Speaking Tours

Fall 2008 - Oregon, Washington, Montana – Plan Mexico with Carlos Euceda, MSN staff in Chicago from Honduras. After attending law school in Honduras, Carlos dove into the struggle for Indigenous Rights with CONPAH (Confederación de Pueblos Autoctonos de Honduras).  Carlos will discuss Plan Mexico, officially dubbed the “Mérida Initiative” but more commonly referred to as “Plan Mexico” because of it’s similarities to Plan Columbia. Instead of providing aid that would address the current economic crisis caused by past US policy this plan calls for direct donations of military and intelligence equipment, and training programs. 
Fall 2008 - New England -Border Politics with Veronica Leyva, MSN staff person in Ciudad Juárez. Veronica will discuss the struggle at the border to confront militarization, increased internal migration, insecure living conditions for women, and now a new threat by land developers to displace communities such as Lomas de Poleo where community members are facing violent displacement in already difficult living conditions.