Welcome.
What is the ‘Putting the U.S. and Canada On Trial’ campaign?
The Honduras Solidarity Network (HSN) and other U.S. & Canadian based organizations launched the ‘Putting the U.S. and Canada On Trial’ campaign to hold the U.S. and Canada responsible for supporting the Honduran narco-dictatorship following the 2009 coup d’état as former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, a staunch U.S. ally goes to trial for drug-trafficking on February 12, 2024 (pending changes) in New York.
- Find our daily trial summaries here.
- Find our ‘Putting the U.S. and Canada on Trial’ campaign updates connecting U.S. and Canadian policy to what is happening throughout the trial here
About the Honduras Solidarity Network of North America (HSN)
The HSN is a decentralized network of approximately 30 organizations from across Canada and the United States that are committed to demonstrating and advocating for solidarity with the Honduran people. The HSN focuses on changing U.S. and Canadian foreign policy in Honduras and Central America more broadly. Our members engage extensively with U.S. Congress representatives, Honduran policy makers, and Honduran human rights, land, and environmental organizations and social movements.
Campaign Team Spokespersons
Karen Spring (Tel: 1-609-648-8094) is a researcher and human rights activist that has lived and worked in Honduras since 2009. She is the co-coordinator of the Honduras Solidarity Network (HSN).
In 2018/19, Karen led a campaign to free the Honduran political prisoners including her spouse, who were imprisoned by the government of Juan Orlando Hernández during the 2017/18 electoral crisis in Honduras. Karen is a PhD student at the University of Ottawa, Canada, and the host of the Honduras Now podcast (hondurasnow.org and @HondurasNow).
Vicki Cervantes (née Welch) (Tel: 1-312-259-5042) was raised in Colorado and has lived in Chicago since the mid -1980’s where she is active in Latin American solidarity, and community struggles there. She worked for 26 years in the public hospital in Chicago and has a Master’s Degree in Public Service Administration. Vicki is a founding member of the group La Voz de los de Abajo Chicago which has accompanied the Honduran campesino and social movements in solidarity since 1998 and helped to found the Honduras Solidarity Network in North America of which she is currently a co-coordinator.
Judy Ancel (Tel:1-816-835-4745) is a labor educator, radio producer and leader of The Cross Border Network (CBN) based in Kansas City.
CBN, since 2009, has been taking delegations of human rights and labor rights activists to Honduras to witness the harm caused by the narco dictatorship and the U.S. policies of the war on drugs and deterrence to violence and migration. We also support and gain inspiration from the resistance to the narco-dictatorship.
Publications By The Campaign
Including information about the U.S. and Canada’s Relationship with Juan Orlando Hernández and the Government of Honduras Since 2009.
- Press Release Launching the Campaign
- Update #1: U.S. & Canadian Support for the 2009 Coup.
- Update #2: Trial Date Change. The Campaign Continues.
- Update #3: The “U.S. government’s go-to man in Honduras for the war on drug trafficking” pleads guilty to drug trafficking.
- Update #4: The U.S. and Canada Support Three Contested & Fraudulent Elections (2009, 2013, 2017).
- Update #5: Live from New York: Announcing Our Presence in New York At the Trial
- Update #6: The U.S. Government is Blocking the Use of Classified Information Outlining U.S. Relations with JOH and the Narco-state.
- Update #7: The Trial Against Juan Orlando Hernández Finally Begins in New York.
Contact Us if You Would Like to Be Put in Touch With:
- Experts on U.S.-Honduras and Canada-Honduras relations.
- Hondurans organizations involved in media, human rights, land rights, and Indigenous issues.
Find Us On Social Media:
Facebook: Honduras Solidarity Network & Honduras Now
X (formerly Twitter): @Hondurassol @HondurasNow
Instagram: @HondurasNow
Web: Bit.ly/NarcoTrialCampaign
Contact: karen@hondurasnow.org & honsolnetwork@gmail.com
Campaign Demands:
