You are cordially invited to the event organized by La Voz de los de Abajo

Join us to hear from Jesuit priest in a talk about the resistance of the Honduran people,

against the military coup of June 28- 2009, and the historical impact that this has with the irreversible process that is heading for a deep social transformation. putting it another way,

to the new foundation of Honduras.


The right to Resist

With the special participation of Jesuit priest

Ismael Moreno Coto

Father Melo (Ismael Moreno Coto) is the Director of E.R.I.C. (Equipo de Reflexion, Investigacion y Comunicacion - Team for Reflection, Investigation and Communication) and is the director of Radio Progreso. ( www.eric-sj.org ; www.radioprogresohn.org)

Décima Musa

1901 S. Loomis

Saturday 6 of March 2010

From: 7:00-10:00pm

In Solidarity with the Resístanse, of the Honduras People


Biography:

He was born in El Progreso, Yoro , Honduras on January 1, 1958. He joined the Company of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1978 and was ordained in El Progreso in January of 1989. Since then he has held different posts in Central America including in the Parish of Tocoa in Honduras , and Ixcan in Guatemala . He was the Director of the Office of Apostolic Planning and Secretary of the Provincial Apostolic Council in El Salvador . Since August 27, 2001 he has held the post of Director of E.R.I.C) and since 2006 the position of director of Radio Progreso in the city of El Progreso , Honduras .

In 2008 he participated in the hunger strike protest initiated by four government prosecutors in protest against corruption in Honduras . The protest strike lasted 38 days during which time the hunger strikers occupied a part of the public area of the Congressional building in Tegucigalpa . Father Melo became an advisor to The Broad Movement for Dignity and Justice (MADJ Spanish acronym) which was organized out of the protest.

Radio Progreso has been in existence for 50 years, and is a part of the Catholic Network of Radio Stations, but is also well known for its independent, progressive and stand for social justice in Honduras .

Padre Mel is an outspoken critic of the coup d’etat of June 28, 2009 and an active participant in the anti-coup resistance. Since the coup, Radio Progreso has been threatened and was raided by military troops. Padre Melo and other staff have been personally threatened. For example, on 23 September, a correspondent and three other staff of Radio Progreso, based in the north-west of Honduras , received a threatening text message on their mobile phones. It read: “The sons of gorilete [Micheletti] in Progreso offer half a million Lempiras (equivalent to US$26,500)for the head of Padre Melo”. To date no advances have been reported in the investigation into this threat or other threats.