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Would You Be as Brave as This Man?
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Two brothers, Moises and Misael Sanchez, were bicycling home on April 13 toward the suburb of Santa Ana de Yusguare after a successful organizing meeting of an agricultural union near Choluteca in Honduras. The route took them along a winding road, up through small residential developments amid the canyons and steep hills.
The campaign is a pivotal one. It’s in a key region in southern Honduras, where intimidation and violence have plagued every effort to improve the lives of poor and working people. The plantation in this case is a major source of melons and fruit in Europe and the United States. The fruit company is Irish multinational firm Fyffes, so the possibility of attracting international attention to abuses seems realistic. It would be the first successful union drive in the region. If it succeeds, others will surely follow.
It has not been easy. Organizers have been tailed and harassed, and early leaders were held captive and forced to sign anti-union papers.
The scare tactics incite a particular chill in organizers because union leaders get murdered in Honduras on a...
Two U.S. defense officials tell NBC News that President Trump has approved a plan to arm the Syrian Kurds
Hundreds of workers at the Hanford nuclear production complex in Washington state were ordered to "take cover" Tuesday after a tunnel containing
Before his death, Hernandez was in the middle of an appeal — but his suicide essentially left his case unresolved.
The former Army intelligence analyst who spent nearly seven years in prison for leaking classified documents to Wikileaks is scheduled for release next week.
The former Army intelligence analyst who spent nearly seven years in prison for leaking classified documents to Wikileaks is scheduled for release next week.
