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WNU #995: Resistance and Repression in Honduras Coup
The Spanish-based website Rebelión reported that there were arrest orders out for leaders of COPINH and the Popular Bloc Coordinating Committee following the coup. These leaders included Marvin Ponce, Andrés Pabón, César Hans and Rafael Alegría, who is on the coordinating committee of the international campesino organization Vía Campesina (“Campesino Way”). Juan Barahona, Carlos Humberto Reyes, Cuter Castillo, Berta Cáceres and Salvador Súñiga were also reportedly being sought, although warrants hadn’t been issued for them.
Weekly News Update on the Americas
Issue #995, June 28, 2009
1. Honduras: Resistance and Repression in Coup
2. Links to alternative sources on: Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti
ISSN#: 1084‑922X. Weekly News Update on the Americas covers news from Latin America and the Caribbean, compiled and written from a progressive perspective. It has been published weekly by the Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York since 1990. For a subscription, write to weeklynewsupdate [at] gmail.com . It is archived at http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/
*1. Honduras: Resistance and Repression in Coup
According to the Venezuela-based TeleSUR television network, thousands of Hondurans took to the streets of Tegucigalpa the morning of June 28 to demonstrate against the military’s removal of President José Manuel (“Mel”) Zelaya Rosales several hours earlier in a dispute over a non-binding referendum the president was planning to hold that day. TeleSUR showed footage of protesters at the Presidential Palace and other locations arguing with heavily armed soldiers, sometimes blocking their way or otherwise defying them. Ignoring a curfew imposed by the de facto government, the protesters said they would remain in the streets until Zelaya returns to office. (TeleSUR 6/28/09, __) [...]
Read the full Update:
http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/2009/06/wnu-995-resistance-and-repression-in.html
Issue #995, June 28, 2009
1. Honduras: Resistance and Repression in Coup
2. Links to alternative sources on: Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti
ISSN#: 1084‑922X. Weekly News Update on the Americas covers news from Latin America and the Caribbean, compiled and written from a progressive perspective. It has been published weekly by the Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York since 1990. For a subscription, write to weeklynewsupdate [at] gmail.com . It is archived at http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/
*1. Honduras: Resistance and Repression in Coup
According to the Venezuela-based TeleSUR television network, thousands of Hondurans took to the streets of Tegucigalpa the morning of June 28 to demonstrate against the military’s removal of President José Manuel (“Mel”) Zelaya Rosales several hours earlier in a dispute over a non-binding referendum the president was planning to hold that day. TeleSUR showed footage of protesters at the Presidential Palace and other locations arguing with heavily armed soldiers, sometimes blocking their way or otherwise defying them. Ignoring a curfew imposed by the de facto government, the protesters said they would remain in the streets until Zelaya returns to office. (TeleSUR 6/28/09, __) [...]
Read the full Update:
http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/2009/06/wnu-995-resistance-and-repression-in.html
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