From sreyes1 at yahoo.com  Fri Oct  2 06:53:24 2009
From: sreyes1 at yahoo.com (Sergio Reyes)
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 06:53:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HNA] =?iso-8859-1?q?Resposta_da_Presid=EAncia?=
Message-ID: <199646.91236.qm@web38903.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Have you received your response from the Brazilian Presidency? - Here a secretary responds that Lula received the note asking him to go to his Tegucigalpa Embassy, but no further reaction.

Sergio


--- On Thu, 10/1/09, infoap at planalto.gov.br <infoap at planalto.gov.br> wrote:

> From: infoap at planalto.gov.br <infoap at planalto.gov.br>
> Subject: Resposta da Presid?ncia
> To: sreyes1 at yahoo.com
> Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 2:28 PM
> 
> 
> 				 
> 				  Prezado Senhor,
> 
> O Presidente Luiz In?cio Lula da Silva encarregou-nos de
> registrar o recebimento de sua mensagem. 
> 
> Cordialmente,
> 
> Claudio Soares Rocha
> 
>  Diretoria de Documenta??o Hist?rica
> 
> Gabinete Pessoal do Presidente da Rep?blica
> 
> 
> 				



      



From kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com  Fri Oct  2 08:51:30 2009
From: kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com (Kaveri Rajaraman)
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:51:30 -0400
Subject: [HNA] Fwd: Free!!! Palestine/Honduras/Venezuela Solidarity Concert
	Friday: Dame Pa Matala and Sabreena Da Witch
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*The Consulate General of Venezuela presents:*
a concert in solidarity with Palestine & Honduras
featuring:

*Dame Pa Matala *
revolutionary hip hop and folk music
*Sabreena Da Witch*
from Palestine & Slingshot Hip hop
with

*The Foundation Movement, *
*Natural Bliss*
* Los Trovadores por Honduras*
*and DJ Inquilab *
*FREE!*

*FRIDAY OCTOBER 2nd 8 PM*
Kresge Auditorium
77 Mass Ave
Cambridge MA
more info: 781 724 0752

cosponsored by: Boston Boycott Divestment Sanctions
Proyecto Hondure?o
and MLK Bolivarian Circle

*El Consulado General de Venezuela en Boston presenta*
un concierto en solidaridad con el pueblo de Palestina y de Honduras

*Dame pa Matala *
hip hop y musica folkl?rica revolucionaria
con
*Sabreena da Witch*
(desde Palestina)
y
*The Foundation Movement, Natural Bliss y Los Trovadores por Honduras*
*y*
*DJ Inquilab*
Entrada Gratis!!!



VIERNES 2 de Octubre
Kresge Auditorio
77 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA
mas informaci?n: 781 724 0752

con el apoyo de
Boston Boycott Sanctions and Divestment
Proyecto Hondure?o

y MLK Bolivarian Circle
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From sreyes1 at yahoo.com  Fri Oct  2 20:41:26 2009
From: sreyes1 at yahoo.com (Sergio Reyes)
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 20:41:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HNA] Republicans visit Honduras despite US coup policy
Message-ID: <577822.66920.qm@web38907.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


Republicans visit Honduras despite US coup policy
By BEN FOX, Associated Press Writer Ben Fox, Associated Press Writer 
10-2-2009
 
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras ? Honduras' coup-installed president told a U.S. congressional delegation Friday that full civil liberties would be restored within days, a spokesman for one of the lawmakers said following a meeting that challenged Washington's attempts to isolate the interim government.

Interim President Roberto Micheletti said an emergency decree limiting civil liberties, including freedom of the press and assembly, would be lifted no later than Monday, said Wesley Denton, a spokesman for South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint.

The Republican lawmakers received the assurances in a private meeting with Micheletti earlier at the presidential palace, said Denton, who spoke to the senator as he was changing planes in Miami after the meeting.

"DeMint and the delegation pushed him very hard on that issue ... and stressed that it was very important that civil liberties be restored," the spokesman told The Associated Press in a phone interview from Washington.

The controversial decree shuttered two broadcasters that criticized the June 28 coup that toppled President Manuel Zelaya ? although one, Radio Globo, was transmitting over the Internet after police raided its offices and confiscated equipment.

It was imposed Sunday following the return to Honduras of Zelaya, who remains holed up with supporters inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa.

U.S. Ambassador to Honduras Hugo Llorens had urged the interim government Friday to "immediately" reverse the decree, which prohibited gatherings of more than 20 people and allowed arrests without warrants.

"The decree of Sept. 26 damaged civil liberties like nothing else has in a long time here," Llorens told reporters. "It's just plain wrong."

Denton wasn't certain how Micheletti intended to restore the freedoms and DeMint could not be reached for comment.

The brief, amicable visit with the leaders of the coup highlighted a divide in Washington, where the Obama administration considers the interim government illegitimate and is working to reinstate Zelaya. Many conservatives, however, side with the government installed after soldiers arrested the president in his pajamas and flew him into exile.

DeMint said before the trip that even calling Zelaya's overthrow a coup is "ill-informed and baseless."

The lawmakers ? the others were Aaron Schock and Peter Roskam of Illinois and Doug Lamborn of Colorado ? smiled for photographs in a book-lined office of the stately presidential palace with Micheletti. They slipped out of the palace through a rear entrance, avoiding dozens of journalists waiting for a planned news conference that never materialized.

The delegation met with the major candidates in Nov. 29 elections that many call illegitimate, and with Supreme Court justices. They did not meet with Zelaya.

Nations around the globe have condemned Zelaya's ouster and many, including the United States and the European Union, have suspended aid to Honduras. Washington has also revoked the U.S. visas of interim leaders.

Republicans argue the actions were a legitimate reaction to Zelaya's attempt to hold a constitutional referendum that critics believed was an attempt to undo a prohibition on a second term. Zelaya denies that was his intention.

Many conservative American politicians see Micheletti as a bulwark against the expansion of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's socialist programs in Latin America.

It's not unusual for members of the U.S. Congress to visit shunned governments. Quite a few have visited Cuba in recent years, and both Republicans and Democrats visited Nicaragua when its Sandinista government was at odds with Washington.

But critics argue the visit by Republicans undermines international efforts to restore Zelaya to power just as both sides seem ready to negotiate. Amid mounting concerns about human rights abuses, the interim leaders are under increasing pressure from home and abroad to break the three-month stalemate paralyzing the impoverished country. 

"I think that this trip potentially will muddy the waters even more, and that would not be constructive," said Joy Olson, executive director of the Washington Office on Latin America, which promotes human rights and democracy. "The danger of this visit is that those supporting the Micheletti government re-entrench." 

Six U.S. Democratic lawmakers sent a letter Friday to the president of the Honduran Congress, Jose Angel Saavedra, saying the United States has only one position on the issue ? the one President Barack Obama supports. 

Micheletti has become increasingly alienated at home after his administration imposed an emergency decree this week suspending some civil liberties, including freedom of the press and freedom of assembly. He promised to lift the decree after being criticized by his own supporters as going too far, but has yet to do so. 

Differences over Honduras also are affecting Obama: DeMint has been blocking Senate votes on Arturo Valenzuela, Obama's nominee to be assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, and Thomas Shannon, his nominee for U.S. ambassador to Brazil. 

"Thanks to DeMint's intransigence, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee can't hold hearings to receive testimony from the most knowledgeable and relevant witnesses on our policy in Central and South America," Democratic Sen. John Kerry said in a news release. 

Florida Congressman Connie Mack, the ranking Republican on the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, was the first U.S. lawmaker to visit Honduras after the coup. He led a congressional delegation that met with Micheletti in July. 

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, another ranking Florida Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, plans to head to Honduras next week. 

A delegation from the Organization of American States, which has taken the lead in pushing for a negotiated resolution that restores Zelaya to power, arrived Friday ahead of a visit by OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza scheduled for Wednesday. 

Micheletti said Friday that he had spoken to Insulza in recent days and that while no agreement was reached it was a sign of progress and that "peace is coming back to our country." 

He said his government has had conversations with different sectors of society, including those linked to Zelaya. 

The negotiation process "is getting under way," he said. 

___ 

Associated Press writer Catherine Shoichet contributed to this report from Mexico City.



      



From elektrodread at gmail.com  Sun Oct  4 07:36:46 2009
From: elektrodread at gmail.com (Simon Rios)
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 10:36:46 -0400
Subject: [HNA] Nobel for Honduran Resistance
Message-ID: <1d602de70910040736q10734974h6057ccabaa8d2e2a@mail.gmail.com>

I received this petition this morning promoting the Frente Against the Golpe
for a Nobel Peace Prize. Please sign & give 'em a piece of yer mind:
http://www.petitiononline.com/honpazm/petition.html
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From elektrodread at gmail.com  Mon Oct  5 09:52:28 2009
From: elektrodread at gmail.com (Simon Rios)
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 12:52:28 -0400
Subject: [HNA] October Call Out from Worldwide Fast for Honduras
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Dear Supporters!

Sorry for the last minuteness of this call out, Monday 5 October is day 100
of the Resistance movement in Honduras. We are calling out for fasts and
public actions on and near this date. While the movement is going strong the
repression is at an unbelievable level and the consequences for those who
exercise their rights to civil disobedience, which is guaranteed by artile 3
of the Constitution of the Honduran Republic, are immense. It has left more
and more people dead, hundreds of people detained, curfew in the night
times, many bashed, injured and tortured, frequent attacks by teargas bombs,
live and rubber bullets shot at people, an attack at the Brazilian Embassy
with Toxic gases that killed a young woman of just 24 years, one of the last
days of September, more then 300 persons were arrested and taken to a
baseball stadium, there has been eviction and capture of more than 40
persons for their protest, who are being kept as prisoners at Tamara; the
political prisoners have declared a hunger strike. There is complete
censorship of the press and violent closures of the anticoup media
transmitters. All of this history has been documented. You can visit
different blogs or in the search engines type in Military Coup in Honduras.

There are many ways to put the needed international pressure - we encourage
that everyone does everything they can, and participation in a public fast
is one of these ways, by fasting it is a symbolic way to recognise and
support the Hondurans in the sacrifices they make in struggling for the
return of the constitutional order, and of the peace and justice.

Are you able to fast in a public place in front of an institution that has
supported the coup in Honduras (eg catholic church, a relevant
embassy/consulate/political institution, a business that has supported the
coup, etc) for part of this date? Make a cardboard sign or banner with
reference to the worldwide fast for honduras, talk to people passing by and
let them know what is happening in honduras / invite people to find out more
and join in solidarity efforts, and have a photo taken and send it to us via
email, website, facebook, etc.. If with more time you can do this or
organise a bigger group of people it is not necessary to do it on the 5th
October although this is ideal because it is the 100th day of the
resistance.. This can be in the form of a (water only, liquids only) fast
for the duration of the demonstration, you could also be promoting a boycott
as a form of fasting

It is important for there to be Medias who broadcast news that are in
solidarity with Honduras, this way there would be an echo and multiplier
effect. This is very important for generating international pressure against
the Coup.

Some Multinational Corporations with involvement in supporting the coup for
boycott include Burger King, Popeye's, Dunkin Donuts, Baskin Robbins, Pollo
Campero, Pizza Hut, KFC, Pepsi, Gatorade, Lipton Teas, Tigo/Millicom
telecommunications, Chiquita Bananas.

The Worldwide Fast for Honduras began on 15 September, and is entering a
stage of greater reinforcement on the fifth day of this month.

Through communications via internet, we have been notified about 197 people
participating in different forms of fasting from countries including
Uruguay, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Slovakia, Colombia, Chile, Sweden, Honduras,
Australia, Guatemala, Mexico, El Salvador, France, United States, Argentina,
Cuba, Spain, Canada, ..several more to be confirmed. There is an additional
200 from El Salavador, and hundreds more in Honduras who noted their
participation in notebooks in Tegucigalpa.

Amongst those we communicated with or heard from via internet there are 15
from Uruguay, 53 from Honduras, 30 from United States, 8 from Canada, 10
from Australia, and as mentioned already, 200 from El Salvador. Amongst
these are one person fasting 2 days a week in Guatemala, one person fasting
weekly in Sweden, one person fasting indefinitely in France, 12 people
fasting one day a week in US, one half day fast everyday in US, one eating
dinners only in US, one giving up wine completely in US. In Honduras amongst
others we have a family of 8 eating breakfasts only everyday, one person
skipping lunch everyday, one person missing one meal everyday and boycotting
coup products (many have mentioned they will do this actually), and one
person missing dinner everyday. There are 2 people in the Brazilian Embassy
in Honduras who are core fasters and there are 2 people who had taken only
liquids for 2 weeks. In Costa Rica there are 2 people fasting one day a
week, and one person fasting at least 3 days a week. In Australia there is
one person fasting half a day 2 days a week, and another fasting 1 day a
week. In Canada 2 people are fasting 1 day a week. In Chile we have someone
fasting regularly and there are others fasting regularly that we don't know
from which part of the world they are and have only their name.

Some groups that organised public fast on, around and after the 15th include
Tegucigalpa, El Salvador, Melbourne Australia, Uruguay...

