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By adminSeptember 22, 2009Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua LibreNews Flashes

Supreme Court of Honduras preparing legal framework for invasion of Brazilian Embassy

Our partners report that the Supreme Court of Honduras is preparing the legal framework to order an invasion of the Brazilian Embassy.

By adminSeptember 22, 2009Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua LibreNews Flashes

Detention of leaders of the National Front Against the Coup

Repressive forces are pursuing leaders of the National Front Against the Coup, and have ransacked the home of union leader Israel Salinas.

By adminSeptember 22, 2009Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua LibreNews Flashes

Violent repression in San Pedro Sula

The police have violently repressed demonstrators in San Pedro Sula, and many have been detained.

By adminSeptember 22, 2009Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua LibreNews Flashes

People taking refuge after the beatings by Honduran Military

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.

By adminSeptember 22, 2009Honduras Accompaniment Project, Nicaragua LibreNews Flashes

Honduran military firing into the crowd at National Stadium

The Honduran army and police are discharging pistols and rifles into the crowd that is gathered in front of the National Stadium.

By jennyaSeptember 21, 2009Honduras Accompaniment Project

Updated: Breaking News—President Zelaya Returns to Honduras!

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.

By tomlSeptember 18, 2009Honduras Accompaniment Project

Sept. 15th – Central American Independence Day; Neocolonialism meets resistance in Honduras

On the 80^th 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.

By September 11, 2009Uncategorized

Donors urged to fulfill pledges to Haiti

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.