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SOA Watch’s Dismantling Borders Book Club hosted an Author Talk with former U.S. Border Patrol Agent and whistleblower Jenn Budd when her memoir “Against the Wall: My Journey from Border Patrol Agent to Immigrant Rights Read More …
On June 20, 2022 a Honduran court finally presented the written verdict in the case against U.S. trained former military intelligence officer Roberto David Castillo for the murder of Berta Cáceres, sentencing him to 22 Read More …
Update July 22, 2022: We are no longer accepting applications for this position. Thank you. About SOA Watch School of the Americas Watch (SOAW or SOA Watch) is a nonviolent grassroots movement that began in Read More …
November 29, 2021 – Euphoria reigned in the streets of Honduras on the night of Sunday, November 28, 2021, as it appeared that massive turnout of voters propelled the opposition candidate, Xiomara Castro, to the Read More …
You can call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask for your Representative’s office. If you don’t know who your Representative is, click here to find out. Here’s a sample script: Hi, my name is______, Read More …
As Honduras prepares for presidential elections this November, those arrested and jailed for protesting widespread fraud following the 2017 elections still face the threat of lengthy prison terms for defending a basic principal of democracy: Read More …
Four of the former Colombian military personnel arrested for the assassination of the Haitian President were trained at WHINSEC. They took courses in counter drug operations, cadet leadership development, noncommissioned officer development and small unit Read More …
On March 3rd, five years after the assassination of visionary Indigenous rights leader Berta Caceres in Honduras, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) and 44 cosponsors reintroduced the Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act (H.R.1574). The Read More …
Members of both the Senate and the House of Representatives have introduced bills in the 2021 Congress which would suspend U.S. military and security aid to Honduras until human rights violations cease and those responsible Read More …
5 years ago, I froze when I awoke to a message that Berta Cáceres had been murdered. I immediately called her close COPINH colleague, hoping it wouldn’t be true. But it was. Just the evening Read More …