New Orleans We had rented a 15-passenger van equipped with a 5-speed transmission, thankfully, and powered by diesel which actually meant that we were hardly able to climb the constant mountain ridges in Tegucigalpa and past that to Marcala where we were to visit our friends the women coffee growers of COMUCAP. We had stopped …
Tag: Manzanales
Death Threats, Web Attacks, and Organizing Reports
Tegucigalpa A critical feature to the annual international meeting of the ACORN International board and staff beginning last year in Lima and now with both excitement and trepidation is the reports from offices around the world on their progress. All of this is well and good, but we use Skype and our life blood is …
Stealing Land Because They Can in Manzanales
Tegucigalpa Coming back from a visit with our friends at the women’s coffee cooperative in Marcala having both taken important steps forward in our emerging relationship as well as enjoyed their hospitality with a great experience on staying and meeting on the mountains, we drove back along the three hour construction site that marks entering …