINH, held a vigil in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to commemorate" 518 years of the arrival of European invaders to our continent. " The protest vigil was held at night in front of U.S. embassies and Spain. With blankets, banners, candles and chants, men and women of this militant organization condemned "acts of genocide, plunder of our natural resources, ruthless exploitation of our peoples by colonial countries and local elites."
"We here at the U.S. Embassy to condemn the death project that this country has developed for decades against the Honduran people, and against all peoples who want liberation and emancipation," said Bertha Caceres, national coordinator of COPINH. According
Cáceres, follow blaming the American empire and European because as more than 500 years ago are still developing "colonialism, plunder our countries through free trade agreements, coups and military occupation.
addition, multinational companies continue to drive projects such as mining death, privatization of water, forest destruction and theft of our culture, knowledge and biodiversity.
want to prevent our right, "continued the coordinator of COPINH, to be sovereign and sovereign, to have self-determination. They represent in the world the power of death, greed and plunder. "
COPINH According to the October 12 is not Columbus Day, let alone the Discovery of America or the meeting between races, but a day of resistance.
"We commemorate the day of indigenous resistance, black, mestizo and popular throughout the continent. We continue our struggle against occupation and intervention, as we were taught Lempira, Mota, Barauda, \u200b\u200bCincumba, Copan Calel, and all our liberty and freedom, "said Caceres.
In a statement released by the COPINH, stresses that the draft rule is accompanied by coups. "They tried in Venezuela, made in Honduras and more recently, they tried again in Ecuador.
We said from the beginning: Honduras is a script to push the project of domination and continue taking over our resources. And now try to show available to promote a Constituent Assembly, which is what we the people demand.
Rather it serves to strengthen the project of domination and plunder, "complained COPINH coordinator. Refoundation is the way
In the statement, the indigenous and popular organization stressed that the people are in resistance, "to strengthen the struggle for building more just and more humane."
In the specific case of Honduras, the COPINH, along with a number of organizations of the Resistance, driving the overhaul of a country to be "multicultural, multilingual, which gives rise to intercultural democracy to exercise the right to direct participation of our peoples, through a Constituent National Assembly plenipotentiary, refoundational, popular and democratic. "
The goal is to create a new Constitution "that gives rise to a political pact that makes it clear that natural resources are our people and not the oligarchy, or transnational corporations."
addition, to allow "the recall referendum on the mandates of Governments at different levels, which recognizes the rights of women, young people, children and girls, that redistribute wealth equitably, ending with the privileges of the oligarchs who have done much damage to our people ".
also a Constitution "to return sovereignty to the country, forcing the departure of foreign troops and allow us to regional integration with the peoples and governments democratic and popular of our America." The
COPINH also calls to end the impunity of violators of human rights, the corrupt, and those who have "led coups" and that the new Constitution "recognizes the community property and the rights of workers, protecting the environment and contribute to reversing climate change," says the document.
"The end of the resistance struggle is the reestablishment of Honduras and the Constituent Assembly a tool for achieving this goal. In this regard, "he concluded Cáceres, it is necessary that this effort involving all sectors in resistance, without exception.
We need to develop participatory, horizontal, where there is debate and constructive criticism, because they are the elements that make us grow. "
In the statement, the COPINH also called on the national coordinator of the Popular Resistance Front, FNRP, and former President Manuel Zelaya Rosales, that "despite all the risks and legal proceedings, including the country and help from the inside in an overhaul of the nation because the timing is crucial and urged his presence. "
Source: Fan
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