GLOBAL BRIGADES BLOG

Honduras has been taken off of Travel Warnings by US Dept of State and is considered a safe place to travel. http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1766.html

For the people here, this is about so much more than just the soccer and the game, but this is their national identify; their symbol of national pride in the world.

Manuel (Mel) Zelaya is back, and with the tension of the exiled president’s return, an all-day curfew that most likely will be extended indefinitely is in place.

As you may know, former president, Mel Zelaya, has returned to Tegucigalpa Honduras on Monday September 22nd.  A 26 hour curfew has been put in place as a safety measure so that neighborhood streets, including that of the Global Brigades’ headquarters, remain relatively quiet. The brigade group that arrived yesterday morning is safe and a [...]

See Josh Kennedy, a student from University of Washington talk about his recent trip with Water Brigades!