Any efforts past or present please make your mark by letting us know with
words and photos on our website, on our facebook page (search for worldwide
fast for honduras, or via email

http://fastforhonduras.net/en/
hondurasfast at gmail.com

Thankyou for all your efforts and solidarity,
Iris, Andres or Rosie
Committee of Fast for Honduras




Querid at s compa?er at s

Perd?n por la tardanza de esa convocatoria, Lunes 5 de Octubre ser?  el d?a
100 del movimiento de la Resistencia en Honduras. Estamos llamando que haya
ayunos y acciones p?blicas en y cerca de esa fecha. mientras que esta bien
fuerte y constante el movimiento de Resistencia, la represi?n esta en nivel
incre?ble;  en Honduras se vive un Estado de Sitio, y las consecuencias de
la desobediencia civil, avalada por el art?culo n. 3 de la constituci?n de
la Rep?blica, deja como saldo mas muertos, cientos de personas detenidas,
toques de quedas por las noches, golpes y tortura, ataques de bombas
lacrim?genas, balas vivas y de goma hasta la gente, ataque en la embajada
Brasile?a con gases t?xicos que mato una joven que tiene 24 a?os; uno de
estos d?as de finales de septiembre  m?s de  300 personas  fueron detenidas
y llevadas a un estadio de beisbol; desalojamiento y captura de mas que 40
personas por su protesta,  quienes  guardan prisi?n en la c?rcel de Tamara y
se han declarado en huelga de hambre.   Hay total censura de prensa y
cierres violentas de los medios de comunicaciones anti golpistas.  Toda esta
historia est? documentada.  Puede visitar blogs varios o en los buscadores
registrar Golpe de Estado en Honduras-

Hay muchas maneras de  presionar  internacionalmente   Alentamos que
tod at shagan todo que pueden, y s?mense  al  ayuno p?blico,  est?  es
otra forma de
solidaridad para connotar el sacrificio del pueblo hondure?a en lucha por
retornar al orden constitucional, a la paz y a la justicia.

?Podr?a ayunar en un lugar publico en frente de una instituci?n que ha
apoyado el golpe en Honduras (La iglesia Cat?lica, una
embajada/Consulado/instituci?n pol?tica), preferiblemente a partir del cinco
de octubre.
Haga y lleve un rotulo/cartulina/manta que dice Ayuno Mundial Por Honduras,
con mensajes de solidaridad exigiendo la libertad, democracia y justicia.
Hable con gente en la calle y cuente que esta pasando en Honduras/ invite a
las personas para conocer mas lo que esta pasando para  unirse a los
esfuerzos solidarios, tomen una foto y  mandenos  un  email, sitioweb,
facebook, etc.  Puede hacer esto u  organizar un grupo m?s grande.   Lo
ideal ser?a que entremos en ayuno el cinco de octubre,  d?a lunes.  D?a cien
de resistencia. Eso puede tomar la forma de un ayuno (de solo agua o solo
l?quidos) por la duraci?n de la demostraci?n, tambi?n podr?a promover un
boicot como una forma del ayuno.

Es importante si hay medios de comunicaci?n que tomen la noticia de su
solidaridad con Honduras, as? hay eco y se multiplica el efecto. Esto es muy
importante para ejercer presi?n mundial a los golpistas.

Algunas corporaciones Multinacionales con involucramiento en apoyo del
golpe, para boicot, entre ellos, Burger King, Popeyes, Dunkin Donuts, Baskin
Robbins, Pollo Campero, Pizza Hut, KFC, Pepsi, Gatorade, Te Lipton,
Tigo/Millicom, Chiquita.

El ayuno mundial por Honduras  dio inicio el  15 de septiembre,  y entra a
su etapa de mayor reforzamiento el d?a cinco del mes presente.

A trav?s de comunicaci?n por internet, sabemos de mas o menos 197 personas
participan en ayunos de formas diferentes desde pa?ses que incluye Uruguay,
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Slovakia, Colombia, Chile, Suecia, Honduras,
Australia, Guatemala, M?xico, El Salvador, France, Estados Unidos,
Argentina, Cuba, Espa?a Canad?, ..Mas otros para confirmar. Adicionalmente
hay 200 desde El Salvador, y cientos m?s en Honduras que han anotado su
participaci?n en unas libretas en Tegucigalpa.

Entre los que hemos comunicado con por internet hay mas que 15 de Uruguay,
53 de Honduras, 30 de EEUU, 8 de Canad?, 10 de Australia, y como mencionado
ya, 200 de El Salvador.  Hay una persona ayunando 2 d?as la semana en
Guatemala, una persona ayunando semanalmente en Suecia, una persona ayunando
indefinidamente  en Francia, 12 personas ayunando un d?a cada semana en
EEUU, una persona ayunando medio d?a todos los d?as en EEUU, otra que
solamente esta cenando, y otra que ya no toma vino. En Honduras
Entre otras tenemos una familia de 8 solo desayunando todos los d?as, una
persona no almorzando todos los d?as, una persona que ayunar un tiempo todos
los d?as y que esta en boicot de productos golpistas (actualmente muchas han
mencionado que est?n de boicot tambi?n), y una persona ayunando todas las
cenas. Hay 2 personas en la Embajada de Brasil en Honduras que son ayunantes
n?cleos y hay 2 otr at s que han tomado solo l?quidos por 2 semanas. En Costa
Rica hay 2 personas ayunando un d?a la semana, y otra ayunando a lo menos 3
d?as cada semana. En Australia hay una persona ayunando medio d?a 2 d?as
cada semana y otra que ayuna un d?a la semana. En Canad? 2 personas est?n
ayunando un d?a cada semana. En Chile Tenemos una persona ayunando en forma
regular y hay otras ayunando as? regular que no sabemos de que partes del
mundo son y solo tenemos sus nombres.

Algunos grupos que organizaron ayunos p?blicos en y despu?s del 15 de
septiembre incluyen Tegucigalpa, El Salvador, Melbourne Australia, Uruguay?

Cualquiera esfuerzos pasado y presente por favor publiquen los ? podr?a
avisarnos con palabras y fotos en el sitio web, en facebook (busque para
Ayuno Mundial Por Honduras), o mande un email.

Http://ayunarporhonduras.net/es/
hondurasayuno at gmail.com

Gracias por todos sus esfuerzos. Abrazos solidarios,
Iris, Andr?s e Rosie.
Comisi?n del Ayunar Por Honduras





-- 
Simon Rios
(603) 233-1922
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From sreyes1 at yahoo.com  Tue Oct  6 11:51:15 2009
From: sreyes1 at yahoo.com (Sergio Reyes)
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:51:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HNA] El cinismo de EE.UU. en Honduras
Message-ID: <760259.76363.qm@web38902.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

El cinismo de EE.UU. en Honduras
Vicky Pelaez | 2009-10-06      | El Diario La Prensa de New York 

Con cuanta desventaja est? luchando Manuel Zelaya por su restituci?n como leg?timo presidente de Honduras. Tiene en su contra a los ricos y poderosos, encabezados por las diez familias que controlan a Honduras como su hacienda con el apoyo del ej?rcito y la polic?a, quienes por un pu?ado de d?lares se convirtieron en guardia pretoriana personal y se olvidaron del orgullo nacional y el deber ante la patria. 

Zelaya tambi?n tiene que lidiar con toda la derecha internacional y la prensa globalizada a su servicio incondicional que aplaudi? el golpe de Estado de Roberto Micheletti. Y ni que decir de Estados Unidos que percibi? los intentos del presidente hondure?o, de redistribuir la riqueza nacional como un peligro para los intereses de la seguridad nacional norteamericana, consistente en el dominio de Am?rica Latina y sus abundantes recursos naturales.Sin embargo, esta vez el imperio, agotado y en bancarrota por sus pir?mides financieras, sus dos guerras sin fin en Afganist?n e Irak, y que busca al mismo tiempo finanzas para un nuevo frente en Pakist?n, decidi? cambiar de t?ctica. 

Est? reemplazando la tradicional violencia por un ?sutil? juego diplom?tico para impedir el avance del populismo en Am?rica Central. En el caso de Honduras, est? retrasando lo m?s posible el retorno de Zelaya a la presidencia. Ya faltan 54 d?as para las nuevas elecciones y los golpistas se sienten seguros en el poder por el apoyo inocultable de los EE.UU.Barack Obama, quien parece un loro hablando de la democracia y los derechos humanos, declara que Washington no puede hacer nada y necesita apoyo de la comunidad internacional. ?De qu? comunidad est? hablando? Uni?n Europea est? dominada por Estados Unidos y no existe ning?n pa?s europeo donde no haya bases militares norteamericanas. Asia vive su mundo y sus propios problemas. 

En este ?nuevo? juego geopol?tico, Hillary Clinton ha tomado una posici?n m?s c?nica respecto a Honduras. Frente al mundo est? dando la impresi?n que hace todo lo posible para que retorne Zelaya a la presidencia, pero en realidad est? apa?ando al embajador de Estados Unidos ante la OEA, Lewis Amselem, quien con su ?ltimo discurso le quit? la m?scara al gobierno norteamericano. 

Dijo que Zelaya era un ?irresponsable e idiota? por regresar al pa?s y que ?deber?a dejar de actuar como si estuviera en la vieja pel?cula Bananas de Woody Allen?, refiri?ndose a la obra filmada en 1971 que muestra a un dictador en una ?Rep?blica Bananera?. Se sabe que todos los discursos de los representantes de Washington no se hacen sin aprobaci?n del departamento de Estado a cargo de Hillary Clinton. La secretaria de Estado tambi?n sabe la historia negra de Amselem quien entre 1988 y 1992 era el jefe de la Oficina de los Derechos Humanos de la embajada norteamericana. La monja ursulina Diana Ortiz le cont? personalmente a Hillary c?mo en 1989 fue detenida, torturada y violada reiteradamente por los militares guatemaltecos. Como su caso sali? a la luz p?blica, fue liberada pero sus denuncias fueron desmentidas por Amselem como ?ilusiones de una loca lesbiana?.Si este encubridor de torturadores representa a EE.UU en el futuro
  di?logo en Honduras, la resistencia, Zelaya y el mundo entero debe convencerse a d?nde apunta el Gran Patr?n.

Tomado del Diario La Prensa de New York 



      



From sreyes1 at yahoo.com  Wed Oct  7 17:56:29 2009
From: sreyes1 at yahoo.com (Sergio Reyes)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 17:56:29 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HNA] Zelaya pide ser restituido antes del 15 de octubre
Message-ID: <626159.69389.qm@web38905.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Zelaya pide ser restituido antes del 15 de octubre

TeleSUR - 10/7/2009.- El presidente constitucional de Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, exigi? este mi?rcoles que se le restituya en el poder antes del pr?ximo 15 de octubre, para que se pueda llevar a cabo en la naci?n unas elecciones limpias el 29 de noviembre de este a?o. 

El mandatario advirti?, a pocas horas de que se inicie una reuni?n de di?logo con el Gobierno de facto de Roberto Micheletti avalado por la Organizaci?n de Estados Americanos (OEA), "que de no restituir al presidente antes del 15 de octubre se debe correr el calendario electoral". 

Asimismo, hizo un llamado a los cancilleres internacionales que participar?n en el encuentro "que el r?gimen de facto est? planificando permanecer m?s tiempo en el poder y profundizar m?s la crisis, al negarse a restituir el presidente electo por el pueblo". 


Lea articulo completo en http://www.hondurasresists.org



      



From sreyes1 at yahoo.com  Wed Oct  7 19:00:43 2009
From: sreyes1 at yahoo.com (Sergio Reyes)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 19:00:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HNA] Diplomats urge return of ousted Honduran president
Message-ID: <611416.82275.qm@web38904.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Diplomats urge return of ousted Honduran president
By BEN FOX, Associated Press Writer Ben Fox, Associated Press Writer 
10/07/09 - 9PM
 
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras ? Diplomats from across the hemisphere on Wednesday told Honduras' interim government to restore democracy to the impoverished nation and reinstate President Manuel Zelaya, calling his ouster in a coup a mistake that must be fixed.

Delegations from about a dozen countries held talks with representatives of Zelaya and the coup-installed government behind closed doors in Honduras' capital, then later met with interim President Roberto Micheletti in an at-times angry confrontation broadcast on local television.

Micheletti, his voice bristling with rage, scolded the diplomats for refusing to recognize what he insisted was the lawful removal of Zelaya under the Honduran Constitution and urged them to recognize elections scheduled for Nov. 29.

"We have been fighting for many years for our Constitution," Micheletti said during the meeting in the presidential palace. "And we will keep fighting no matter what happens."

The delegation sat stone-faced, a few rubbing their eyes in apparent fatigue during his outburst. Canada's minister of state for the Americas, Peter Kent, then told Micheletti that the international community respects the Honduran Constitution, but it oppose the military's ouster of Zelaya.

"However it happened, a mistake was made on June 28," Kent told the interim president. "A democratically leader, whatever his behavior in recent years, was undemocratically removed."

No breakthroughs were announced.

Micheletti says Zelaya's military-backed ouster was legal because it was sanctioned by Honduras' Supreme Court after he defied of a court order that he drop a referendum on changing the constitution. Most of the international community maintains the coup was illegal and must be reversed.

"We are not here to create a debate. We are here to find concrete solutions to a situation that cannot be prolonged," Organization of American States Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza said prior to the start of the meetings.

Insulza presented a proposal that would restore Zelaya as head of a unity government and offer amnesty to both the coup leaders and the deposed president, who faces abuse of power and other charges in Honduras.

The proposal, which also requires Zelaya to abandon any ambitions to change the constitution, is similar to one proposed months ago by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias and rejected by the interim government.

Zelaya gave the negotiators an ultimatum, calling for the postponement of upcoming presidential elections if he is not restored to office before Oct. 15. That proposal is certain to anger the interim government, which views the elections ? scheduled before Zelaya's June 28 overthrow ? as the best hope of moving past the crisis.

Tensions rose before Wednesday's meeting began as riot police fired tear gas to disperse about 200 Zelaya supporters protesting near the U.S. and Brazilian embassies.

Delegates from the United States, Canada and eight Latin American countries were mediating negotiations between representatives of Zelaya, who was ousted by the military three months ago, and interim President Roberto Micheletti, who has the support of Honduras' Congress and Supreme Court but has faced intense international pressure to allow his predecessor's return.

The Canadian minister said it was imperative for an agreement to be reached before the November elections, which many countries in the Americas have warned would not be recognized if Zelaya remains out of the power.

