·Zelaya said on Thursday he will enter Honduran territory on Saturday or Sunday.
·"We will go slow, inviting Hondurans to join in to form a strong contingent," said Zelaya.
·"I am not afraid, and I am aware of the threats that once I arrive I will be shot dead," he said.
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Yes, I knew it would come to this
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ReplyDeleteWhile in Tegucigalpa the teachers joined with other unionists to stop their labors in support of the constitutional president and military forces guarded public buildings, thousands of police officers went on strike demanding higher salaries while denouncing that since the coup they have had to work overtime, in some cases in order to repress protesters.
Reports from Zelaya's side of armed attacks against supporters with teargas and rubber bullets:
ReplyDeleteAlan Fajardo, ministro asesor de Zelaya y miembro de la comitiva, dijo que habían recibido informaciones de que efectivos militares dispararon contra manifestantes que apoyan a Zelaya. Al parecer, fuerzas de seguridad habrían reprimido a seguidores de Zelaya en un control en las cercanías de Las Manos. Los partidarios del presidente trataban de romper el control que los llevaba al sector aduanero cuando, debido a los forcejeos entre las dos partes, se desató una batalla campal en la que los seguidores de Zelaya lanzaron piedras y las fuerzas de seguridad respondieron con balas de goma y gases lacrimógenos.
Another hundred arrested:
ReplyDeleteFue detenida a las 2:00 de la Tarde junto a otras personas, se encuentran detenidos en la Posta Policial N. 2, en el Departamento de El Paraíso, junto a aproximadamente 100 personas, durante la todavía manifestación en la frontera de las Manos.
This will only get worse:
ReplyDeleteBilly Joya Améndola, leader of the notorious 316 Battalion, is among veterans of the bloody 1980s repression who are now taking the helm of the Honduran security forces.
Courtesy of As'ad.
ReplyDeleteTEGUCIGALPA — Surrounded by hundreds of protesters shouting for the return of ousted President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya were a dozen black Hondurans swaying to the rhythm of their own drums and singing in their local Garifuna language. They weren't there to support the populist president — ousted more than three weeks ago — but to defend one of his most controversial ideas: revising the constitution. "We have no political visibility in this country and that makes us extremely vulnerable," said Alfredo Lopez, 56, a community activist and one of about 400,000 ethnic Garifunas in Honduras. "The constitutional assembly would have given us a chance to change that."
Mara, have you been able to track down the exact sequence of events that lead to the coup/removal of Zelaya from office?
ReplyDeleteI have heard contradictory accounts. One account is that the Supreme Court unanimously ordered Zelaya's arrest. When the Army chief talked to the president about the order, the Presient fired the Army chief. This might have provoked the coup.
Oh yes Anand, scramble...there must be something to save the status quo, something to preserve those 10 rich families in Honduras that have the blood of thousands of people on their hands. Perhaps you can put a Honduran banana in your ass as a show of solidarity with imperial empire.
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime, here is another excellent broadcast from KPFK, which compares and contrasts the coup in Honduras with what took place in Haiti
http://archive.kpfk.org/parchive/m3u.php?mp3fil=22077
Warning, this is some strong factual information - not recommended for the light-headed.
Dive right in.
ReplyDeleteI saw excerpt from this. Still can't figure out what happened. The three branches of government need to learn to get along for the sake of Honduras. All this uncertainty is bad for the Honduran economy. Part of this in my opinion means that Zelaya should be reinstated.
ReplyDeleteHere is an invaluable resource (if you have the time).
ReplyDeleteWow, that is huge! I am looking for a clear timeline for what happened and when.
ReplyDeleteFor example impeachment hearings were under way in the legislature the day of the coup. Why didn't the legislature vote to impeach Zelaya. I was told because Zelaya was no longer president after the Supreme Court 15 to 0 voted to remove him from office. If this is the case; couldn't the legislature vote on a bill stating their agreement with the Supreme Court to remove Zelaya?
My view is that they (legislature) should reinstate Zelaya and then run impeachment hearings against him if they want.
I haven't the time at the moment to exhaust the details. Keep in mind that there undoubtedly exist institutional weaknesses in many of our countries (especially in the case of Honduras).
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