Reports from Nan McCurdy in Honduras
Nan McCurdy, a journalist and Methodist Missionary in Nicaragua, files these reports from Honduras. Follow the linked headlines for audio reports.
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Nan McCurdy, a journalist and Methodist Missionary in Nicaragua, files these reports from Honduras. Follow the linked headlines for audio reports.
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On Sunday, a coup d’état was carried out against President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras by military and political forces hostile to his government. Heavily armed, hooded soldiers arrived at his residence at 5am and, after a scuffle with his security forces, kidnapped Zelaya and flew him to Costa Rica.
Later Sunday afternoon, the Honduran Congress convened an emergency session, where a letter of resignation, supposedly signed by Zelaya was read, and the previous head of Congress, Roberto Micheletti, was sworn in as the new President. Most of Zelaya’s Cabinet has been taken into custody, including Foreign Minister, Patricia Rodas, who was kidnapped by the military despite efforts on the part of Ambassadors from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela to prevent her arrest.
Signers of Open Letter Condemn Exclusion of Haiti’s Largest Party from Ballot
Liberation theologian and steadfast advocate for Haitians, Fr. Gerard Jean-Juste died in Miami Wednesday evening. He was 62. Tributes and biographies are appearing all over the web as Haitians and the social justice community remember one who lead with such passion. Be sure to read this article from the Miami Herald and the tribute at the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti.
This morning Carol Howard Merritt and Bruce Reyes-Chow interviewed me during their weekly internet radio show, The God Complex: Where the fully divine runs smack dab into fully human. The topic was Jubilee, debt relief and Haiti.
The possibility of the U.S. granting Temporary Protected Status for Haiti continues to gain exposure in the press. Listen to this story from today’s NPR Morning Edition that includes positive comments from Sec. Clinton.
The last ten days have brought a lot of attention to Haiti.
Last Tuesday, at the Donors Conference in DC, Sec. Clinton announced a $50 million plus aid package that includes $20 million of budget support that will pay Haiti’s debt payments to the World Bank through the rest of this year.
3rd update from the IV Peoples’ Summit of the AmericasThings have been so busy with a flurry of activities surrounding the People’s Summit that I have hardly had time to feed my blog. read more