garifuna-solidarity-letter-to-honduras-government_friends-of-the-earth-international_en-a0190b80a6ed3cbb.pdf

The letter denounces the July 18, 2020, kidnapping of four Garifuna leaders from the Triunfo de la Cruz community by armed men in police uniforms. It argues that the Garifuna people face systematic attacks from agribusinesses and land grabbers for tourism and housing developments, driven by a neoliberal model of privatization. The authors highlight the Honduran state's failure to enforce a 2015 Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) ruling requiring the restitution of ancestral lands. The letter demands the immediate release of the kidnapped individuals, an end to violence against the Garifuna, and the demarcation of 2,840 hectares of ancestral territory, including the return of lands illegally held by the MACERICA and IDETRISA companies.

• On July 18, 2020, four members of the Triunfo de la Cruz community and OFRANEH—Alberth Snaider Centeno Tomas, Milton Joel Martínez Alvarez, Suami Aparicio Mejía, and Albert Sentana Thomas—were abducted from their homes by armed gunmen wearing national police uniforms and DPI badges.
• The Garifuna people in Honduras are subjected to systematic attacks by agribusinesses and land grabbers targeting territories for housing and tourist developments, often without the Free, Prior and Informed Consent required by ILO Convention 169.
• Despite a ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) on October 8, 2015, which established the State of Honduras's responsibility to repair damages and restore land to the Triunfo de la Cruz community, the ruling remains unenforced five years later.
• The letter demands the demarcation of 2,840 hectares of Garifuna ancestral territory and the restoration of 22 hectares from the Tela municipality Workers Union and 98 hectares illegally held by IDETRISA and MACERICA for the Marbella and Playa Escondida housing projects.

APA

Nansen, K. (2020). garifuna-solidarity-letter-to-honduras-government_friends-of-the-earth-international_en-a0190b80a6ed3cbb.pdf. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Garifuna-solidarity-letter-to-Honduras-government_Friends-of-the-Earth-International_EN.pdf

Chicago

Nansen, Karin. garifuna-solidarity-letter-to-honduras-government_friends-of-the-earth-international_en-a0190b80a6ed3cbb.pdf. Friends of the Earth International, 2020. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Garifuna-solidarity-letter-to-Honduras-government_Friends-of-the-Earth-International_EN.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{nansen2020garifunasolidaritylettertohondurasgovernmentfriendsoftheearthinternationalena0190b80a6ed3cbbpdf, author = {Nansen, Karin}, title = {{garifuna-solidarity-letter-to-honduras-government\_friends-of-the-earth-international\_en-a0190b80a6ed3cbb.pdf}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2020}, month = sep, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Garifuna-solidarity-letter-to-Honduras-government_Friends-of-the-Earth-International_EN.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }