School of AmericaWatch Declaration from the Encuentro of Peoples: Resisting Militarism and Promoting a Culture of Peace in Venezuela http://www.soaw.org/component/content/article/200-encuentro/3422-declaration-from-the-encuentro-of-peoples-resisting-militarism-and-promoting-a-culture-of-peace-

During the five days of the Encuentro, we reflected on the militarization of the Americas and particularly on the coup in Honduras, both of which represent a backwards movement and a danger for the democracies of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Because of the coup in Honduras on the 28th of June, 2009, Honduran citizens are surviving in the midst of continuing human rights violations, persecution, threats, detentions, repression, and assassinations of selected social leaders. Because of this, we condemn state-sponsored terrorism against the people and the social movements of Honduras and demand that the persecutions stop.

We condemn the history of United States interventions in Honduran affairs and the current pressure from President Barack Obama's Administration and other governments for the Organization of American States (OAS) to recognize the de facto government of Mr. Porfirio Lobo.