National
March for Life 2004 - Trip Report
I llegal
logging and related corruption have become so serious in the Central
American nation of Honduras that thousands of peasants marched on
the capital of Tegucigalpa on June 30 from all over the country to
call an end to this devastating practice. The Center for International
Policy's Central America program organized a delegation of prominent
U.S. citizens to accompany them:
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Congressman
Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
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Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, former lieutenant governor of Maryland
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Ambassador
Robert E. White, president of the Center for International
Policy
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Mike
Farrell, well-known actor and co-chair of Human Rights
Watch in California
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Robert
Edgar, secretary general of the National Council of Churches
(NCCC)
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Antonios
Kireopoulos, sub-secretary of the NCCC
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Joseph
Eldridge, chairman of the board of the Washington Office
on Latin America and chaplain of American University
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Allen
Andersson, prominent businessman and former Peace Corps
volunteer in Honduras
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Paula
Palmer, program director of Global Response
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