Honduras
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Honduras still looking for truth in 2009 coup
A truth commission has been established to investigate the situation surrounding Honduras’ 2009 coup, but observers are divided over whether or not it will have any effect on pacifying the country. The ghost of Honduras’s 2009 coup just won’t die Continue reading
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Washington’s Invented Honduran Democracy
As a result of the alarming series of murders of journalists now occurring in Honduras, President Bernard J. Lunzer of The Newspaper Guild Communications Workers of America (representing thousands of working journalists in the U.S. and Canada) joins with Larry Birns, the director of the Washington-based Council in Hemispheric Affairs, in denouncing the slaughter of… Continue reading
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New on North American Congress on Latin America 22 April, 2010
Soon after the June coup in Honduras, the de facto government unleashed a vigorous PR campaign against ousted president Manuel Zelaya, accusing him of being involved in drug trafficking. This linking of Zelaya to drugs remained a prominent feature of the coup government’s propaganda during its seven-month reign, and offers an insight into the the… Continue reading
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Video: U.S. covering up reality in Honduras
While State Department attempts to sell the world that the inauguration of a new president in Honduras has brought an end to the country’s crisis, the continuing assassinations of anti-coup activists and their children stands as sharp evidence to the contrary. Video includes interviews with Father Ismael “Melo” Moreno, director of Honduras’ Radio Progreso, and… Continue reading
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New on nacla.org 25 March, 2010: Brazil, Peru, Honduras
North American Congress on Latin America The Brazilian Two-Step: Strategic Politics in the Lula Administration by Samantha Eyler Reid In March, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva controversially called for an end to the hunger strike by Cuban dissident and political prisoner Guillermo Fariñas, asking him and other prisoners to respect the course of Continue reading
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"U.S. Group That Supported Overthrows of Democratically Elected Governments in Haiti and Venezuela Will Observe Elections in Honduras"
“The IRI has become notorious throughout Latin America for its sometimes rogue actions that have threatened to seriously damage U.S.-Latin American relations,” Weisbrot said. “NDI would do well to exercise caution in following IRI’s lead on Honduras.” Continue reading
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Obama and Clinton Use ‘Smart Power’ Against Honduras By Eva Golinger
(This article was written before the collapse of the latest deal to restore President Zelaya) Henry Kissinger said that diplomacy is the ‘art of restraining power’. Obviously, the most influential ideologue on US foreign policy of the twenty first century was refering to the necessity to ‘restrain the power’ of other countries and governments in… Continue reading
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Cunning Micheletti Determined to Outfox Zelaya, Insouciant U.S. Diplomats; Meanwhile, Clinton Delivers a Likely Fatal Blow to Ousted Honduran President Zelaya’s Already Grim Prospects
After adamantly rejecting all attempted negotiations, the Honduran de facto government signed an agreement on October 29th ostensibly opening space for a potential resolution to the country’s four-month standoff. The agreement called for the formation of a unity government that will assume power and oversee the November 29th presidential elections. But even under the most… Continue reading
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Video: Nothing resolved in Honduras
Video: Widely-celebrated, US-brokered agreement looks to have strengthened coup instead of reversing it Continue reading
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The clock is ticking in Honduras By Al Giordano
30 October, 2009— Real News Network Al Giordano: A month before elections, coup regime that once sought to kill time is now running out of it Continue reading
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Honduras 100 Days of Resistance Pt1
28 October, 2009 Fault Lines’ Avi Lewis reports on polarization and power in the Americas Continue reading
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The Plot Thickens: Honduran Coup Regime and Landowning Elites Enlist the Support of Foreign Paramilitaries By Reed M. Kurtz
Even more evidence has come to light regarding the desperation and disregard for human rights of the Honduran coup regime and its elite backers. On Friday, October 9 a United Nations human rights panel issued a warning concerning the presence of contracted foreign paramilitary forces operating inside the troubled country. According to the UN Working… Continue reading
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Honduras: National Front of Resistance against the Coup d'État, "Communiqué No. 28"
13 October, 2009 — MRZine – Monthly Review The National Front of Resistance against the Coup d’État, in view of the latest developments at the table of dialogue established at the behest of the Organization of American States (OAS) announces that: We withdrew our compañero Juan Barahona from the so-called Guaymuras dialogue. Comrade Barahona served Continue reading
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Coups, UNASUR, and the U.S. By Noam Chomsky
The last time I had the opportunity to speak in Caracas — at long-distance that time — was about a year ago, right after the UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) meeting in Santiago in September 2008. That meeting was called “with the purpose of considering the situation in the Republic of Bolivia,” after an… Continue reading
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Honduras Update: Micheletti Spirals Downward as the U.S. Fails to Fully Condemn the De Facto Regime and Insists on Mincing Around with the Appointees who Don’t Wear its Colors
After realizing his swaggering actions had severely backfired, the interim president of Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, is asking the Supreme Court to reverse last Sunday’s decree, which suspended civil liberties throughout the country as part of its 45-day ‘state of emergency.’ As part of its crack-down on dissent, the Micheletti regime closed the two top Honduran… Continue reading
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Honduran Coup Regime Mocks UN Security Council with Embassy Attacks By Al Giordano
Narco News and its team of technical engineers and counter-surveillance consultants has identified the apparatus as the LRAD-X Remote Long Range Acoustic Device, manufactured by the American Technologies Corporation. The instrument is an offensive weapon, used on US Navy warships and by other nations, which can emit sounds that, ‘Through the use of powerful voice… Continue reading
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Video: The siege of Tegucigalpa
Video: As the anti-coup resistance approaches 90 consecutive days of civil disobedience, it counts itself a new international ally. The government of Brazil has replaced the United States as international organizer in bringing down the coup government of Roberto Micheletti. The Real News gets an update on the situation in the capital from independent journalist… Continue reading
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The Real News Network – Zelaya's return to Honduras met with force
Eighty-six days after he was summarily kidnapped and forced out of the country by the military, and on his third attempt to return, ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya appeared at the Brazilian embassy in the capital city of Tegucigalpa on Monday morning. Hondurans flooded into the streets to support his return, to which the coup… Continue reading
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PANAMAX 2009 and Honduras: Did They or Didn't They Attend the Annual War Games?
In another blow against the prestige of the de facto government, ousted President Manuel Zelaya’s unexpected return to Honduras has complicated matters for interim President Roberto Micheletti, who helped plan the seizure of the government on June 28. As public demonstrations suggest, a growing number of Hondurans now appear to be aligning in support of… Continue reading
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The Field: Seven Million Hondurans Under House Arrest as Micheletti Writes of "Democracy" By Al Giordano
The Honduran coup regime’s 26-hour martial curfew upon the entire country effectively places 7.5 million Honduran citizens – men, women, children and elders – under house arrest. They are prohibited from going to work, to the store, or to walk down the street to visit a neighbor. Anybody on the street is subject to arrest,… Continue reading
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