Honduras: Need to implement the right to food and agrarian reform in the community of Guadalupe Carney, Colón

The 550 peasant families belonging to the peasant movement “Aguán”, that live in the community “Guadalupe Carney” in the town of Trujillo, department of Colón, are still waiting for the transfer and land title of 5724 hectares to their peasant movement. Currently, 9 plots of this area are still occupied by other people and 17 more plots do not have yet regularized, despite the decree by the Honduran Congress of 2001 ordering the regularization and total transfer of this land to the peasant movement. As a result, 3 out of the 45 cooperatives, in which this movement is organized, are completely deprived from access to this land. 12 cooperatives face uncertainty about the land tenancy due to the lack of titles.  

In this situation, it is very important to draw the attention of the Honduran Government in order to fulfil the right to food of the peasant families. Please, send a letter to the Honduran President expressing your worries about this case and ask him to adopt the necessary measures to fulfil the right to food of the peasant movement. Please, send one copy of your letter to the President of the Congress, and another one to the lawyer of the peasant movement.