Honduras Coup - Day 114 - October 19, 2009

• Honduras Crisis at Day 111
  By havanatimes.org : October 19, 2009
  After seven days of talks, the de facto government in Honduras has taken off its mask. By its rejection of the content of the key point of the San Jose Agreement — the element which foresees the reinstatement of President Manuel Zelaya Rosales — it has evidenced that it has been using delaying tactics all along.
  
  
• Hondurans Want Micheletti to Step Down
  By angus-reid.com : October 19, 2009
  Most people in Honduras think interim president Roberto Micheletti should resign, according to a poll by COIMER&OP. 60.1 per cent of respondents say the de-facto head of state should step down, while 22.2 per cent disagree.
  
  
• Zelaya Backers Vow More Protests on Acting Government
  By Blake Schmidt - bloomberg.com : October 19, 2009
  Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya vowed to step up pressure on the acting government for his restoration after burying a union leader who died from gunshot wounds sustained at a weekend protest.
  
  
• State Department Officials Challenge Administration Policy on Honduras, Signal Moves Towards Recognizing November Elections
  By CEPR - commondreams.org : October 19, 2009
  Although the official policy of the Obama administration is that it will not recognize next month's elections in Honduras if democracy is not restored first, it became clear last week that some State Department officials are undermining this position and signaling that the U.S. could accept the results of the November 29 elections as valid. A Time Magazine article on Friday cited the comments of anonymous U.S. diplomats and an email that signal that officials in the State Department are undermining the official position toward the elections.
  
  
• The Spanish government is opposed to economic sanctions against Honduras
  By barcelonareporter.com : October 19, 2009
  The Spanish government is opposed to economic sanctions against Honduras "Because they end up affecting the most vulnerable," says U.S. Secretary of State for Latin America, Juan Pablo de Laiglesia as he was passing through Lima before travelling to Cuba, the official acknowledged that diplomatic pressure on the de facto regime in Honduras "is not enough to force a change of stance, "but stressed that "these are tools we have in international politics".
  
  
• Elections for what?
  By Rodolfo Pastor Fasquelle - quotha.net : October 19, 2009
  The regime has already unequivocally stated that it will not make the necessary concession to sign an agreement, and just dissolved Congress, which had the power to override it. And I understand their firmness and I don't know why it surprises anyone. Neither the Arias Plan nor any other proposal on the table offers a long-term solution for any of the parties, but the prospect for the coup protagonists–the businessmen, politicians and military officers that promoted it, hatched the plan, and carried it out–are the bleakest.
  
  
• Honduras: Is US moving to back 'state of siege' election?
  By Bill Van Auken - wsws.org : October 19, 2009
  With talks deadlocked between delegations representing ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and the coup regime headed by Roberto Micheletti, the Obama administration may be preparing to drop its demand for Zelaya's return to office.
  
  
• ALBA leaders voice support for ousted Honduran president, oppose U.S. military base in L. America
  By people.com.cn : October 19, 2009
  The seventh Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) summit concluded on Saturday in Cochabamba, Bolivia, with resolute support for ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya and opposition to U.S. military bases in Latin America, according to reports from La Paz.
  
  
• Radio Globo Transmitting!
  By hondurascoup2009.blogspot.com : October 19, 2009
  Radio Globo returned to the airwaves in Honduras today with the publication of the rescension of decree PCM-M-016-2009! Its not yet clear whether broadcasts have resumed across the country, or only in Tegucigalpa.
  
  
• PCM-M-016-2009 Rescension Publlished
  By hondurascoup2009.blogspot.com : October 19, 2009
  Today's La Gaceta finally published the rescension of the decree PCM-M-016-2009 that restricted constitutional freedoms. Perhaps not coincidentally, the UN Human Rights commission began a visit that will last until November 7th.
  
  
• Honduras de facto leader lifts ban on media, protests
  By Mica Rosenberg and Gustavo Palencia - reuters.com : October 19, 2009
  Honduras' de facto government relaxed restrictions on protests and opposition media on Monday as crisis talks dragged into a third week with no agreement on toppled President Manuel Zelaya's return to power.
  
  
• Honduras Resumes Dialogue amid Tension
  By periodico26.cu : October 19, 2009
  Representatives of Constitutional President Manuel Zelaya and the de facto government will resume dialogue Monday, amid the tension unleashed in Honduras where negotiations remain deadlocked.
  
  

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