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Honduras: the popular resistance is close to victory

Posted by seumasach on November 6, 2009

Arnold august

Voltairenet,org

5th November, 2009

While the Honduran people were not seen as being particularly politicized, and US experts had not anticipated a lasting reaction against the coup, the opposite has taken place. The population has suddenly arisen, joining activist organisations in a united stance against the putchists. According to Arnold August, this phenomenon is evocative of the popular movements that rattled other states in the region in recent years bringing, without exception, revolutionary leaders to power. In his view, and barring an event that could stifle the mobilization, the retreat of the Honduran putchists is inexorable. But, in any event, US interventionism is once again backfiring against Washington.

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Latam leftists agree on new currency, sanction Honduras

Posted by seumasach on October 18, 2009

Google.com

17th October, 2009

Leftist Latin American leaders have agreed on the creation of a regional currency to scale back on the use of the US dollar as well as economic sanctions against Honduran coup leaders.

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Honduras’ Zelaya calls for “decisive offensive”

Posted by seumasach on September 28, 2009

Radio Nethrelands

Global Research

27th September, 2009

In Honduras, deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya has called on his followers to march on the capital Tegucigalpa on Monday, in what he called a “decisive offensive” against the country’s de-facto government.

On Saturday, three months after Mr Zelaya was deposed in a coup and forced to leave the country, thousands of Hondurans took to the streets to demonstrate against the current leaders.

Mr Zelaya, who returned unexpectedly to Honduras just under a week ago, has now taken refuge in the Brazilian embassy. The embassy has since been surrounded by government forces and its supplies of gas, water and electricity cut off.

The government has warned Brazil that action will be taken if, within the next ten days, it does not prevent Mr Zelaya from continuing his protest from within the embassy. The United Nations Security Council has warned the Honduran government not to use violence to remove Mr Zelaya from the building.

The Red Cross says the situation in the Brazilian embassy is indeed poor, but not serious. It added that it could neither confirm nor deny reports that the Honduran army had released a toxic gas into the building.

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Honduras:A revolution is being born there

Posted by seumasach on September 27, 2009

Fidel Castro

Granma

25th September, 2009

ON July 16, I stated textually that the coup d’état in Honduras “was conceived of and organized by unscrupulous individuals on the extreme right, dependable officials of George W. Bush and promoted by him.”

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Confirmation : le SouthCom a organisé le renversement du président Zelaya au Honduras

Posted by seumasach on August 19, 2009


Voltairenet.org

26th August, 2009

Dans notre édition du 29 juin 2009, Thierry Meyssan indiquait que le SouthCom avait organisé le renversement du président Zelaya au Honduras [1]. L’édition française de son article indiquait en outre, en légende d’une photo (malheureusement absente de certaines versions étrangères) que la base US de Soto Cano est dirigée par le le colonel Richard A. Juergens, lequel aurait supervisé en 2004 le renversement du président haïtien Jean-Bertrand Aristide, selon le même scénario.

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U.S. accused of double standards over military coup in Honduras

Posted by smeddum on August 6, 2009

U.S. accused of double standards over military coup in Honduras

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Raimundo López

TEGUCIGALPA, August 3 (PL).—The National Front against the Coup in Honduras today accused the U.S. of practicing double standards in its policy on the military coup, aimed at allowing the coup regime to gain time and consolidate itself. Read the rest of this entry »

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Another anti-coup national strike in Honduras

Posted by smeddum on July 30, 2009

Another anti-coup national strike in Honduras
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TEGUCIGALPA, July 30.—Another national strike in the state sector, marches, and the taking of highways and public institutions characterize Honduras today on the 33rd day of popular resistance to military coup. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Coup and the U.S. Airbase in Honduras

Posted by seumasach on July 25, 2009

Nikolas Kozloff

Counterpunch

22nd July, 2009

The mainstream media has once again dropped the ball on a key aspect of the ongoing story in Honduras: the U.S. airbase at Soto Cano, also known as Palmerola. Prior to the recent military coup d’etat President Manuel Zelaya declared that he would turn the base into a civilian airport, a move opposed by the former U.S. ambassador. What’s more Zelaya intended to carry out his project with Venezuelan financing.

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Fidel Castro: A Nobel Prize for Mrs Clinton

Posted by smeddum on July 25, 2009

REFLECTIONS OF FIDEL
A Nobel Prize for Mrs. Clinton
Havana.  July 24, 2009

THE interminable document read out yesterday by Nobel laureate Oscar Arias is far worse than the seven points of the act of rendition that he proposed on July 18. He did not communicate with international opinion via a Morse code. He spoke before TV cameras that were broadcasting his image and all the details of the human face, which generally has as many variables as a person’s fingerprints. Any intention of lying can be easily discovered. I was observing him closely. Read the rest of this entry »

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What Should Be Demanded From The United States

Posted by smeddum on July 20, 2009

What Should Be Demanded From The United States
Reflections by Comrade Fidel Castro
20/7/2009 Cuba news Agency
The meeting in Costa Rica didn’t, nor could it, lead to peace. The people of Honduras are not at war, it’s just the perpetrators of the coup who are using weapons against the people. One should demand that they cease their war against the people. That meeting between Zelaya and the coup was only good for discrediting the constitutional president and wearing away at the energies of the Honduran people. Read the rest of this entry »

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Fifteenth day of constant protests against coup d’état-Honduras

Posted by smeddum on July 17, 2009

HONDURAS

13/7 /09

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Fifteenth day of constant protests against coup d’état
• Telesur and Venezolana de Televisión journalists deported
• Popular leader killed

Fifteenth day of constant protests against coup d’étatTHE Honduran people’s organizations returned to the streets of Tegucigalpa on Sunday to express their rejection of the June 28th military coup and to demand the restoration of democratic law, PL reports.

The demonstrators came together in the central park located in the city’s historic quarter, where theater troupes, singers and speakers all called for the return of the constitutional president, Manuel Zelaya.

In an earlier event, Juan Barahona, president of the United Workers Federation, confirmed the will of the National Front against the coup to continue its acts of peaceful resistance. Read the rest of this entry »

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