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Honduras and Colombia are centers for US Control in Latin America which has been in
process over many years. The Colombian elite has welcomed Plan Colombia, extensive military
training and 7 US military bases in exchange for “stability”, class security, money, business
interests and help opposing the mass anti-government movements over the years. The US has
centers for intelligence gathering, a new “School of the Americas”, bases with great military
capacity, ready to invade any anti-US country, such as Venezuela, Ecuador, Cuba and Bolivia.
The US is not supporting the Peace Process in Colombia which is being attacked by US created
paramilitary armies, Gaintanistas and Urabeños. This is not to mention the many US mining and
business. Many peasant and popular leaders are being assassinated at this very moment. We
need to build opposition to the US wars around the world, be it in the Middle East, Latin
America or at home.
In Honduras, the “Alliance for Prosperity”, modeled after Plan Colombia, increases
militarization and privatization, and is responsible for increased displacement, and corruption,
violence, and repression.
The Presentation is sponsored by Bay Area Latin American Solidarity Coalition (BALASC)
and The Task Force on the Americas.
Alice Loaiza: Lived in Colombia for many years and works with Marcha Patriotica. Also
worked with CONAP, Coordinacion Nacional de Organizaciones Agrarias y Populares and also
in international accompaniment. She has lived and worked in many parts of the country. In the
Bay Area Alice works with BALASC and The Task Force on the Americas.
Diana Bohn: Visited Honduras for third time in December, 2016, as a member of the Root
Causes of Migration Pilgrimage, which visited groups affected by the policies of the Alliance for
Prosperity, government corruption, and violence. Diana is a Task Force on the Americas Board
member and Member of BALASC.