{"id":4942,"date":"2009-07-09T19:51:11","date_gmt":"2009-07-10T02:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/?p=4942"},"modified":"2009-07-10T05:51:21","modified_gmt":"2009-07-10T12:51:21","slug":"june-just-posts-for-a-just-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/09\/june-just-posts-for-a-just-world\/","title":{"rendered":"June Just Posts for a Just World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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June has been a difficult month, with posts that reflect this with writing on the thoughts and life changes that come with civil unrest, national conflict, and personal loss. Two countries which we have deep personal connections, Honduras and Peru<\/a>, have been immersed in violent clashes. I’m still not sure where I stand with the Honduran coup d’etat… I’m not even sure if I feel right calling it a coup. I do hope that the International community keep Honduras in it’s sights no matter how the situation continues to unfold: it is a country of beautiful, open, forgiving people, 70% of whom live in poverty. Any sanctions or separation imposed on the country due to its political situation will ultimately work to the detriment of the nation’s most vulnerable. The Big Picture, the fantastic photography site hosted at Boston.com, posted a collection of photographs of the protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Peru<\/a> also has experienced civil unrest<\/a>. For years, indigenous peoples have lived in remote areas of the Amazon rain forest with protection from development. But the country wants to use it’s natural resources, particularly it’s forests and oil reserves, to comply with agreements the government made in the US-Peruvian free trade agreement. Violence erupted at roadblocks where people gathered to protect their land from entering developers. You can read more about the conflict at Life in Peru, particularly this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Also, as was pointed out by another Peruvian blogger<\/a>, Peru also lost one of it’s musical legends, Alicia Delgado, who was unexpectedly murdered (a true-to-life telenovela type story). In honor of Alicia (and with appropriate homage to Alejna’s musical JPs<\/a>) here is Ms. Delgado:<\/p>\n

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Below are the June Just Posts. Thank you thank you thank you.<\/p>\n

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