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Would You Be as Brave as This Man?
… is a pivotal one. It’s in a key region in southern Honduras, where intimidation and violence have plagued every effort to improve the lives of poor and working people. The plantation in this case is a major source of melons and fruit in Europe … He has four grown children, too. Moises and his brother also financially support their parents, who are too old to work. Moises supervises the laying of perforated irrigation pipe on a 500-acre farm. He and his co-workers want a union, so … on the crops sometimes make the workers sick. But Moises is done. He’s stepping to the side. “I can’t continue to lead right now,” he said. “I know if I quit, the union will continue, but if I’m dead, I’m dead,” he said. Still, Moises felt …