"I sense that everybody involved understands that we are nearly out of time and this crisis needs to be resolved now," Kent said.

Interim Vice President Marta Lorena Alvarado, however, said she did not expect an agreement Wednesday.

"It would be fantastic, but the problem is difficult and there are a lot of players. I don't think it will be today," she said. 

She insisted that the world was too quick to condemn Zelaya ouster, which the Micheletti government argues was legal because it had the backing of Congress and the Supreme Court. 

Still, she said, the two sides were "initiating conversations that had not occurred before and expectations are positive" for an eventual resolution. 

Micheletti set an optimistic tone in a national address late Tuesday, saying the talks would address with a "new spirit" the main issues of dispute over the San Jose Accord, the plan originally brokered the Costa Rican president. 

"I believe the time is right to intensify the national dialogue," he said in the brief speech, without going into specifics. 

Zelaya warned that the interim government would seek to persuade the delegates to pursue a new plan that would prevent his return to office. 

"We warn the ministers that the de facto regime is planning to stay in power longer and to deepen the crisis by preventing the return of the elected president and continuing the repression of the people," Zelaya said in a statement. 

Zelaya was forced from office for trying to hold a referendum on rewriting the constitution. His opponents charged he wanted to lift the charter's provision limiting presidents to a single term ? an accusation he denies. 

Zelaya has not announced any plans to leave his refuge at the Brazilian Embassy, and he was being represented in the talks by members of his deposed government.

Copyright ? 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved


      



From kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com  Thu Oct  8 13:36:23 2009
From: kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com (Kaveri Rajaraman)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 16:36:23 -0400
Subject: [HNA] Involvement of SOA in coup d'etat in Honduras and Venezuela:
	October 14
Message-ID: <afdf63240910081336u47d64953i1e137a9c8513c179@mail.gmail.com>

MIT Western Hemisphere Project


Presents the Discussion:

The involvement of graduates from the

School of the Americas in the Coup d'?tat in

Honduras and Venezuela

With:

Lisa Sullivan, Latin America Coordinator for the School of the Americas
Watch

Omar Sierra, Consul General of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in
Boston

Wednesday October 14th 6:00PM

Wong Auditorium (E51-115)

70 Memorial Dr., Cambridge. Tang Center, MIT

Wednesday October 14, 6 pm


Free admission. For further information write to:

info.venezuela.event at gmail.com

Lisa Sullivan has lived for in Latin America since 1977. She worked for 21
years as a Maryknoll lay missioner in Venezuela

and Bolivia, raising her three children in the barrios of Barquisimeto,
Venezuela. She is the founder of the grassroots

leadership group, Centro de Formaci?n Rutilio Grande. Lisa is currently the
coordinator for Partnership America Latina

(PAL). This initiative of SOAW seeks to connect North and South partners in
the movement to close the School of the

Americas and promote peace in the region. Lisa has helped to organize
numerous SOAW delegations to meet with leaders in

Latin America, leading to the withdrawal of five countries from the SOA.
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From tmeza at SomervilleCDC.org  Thu Oct  8 14:25:34 2009
From: tmeza at SomervilleCDC.org (Tito Meza)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 17:25:34 -0400
Subject: [HNA] FW: NYTimes: Leader Ousted, Honduras Hires U.S. Lobbyists
Message-ID: <C81687AB2A1A0540BDB0D6ACA49788D7721FCF@server.SomervilleCDC.local>

 
 
Angel Tito Meza
Community Organizer
Somerville Community Corporation
337 Somerville, Ave. Somerville, MA
Tel. (617) 776-5931E231
Fax: 776-0724
-----Original Message-----
From: Celso Castro [mailto:celcas2000 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 4:54 PM
To: hondurasusaresistencia at yahoo.com
Subject: FW: NYTimes: Leader Ousted, Honduras Hires U.S. Lobbyists
 
All,
 
This is another intent to legitimize a de facto repressive regime violators of human rights en Honduras.
*******************************************************************
 
New York Times
October 8, 2009

Leader Ousted, Honduras Hires U.S. Lobbyists 

By GINGER THOMPSON <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/t/ginger_thompson/index.html?inline=nyt-per>  and RON NIXON <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/n/ron_nixon/index.html?inline=nyt-per> 
WASHINGTON - First, depose a president. Second, hire a lobbyist.
In the months since soldiers ousted the Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/z/jose_manuel_zelaya/index.html?inline=nyt-per> , the de facto government and its supporters have resisted demands from the United States that he be restored to power. Arguing that the left-leaning Mr. Zelaya posed a threat to their country's fragile democracy by trying to extend his time in office illegally, they have made their case in Washington in the customary way: by starting a high-profile lobbying campaign.
The campaign has had the effect of forcing the administration to send mixed signals about its position to the de facto government, which reads them as signs of encouragement. It also has delayed two key State Department appointments in the region.
Costing at least $400,000 so far, according to lobbying registration records, the campaign has involved law firms and public relations agencies with close ties to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/hillary_rodham_clinton/index.html?inline=nyt-per>  and Senator John McCain <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/john_mccain/index.html?inline=nyt-per> , a leading Republican voice on foreign affairs. 
It has also drawn support from several former high-ranking officials who were responsible for setting United States policy in Central America in the 1980s and '90s, when the region was struggling to break with the military dictatorships and guerrilla insurgencies that defined the cold war. Two decades later, those former officials - including Otto Reich <http://www.ottoreich.com/bio.htm> , Roger Noriega <http://www.aei.org/scholar/102>  and Daniel W. Fisk <http://www.iri.org/Bio_Fisk.asp>  - view Honduras <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/honduras/index.html?inline=nyt-geo>  as the principal battleground in a proxy fight with Cuba and Venezuela, which they characterize as threats to stability in the region in language similar to that once used to describe the designs of the Soviet Union.
"The current battle for political control of Honduras is not only about that small nation," Mr. Reich testified in July <http://www.internationalrelations.house.gov/111/rei071009.pdf>  before Congress. "What happens in Honduras may one day be seen as either the high-water mark of Hugo Ch?vez <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/hugo_chavez/index.html?inline=nyt-per> 's attempt to undermine democracy in this hemisphere or as a green light to the spread of Chavista authoritarianism," he said, referring to the Venezuelan president.
Mr. Noriega, who was a co-author of the Helms-Burton Act, which tightened the United States embargo against Cuba, and who has recently served as a lobbyist for a Honduran business group, declined to comment for this article.
Mr. Reich, who served in key Latin America posts for President Ronald Reagan <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/ronald_wilson_reagan/index.html?inline=nyt-per>  and President George W. Bush <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/george_w_bush/index.html?inline=nyt-per> , said he had not lobbied officially for any Honduran group. But he said he had used his connections to push the agenda of the de facto government, led by Roberto Micheletti <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/roberto_micheletti/index.html?inline=nyt-per> , because he believed that the Obama administration had made a mistake.
And Mr. Fisk, whose political career has included stints on the National Security Council <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/n/national_security_council/index.html?inline=nyt-org>  and as a deputy assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs under Mr. Bush, had been promoting the Micheletti government's case until two weeks ago as an aide to retired Senator Mel Martinez of Florida.
In addition to the support of such cold war veterans - and partly because of it - the de facto government has mobilized the support of a determined group of Republican legislators, led by Senator Jim DeMint <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/d/jim_demint/index.html?inline=nyt-per>  of South Carolina. They are holding up two State Department appointments as a way of pressing the Obama administration to lift sanctions against the country.
"We have made a wrong call here," Mr. DeMint said in an interview <http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,561545,00.html>  with Fox News after returning from a trip to Honduras last Friday. Referring to the de facto government, he said, "This is probably our best friend in the hemisphere, the most pro-American country, but we are trying to strangle them."
Chris Sabatini, editor of Americas Quarterly <http://www.americasquarterly.org/current> , a policy journal focusing on Latin America, said the lobbying had muddled Washington's position on the coup. The administration has said publicly that it sees the coup in Honduras as a dangerous development in a region that not too long ago was plagued by them, he said.
But, he added, to placate its opponents in Congress, and have its nominations approved, the State Department has sometimes sent back-channel messages to legislators expressing its support for Mr. Zelaya in more equivocal terms. 
"There's been a leadership vacuum on Honduras in the administration, and these are the people who've filled it," he said of the Micheletti government's backers. "They haven't gotten a lot of support, but enough to hold the administration's policy hostage for now."
After the June 28 coup, President Obama <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/index.html?inline=nyt-per>  joined the region in condemning the action and calling for President Zelaya to be returned to power, even though the Honduran president is an ally of Mr. Ch?vez, America's biggest adversary in the region.
But Congressional aides said that less than 10 days after Mr. Zelaya was ousted, Mr. Noriega and Lanny J. Davis <http://www.orrick.com/lawyers/Bio.asp?ID=149059> , a confidant of Mrs. Clinton and a lobbyist for a Honduran business council, organized a meeting for supporters of the de facto government with members of the Senate.
Mr. Fisk, who attended the meeting, said he was stunned by the turnout. "I had never seen eight senators in one room to talk about Latin America in my entire career," he said.
As President Obama imposed increasingly tougher sanctions on Honduras, the lobbying intensified. The Cormac Group <http://www.thecormacgroup.com/> , run by a former aide to Senator McCain, John Timmons, signed on, records show, as did Chlopak, Leonard, Schechter & Associates, a public relations firm.
For his part, Mr. Reich sent his thoughts to members of Congress by e-mail. "We should rejoice," he wrote to one member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, "that one of the self-proclaimed 21st Century socialist allies of Ch?vez has been legally deposed by his own countrymen."
As is often the nature of lobbying, some messages have been sent without any names attached. Floating around Senate offices in the last few weeks, for example, was a list of talking points aimed at undermining the nomination of Assistant Secretary of State Thomas A. Shannon as ambassador to Brazil. Two Congressional aides, who requested anonymity to speak candidly about matters related to the coup, said that Mr. Fisk wrote the talking points. 
Mr. Fisk denied having done so. He also dismissed the notion that he was operating from an old playbook. "Someone else may be fighting over the '80s," he said. "I'm not."
Barclay Walsh contributed research.
 
 
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From tmeza at SomervilleCDC.org  Thu Oct  8 14:26:09 2009
From: tmeza at SomervilleCDC.org (Tito Meza)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 17:26:09 -0400
Subject: [HNA] FW: Ayer en Tegus/favor reenviar
Message-ID: <C81687AB2A1A0540BDB0D6ACA49788D7721FD0@server.SomervilleCDC.local>

 
 
Angel Tito Meza
Community Organizer
Somerville Community Corporation
337 Somerville, Ave. Somerville, MA
Tel. (617) 776-5931E231
Fax: 776-0724
-----Original Message-----
From: Roberto Quesada [mailto:robertoquesada at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 4:59 PM
To: Tito Meza
Subject: Ayer en Tegus/favor reenviar
 
saludos Tito

 
Yesterday in Tegucigalpa, front of United State Ambassy!! 
Por los companeros de Gremio de Cineastas. Un documental donde se ve en vivo, directo y a todo color c?mo los militares reprimen una manifestaci?n pac?fica. Gracias por esto!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0BQyh8w1-k <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0BQyh8w1-k> 

 
 
Honduras-USA Resistencia
Vis?tenos aqu?, d? click sobre enlace:
www.hondurasusaresistencia.com <http://www.hondurasusaresistencia.com/>  

 
 





 
________________________________

Subject: Todos
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:20:52 -0400
From: tmeza at SomervilleCDC.org
To: robertoquesada at hotmail.com
Hola Roberto, espero que que se encuentren bien. Recib? el comunicado de la gente de Washington, debimos aparecer otros comites que estamos haciendo el apoyo, tales como Boston, chicago, LA, y otros son mas fuertes los comunicados cuando firman mas organizaciones. Gracias'
Viva la lucha de nuestro pueblo.
 
Tito Meza
 
Angel Tito Meza
Community Organizer
Somerville Community Corporation
337 Somerville, Ave. Somerville, MA
Tel. (617) 776-5931E231
Fax: 776-0724
 
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From elektrodread at gmail.com  Fri Oct  9 10:56:48 2009
From: elektrodread at gmail.com (Simon Rios)
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 13:56:48 -0400
Subject: [HNA] Honduras solidarity T-shirts!!!
Message-ID: <1d602de70910091056t33d19dd8t88dbb6e3f083f483@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Friends,

Our solidarity tees are in!!!
Printed by a Boston screen-printer on Union-made shirts, they are 100%
cotton and they are BEAUTIFUL!

They come in either Forest Green or Communist Red, in small, medium, & large
sizes, with images on the front and back.

The front reads: "Contra el Golpe Militar: Contragolpe Popular!" (as
depicted in foto) And "Resiste, Honduras, Resiste!!!"

The back reads "Solidarity Against the Coup in Honduras." as well as the URL
to hondurasresists.org

As always, 100% percent of the proceeds will be destined for the Front
Against the Coup.

We ask for a minimum of $15 per tee, and a solidarity price of up to $30,
plus $2 shipping and handling. Please respond to this email if you are
planning on ordering a shirt. Also (as if it needs to be said) they make
wonderful gifts!

Make out check & mail to:
Simon Rios
5 Dinsmore St.
Nashua, NH 03064

Solidarity with the resistance!

simon
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From kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com  Fri Oct  9 17:43:45 2009
From: kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com (Kaveri Rajaraman)
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 20:43:45 -0400
Subject: [HNA] Snipers firing on Zelaya: Honduras update - mercenaries
	arriving, urgent situation
In-Reply-To: <4ACFB410.5070402@iacboston.org>
References: <4ACFB410.5070402@iacboston.org>
Message-ID: <afdf63240910091743l51901dd0lc9d384f0e153777a@mail.gmail.com>

 *Radio Globo reports: Snipers fire on Zelaya
Mercenaries and paramilitaries arrive in Honduras
Urgent - Take Action Now!*


*Call Now* - demand and end to the attacks on Zelaya and a restoration of
civil liberties.

