Rights Action - June 10, 2011
HONDURAS REPRESSION & IMPUNITY WATCH
U.S. CONGRESS TO HEAR FROM HONDURAN MILITARY COUP LEADER UNDER FALSE PREMISES
The U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs is to hear from the "Honorable Roberto Micheletti Baín (Invited)", who is, they say, the "Former President of Honduras".
Micheletti was a key leader of the June 2009 military coup in Honduras, and was a 'de facto' leader of the military-backed regime that carried out widespread repression against the Honduran people.
It is false to say Micheletti is a "Former President" of Honduras. The so-called swearing in process by the pro-coup Honduran Congress, one day after the illegal military coup, was based on a forged resignation letter of President Zelaya.
The 'dishonorable' Micheletti should be tried in court in Honduras for his role in the coup, not received by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs as "former President" of Honduras.
WHERE & WHEN
HEARING NOTICE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515-0128
Connie Mack (R-FL), Chairman
June 7, 2011
You are respectfully requested to attend an OPEN hearing of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, to be held in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building (and available live, via the WEBCAST link on the Committee website at http://www.hcfa.house.gov):
DATE: Tuesday, June 14, 2011
TIME: 3:00 p.m.
SUBJECT: Holding Honduras Hostage: Revoked Visas and U.S. Policy
WITNESSES:
The Honorable [sic] Roberto Micheletti Baín (Invited), Former President [sic] of Honduras
Mrs. Sandra Martínez de Midence, President, Central Bank of Honduras
Mr. Leonardo Villeda Bermudez, Former Executive Secretary, National Convergence Forum (FONAC)
*NOTE: Further witnesses may be added.
By Direction of the Chairman
The Committee on Foreign Affairs seeks to make its facilities accessible to persons with disabilities. If you are in need of special accommodations, please call 202/225-5021 at least four business days in advance of the event, whenever practicable. Questions with regard to special accommodations in general (including availability of Committee materials in alternative formats and assistive listening devices) may be directed to the Committee.
WHAT TO DO
Write to your own Member of Congress, and other government officials, demanding that Micheletti - a dishonorable military coup plotter and leader - NOT be invited to speak at this hearing.
WHITE HOUSE: http://www.whitehouse.gov/CONTACT/, 202-456-1111, Comment Line: 202-456-1414
CONGRESS: Go to http://www.house.gov/ to get info for your member of Congress, and call: 202-224-3121
SENATE: Go to http://www.senate.gov/ to get contact for your Senator, and call: 202-224-3121
STATE DEPARTMENT: 202 647-8947
STATE DEPARTMENT - Office of Western Hemisphere Affairs: 202 647-0834, WHAAsstSecty@State.Gov
AMBASSADOR CRAIG KELLY, Principal Deputy Asst. Secretary, Western Office of Hemisphere Affairs: KellyC@state.gov
MARIA OTERO, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs; c/o Laura Pena, Assistant: PenaL@state.gov
BENJAMIN GEDAN, Honduras Desk Officer, (202) 647-3482
DR. ARTURO VALENZUELA: ValenzuelaAA@state.gov
PAUL MONTEIRO, Office of Public Engagement, Darron_P._Monteiro@who.eop.gov
AMBASSADOR HUGO LLORENS, U.S. Embassy in Honduras, LlorensH@state.gov, 504 2236-9320 ext. 4268, 2236-9037; Silvia Eiriz, Eirizs@state.gov
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FOR MORE INFORMATION about the brutal military-backed regime in Honduras, headed by Roberto Micheletti, contact:
Annie Bird, annie@rightsaction.org, 202-680-3002
Grahame Russell, info@rightsaction.org, 860-352-2448
Karen Spring, spring.kj@gmail.com, 011-504-9507-3835 [in Honduras]
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· RECOMMENDED DAILY NEWS: www.democracynow.org / www.upsidedownworld.org / www.dominionpaper.ca
· RECOMMENDED BOOKS: Eduardo Galeano's "Open Veins of Latin America"; Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States"; James Loewen's "Lies My Teacher Told Me"; Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine"; Paolo Freire's "Pedagogy of the Oppressed"; Dr Seuss's "Horton Hears A Who"