COFADEH reports that 150 people have taken refuge in their office after being violently repressed in front of the Brazilian Embassy during this morning’s attack. Some have been beaten and are wounded. COFADEH fears that they will be arrested at any moment and says that there are refugees in other places as well without food and water.
The Honduran army and police are discharging pistols and rifles into the crowd that is gathered in front of the National Stadium.
After three months in forced exile due a military coup d’état on June 28th that ousted him from power, President Zelaya returned to Honduras today. Speaking at a press conference from the Embassy of Brazil in Tegucigalpa, Zelaya said that he will begin a process of “dialogue to develop a path for returning to peace.” Zelaya asked the armed forces of Honduras not to intervene and called for supporters to come to the Embassy of Brazil to lend protection and to help in the reconstruction of democracy. The General Secretary of the OAS is expected to arrive on Tuesday.
On the 80th day of the coup, both the de facto government and the resistance movement against the coup held marches to celebrate the anniversary of Central America’s independence from Spain. At a military parade, de facto President Roberto Micheletti defiantly insisted that it would take a military intervention to remove him. Meanwhile, thousands of coup resisters, with elected President Manuel Zelaya’s wife at the head, marched through the central park of Tegucigalpa, where last month police and military attacked peaceful protesters and passers-by. The massive resistance movement in Honduras continues to grow, denouncing the violent coup as an illegal take over on the part of neocolonial economic and military interests.
From the Miami Herald:
At a U.N. Security Council meeting, ex-President Bill Clinton called on nations to make good on their donations to help rebuild Haiti.
Since a donors conference in April, at which $760 million had been pledged, only $21 million has actually been disbursed, said Clinton, the United Nations special envoy for Haiti.
Exploring Causes and Solutions to Haiti’s Environmental Crisis
National and Grassroots Perspectives
November 5-14, 2009
Tom Loudon talks about US complicity in the coup in Honduras on El Mundo al Dia.
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Las violaciones de derechos humanos de mujeres en honduras, entrevista a la primera dama de la nación. Golpe de estado en Honduras.
Aquí nadie se rinde — La historia se escribe en las calles
The recent history of Honduras in street art.
This is an excellent overview or introduction to the coup in Honduras. This story is not being reported on by the mainstream media.