   - Honduras Desk, U.S. State Department 202-647-3482
   - State Department Main Switchboard 202-647-4000
   - White House 202-456-1111
   - OAS Washington Office 202-458-3000

The situation is grave in Tegucigalpa. According to a message from the
organization, Pastors for Peace, *Radio Globo* from Honduras is reporting
that snipers are shooting into the Brazilian Embassy where President Zelaya
and hundreds of supporters have taken refuge. There is no word yet on
injuries.

Also, according to an Oct. 9 AP report, paramilitaries from Colombia are
arriving in Honduras now.  Many of these paramilitaries were trained in
torture and repression at the infamous School of the Americas in the U.S.

*Support the people of Honduras in their heroic struggle against the brutal
coup regime! * Thousands of courageous working people are taking to the
streets, in spite of the growing brutality of the criminal right wing
forces, who are armed and trained by the U.S.

The following is a report from the delegation of U.S. activists in Honduras,
who will be holding a news conference today, October 9, at 5pm EST at the
offices of the Bottlers? Union, a center in Tegucigalpa of the National
Front for Resistance Against the Coup:

    In the last 24 hours, the situation in Honduras has reached a profound
level of urgency. The illegal, de facto Micheletti regime is clearly
reaching a point of desperation?and there is a serious danger in this, as
the rightwing can and will do anything when they are desperate.

    Last night, we received word that at the Brazilian embassy, where
President Manuel Zelaya has been seeking refuge, two scaffolds had been
erected and two snipers placed on them?one from the Honduran police and one
from the Honduran army. Heavy military activity was also occurring on the
ground around the embassy, with military convoys placed at strategic places
all around the windows and doors of the embassy. The fear is that an
assassination attempt on Zelaya?s life may be carried out soon.

    Another alarming report relayed to us today from Honduran human rights
leaders is of the presence of 120 paramilitaries?experts in killing?from
other Latin American countries in Honduras. Many of these paramilitaries
have been trained at the School of the Americas based in Georgia.

    Today while we were in a meeting, the human rights leader we were
meeting with received a phone call that police at the pedagogical university
had given protesters there 10 minutes to disperse or face dire consequences.
Military convoys had been brought in to surround the protesters.

    As this email is being written, members of the U.S. Delegation in
Solidarity with the Honduras Resistance are at the U.S. embassy, attempting
to meet with representatives there to alert them of the situation and demand
the discontinuation of U.S. aid to the de facto regime, a freeze on the
assets of the golpista government members, and the abandonment of any
electoral process that doesn?t first involve the restitution of President
Zelaya, as is the will of the Honduran people.


The delegation also reports that despite the coup government's announcement
that it had lifted the ban on civil liberties, the country still remains
under martial law.   The coup government is telling the world that it has
lifted martial law, but they haven't told anyone in the police or military,
from the top commanders to the troops in the streets.  There is still a
massive armed presence, and protesters and dissidents are still being
brutally attacked and arrested.

That's why it is so important for us to support the Delegation in Solidarity
with the Honduran Resistance. The corporate media is echoing the coup
government's press releases claiming that martial law has been lifted and
civil liberties restored, and ignoring the fact that repression is
intensifying.  We need you to help get the word out.

*What you can do now:*

 *Call* - Honduras Desk, U.S. State Department 202-647-3482
        State Department Main Switchboard 202-647-4000
        White House 202-456-1111
        OAS Washington Office 202-458-3000

       Demand an end to the attacks on Zelaya and Honduran activists.
Demand a restoration of civil liberties in Honduras.


*Sign the Petition* - Demand safe passage for the U.S. delegation -
http://www.iacenter.org/honduras/honduras_delegation100609/


*Make an emergency donation* to help with the expenses of the delegation and
to help us spread the word - http://www.iacenter.org/donate/



 ------------------------------

For daily photos and reports from the delegation, see
http://hondurasdelegation.wordpress.com.

To follow reports from the delegation on Twitter, go to
http://twitter.com/iacenter.
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------------------------------

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Boston*
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http://www.iacboston.org

*National Office*
212-633-6646
http://www.iacenter.org

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http://stopwaroniran.org

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From tmeza at SomervilleCDC.org  Tue Oct 13 05:09:25 2009
From: tmeza at SomervilleCDC.org (Tito Meza)
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:09:25 -0400
Subject: [HNA] FW: Honduran Soldiers Raid Indigenous Garifuna Hospital
Message-ID: <C81687AB2A1A0540BDB0D6ACA49788D7721FDC@server.SomervilleCDC.local>

 
 
Angel Tito Meza
Community Organizer
Somerville Community Corporation
337 Somerville, Ave. Somerville, MA
Tel. (617) 776-5931E231
Fax: 776-0724
-----Original Message-----
From: Celso Castro [mailto:celcas2000 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 7:17 AM
To: hondurasusaresistencia at yahoo.com
Subject: Fwd: Honduran Soldiers Raid Indigenous Garifuna Hospital
 
 
----- Mensaje reenviado ----
De: Art Heitzer <aheitzer at igc.org>
Para: NLG Taskforce on the Americas <tf-on-americas at googlegroups.com>; nlgcuba <nlgcuba at topica.com>; pw-list <pw-list at igc.topica.com>; Peacetalks <milwaukeepeace at yahoogroups.com>; NLG International Committee <international at nationallawyersguild.org>
Enviado: lun, octubre 12, 2009 8:35:26 PM
Asunto: Honduran Soldiers Raid Indigenous Garifuna Hospital
 
  
Honduran Soldiers Raid Indigenous Garifuna Hospital
 
 
 
October 8, 2009 -- Garifuna communities in Honduras are protesting an October 6th Honduran military police invasion of the only indigenous-directed hospital in the country, located in remote Ciriboya. According to eyewitnesses, 15 armed military police broke into the hospital in the early morning hours, later claiming they were searching for illegal drugs. No one was injured in the raid, which was timed during a hospital shift change. 
 
The hospital, staffed by Garifuna doctors recently graduated from Cuba's Latin American Medical School (ELAM), along with Cuban doctors, has treated over 300,000 cases since its inauguration in December 2007. "We are not just providing health care to a forgotten people," said Dr. Luther Castillo, an ELAM graduate who has led the project and community construction of its building. "We are creating a new model of free health care, an example for other poor regions in Latin America."  
 
A statement by the Garifuna organization OFRANEH (Organizaci?n Fraternal Negra Hondure?a) called the military action "a clear message to the Garifuna people (in response to) their participation in the resistance movement against the coup, and particularly to Dr. Castillo and hospital personnel. For OFRANEH, such a punitive action against the hospital is one more indication of the prevailing racism among the coup leaders and their military". 
 
Constitutional President Manuel Zelaya officially opened the hospital, which serves many of the poorest coastal communities in Honduras, and his government signed an agreement affirming the right of the indigenous Garifuna to direct and administer their own health care in the region. Since the June military coup, the defacto government has cancelled the accord, eliminated physician stipends, and has attempted to downgrade the hospital to health center status. 
 
However, the hospital has kept its doors open, thanks to local communities' support and health workers who have stayed on the job. In addition to patient services--such as birthing, surgeries, hospitalization, dental care and laboratory tests--hospital physicians have established courses for nurses' aides and midwives, staffed eleven satellite clinics, and organized home visits and health promotion activities throughout the area. "Since they haven't been able to shut us down," charged Dr. Castillo, "those who plotted the coup are now trying to use the military to intimidate our health professionals."
 
The hospital and its community health outreach are supported by a number of U.S. and other international organizations, including the Sacramento, California Central Labor Council, Global Links, The Birthing Project, and MEDICC. Several US medical schools also have cooperative arrangements with the Garifuna hospital, including Johns Hopkins, Emory, Charles Drew and University of California (SF). Eight Cuban physicians and nurses also provide specialized services and academic training at the hospital.
 
Dr. Castillo is currently in the United States, where he is part of an effort to rally support for the hospital and the unconditional return to office of President Zelaya, and to lobby the US Congress to demand the return of basic constitutional and human rights in Honduras. "The people who suffer the most consequences in this situation are the poor," he said before returning to Honduras.  "We must stop further attacks on our hospital."
 
Background 

Since 1999, Luther Castillo has directed the Luaga Hatuadi Waduhe?u Foundation ("For the Health of our People" in Garifuna), dedicated to bringing vital health services to isolated indigenous coastal communities. After his 2005 graduation from the Latin American Medical School in Havana, Dr. Castillo returned to the Honduran coast, where he led construction of Honduras' first Garifuna Rural Hospital, now serving some 30,000 in the surrounding communities. 
 The hospital opened in December 2007, just months after Dr. Castillo was named "Honduran Doctor of the Year" by Rotary International's Tegucigalpa chapter. "Thank you for inspiring me," said California Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi, speaking at the hospital's opening ceremony. 
 
A few weeks before the coup, Dr. Castillo was named director of International Cooperation in the Honduran Foreign Ministry. Since July 3rd, he has been been active in national protests against the coup and included on a list of persons whose lives and safety were declared "at risk" by the OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 
 
Dr. Castillo is featured in ?Salud! (www.saludthefilm.net <http://www.saludthefilm.net/> ), a documentary film that received the Council on Foundations Henry Hampton Award for Excellence in Film & Digital Media (USA). 
 
What you can do: 
1)  Circulate this release to listservs, blogs, press and human rights organizations.
2)  Sign--and ask your organization or institution to sign--the following letter to the Secretary  General of the Organization of American States.  To sign, just reply to this alert or send an email to admin1 at mediccglobal.org  indicating your name, your title and the name of the organization you represent.  Please reply by Thursday, October 15 in order to be included.
 
 
October, 2009
Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza
Organization of American States
1889 F Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C., 20006
U.S.A.
 
Dear Secretary General Insulza:
 
It has come to our attention that on the morning of October 6, 2009, armed military invaded the premises of the indigenous Garifuna Hospital in Ciriboya, Iriona Department, Honduras, on the pretext of a search for illegal drugs.  They found none. 
We join with local Garifuna communities in demanding an end to such intimidation of health workers and patients, and call upon you to redouble your efforts to guarantee the human, political and civil rights of all Hondurans, in particular of the Garifuna people. The right of indigenous peoples to establish their own health care services is enshrined in an International Labor Organization covenant subscribed to by the government of Honduras. The raid on their hospital constitutes a violation of their rights as human beings, Honduran citizens and indigenous people.
We urge you to take whatever measures necessary to protect the lives of hospital staff and community members in the Garifuna regions of Honduras, as you seek to uphold the rights of all Hondurans put at risk by the military coup and defacto government.
 
Sincerely,
Peter Bourne, MD, MA, Chair
Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC)
 
Kathleen Hower, Executive Director and Co-Founder
Global Links
 
Dabney Evans, MPH, CHES, Founder and Director 
Institute of Human Rights, Emory University
 
Dan Kovalik, Senior Associate General Counsel
United Steelworkers, AFL-CIO (USW)
 
Bill Camp, Executive Secretary
Sacramento Central Labor Council
 
 
 
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From denisezwahlen at yahoo.com  Tue Oct 13 10:49:55 2009
From: denisezwahlen at yahoo.com (Denise Zwahlen)
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:49:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HNA] Fw: Honduran Human Rights Defender Bertha Oliva to Come to
	the November Vigil to Close the SOA in Georgia
Message-ID: <944903.46131.qm@web55307.mail.re4.yahoo.com>



Denise Zwahlen

home phone: 617-983-5383

cell      : 617-721-9606

address:    63 Moraine St. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

--- On Tue, 10/13/09, Hendrik Voss, SOA Watch <hvoss at soaw.org> wrote:

From: Hendrik Voss, SOA Watch <hvoss at soaw.org>
Subject: Honduran Human Rights Defender Bertha Oliva to Come to the November Vigil to Close the SOA in Georgia
To: denisezwahlen at yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 1:36 PM

Hello Supporter, 

 
we just talked with Human Rights Defender Bertha Oliva from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. She is planning to come to the United States to stand with thousands and to speak out at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia during the November Vigil to close the SOA (November 10-22, 2009). She will bring the call for accountability and the anti-coup resistance to the place where the coup plotters received their training: the School of the Americas (SOA/ WHINSEC)!

 

Bertha wanted to relay her gratitude for all that people here are doing in solidarity with Honduras. We have kept her abreast of our efforts, and she senses the outpouring of solidarity, along with concrete actions.

 

She told us that, although she and everyone else are exhausted, and a few pounds lighter, that they are exhilarated at the energy and hope and spirit of the resistance movement. She feels so proud of her people at this moment. 

 

I asked Bertha how we could be of help in addition to what we are doing. Her response was:
Send concrete reports (photos, places, statements) about Honduran solidarity events that have taken place in the U.S. International solidarity is having a huge impact on Honduran society, and is putting pressure on the coup govt. By sending info about these expressions of solidarity throughout the U.S., you would make a huge contribution, according to  Bertha. COFADEH's press team is very effective in getting things out widely there, as Father Roy and Lisa Sullivan have experienced in several visits, and they would get this info out. She mentioned several times that this would be very helpful. 

 

Tom Loudon, who was part of the first SOA Watch Emergency Response Delegation right after the coup just returned to Honduras, where he is going to meet and strategize with members of El Frente Nacional de la Resistencia (English: National Resistance Front), a wide coalition in Honduras of grassroots organizations and political parties and movements that aims to restore elected President Manuel Zelaya, using the methods of massive civil disobedience, marches and strikes.



Wednesday, October 28, marks the 4 month anniversary of the SOA graduate-led military coup in Honduras. After consulting with our partners in Honduras, we are calling for local actions to mark that day with expressions of solidarity with the Honduran people and to close the SOA. You can organize creative street art actions or organize a vigil in your community. Please let us know what you are planning and email photos and report backs that we can post online and send to our partners in Honduras. We are looking forward to see you at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia from November 20-22, 2009.


 


Abrazos,
 Hendrik

 

-- 

Hendrik Voss

Communications Coordinator

School of the Americas Watch

PO Box 4566

Washington, DC

202-234-3440
http://www.SOAW.org

http://www.SOAWLatina.org





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From elektrodread at gmail.com  Tue Oct 13 14:11:12 2009
From: elektrodread at gmail.com (Simon Rios)
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:11:12 -0400
Subject: [HNA] SOA Watch event this Wednesday!
Message-ID: <1d602de70910131411u41e7ab16m9b3e471c2dfc2a72@mail.gmail.com>

Compa?er at s,

Don't forget about this Wednesday's event at MIT. Hope to see you there!

*The involvement of graduates from the School of the Americas in the Coup
d'?tat in Honduras and Venezuela*

With:

*Lisa Sullivan*, Latin America Coordinator for the School of the Americas
Watch

*Omar Sierra,* Consul General of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in
Boston

*Wednesday October 14th 6:00PM*

*Wong Auditorium *(E51-115)

70 Memorial Dr., Cambridge. Tang Center, MIT

Free admission. For further information write to:
info.venezuela.event at gmail.com
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From sreyes1 at yahoo.com  Wed Oct 14 18:16:41 2009
From: sreyes1 at yahoo.com (Sergio Reyes)
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:16:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HNA] Some progress in negotiations, can the dictatorship be trusted
Message-ID: <198880.13719.qm@web38906.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Honduran factions agree on key point in talks
By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA, Associated Press Writer Juan Carlos Llorca, Associated Press Writer 
8pm - 10/14/09
 
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras ? Representatives of opposing factions in the Honduran political crisis reached a tentative agreement Wednesday on whether ousted President Manuel Zelaya should return to power, a negotiator said, in what would be the most significant breakthrough since a June coup.

It was unclear exactly what the two sides had decided and interim President Roberto Micheletti's office released a statement saying only that no definitive agreement had yet been reached and that talks would continue Thursday.

Victor Meza, a negotiator for Zelaya, said representatives had agreed on "point six" of a proposed agreement, which deals with the ousted president's return to office. Meza said he could not give details until both Zelaya and Micheletti's government had approved the plan.

Zelaya, who had been holed up at the Brazilian Embassy since sneaking back into the country from his forced exile last month, told reporters that the final text is still being worked out and he declined to give more details.

Jose Miguel Insulza , the secretary-general of the Organization of American States, expressed optimism that that impasse would be resolved. He told the OAS general assembly that he understands a couple of portions of the accord "still need work."

Zelaya's representatives have repeatedly made clear they will not accept any agreement that does not include his return to serve out his presidential term, which ends in January. Zelaya has warned that if he is not returned to office by Oct. 15, he would seek to postpone Nov. 29 presidential elections, which were scheduled before his ouster.

Micheletti has been under intense international pressure to restore Zelaya, who was toppled in a dispute over his efforts to change the Honduran constitution. For weeks, the interim government shrugged off the suspension of U.S. aid and other sanctions, but the pressure intensified with Zelaya's surprise return to the country last month.

Top level diplomats from the U.S. and other countries flew to Honduras last week and pushed the two sides to the negotiating table ? making clear that Zelaya's reinstatement was the only way to end the Central American country's diplomatic isolation.

Negotiators have said they have agreed on all other points in the pact, first proposed by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias.

The deal would include a truth commission to investigate the events leading up to the coup and a committee to ensure that both sides live up to the agreement. It also requires Zelaya to give up his efforts to change the Honduran constitution, an initiative critics said he intended to use to extend his term in office by abolishing a ban on presidential re-election. Zelaya denies that was his plan. Soldiers flew him into exile after he ignored a Supreme Court order to cancel a referendum to ask Hondurans if they wanted an assembly to rewrite the constitution.

The Honduran Congress then voted to install Micheletti as president.

Mayra Mejia, another Zelaya representative, said both sides had decided to renounce amnesty from prosecution. The Arias plan had included amnesty for both the coup perpetrators and Zelaya, who face abuses of power charges.

"Amnesty was never requested. Neither President Zelaya or the other side considers it necessary," Mejia said.



      



From sreyes1 at yahoo.com  Wed Oct 14 19:41:45 2009
From: sreyes1 at yahoo.com (Sergio Reyes)
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:41:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HNA] SOA graduates and military coups in Honduras and Venezuela at
	MIT
Message-ID: <980606.69897.qm@web38904.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

SOA graduates and military coups in Honduras and Venezuela at MIT 
Lisa Sullivan, a long-time activist working to close the School of the Americas (now the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation - WHISC or WHINSEC) and the Venezuelan Consul General in Boston, Omar Sierra presented a lecture on "The Involvement of Graduates from the School of the Americas in the Coup d'etat in Honduras and Venezuela. 

Sullivan explained how Fr. Roy Bourgois and her were able to meet first Vice President Rangel in Venezuela and later with President Chavez to request that they stop sending military officers to be trained at the SOA, and succeeded. Ironically, some of the generals that participated in the coup de'etat against Chavez in 2004 were graduates of the SOA. That coup was succesfully reversed by the massive protests that exercised presure on Venezuelan soldiers who joined in the demands to return Chavez to the Presidency. 

(Pictured a groups of participants at the lecture in MIT. Kaveri Rajaraman (holding the sign) was about to complete her one-day liquid fast in solidarity with Honduras.)
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From kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com  Wed Oct 14 21:50:51 2009
From: kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com (Kaveri Rajaraman)
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:50:51 -0400
Subject: [HNA] Day 1 of Solidarity Relay Fast from Boston: JOIN US TODAY!
Message-ID: <afdf63240910142150m7dc716efve67dbee7fd89ae07@mail.gmail.com>

Here is a picture from the first day of our Boston Solidarity Fast, taken by
Sergio . We had an event today with Lisa Sullivan and Omar Sierra speaking
on the involvement of the SOA in the coup in Honduras and in Venezuela in
2002, and some people posed with a sign, which Sergio added print to because
the ink was not clear. I am also wearing another not very clear sign saying
I fasted today.

David Keil, also on this email, has pledged to fast tomorrow. We are
starting a 24 hour fast relay among our Boston supporters of the resistance
in Honduras.

Simon, will also fast in the coming week, Jennifer has asked for more
information, and some brave people signed up at today's event to fast in the
coming week. I am CC'ing them here: Christine Elliot, Lee Carpenter, Eugene
Schiff and Selene.

If anyone else from our announce list is inspired to join, or to send
messages of solidarity to the fasters who have been continuously fasting
since October 5 (and were on a liquid diet for weeks before that), we would
love your messages of solidarity. Please send to:
 hondurasayuno at gmail.com, hondurasfast at gmail.com

Listed below is a link to the fast website, which has the demands of the
fast: http://www.fastforhonduras.net/

in solidarity,
Kaveri
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From tmeza at SomervilleCDC.org  Thu Oct 15 13:43:56 2009
From: tmeza at SomervilleCDC.org (Tito Meza)
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:43:56 -0400
Subject: [HNA] Please re-sent
Message-ID: <C81687AB2A1A0540BDB0D6ACA49788D7721FEF@server.SomervilleCDC.local>

Please forward this letter to your Representative and ask them to sign
this letter calling on Pres. Obama to denounce human rights abuses in
Honduras.
 
Angel Tito Meza
Community Organizer
Somerville Community Corporation
337 Somerville, Ave. Somerville, MA
Tel. (617) 776-5931E231
Fax: 776-0724
 
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From sreyes1 at yahoo.com  Thu Oct 15 14:11:53 2009
From: sreyes1 at yahoo.com (Sergio Reyes)
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:11:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HNA] El FNRGE abandona mesa de negociaciones en Honduras
Message-ID: <694936.81620.qm@web38908.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

"El FNRGE no renuncia, ni renunciar? a la Constituyente!" Barahona abandona el llamado di?logo Guaymuras


Tegucigalpa 15 octubre del 2009 
Comunicado No. 28 

El Frente Nacional de Resistencia contra el Golpe de Estado, ante los ?ltimos sucesos de la mesa de di?logo instalada a instancias de la Organizaci?n de Estados Americanos (OEA) comunica: 

Que retiramos a nuestro compa?ero Juan Barahona del llamado di?logo Guaymuras. El compa?ero Barahona fungi? como representante del Frente Nacional de Resistencia contra el golpe de Estado en la delegaci?n del Presidente Zelaya en dicho dialogo. 

La delegaci?n golpista, en un t?pico acto de intransigencia para 
obstaculizar el avance de la negociaci?n, intent? paralizar el di?logo neg?ndose a aceptar que nuestro representante firmara bajo reserva el acuerdo No.3 referente a la renuncia a la instalaci?n de la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente, pues en dicha reserva quer?amos dejar constancia de que nuestro Frente no renuncia ni renunciara a lucha por esta demanda que es la demanda del Pueblo hondure?o. 

Conscientes de que se trataba de una maniobra para hacer fracasar el dialogo utilizando cualquier pretexto, ya que la firma bajo reserva fue sugerida por ellos mismos en una sesi?n anterior, decidimos no prestarnos a la misma y por ello tomamos esa decisi?n, dejando al presidente Zelaya en libertad de sustituirlo por otro representante de su confianza. 
En tal sentido fue delegado el abogado Rodil Rivera Rodil como parte de la comisi?n del presidente Zelaya en sustituci?n de nuestra representaci?n. 

1. Lo anterior significa que el Frente Nacional de Resistencia contra el Golpe de Estado sale del di?logo Guaymuras y que seguiremos peleando en la calle por las demandas que hemos levantado desde el 28 de junio; el retorno al orden constitucional, la restituci?n del presidente Zelaya a su cargo y la convocatoria de una Asamblea Constituyente. 

2. Manifestamos que respetaremos la decisi?n de nuestro presidente si decide firmar el Acuerdo de San Jos?, a?n con todas sus condicionalidades, y declaramos que tenemos plena sinton?a con ?l en cuanto a exigir de los golpistas la firma de un acuerdo por el cual abandonen el poder y le sea devuelto el cargo de Presidente de la Rep?blica. 

3. Advertimos a los golpistas que de no llegarse a la firma de un acuerdo que devuelva la presidencia a su leg?timo titular antes del 15 de octubre, la Resistencia a nivel nacional iniciara acciones para desconocer la farsa electoral que pretenden montar para el 29 de noviembre pr?ximo. 

4. Hacemos un llamado a los sectores populares a redoblar los esfuerzos para derrotar la dictadura empresarial-militar demandando el cese a la represi?n, la derogaci?n de los decretos que restringen las garant?as constitucionales, la libertad de los presos pol?ticos y la reapertura y cese de la censura contra radio Globo, Canal 36 y otros medios y periodistas independientes. 

"A 108 D?AS DE LUCHA AQU? NADIE SE RINDE" 






      
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From kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com  Thu Oct 15 21:32:44 2009
From: kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com (Kaveri Rajaraman)
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:32:44 -0400
Subject: [HNA] David Keil: second solidarity faster with Honduran Resistance
	for Thursday October 15! SIGN UP FOR FUTURE SLOTS!
Message-ID: <afdf63240910152132o6ba98b00i7df32fefdcb2fe7d@mail.gmail.com>

We salute you David - see attached picture for David's solidarity photo!

Meanwhile, tomorrow, Friday, October 16, Simon Rios will fast.
On Saturday October 17, Jennifer Zaldana will fast.

Some more have also pledged to join us:
Brian Vester, in addition to Christine Elliot, Lee Carpenter, Eugene Schiff
and Selene.

If more people on the announce list are inspired by them to join in this
momentum for Honduras, do let us know! We should also think of ways to get
news of our fast out to the media!

To you all, our companeros in solidarity and struggle, I say: do sign up for
days in the upcoming week! If we have multiple people on any given day that
is fine too!

Sunday October 18:
Monday October 19:
Tuesday October 20:
Wednesday October 21:

We salute you all and we salute the Honduran resistance and the brave hunger
strikers back in Honduras!
paz
Kaveri
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From sreyes1 at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 16 12:39:04 2009
From: sreyes1 at yahoo.com (Sergio Reyes)
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:39:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HNA] =?iso-8859-1?q?FNRGE_-_=22No_m=E1s_dilatorias_a_la_restituc?=
 =?iso-8859-1?q?i=F3n_del_Presidente_Zelaya=22_-_Comunicado_del_Frente?=
Message-ID: <776477.72998.qm@web38902.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

FNRGE - "No m?s dilatorias a la restituci?n del Presidente Zelaya" - Comunicado del Frente


COMUNICADO No. 29 
Tegucigalpa, 15 de octubre de 2009 

El Frente Nacional de Resistencia contra el Golpe de Estado, ante los ?ltimos acontecimientos ocurridos en la Mesa de Negociaciones entre la representaci?n del Presidente Mel Zelaya y del usurpador Gorileti, comunicamos lo siguiente: 

1. Que ning?n acuerdo a que haya llegado de forma parcial la Comisi?n de Dialogo, tendr? validez si no es aceptada por parte de los golpistas la restituci?n inmediata de Manuel Zelaya Rosales al cargo de Presidente Constitucional de la Republica. 

2. Que observamos falta de voluntad pol?tica de parte de los golpistas para acordar el punto antes mencionado, al aplicar t?cticas dilatorias pretendiendo que la restituci?n del Presidente Zelaya dependa de la decisi?n de otras entidades estatales como el Congreso Nacional o la Corte Suprema de Justicia. 

3. Otra muestra de falta de voluntad pol?tica de la dictadura para resolver la crisis, es el hecho de que mantiene el Estado de Sitio al negarse a publicar en el Diario Oficial La Gaceta el Decreto que derogar?a esa inconstitucional medida, adem?s de que mantiene una actitud represiva en contra de la Resistencia popular, ya que nos impide ejercer el derecho a la libre movilizaci?n, a la libertad de expresi?n y desata persecuci?n pol?tica disfrazada de procesos judiciales en contra de dirigentes populares y funcionarios del presidente Mel Zelaya. 

4. Las actitudes se?aladas dejan claro que los golpistas que pretenden es quedarse en el poder utilizando la farsa electoral del 29 de noviembre como medio de legitimaci?n de los candidatos y candidatas golpistas; estrategia que esta condenada al fracaso por que el pueblo hondure?o en resistencia no lo va a permitir. 

5. Por todo lo anterior, ratificamos el plazo que vence hoy jueves 15 de octubre a las 12 de la noche para que los golpistas devuelvan la Presidencia a su legitimo titular o, de lo contrario, a partir de ma?ana aplicaremos una estrategia de desconocimiento activo del proceso electoral. 

6. Alertamos al Pueblo Hondure?o a no dejarse sorprender por las maniobras de la dictadura para burlar la voluntad popular mediante campa?as desinformativas y lo llamamos a incorporarse a las acciones de Resistencia en todo el pa?s. 

NO MAS DILATORIAS A LA RESTITUCI?N DEL PRESIDENTE ZELAYA 
PUBLICACION INMEDIATA DEL DECRETO QUE DEROGA EL ESTADO DE SITIO. 

Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. 15 de octubre de 2009 

Coordinaci?n Nacional del Frente Nacional Contra el Golpe de Estado
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From sreyes1 at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 16 13:06:31 2009
From: sreyes1 at yahoo.com (Sergio Reyes)
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:06:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HNA] National Front in Resistance Against the Coup De'etat
	abandons negotiations
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National Front in Resistance Against the Coup De'etat abandons negotiations


STATEMENT No. 28 
Tegucigalpa, Honduras, October 15, 2009 

The Frente Nacional de Resistencia contra el Golpe de Estado (National Front of Resistance Against the Coup De'etat), in light of the recent events of the dialogue organized at the request of the Organization of American States (OAS) declares: 

1. We withdraw our representative, Juan Barahona, from the so-called Guaymuras dialogue. Comrade Barahona served as representative of the Frente Nacional de Resistencia contra el Golpe de Estado in the delegation of President Zelaya in the mentioned dialogue. 

The golpista (coup-makers) delegation, in a typical act of intransigence and with the purpose of hindering the progress of the negotiations, attempted to paralyze the dialogue by refusing to accept that our representative sign "with reservations" point No.3 of the agreement concerning the waiving of the installation of a National Constituent Assembly. 

We wish to state that our Front does not renounce and will not renounce the fight for this demand, which is the demand of the Honduran people. Aware that this was a move to derail the dialogue using any pretext, since the provisional signature was suggested by them at a previous meeting, we decided not to go along with this farse and for that reason we took the decision leave, allowing President Zelaya to be free to substitute Barahona with another representative of his close confidence. As a result attorney Rivera Rodil Rodil was named as a delegate of the commission of President Zelaya in place of our representative. 

2. The above signifies that our Front leaves the Guaymuras negotiations and that we will continue fighting on the streets of our country for the demands that have arisen from June 28, the return to constitutional order, the return of President Zelaya to his post and the convening of a Constituent Assembly. 

3. We declare that we will respect the decision of our president if he decides to sign the San Jose Accord, even with all its attached conditions, and declare our agreement with him regarding the demands for the golpistas to sign the accord in which they will abandon their position of power and that the position of President of the Republic is returned to its lawful owner. 

4. We warn the golpistas that if they do not sign the accord before October 15 returning the Presidency to its rightful owner, the Resistence will initiate actions on a national level to not recognize the electoral farce which the golpistas intend to mount on 29 November. 

5. We call upon popular sectors to redouble efforts to defeat the corporate-military dictatorship, demanding an end to the repression, the annulment of decrees that restrict constitutional guarantees; the freedom of political prisoners and the reopening and lifting of censorship against Radio Globo, Canal 36 and other independent media and journalists. 

108 DIAS Y AQUI NADIE SE RINDE 
108 DAYS AND HERE NO ONE GIVES UP 

Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. October 15, 2009 

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From sreyes1 at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 16 19:23:26 2009
From: sreyes1 at yahoo.com (Sergio Reyes)
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:23:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HNA] =?iso-8859-1?q?Micheletti=3A_Sigue_el_di=E1logo_con_Zelaya?=
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Micheletti: Sigue el di?logo con Zelaya
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Ninguno de los miembros de las comisiones de di?logo dio declaraciones a la prensa
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16.10.09 - Actualizado: 16.10.09 06:37pm - Redacci?n, EFE, AFP: redaccion at laprensa.hn

Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Debido a que no hay acuerdo en la restituci?n de Manuel Zelaya, la delegaci?n del ex presidente present? una contrapropuesta para que el Congreso Nacional decida sobre este punto. 
Propuesta de Roberto Micheletti
Zelaya rechaz? este viernes por ser "absolutamente inaceptable" la propuesta del gobierno de Micheletti de que sea la Corte Suprema la que decida su restituci?n, dijo uno de sus negociadores, pero anunci? que el di?logo contin?a.
"Es una propuesta absurda. Nosotros propusimos que fuera el Congreso, que previa opini?n de las instancias pertinentes, incluyendo la Corte Suprema de Justicia (...), emita la decisi?n", dijo el negociador de Zelaya, V?ctor Meza.
Propuesta de Manuel Zelaya
Mientras tanto, el gobierno de Micheletti asegur? contin?a en el di?logo con Zelaya, pese a las posturas opuestas sobre si el Congreso o la Corte Suprema deben decidir la restituci?n del l?der derrocado.
"Seguimos en el di?logo todo el tiempo que sea necesario. El gobierno ofrece toda las disposiciones y garant?as para que la mesa de di?logo se prolongue", dijo el ministro de la Presidencia, Rafael Pineda Ponce.
El conflicto se debe a que Zelaya, depuesto el 28 de junio, propone que sea el Congreso el que decida si debe volver al poder, pero el gobierno de Micheletti sostiene que esa es potestad de la Corte Suprema de Justicia.
Meza, ministro de Gobernaci?n de Zelaya, asegur? que a?n esperan una reconsideraci?n de Micheletti, pese a que vencieron todos los plazos que puso el mandatario depuesto para cerrar la negociaci?n.
Comisiones realizan consultas de ?ltima hora
Un clima de crispaci?n se apoder? este viernes del di?logo entre las comisiones de Roberto Micheletti y Manuel Zelaya, que a?n no llegan a un acuerdo sobre su restituci?n, cuando ya vencieron todos los plazos para el cierre del di?logo.
Los representantes de ambas partes se retiraron del hotel sede del di?logo para hacer consultas de ?ltima hora con el presidente Micheletti en la Casa de Gobierno y con Zelaya en su refugio en la embajada de Brasil en Tegucigalpa, esquivando por el s?tano al centenar de periodistas que espera un resultado.
Gritos y empujones entre periodistas y funcionarios de ambos bandos aument? la tensi?n en el hotel, con fuerte presencia policial, entre rumores de que las conversaciones se habr?an roto este viernes en la tarde.
La polic?a lleg? a las instalaciones del hotel Clari?n a dar seguridad despu?s de dos altercados. Uno entre camar?grafos internacionales que lleg? a golpes y otro entre periodistas nacionales que qued? en discusi?n.
Los delegados de ambos bandos --en sus ?ltimas declaraciones a los periodistas-- hab?an dicho que el di?logo continuaba.
Los representantes del mandatario hondure?o hab?an pedido este viernes una pr?rroga. La comisi?n solicit? una nueva pr?rroga de una hora, que concluye a las cuatro de la tarde, cuando se espera que se brinde una conferencia de prensa. 
La delegaci?n ya hab?an pedido una extensi?n de tres horas m?s para continuar el di?logo despu?s de que Manuel Zelaya anunci? que hoy al mediod?a venc?a el plazo.
Hasta pasado el mediod?a del viernes, los equipos permanecieron reunidos bajo estricta reserva sin que se diera informaci?n sobre el avance de las negociaciones en torno al ?nico punto pendiente en la agenda: el regreso de Zelaya al poder.
"Los negociadores de Micheletti pidieron tres horas m?s y fue concedido por Zelaya", dijo a la AFP una fuente cercana a la mesa de negociaciones, supervisada por la Organizaci?n de Estados Americanos. 
Sin entrar en detalles, la portavoz de los negociadores de Micheletti, Vilma Morales, ingres? en la tarde al hotel sede del di?logo, tras consultas con su l?der, y acosada por la prensa dijo: "Vamos a la ?ltima fase en la que consideramos que con todo ?xito vamos a llegar" a una soluci?n. 
La prolongaci?n del plazo aument? el nerviosismo en la sede de las conversaciones, adonde espera impaciente m?s de un centenar de periodistas, as? como tambi?n seguidores de Zelaya y Micheletti
Las comisiones de di?logo que buscan una soluci?n a la crisis pol?tica que vive Honduras desde la sustituci?n de Manuel Zelaya, en junio pasado, iniciaron hoy la reuni?n de la que podr?a surgir un arreglo. 
Los primeros en llegar al hotel donde se celebra el proceso de di?logo fueron los miembros de la comisi?n de Zelaya, integrada por el ministro de Gobernaci?n del derrocado presidente, V?ctor Meza; Mayra Mej?a y Rodil Rivera.
La representaci?n de Roberto Micheletti la integran Vilma Morales, ex presidenta de la Corte Suprema de Justicia; Armando Aguilar y Arturo Corrales.
Ninguno de los miembros de las comisiones de di?logo dio declaraciones a la prensa.
Seg?n inform? anoche la representaci?n de Zelaya, para hoy se espera que se firme un acuerdo que resuelva la crisis pol?tica.
Hasta ayer jueves se hab?a alcanzado un avance del 95 por ciento en el di?logo, seg?n dijo V?ctor Meza a periodistas.
"Estamos optimistas de que ma?ana (hoy) tendremos un acuerdo, posiblemente a mediod?a", dijo Meza, y enfatiz?: "Estamos a un punto de lograr un acuerdo definitivo", pero insisti? en no brindar detalles "para no entorpecer el curso de la negociaci?n".
Funcionarios de la Organizaci?n de Estados Americanos, OEA, acompa?an el proceso de di?logo, que tiene como marco de las negociaciones el Acuerdo de San Jos? que auspicia el presidente de Costa Rica, ?scar Arias.
Zelaya permanece en la embajada de Brasil desde el 21 de septiembre pasado, cuando lleg? por sorpresa a Tegucigalpa y desde donde exige su restituci?n en el poder.



      
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From kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com  Fri Oct 16 23:36:40 2009
From: kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com (Kaveri Rajaraman)
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:36:40 -0400
Subject: [HNA] TODAY @ COPLEY- New England-wide Rally Against Wars and
	Occupation
In-Reply-To: <afdf63240910162327g52bcde37nb1450e77a1807c40@mail.gmail.com>
References: <afdf63240910162327g52bcde37nb1450e77a1807c40@mail.gmail.com>
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We will have Tito speaking about Honduras as well at this rally - do come!

paz
Kaveri

Eight Years of War, How Many More? New England Rallies Against Wars and
Occupation JOIN THE STUDENT CONTINGENT!!!!!(look for the banner of the
student contingent and let us march together and make this movement happen!)
   *No more U.S. Predator drone missiles!!!*

*All troops home now from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq!*

*End the siege of Gaza and all US support for the occupation of Palestine!*

*Fund Jobs, Health Care and Environmental Protection, not War & Nuclear
Weapons!*

*TOMORROW, Saturday, October 17, noon, at Copley Square, Boston* we will
march and rally to protest the Afghanistan/Pakistan war, the continued
occupation of Iraq, the militarist U.S. policies with respect to Palestine,
Iran, and nuclear weapons, and the impact of the military budget on human
needs at home.

As the Obama administration weighs whether to further escalate troop levels
in Afghanistan, the moment could not be more timely to raise our voices in
protest!

Music starts at noon featuring hip-hop/jazz ensemble Mista Mayday with
Above/Below <http://oct17boston.org/program/mista-mayday-with-abovebelow>,
soul/funk/rockers Bojah and the
Insurrection<http://oct17boston.org/program/bojah-and-the-insurrection>,
and the Constitution Brass Band.

A rally at 1:00 will be addressed by a variety of informative
speakers<http://oct17boston.org/program>including:

   - Afghan women's rights activist
Zoya<http://justicewithpeace.org/afghan-zoya-bio>who is
   lecturing <http://justicewithpeace.org/afghan-zoya> throughout the Boston
   area this week
   - military resister Matthis
Cheroux<http://oct17boston.org/program/matthis-cheroux>
   - veteran and longtime peace activist John
Schuchardt<http://oct17boston.org/program/john-schuchardt>
   - military mom Sarah Fuhro <http://oct17boston.org/program/sarah-fuhro>
   - organizers for immigrants' rights, housing rights, climate change,
   redirecting the military budget, ending the Gaza blockade, and opposing the
   Honduras coup.

The rally will be MC'd by satirical singer-songwriter Roy Zimmerman
<http://oct17boston.org/program/roy-zimmerman>and antiwar activist Marilyn
Levin.

Led by the brass band and the colorful Veterans for Peace contingent, at
3:00 the group will march from Copley Square to the Common and return to
Copley.

The mobilization has eight demands:

   - *All troops home now from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq!*
   - *End the siege of Gaza and all US support for the occupation of
   Palestine!*
   - *Fund Jobs, Health Care and Environmental Protection, not War & Nuclear
   Weapons!*
   - *Ground the Drones!*
   - *Bring the National Guard Home Now!*
   - *No Threats against Iran or North Korea!*
   - *Human and Civil Rights for All? No Torture, Racist Deportations, or
   Scapegoating Muslims.  Repeal the PATRIOT Act!*
   - *Break All Ties With the Honduran Dictatorship!*

[image: Weekend of Peace]
<http://www.grassrootstech.org/2009/node/30>Volunteers
are needed to carry banners, collect donations, and set up tables and
chairs.    Sign in at the Volunteers Table when you arrive at Copley.

For more information visit the mobilization's web
site<http://oct17boston.org>or contact Cole
Harrison <rozziecole at gmail.com> or Shelagh
Foreman<shelagh at masspeaceaction.org>of the UJP Afghanistan/Pakistan
Task Force.

The mobilization is being organized by over 100 peace and justice
groups<http://oct17boston.org/endorsers>throughout New England and
participants will be bused in from Maine, New
Hampshire, and Connecticut.   See the complete
list<http://oct17boston.org/endorsers>of sponsors and endorsers.
UJP initiated the event and is an active
sponsor and promoter of it.

Ask your organization to sponsor or endorse <oct17endorse at gmail.com> this
protest!

The outreach flyer is attached in two formats - please print copies and
distribute widely.

  <http://justicewithpeace.org>

United for Justice with Peace <http://justicewithpeace.org> is a coalition
of peace and justice organizations and community peace groups in the Greater
Boston region. The UJP Coalition, formed after September 11th, seeks global
peace through social and economic justice.

ujpcoalition at gmail.com
 617-491-4UJP www.justicewithpeace.org


 Upcoming Events:
  Eight Years of War, How Many More? New England Rallies Against Wars and
Occupation <http://justicewithpeace.org/oct17>Sat Oct 1712:00pmCopley
SquareBoston Conference
on Climate Emergency and
Re-Localization<http://justicewithpeace.org/node/367>Sun
Oct 189:00amReggie Lewis CenterRoxbury Piano Music for Peace with Russell
Sherman <http://justicewithpeace.org/node/529>Sun Oct 184:00pmHome of Ruth
SchockenCambridge Afghanistan: Resisting Occupation and
Fundamentalism<http://justicewithpeace.org/afghan-zoya-newton>Sun
Oct 187:00pmEliot Church, NewtonNewton Iraqi Peace Activist Visits New
England <http://justicewithpeace.org/node/626>Wed Oct 216:30pmAFSCCambridge The
Bravest Woman in Afghanistan <http://justicewithpeace.org/afghan-joya-mit>Thu
Oct 297:00pmMIT Room 10-250Cambridge


More Peace and Justice Events <http://justicewithpeace.org/upcoming-events>

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From athreadofhope at yahoo.com  Sat Oct 17 22:28:39 2009
From: athreadofhope at yahoo.com (A Thread of Hope)
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:28:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HNA] Fw: Grahame Russell to speak Oct 22.
Message-ID: <20560.34553.qm@web113214.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>



Eliza Strode

A Thread of Hope Guatemalan Fair Trade

P.O. Box 1764

Brookline, MA 02446-0014

617-308-7026 (cell)

http://www.athreadofhope.coop or http://www.athreadofhope.org

Ancient Traditions - Fair Trade



I slept and dreamt that life was joy.

I awoke and saw that life was service.

I acted and behold, service was joy.

            - Rabindranath Tagore

              Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1913

--- On Sun, 10/18/09, Rene Van Rompay <rvanrompay at comcast.net> wrote:

From: Rene Van Rompay <rvanrompay at comcast.net>
Subject: Grahame Russell to speak Oct 22.
To: guatcomboston at earthlink.net, "'Gavin, Regina C'" <RCGAVIN at PARTNERS.ORG>, "'A Thread of Hope'" <athreadofhope at yahoo.com>, "'lydia hews'" <amiga_lidia at verizon.net>, "'Jorge TT'" <jito_t26 at hotmail.com>, "'Judy Chambliss'" <jac.pelican at verizon.net>, "'jeffrey Range'" <jeffreyrange at gmail.com>, "'Juan F. Garcia'" <francisco.garcia at tufts.edu>, "'kelly turley'" <kellyturley at gmail.com>, "'maria andree lopez gomez'" <mariaandree.lg at gmail.com>, "'Michael Vivaldi'" <mvivaldi_1971 at yahoo.com>, "'mary ruggiero'" <mruggiero at cpsd.us>, ron4peace24 at msn.com, "'Edwar Boy'" <b.edwar at yahoo.com>, "'anna sandoval'" <sandovaa at simmons.edu>, "'Sunny Robinson'" <sun.beams at verizon.net>, "'carlos galvez'" <cgalvez at cpresente.org>, bowmanetux at comcast.net, "'Byron Titus'" <byrontitus at comcast.net>, "'Brenda Metzler'" <bmetzler7 at verizon.net>, belarminobarrios at yahoo.com, "'Brinton Lykes'" <lykes at mail.bc.edu>, "'Erika Perez'" <ehmno2000 at yahoo.com>, gilcorzojuan at aol.com, "'Courtney
 Snegroff'" <snegrrr at hotmail.com>, "'Clark Taylor'" <clark.taylor at umb.edu>
Date: Sunday, October 18, 2009, 12:47 AM



 
 
 
Grahame Russell of 
Rights Action
will speak on local 
resistance to mining corporations, and the coup in Honduras.
Thursday, October 22 
at 7:00pm
at Encuentro Cinco, 
33 Harrison Ave, 5th floor
( Chinatown stop on 
Orange Line )
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Organized by 
Cispes,
co-sponsored by the 
Guatemala Solidarity Committee of Boston
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From sreyes1 at yahoo.com  Sun Oct 18 10:04:45 2009
From: sreyes1 at yahoo.com (Sergio Reyes)
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:04:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HNA] Time: Is the U.S. Softening Its Opposition to the Honduran
	Coup?
Message-ID: <328265.10245.qm@web38902.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Is the U.S. Softening Its Opposition to the Honduran Coup?
By TIM PADGETT Tim Padgett 
Sat Oct 17, 10:15 am ET
 
The negotiations that were revived this week in the hope of resolving the Honduran coup crisis still haven't cracked the critical issue: whether ousted President Manuel Zelaya will be restored to office and allowed to finish the final three months of his term. The U.S., the Organization of American States (OAS) and every other nation in the world have condemned the June 28 military coup as antidemocratic - and they've warned the installed President, Roberto Micheletti, that they won't recognize the results of Honduras' long-planned Nov. 29 presidential election if Zelaya isn't reinstated beforehand.


But there are growing signs that the U.S. may be willing to abandon that condition. A number of well-placed sources in Honduras and the U.S. tell TIME that officials in the State Department and the U.S.'s OAS delegation have informed them that the Obama Administration is mulling ways to legitimize the election should talks fail to restore Zelaya in time. "We're suddenly hearing from them that the one may no longer be a [precondition] for the other," says a Western diplomat in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, where Zelaya is currently holed up in the Brazilian embassy. (See TIME's photo-essay "Violence Erupts During Honduras Protests.")


Zelaya warned this week that legitimizing the election "without the reinstatement of the constitutional President would only legitimize" the coup. But U.S. officials, while insisting they've not given up on restoring Zelaya before Nov. 29, acknowledge they're considering a Plan B - perhaps brokering more international oversight of the balloting while forging a deal that reinstates Zelaya after the election so that he can finish out his term, which ends on Jan. 27. "We've always preferred a restoration of constitutional and democratic order in Honduras that includes the restoration of Manuel Zelaya," one State official tells TIME. "But the elections are going to take place either way, and the international community needs to come to terms with that fact."


The official concedes that recognizing an election held while an illegitimate regime is in power is a "significant challenge." It may be even harder given recent actions by that regime: in the past three weeks, Micheletti has cracked down on civil rights, shuttered pro-Zelaya broadcasters and decreed that more media will be muzzled if they "transmit messages that incite national hate." Micheletti, a devout Roman Catholic who has said he's on a calling from God, lifted many of his emergency decrees during a visit last week by U.S. Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and a Micheletti supporter. But human-rights groups like Amnesty International say police and soldiers are still blocking street protests.


Micheletti insists Zelaya was overthrown because he defied a Supreme Court order against holding a referendum on constitutional reform that could have lifted Honduras' ban on presidential re-election. And he claims he's protecting Honduras from the sway of Zelaya's left-wing ally, Venezuelan President Hugo Ch?vez. But critics say Micheletti is acting a lot like just the kind of authoritarian caudillo he accuses Ch?vez of being. Micheletti recently fired back at visiting OAS delegates that they and his other critics "don't know the whole truth, and at times it appears that you don't want to hear it." Neither Micheletti nor his spokespeople have answered queries from TIME. 


The U.S. holds the most leverage over Micheletti and his partners in the Honduran military and business ?lite. Since the coup, the U.S. government has revoked their U.S.-entry visas as well as more than $30 million in aid for Honduras. Even so, many in the hemisphere have questioned Obama's wholehearted commitment to thwarting the coup and getting Zelaya reinstalled. A Latin-American diplomat close to the Zelaya-Micheletti talks says the acting leader's own aides showed him an e-mail last month from a high-level official in the U.S.'s OAS delegation concurring that Zelaya's return should not be a condition for approving the election. What's more, says the diplomat, the missive suggests that insisting on Zelaya's restoration has handed a victory to Ch?vez and other anti-U.S. leaders in the region. 


Read "Zelaya's Return Promises Violence and Turmoil."


Read "Why Obama Won't Use the M-Word for Honduras' Coup."


The e-mail was not sent by the U.S. ambassador to the OAS, Lewis Amselem. But some of Amselem's recent public remarks are at odds with the Administration's stated support for restoring Zelaya. After Zelaya sneaked back into Honduras last month from an exile imposed by the military, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said he and Micheletti now had "the best opportunity" to sign a deal brokered by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias that would reinstall Zelaya while granting amnesty to the coup leaders. But Amselem, a holdover from the George W. Bush Administration, called Zelaya's surprise reappearance in Tegucigalpa "irresponsible and foolish." Many diplomats say Micheletti took that as a green light to resist the accord and crack down on Zelaya supporters inside Honduras.


Either way, the State official says the long-term needs of Honduran democracy should also be weighed. Both sides have to "construct a national dialogue" that addresses "the political polarization plaguing Honduras in the first place," the official says, adding that the election "could end up providing new political leadership that finally confronts that problem." And to their credit, the leading presidential candidates - Porfirio Lobos of the National Party and Elvin Santos of the Liberal Party - have contributed responsibly to resolving the crisis.


But opponents of that reasoning say it risks undermining the entire U.S. stance against the coup and is unlikely to win any Latin-American backing. "Any election run by a coup government is automatically unconstitutional," Zelaya's Foreign Minister?in-exile, Patricia Rodas, insists. "You don't further democratization in Honduras by acquiescing to coup-mongers."


Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a liberal Washington think tank, says backing away from restoring Zelaya "sends an ugly signal that the U.S. doesn't really consider the era of using military coups in the region to be over." He adds it would fuel charges that Obama has been cowed by a small group of conservative Republican Cold Warriors in Congress. Led by South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint, they recently journeyed to Honduras to show their support for Micheletti and are holding up diplomatic appointments to protest Obama's opposition to the coup. (Read "Honduras Quagmire: An Interview with Zelaya.")


Zelaya, however, isn't always helping his own cause. After setting up in the Brazilian embassy last month, he claimed Israeli mercenaries were trying to zap him and his entourage with high-frequency radiation. Worse, David Romero, a director at Radio Globo, one of the shuttered pro-Zelaya stations in Honduras, spoke approvingly of Hitler's efforts to "finish off" the Jews, "because if there is anyone who is harmful to [Honduras], it's the Jews and the Israelites." Romero later apologized for the remarks, but they were an unsettling reminder of the Latin-American left's increasing tendency toward anti-Semitic rhetoric.


With that in mind, the State Department's reasoning is perhaps understandable: If Micheletti and Zelaya are the best leadership Honduras can offer right now, it's tempting to want to bless an election and move beyond the two of them as quickly as possible. But if Micheletti doesn't yield the presidency back to Zelaya by Nov. 29, whoever wins that day is likely to be a global pariah - a fact that perhaps the U.S. needs to come to terms with.



      



From julie_feeney at yahoo.com  Sun Oct 18 10:22:52 2009
From: julie_feeney at yahoo.com (Julie Feeney)
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:22:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HNA] announce Digest, Vol 4, Issue 17
In-Reply-To: <mailman.9.1255806005.25487.announce_hondurasresists.org@hondurasresists.org>
Message-ID: <560763.36480.qm@web53510.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

Good job Kaveri, Simon and crew. It was great to see you all out at the rally, have a speaker and the t-shirts look great.? Keep up the good work!

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation

Are men who want crops without plowing the ground.

They want rain without thunder and lightening.

They want the ocean without the awful roar of its waters.

Power concedes nothing without a demand.

It never did, and it never will.

-Frederick Douglass

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Subject: [HNA] TODAY @ COPLEY- New England-wide Rally Against Wars and
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We will have Tito speaking about Honduras as well at this rally - do come!

paz
Kaveri

Eight Years of War, How Many More? New England Rallies Against Wars and
Occupation JOIN THE STUDENT CONTINGENT!!!!!(look for the banner of the
student contingent and let us march together and make this movement happen!)
???*No more U.S. Predator drone missiles!!!*

*All troops home now from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq!*

*End the siege of Gaza and all US support for the occupation of Palestine!*

*Fund Jobs, Health Care and Environmental Protection, not War & Nuclear
Weapons!*

*TOMORROW, Saturday, October 17, noon, at Copley Square, Boston* we will
march and rally to protest the Afghanistan/Pakistan war, the continued
occupation of Iraq, the militarist U.S. policies with respect to Palestine,
Iran, and nuclear weapons, and the impact of the military budget on human
needs at home.

