Honduras Coup - Day 204 - January 17, 2010

• A new phase in the struggle in Honduras
  By Berta Joubert-Ceci - workers.org : January 17, 2010
  After a brief holiday interlude, the Honduran resistance went back to the streets with renewed energy and commitment. On Jan. 7, 15,000 people marched from the Polytechnic University to the National Congress in Tegucigalpa. This time, beside demanding the return to office of their legitimate president, Manuel Zelaya Rosales, the resistance’s demands included the continuation of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) – since de facto president Roberto Micheletti had sent a bill to Congress for the withdrawal of Honduras from the ALBA – and the refusal of amnesty for crimes perpetrated since the coup on June 28. Both were items scheduled to be discussed at the Congress’ session that day.
  
  
• Honduras: The Ghost of Pinochet
  By periodico26.cu : January 17, 2010
  Roberto Micheletti, the leader of the coup in Honduras against the legitimate President Manuel Zelaya, has been awarded a "life deputy" title, among other benefits, from his colleagues of the National Congress. This immediately brings to mind the events in Chile where the dictator Augusto Pinochet also tried to escape justice at the mercy of a permanent senate.
  
  

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