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Documenting Human Rights Abuse in Honduras
Photo from AP.Honduras:Human rights violationsby military and policeBy David Holmes Morris / The Rag Blog / August 23, 2009 See more photos Below. In the past few days, several organizations have issued reports documenting human rights violations committed by military … Continue reading
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Tagged Central America, Coups d'etat, Honduras, Human Rights, Latin America
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Honduras : Resistance and Repression Intensify
Photos from Indymedia Honduras.Thousands march in TegucigalpaMilitary responds with force By David Holmes Morris / The Rag Blog / August 14, 2009 Resistance and repression continue to intensify in Honduras after a week-long march by opponents of the golpista government. … Continue reading
Honduras : U.S. Waffles; Repression of Opposition Intensifies
Students and police outside university in Tegucigalpa. Photo from La Prensa, Honduras.State Department backs away from support for Zelaya while resistance is met with more violence ‘What happened today is the most brutal repression we have lived through,’ labor and … Continue reading
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Tagged Central America, Coups d'etat, Honduras, Latin America, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Honduras : Zelaya to Return With ‘Peaceful Popular Army’
Zelaya crosses the border, which is marked by a chain. Photo from La Jornada, Mexico.Strikes and military crackdown continuePresident Manuel Zelaya defies compromise By David Holmes Morris / The Rag Blog / July 31, 2009 Deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya … Continue reading
Honduras : The Stalemate Continues; Repression Steps Up
Roberto Micheletti (left) and Manuel Zelaya in friendlier times. (Though Micheletti doesn’t look all that friendly.) Photo by La Prensa, Honduras. At the end of the meetings on July 19, [Costa Rican President Óscar] Arias asked for another 72 hours … Continue reading
Coup in Honduras : Talks Reach Stalemate as Demonstrations Continue
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya. Photo by AFP/Getty. Costa Rican President Óscar Arias mediates controversial talks between Zelaya and Micheletti stand-ins while demonstrations against coup in Honduras continue. By David Holmes Morris / The Rag Blog / July 13, 2009 … Continue reading
Honduras : Angry Protests as Coup Blocks Zayala Return With Violence
Supporters of Honduras’ ousted President Manuel Zelaya march near the presidential residence in Tegucigalpa, Monday July 6, 2009. Honduras’ interim government closed its main airport to all flights on Monday after blocking the runway to prevent the return of ousted … Continue reading
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Tagged Coups d'etat, Honduras, Latin America, Political Protest, Zayala
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Haiti and Honduras : Considering Two ‘Coups d’État’
Two victims of coups d’etat, then and now: Manuel Zeyala of Honduras and Haiti’s Jean-Bertrand Aristide.Coups Past and Present The same United Nations that now condemns the coup in Honduras and demands Zelaya’s return occupied Haiti militarily during the coup … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristide, Coups d'etat, Haiti, Honduras, Imperialism, Latin America
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RAG RADIO: Driving in the Left Lane! with host Thorne Dreyer Cutting-edge alternative journalism, politics, and culture in the spirit of the Sixties underground press. KEEP TUNED IN WITH RAG RADIO! Listen to it here: KOOP 91.7-FM in Austin, Texas, … Continue reading
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