Cultural Survival's Global Response Program was invited to attend a conference held by campaign partners MASTA (Moskitia Asia Takanka) in Ahuas, Gracias a Dios, Honduras.

Human rights defenders in Honduras, including Indigenous leaders in the Moskitia, are vulnerable to assassination, assault, and other abuses, according to an editorial in the Miami Herald.  Some 40 social movement leaders have been killed since President Porfirio Lobo took power following the coup that ousted the elected president, Manuel Zelaya. Mr.