It is perhaps fitting that my time in Honduras should end right where it began – facing a lineup of police in riot gear in front of the Brazilian embassy where the elected President of the country remains in exile. There is much that can be said...
Today famed British journalist and environmentalist George Monbiot wrote an open letter to the people of Canada pleading with us to clean up our act on the environment. In his usual incisive prose he wrote:
“Canada’s tactics have caused shock...
Bravery. Strength. Honour. Courage. I’ve spent most of my life developing an autonomic response – stomach sickness - whenever I hear these words. This is because they are almost exclusively reserved in Canada and the United States for the most...
“We have all experienced being followed, being beaten, feeling impotent while our friends are being beaten. They do whatever they want and we are totally defenseless. We’re glad you are here, so we will not feel so alone.”
This afternoon I...
It was a relatively quiet day in Tegucigalpa. Terror will do that.
Oh, there were people in the streets – protestors filled the square in front of the Congreso, for the 103rd consecutive day. Organizers in the Frente Popular de Resistencia met...
