Internationalist solidarity with the Garifuna community in Honduras

The document condemns the July 18, 2020, kidnapping of four members of the Afro-Indigenous Garifuna organization OFRANEH from the Triunfo de la Cruz community by armed men in police uniforms. It attributes systematic attacks on the Garifuna people to banana and oil palm companies, as well as real estate and tourism developers such as the Indura hotel, Punta Izopo National Park, Macerica, and Idetrisa. The statement highlights the Honduran government's failure to enforce a 2015 Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruling requiring the restitution of 2,840 hectares of ancestral territory and specific parcels held by the Tela Workers’ Union and private companies. It calls for the immediate return of the kidnapped individuals and an end to the criminalization of indigenous land defenders.

• On July 18, 2020, four members of the Afro-Indigenous Garifuna organization OFRANEH—Alberth Snaider Centeno Tomas, Milton Joel Martínez Alvarez, Suami Aparicio Mejía, and Alber Sentana Thomas—were kidnapped from their homes in the Triunfo de la Cruz community by armed men wearing national police uniforms and DPI badges.
• The Garifuna community in Honduras faces systematic attacks and land dispossession driven by banana and oil palm companies, as well as tourism and housing developments. Specific entities accused of misappropriating land include the Indura hotel, Punta Izopo National Park, and real estate companies Macerica and Idetrisa.
• Honduras has failed to comply with a ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) issued on October 8, 2015, which mandated the restitution of land and reparation of damages for the Triunfo de la Cruz community. The ruling requires the state to demarcate and title 2,840 hectares of ancestral territory, restore 22 hectares held by the Tela Workers’ Union, and restore 98 hectares held by Macerica and Idetrisa for the Marbella and Playa Escondida projects.
• The Garifuna people have been denied their legal right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) regarding development projects, violating ILO Convention 169, which Honduras ratified in 1995.

APA

admin (2020). Internationalist solidarity with the Garifuna community in Honduras. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/internationalist-solidarity-with-the-garifuna-community-in-honduras/

Chicago

admin. Internationalist solidarity with the Garifuna community in Honduras. Friends of the Earth International, 2020. https://www.foei.org/internationalist-solidarity-with-the-garifuna-community-in-honduras/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=admin |title=Internationalist solidarity with the Garifuna community in Honduras |publisher=Friends of the Earth International |date=16 August 2020 |url=https://www.foei.org/internationalist-solidarity-with-the-garifuna-community-in-honduras/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{admin2020internationalist, author = {admin}, title = {{Internationalist solidarity with the Garifuna community in Honduras}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2020}, month = aug, url = {https://www.foei.org/internationalist-solidarity-with-the-garifuna-community-in-honduras/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }