Honduras Coup - Day 35 - August 01, 2009
- 'We Will Not be Brought to Our Knees'
Spiegel Interview With Manuel Zelaya - spiegel.de : August 01, 2009
In a SPIEGEL interview, ousted President Manuel Zelaya, 56, discusses the coup in his native Honduras, the lack of intervention from Washington, his political ties to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his hopes to unseat the regime by peaceful means.
- Honduran Coup Regime Launches Brutal Crackdown
By Bill Van Auken - pej.org : August 01, 2009
In an attempt to suppress the growing popular resistance to the regime installed just over a month ago by the June 28 coup that overthrew Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, police and troops carried out a brutal crackdown against demonstrations in the capital of Tegucigalpa Thursday.
- Zelaya Warns of Violence
By insidecostarica.com : August 01, 2009
Democratically elected President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, denounced on Friday the de facto regime's repression against his people and warned of the possibility of widespread violence if the coup continues.
- Honduran FM Demands More Severe US Actions against Coup Perpetrators
By ACN - escambray.cu : August 01, 2009
Honduran Foreign Minister Patricia Rojas pointed out that the talks between constitutional President Manuel Zelaya and a US delegation lacked new proposals and asked Washington for more severe measures against the coup perpetrators.
- Thank God (and Chávez) for TELESUR
By Charles Hardy - 21stcenturysocialism.com : August 01, 2009
TELESUR was an idea of Hugo Chávez. Early in his presidency, he began chastising his associates that they were not making use of the mass media. But gradually he became aware of the fact that even if they tried to use the commercial media, the media wasn’t open to giving them a fair hearing. The 2002 coup d’état against him made clear the need for alternative media sources—not just within the country but throughout Latin America.
- Honduras: 'The US must assume responsibility for the coup'
By Green Left - greenleft.org.au : August 01, 2009
The coup d’etat is rooted in the politics of the neo-conservatives of the Bush era, which started an offensive to stop the Latin American social movements and the achievements they have obtained. / Despite the supposed political change in the United States, the strategy in the management of its relations with overseas colonies has not been altered. The Honduras coup has the smell of intervention in the internal affairs of Honduras by the State Department and the Pentagon.
- US war plans target Latin America
By Federico Fuentes - greenleft.org.au : August 01, 2009
With the June 28 military coup in Honduras, the agreement for five United States military bases in Colombia and the intensification of a dirty propaganda campaign against Venezuela, the big question is whether the US will look at launching a war that will undoubtedly spread throughout the region, or whether it will decide to postpone such a scenario and attempt to continue dealing regular blows.
- Honduras Crisis Exposes Weakness of US Democracy
By Al Giordano - narconews.com : August 01, 2009
A two-day old story by Francisco Jara of AFP (French Press Agency) has suddenly been reproduced by many English and Spanish language media to claim that Honduras' legitimate President Manuel Zelaya "threatened violence" if the coup regime is not removed. The story is demonstrably false.
- Honduran chief says Zelaya can't be restored
By Associated Press - boston.com : August 01, 2009
Honduras's coup-installed leader has dampened hopes for a negotiated solution to the country's crisis, capping days of mixed signals by saying firmly that there's no way the ousted president can return to power.
- Crisis in Honduras Deepens
By Lawrence Gist - examiner.com : August 01, 2009
Political violence returned to Tegucigalpa, the capital of the Central American state, Honduras, late last week, as police started fire at a peaceful demonstration in support of the deported president of the country, Manuel Zelaya.
- Moving Ahead in Honduras
By Jorge Castañeda - newsweek.com : August 01, 2009
In trying to mediate, the leaders of the Americas have effectively taken sides in an ideological battle, but there is a way to right the balance. At their meeting, Obama, Harper, and Calderón should reaffirm and expand on their commitment to the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which calls on all members to defend democracy and was signed in 2001 by every government in the hemisphere, except for Cuba.
- Honduras Crisis Exposes Weakness of US Democracy
By Lindsay Shade - commondreams.org : August 01, 2009
While Honduras is on the brink of a civil war, politics-as-usual in Washington, D.C. threaten, quite literally, to block US support for democracy in that country. It also threatens to squelch democracy here as well.
- Roger Abraham Vallejo Soriano (1971-2009)
By Al Giordano - narconews.com : August 01, 2009
At 3:30 a.m. this morning the officials at the capital city morgue pronounced Roger Abraham Vallejo Soriano, 38, dead from the bullet wound he sustained to the head while peacefully protesting against the coup regime on Thursday.
- Honduras may provoke conflict: Ortega
By AP - taipeitimes.com : August 01, 2009
"There is a danger that, to try to distract attention from the internal conflict they themselves created, they might organize a group of people with military training to attack a Honduran army position, for that to serve as a pretext for a retaliation against Nicaragua," Ortega said in a speech in Managua, the Nicaraguan capital.
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