Nicaragua delegation

Less than 3 months ago, Francisco Garcia Valle, a well-known educator in Bluefields, Nicaragua, was brutally assassinated in his own home while his wife, Dr. Maria Luisa Acosta was meeting with a delegation from IFCO/Pastors for Peace. Dr. Acosta, human rights lawyer and coordinator from the Center for Legal Assistance for Indigenous Peoples (CALPI,) believes the assassination was intended for her.

Right now, your solidarity is needed more than ever!

On this urgent fact-finding mission, delegates will:

	Visit Dr. Acosta to give support during her time of mourning and to learn more about the judicial situation of the struggle to defend indigenous people and land on Nicaragua's Atlantic coast;
	Travel by plane and boat to the Atlantic coast indigenous communities throughout the Pearl Lagoon Basin which are engaged in a gallant struggle to defend the fraudulent procurement and sale of their land by Peter Tsokos, a US citizen;
	Talk to community leaders whose land is being threatened by the dry canal project;
	Meet with Nicaraguan non-governmental organizations, such as the Nicaraguan Human Rights Center and the Humbolt Center; and autonomous universities, such as the University of the Autonomous Regions of the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua.

The cost of the delegation is $660. Your participation fee will cover all meals, accommodation, domestic transportation in Nicaragua including a flight and several boat trips, and the full program. You will be responsible for your own flight to and from Managua, Nicaragua.

Flights should be scheduled to arrive on August 8 and can be scheduled to depart on Saturday, August 17.

For more information and an application to participate, contact: IFCO/Pastors for Peace tel: 212-926-5757 fax: 212-926-5842

email: p4p@igc.org

web: www.ifconews.org

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