Hondurans Intensify Protests After Zelaya Announced Return

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Hondurans Intensify Protests after Zelaya Announced Return

HAVANA, Cuba, July 20 (acn) The Honduran people intensified protests on
Monday following the announcement on Sunday by constitutional President
Manuel Zelaya that he will return to his country next weekend.
Protests were reinforced with a huge demonstration in front of the
National Congress early on Monday while a meeting of the labor sector
was called for later today to organize a general stoppage for next
Thursday and Friday, the Bolivarian News Agency reported.
The dialog held in Costa Rica between delegations from the de facto
government in Honduras and the constitutional government of that country
concluded after the representatives of the coup perpetrators rejected a
package of proposals put forth by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias,
particularly the first point stating the reinstatement of President
Manuel Zelaya.
Following the end of the mediation by President Oscar Arias and the
announcement of a 72-hour break in an effort to have the de facto
government rectify its position, social forces grouped in the “Frente
Nacional contra el golpe de Estado” (National Front against the Coup)
are drawing up strategies to keep demanding the return of the
constitutional order in Honduras.
The president of the “Federacion Unitaria de Trabajadores” (Unitary
Workers Federation), Juan Barahona, said that the country’s three union
federations would meet on Monday to coordinate a general strike for next
Thursday and Friday.
Protest actions will not stop, including marches, demonstrations,
seizing of bridges and blocking of roads as part of the people’s efforts
to achieve the return of constitutional order and the reinstatement of
President Zelaya, said Barahona.
Meanwhile, the international secretary of the “Movimiento Comunal de
Honduras” (Honduras’ Communal Movement), Jose Maria Meza, denounced that
Washington is financing the de facto regime in Honduras, headed by
Roberto Micheletti.
In a phone conversation with Venezolana de Television TV station,
the Honduran leader said that the US financing of Michelettin and his
government is being done under the umbrella of the alleged humanitarian
aid given to the country through the Soto Cano military base.
As to the recently concluded dialog in Costa Rica, Meza said that
social and political movements in Honduras suspected that the mediation
by Costa Rica’s Oscar Arias would not reach any solution to the
conflict.
According to the popular leader the dialog was aimed at giving the
usurpers enough time to consolidate their power. “We will keep resisting
on the streets against this coup and this regime; we know they will
increase police and military repression against those protesting the
coup, but they will not be able to stop the struggle of the Honduran
people,” said Jose Maria Meza as cited by ABN news agency.


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Intensifican jornadas de protestas tras anuncio de regreso de Zelaya


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[Judi Lynn]

1. So they're sneaking financial support in for the coup monsters through the air base operation.

Well, it really figures, doesn't it?

Thank you for this article.

Glad the people are holding firm, hope they will somehow overcome this threat.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Some Einstein is sneaking around this forum erasing recs. made,

which means we can't restore our recs., having already used them.

It's the cheapshot way to make a difference without having to post.