Posts Tagged ‘Honduras Coup’
WikiLeaks and Honduras
10:49 am By Maegan La Mala · honduras|Latin America|Politics|Women · 2 Comments
6 Dec 2010
While the focus of the latest round of WikiLeaks release of secret cables has focused on the impact of U.S. national security, WikiLeaks also clarifies what happened in Honduras last year. In what now has been spun as “not a coup” as President Porfirio Lobo is set to mark his one year anniversary as President, a released cable from the U.S. Embassy shows that when Manual Zelaya was ousted it was indeed considered an illegal act.
From the cable :
..The Embassy perspective is that there is no doubt that the military, Supreme Court and National Congress conspired on June 28 in what constituted an illegal and unconstitutional coup against the Executive Branch…
…There is equally no doubt from our perspective that Roberto Micheletti’s assumption of power was illegitimate…
The cable also called the resignation letter that Zelaya presented as a “fabrication”.
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Honduras Update : Zelaya Still in Embassy, Coup Government Says What Constitution?
12:25 pm By Maegan La Mala · honduras|Latin America|Politics · 3 Comments
4 Oct 2009There doesn’t seem to be an end in sight to the political drama continuing to unfold in Honduras. Ousted President Zelaya remains inside the Brasilian Embassy, accusing the military of using sound weapons against those inside. Coup leader Micheletti has suspended constitutional civil rights while trying to say (like some comments left here) that the ousting of the democratically elected president was constitutional as if he can have it both ways. Meanwhile supporters of Zelaya continue to hit the streets in defiance of the suspension of the right to assembly. I found the report below, via The Mex Files, to offer a really interesting analysis of the situation, including how the coup is impacting some of the most marginalized inside Honduras, the Garifuna, and how this coup could be setting the stage for future coups in Latin America.
Chancellor of Honduras’s Micheletti Government Calls Obama “That black man”
6:34 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · honduras · 2 Comments
7 Jul 2009In parts of Latin America, calling someone negrito(a) can be a term of endearment however, I doubt that was the intention of Chancellor of Honduras, Enrique Ortez, in this interview. Although, I don’t know if the subtitled translation is exactly accurate either. Given how Ortez is playing up President Obama’s ignorance on Latin America in general, and specifically his knowledge of Honduras, I would be more likely to translate the use of “negrito” as the N word.
Via / Inca Kola News
His Sangre is on Whose Hands?
8:12 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · honduras|Violence · Comments Off
6 Jul 2009After the jump there is a disturbing image of a child shot after the Honduran military opened fire on unarmed protesters supporting the arrival of exiled President Zelaya.
Zelaya Turned Away from Honduras, Vows to Return
9:54 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · honduras|Politics · 3 Comments
5 Jul 2009Deposed President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, attempted to land at the international airport in Tegucigalpa in a Venezuelan plane that left Washington D.C. earlier today. Despite thousands of Zelaya supporters on the ground, the Honduran military, under orders of Interim President Roberto Micheletti, converged on the runway making a landing impossible. Meanwhile, the Honduran military opened fire and used tear gas on the unarmed protesters, killing two, including one child according to reports, and leaving over a dozen wounded.
In an interview with Telesur from the plane, which ended up landing in Managua, Nicaragua, President Zelaya said that he would keep trying to return to Honduras, tomorrow or the day after that. He also called on the United States to use economic sanctions against the Micheletti government and for international agencies to investigate and prosecute the human rights violations that occurred at the hands of the Honduran military.
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Breaking in Honduras
5 Jul 2009Please follow VivirLatino on Twitter where it’s a little easier to do ongoing reports on what is coming in from Honduras.
What we do know is that Zelaya was denied landing in Tegucigalpa and that the Honduran military has fired tear gas and bullets upon the crowds gathered outside the airport. Reports say that two people could be dead with many more injured. Telesur, that has a live feed going, reports that the military has even shot clearly identified members of the media.
Please stay tuned here and via our twitter feed
Waiting for President Zelaya
5 Jul 2009
Today, exiled President Zelaya is expected to return to Honduras, complete with an entourage including Argentina’s President Fernandez, Ecuador’s President Correa, & the OAS head Insulza. And they will be greeted by snipers.
I am so afraid for how this will turn out.
Via / Inka Kola News, Honduras Resistencia
There is much talk about what makes a coup and what doesn’t and if said definitions apply to Honduras.
Check out this video from CNN that shows the Honduran military shooting the tires of buses going the capital to protests in support of ousted President Zelaya, or perhaps even to greet him, as he could arrive as early as tomorrow.
Via / Honduras Frente al Golpe de Estado
Honduras Pulls Out of the OAS
4 Jul 2009
After a visit from the Organization of American States head, Chileno José Miguel Insulza, where he asked that Prseident Zelaya be reinstated or else face expulsion, Interim President Roberto Micheletti decided that he would pull Honduras out of the OAS first.
Happy Freedom Day!
Via / Two Weeks Notice, Inka Kola News, Narco News
Zelaya : I’ll Be Back
6:32 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · honduras|Politics · 1 Comment
1 Jul 2009
Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya has vowed to return to his country and to his position on Thursday. Pero he won’t be alone. Zelaya plans to bring an entourage with him including, according to news sources, Argentine President Cristina Kirchner, and the U.N. General Assembly and OAS chiefs.
The interim president of Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, said that Zelaya would be arrested upon his return.
The United Nations , OAS, and US President Obama have thrown their weight behind Zelaya, but since people have such short memories I would like to point out a few things:
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