In Deeply Split Honduran Society, a Potentially Combustible Situation
Comments OffTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — To many poor Hondurans, deposed president Manuel “Mel” Zelaya was a trailblazing ally who scrapped school tuitions, raised the minimum wage and took on big business.
“He met with us — the taxi drivers could go to the presidency and talk to him, the poor farmers, the women’s groups,” said Berta Cáceres, 38, [...]
Honduran Officials Begin Talks On Countrys Future
Comments OffHonduras — Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and the men who kicked him out of power nearly two weeks ago began mediated talks Thursday in a bid to end the Central American country’s biggest political crisis in decades.
Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya gather at a roadblock protest on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa on [...]
Honduras – The Real Story, From The Inside
The following was sent to me by a dear friend and colleague, who is from Honduras and a lawyer. She and her husband (also a lawyer) prepared it and I present it here unchanged with their permission (though I have removed their names for privacy purposes). They make the case that the Honduran Congress and [...]
Honduras Slides Towards Greater Instability
Comments OffAlready volatile Honduras slid toward greater instability after soldiers blocked an airport runway to keep ousted President Manuel Zelaya from returning, and protests that had remained largely peaceful yielded their first death.
Police and soldiers blanketed the streets of the capital overnight Monday—enforcing a sunset-to-sunrise curfew with batons and metal poles
The extended curfew added to the [...]
In Honduras, a media crackdown
At the Channel 36 TV station in this sweltering capital, the buzzing, hectic atmosphere of a news network has been replaced by an ominous silence.
The doors are held shut with huge industrial padlocks, bored-looking soldiers stand on the sidewalk and the journalists are nowhere to be seen.
Since taking power Sunday after a coup against elected-president [...]
