tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932414341057385268.post8722091550861997847..comments2023-08-15T07:21:53.729-07:00Comments on The Angry Arabs' comments section: Memorial to Comayagua prisonersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932414341057385268.post-24606194590939883122012-02-21T16:51:18.004-08:002012-02-21T16:51:18.004-08:00As the flames of the Honduran fire die down, it is...<i>As the flames of the Honduran fire die down, it is not a phoenix that is arising from the ashes of Comayagua prison, but <a href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1202/S00533/palestinian-prisoner-khader-adnan-the-honduras-prison-fire.htm" rel="nofollow">Israel</a>.</i>Maracatunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932414341057385268.post-16710196993683820362012-02-20T05:53:00.858-08:002012-02-20T05:53:00.858-08:00Israel also benefited from the fits and starts wit...<i><a href="http://books.google.com.pr/books?id=_edpSrtACq0C&lpg=PA166&ots=gWdZ7fXRvs&dq=Israeli%20presence%20in%20Central%20America&hl=en&pg=PA167#v=onepage&q=Israeli%20presence%20in%20Central%20America&f=false" rel="nofollow">Israel</a> also benefited from the fits and starts with which Honduras assented to serve as a US “aircraft carrier.” In October, 1986, in an effort to get Honduras to agree to tolerate U.S. training of Contras on its soil, the U.S. revived the notion of selling Hondurans advanced aircraft. Emblematic of Israel's in-touch status with Honduras, before Washington could prepare the papers for the F-5E's it was offering, Israel had the Tegucigalpa government's signature on a preliminary agreement to buy 24 Kfir combat aircraft – a deal that could be worth as much as $200 million. To coax their quick agreement, Israel had assured the Hondurans that Washington would finance the deal. An incredulous State Department official said no approval had been given. At the time, the Jerusalem Post said the National Security Council would have final say on the arrangements. Later it would be revealed that the Kfir sale was one side of a quid pro quo which would have sent Israeli advisors to the Contras. Still later, the Kfir sale fell through.</i>Maracatunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932414341057385268.post-12386539774510559472012-02-20T05:49:09.027-08:002012-02-20T05:49:09.027-08:00I'm not knowledgable of their role beyond what...I'm not knowledgable of their role beyond what was expressed in the link. I have come to accept that in most of the more notorious events of our hemisphere, they always seem to be lurking somewhere in the shadows. The <a href="http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0023-8791%281993%2928%3A2%3C257%3AIMATLA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B" rel="nofollow">history</a> is there.Maracatunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932414341057385268.post-56952132871186717852012-02-20T05:40:26.650-08:002012-02-20T05:40:26.650-08:00Maracatu, thank you for this useful information si...Maracatu, thank you for this useful information since I am formulating a petition to the Honduran government demanding an independent investigation. What is your reference to "national and Israeli contractors" concern?Mary Scullynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932414341057385268.post-71117009826656660342012-02-20T02:33:04.796-08:002012-02-20T02:33:04.796-08:00Anyway, back to the topic at hand...
COFADEH State...Anyway, back to the topic at hand...<br /><a href="http://quotha.net/node/2140" rel="nofollow">COFADEH Statement</a>:<br /><br /><i>In July 2010, more for the financial benefit of national and <span>Israeli</span> contractors than out of any true interest in solving the prison problem, the President declared a state of emergency in 9 of the country's 24 prisons, but failed to establish security and prevention mechanisms, nor mechanisms for controlling and operating them.In the face of this latest national tragedy, which has horrified the entire world, COFADEH supports the decision by the Inter-American Commission to request an urgent independent investigation into the causes of the fire in Comayagua and more generally into the human rights situation for the country's prisoners. We also applaud the IACHR's decision to convene a hearing on this situation during its next period of sessions, from 19 to 30 March 2012.</i>Maracatunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932414341057385268.post-72702936651273537732012-02-20T02:26:14.396-08:002012-02-20T02:26:14.396-08:00Although this isn't about Honduras, I'm po...Although this isn't about Honduras, I'm posting it because it is a case where our two "worlds" intersect. The following, by the way, is from a <a href="http://caracasgringo.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/dime-con-quien-andas/" rel="nofollow">blogger</a> who does not sympathize with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez:<br /><i>Over the past several years there have been persistent reports of nefarious Iranian schemes in Venezuela supposedly aided and abetted by President Chavez.(...)Why is some of the information about the Chavez regime that is coming from private sources in Washington, DC demonstrably or arguably false? Who or what is behind what appears to be a sophisticated disinformation campaign? What is the campaign's purpose, and who is the target audience?</i>Maracatunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932414341057385268.post-45801574103486939252012-02-20T02:20:21.354-08:002012-02-20T02:20:21.354-08:00<span><span>The connection to land is ...<span><span><i>The connection to land is a critical link to life for women and their families in the Aguan region of northern <a href="http://escribanas.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/alone-we-feel-alot-of-fear-but-together-we-are-brave-womens-workshop-in-bajo-aguan-honduras/" rel="nofollow">Honduras</a>, but this right and many others are under violent siege by wealthy landowners, supported by heavily armed soldiers, police, and private security forces who are determined to confiscate the land. Women, who bear the brunt of caring for families under constant threats and attacks, are also active participants in the popular land movement by campesinos (small farmers) determined to resist and defend their rights.</i></span></span>Maracatunoreply@blogger.com