As the Obama administration weighs whether to further escalate troop levels
in Afghanistan, the moment could not be more timely to raise our voices in
protest!

Music starts at noon featuring hip-hop/jazz ensemble Mista Mayday with
Above/Below <http://oct17boston.org/program/mista-mayday-with-abovebelow>,
soul/funk/rockers Bojah and the
Insurrection<http://oct17boston.org/program/bojah-and-the-insurrection>,
and the Constitution Brass Band.

A rally at 1:00 will be addressed by a variety of informative
speakers<http://oct17boston.org/program>including:

???- Afghan women's rights activist
Zoya<http://justicewithpeace.org/afghan-zoya-bio>who is
???lecturing <http://justicewithpeace.org/afghan-zoya> throughout the Boston
???area this week
???- military resister Matthis
Cheroux<http://oct17boston.org/program/matthis-cheroux>
???- veteran and longtime peace activist John
Schuchardt<http://oct17boston.org/program/john-schuchardt>
???- military mom Sarah Fuhro <http://oct17boston.org/program/sarah-fuhro>
???- organizers for immigrants' rights, housing rights, climate change,
???redirecting the military budget, ending the Gaza blockade, and opposing the
???Honduras coup.

The rally will be MC'd by satirical singer-songwriter Roy Zimmerman
<http://oct17boston.org/program/roy-zimmerman>and antiwar activist Marilyn
Levin.

Led by the brass band and the colorful Veterans for Peace contingent, at
3:00 the group will march from Copley Square to the Common and return to
Copley.

The mobilization has eight demands:

???- *All troops home now from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq!*
???- *End the siege of Gaza and all US support for the occupation of
???Palestine!*
???- *Fund Jobs, Health Care and Environmental Protection, not War & Nuclear
???Weapons!*
???- *Ground the Drones!*
???- *Bring the National Guard Home Now!*
???- *No Threats against Iran or North Korea!*
???- *Human and Civil Rights for All? No Torture, Racist Deportations, or
???Scapegoating Muslims.? Repeal the PATRIOT Act!*
???- *Break All Ties With the Honduran Dictatorship!*

[image: Weekend of Peace]
<http://www.grassrootstech.org/2009/node/30>Volunteers
are needed to carry banners, collect donations, and set up tables and
chairs.? ? Sign in at the Volunteers Table when you arrive at Copley.

For more information visit the mobilization's web
site<http://oct17boston.org>or contact Cole
Harrison <rozziecole at gmail.com> or Shelagh
Foreman<shelagh at masspeaceaction.org>of the UJP Afghanistan/Pakistan
Task Force.

The mobilization is being organized by over 100 peace and justice
groups<http://oct17boston.org/endorsers>throughout New England and
participants will be bused in from Maine, New
Hampshire, and Connecticut.???See the complete
list<http://oct17boston.org/endorsers>of sponsors and endorsers.
UJP initiated the event and is an active
sponsor and promoter of it.

Ask your organization to sponsor or endorse <oct17endorse at gmail.com> this
protest!

The outreach flyer is attached in two formats - please print copies and
distribute widely.

? <http://justicewithpeace.org>

United for Justice with Peace <http://justicewithpeace.org> is a coalition
of peace and justice organizations and community peace groups in the Greater
Boston region. The UJP Coalition, formed after September 11th, seeks global
peace through social and economic justice.

ujpcoalition at gmail.com
 617-491-4UJP www.justicewithpeace.org


 Upcoming Events:
? Eight Years of War, How Many More? New England Rallies Against Wars and
Occupation <http://justicewithpeace.org/oct17>Sat Oct 1712:00pmCopley
SquareBoston Conference
on Climate Emergency and
Re-Localization<http://justicewithpeace.org/node/367>Sun
Oct 189:00amReggie Lewis CenterRoxbury Piano Music for Peace with Russell
Sherman <http://justicewithpeace.org/node/529>Sun Oct 184:00pmHome of Ruth
SchockenCambridge Afghanistan: Resisting Occupation and
Fundamentalism<http://justicewithpeace.org/afghan-zoya-newton>Sun
Oct 187:00pmEliot Church, NewtonNewton Iraqi Peace Activist Visits New
England <http://justicewithpeace.org/node/626>Wed Oct 216:30pmAFSCCambridge The
Bravest Woman in Afghanistan <http://justicewithpeace.org/afghan-joya-mit>Thu
Oct 297:00pmMIT Room 10-250Cambridge


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From tmeza at SomervilleCDC.org  Mon Oct 19 10:37:12 2009
From: tmeza at SomervilleCDC.org (Tito Meza)
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:37:12 -0400
Subject: [HNA] Happiness
Message-ID: <C81687AB2A1A0540BDB0D6ACA49788D7722006@server.SomervilleCDC.local>

Happiness for Radio Globe staff and people allover Honduras. Today 11:35
A.M. Radio Globe start its broadcasting in Honduras. I provably you know
Radio Globo was only broadcasting though Internet. The majority of
Hondurans will be able to listen to Radio Globo and Canal 36 .The
struggle will continue!  In solidarity!
 
Tito
 
Angel Tito Meza
Community Organizer
Somerville Community Corporation
337 Somerville, Ave. Somerville, MA
Tel. (617) 776-5931E231
Fax: 776-0724
 
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From elektrodread at gmail.com  Mon Oct 19 12:32:51 2009
From: elektrodread at gmail.com (Simon Rios)
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:32:51 -0400
Subject: [HNA] testimonio of a business (english & espanol)
Message-ID: <1d602de70910191232p49554e86nebc2b03d208e4ac3@mail.gmail.com>

Friends,
I just translated this article orginally posted on
http://hondurascontraelgolpedeestado.blogspot.com/ See below for the version
in Spanish.

My name is Arqu?medes Alfaro Riestra, a Honduran businessman dedicated to
the industrial production of kitchen utensils, member of the high council of
the Private Businesses of Honduras, and I want to let the world know what is
being prohibited in my country.

All the Honduran people are suffering a crisis that has out without food in
the markets, a scarcity of combustibles, blackouts during the work day that
prevents us from working, a military presence in all the streets,
repression, and the soldiers don?t even ask for our identity, they beat us
and send us home.

In the neighboring barrios of my business there is no water, and I have
given from our cistern principally to the children. There is famine among
the poor, and as a Christian there is nothing one can do.

My business has been taken by 30 soldiers who are there all the time. They
have sacked a great portion of my tools. Of my 20 employees 15 have been
detained without charges for more than a month now. One of my best workers,
of Nicaraguan origin, named Ram?n Arellano Ara?z, was taken prisoner two
weeks ago. They severely beat him in front of all the employees and since
that date he has not appeared. On the outskirts of Tegucigalpa 30 bodies
turned up dead. I went with some of my employees to see if they recognized
the Nicaraguan but he wasn?t among the dead. The majority were youth of 18
to 19 years, all partly burnt, tied by the hands with wire and with bullets
in the head. There was a human rights group present collecting gun-shells
and I believe they were from M-16s.

The organization of businessmen convoked an urgent meeting during which they
asked us for two things: donate $5,000 to a fund in favor of the golpista
regime, and write to the exterior saying that everything is calm here. I
haven?t done either of these. I don?t believe in lying to the world about
something that pains my heart so much. Everyday I?m seeing people die at the
hands of the military. There is desperation amongst the people. Many want to
confront the military even if it means they will be killed. Nobody has arms
but they are looking for ways to defend themselves.

I am selling everything I can and getting my family ready to leave the
country. I have another business in El Salvador and have sent some of my
equipment there already. Of my three children, two have already left. Now
it?s only me, my youngest, and my wife.

I ask all citizens of the world not to forget us. In Honduras an incredible
thing has happened. When we saw the streets full of heavily armed soldiers
it reminded us of the dictatorship. Now we see the dictatorship again,
wanting to kill us all. Don Manuel Zelaya wasn?t perfect and committed
errors during his presidency, but he?s the only one in the last 20 years
that has worked for everyone, especially for the poor. He even helped the
businesses after they betrayed him, including me, because without knowing it
I was contributing to a fund destined to support the high command of the
military.

Now all that is left is that the world help us restore order in Honduras.


4. Carta abierta de un empresario hondure?o.

Soy Arqu?medes Alfaro Riestra, empresario hondure?o dedicado a la
producci?n industrial de utensilios de cocina, miembro del concejo superior
de la Empresa Privada de Honduras y quiero hacer saber al mundo lo que
en mi pa?s nos est? prohibido:

Todos los hondure?os estamos sufriendo una crisis que nos tiene sin
comida en los mercados y supermercados, escasez de combustible, cortes
de energ?a el?ctrica en horas laborales que nos impide trabajar, presencia
militar en todas las calles, represi?n, ya la guardia ni pregunta la
identidad,
solamente te golpean y mandan a casa.

En los barrios aleda?os a mi empresa no hay agua, la cisterna que tenia
para mi trabajo la he regalado principalmente para los ni?os, hay hambre
en la pobreter?a y uno como cristiano nada pueda hacer.

Mi empresa est? tomada por 30 efectivos que permanecen todo el tiempo,
han saqueado gran parte de mis herramientas, de 20 empleados operarios,
15 est?n detenidos sin cargo alguno y de eso hace mas de un mes, uno de
mis mejores operarios es de origen nicarag?ense, de Ocotal, se llama
Ram?n Arellano Ara?z, desde hace dos semanas lo vinieron a traer preso,
lo golpearon duramente frente a los dem?s empleados y desde esa fecha
no aparece, por el lado de la salida sur de Tegucigalpa aparecieron como
30 personas muertas, fui con otros empleados a ver si reconoc?a al nica,
pero ninguno era ?l, la mayor?a eran j?venes de unos 18 0 19 a?os, todos
estaban semi quemados, amarrados de las manos con alambres y con tiros
en la cabeza, pude observar a un grupo de derechos humanos recogiendo
casquillos de armas y por mis conocimientos eran casquillos de M-16.

La organizaci?n nos convoc? a una asamblea urgente en la que nos pidi?
que hici?ramos dos cosas; donar cinco mil d?lares para un fondo de apoyo
al gobierno golpista y escribir al exterior diciendo que todo est? en calma,
ninguna de las cosas he hecho, no estoy de acuerdo en enga?ar al mundo
de algo que me duele en el coraz?n, a diario estoy viendo morir gente a
manos de los militares, hay desesperaci?n en el pueblo, muchos quieren
enfrentar a los militares aunque los maten, nadie tiene armas pero est?n
buscando como hacer para defenderse.

Yo estoy vendiendo todo lo que puedo y alistando a mi familia para salir del
pa?s, tengo otra empresa en el Salvador y ya envi? parte de los equipos
para ese pa?s, de mis 3 hijos, ya 2 est?n fuera, solo me acompa?e el menor
y mi esposa, creo que los otros corren peligro por la represi?n.

Le pido a todos los ciudadanos del mundo no olvidarnos, en Honduras se
dio un hecho incre?ble, cuando vimos las calles llenas de militares
fuertemente armados recordamos los a?os de dictadura ahora vemos de
nuevo a esa dictadura queriendo matarnos a todos, Don Mel Zelaya pudo
tener defectos y cometer errores como presidente, pero es el ?nico que en
los ?ltimos 20 a?os trabajo para todos, principalmente para los pobres,
ayud? a la empresa privada que despu?s lo traicion?, incluy?ndome a mi,
por que sin saberlo estuve aportando dinero a un fondo destinado a
sobornar a los altos militares.

Ahora solo nos queda que el mundo ayude a regresar las cosas a su lugar,
es triste ver en las calles a los militares golpeando gente, entre ellos he
visto a hombres cheles de tipo norteamericano dando ?rdenes a los
soldados.

Gracias por divulgar mi testimonio y que Dios los bendiga.
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From kfiesta at gmail.com  Mon Oct 19 14:27:40 2009
From: kfiesta at gmail.com (Komala Ramachandra)
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:27:40 -0400
Subject: [HNA] Honduras: Indigenous and Popular Resistance to the Military
	Coup
In-Reply-To: <53d695ba0910191419j1084fbdm79c9eaafd2500714@mail.gmail.com>
References: <53d695ba0910181439j7c5fe982p9a266cf2e1ecb7ee@mail.gmail.com>
	<53d695ba0910191416i6ca03e58jddc541879fcb7e61@mail.gmail.com>
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Honduras: Indigenous and Popular Resistance to the Military Coup. A talk by
Grahame Russell of Rights Action

October 22, 2009

12pm ? 1:30pm

Location: Hauser Hall 103, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA

Sponsored by HLS Advocates for Human Rights and La Alianza


Building on 11 years of work in Honduras, Rights Action is working in
support of the pro-democracy movement of the Honduran people.  On June 28,
the Honduran military, in collusion with Honduran economic and political
elites, the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, and the media, overthrew the
democratically elected government of President Mel Zelaya.  Since that date,
a massive movement of the Honduran people has come together to peacefully
restore democracy to their country.


Since the coup, Rights Action staff have been in Honduras, channeling
emergency funds to victims of the repression; reporting daily on the
pro-democracy movement and the repression; and providing accompaniment for
Hondurans at risk of repression for their participation in the pro-democracy
movement.


Grahame Russell, co-director of Rights Action, will be addressing these and
other issues during his lunchtime presentation.


Dessert will be provided. Contact Komala (kramachandra at law.harvard.edu) if
you have any questions.
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From rpastor at fas.harvard.edu  Tue Oct 20 06:53:49 2009
From: rpastor at fas.harvard.edu (Rodolfo Fasquelle Pastor)
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:53:49 -0400
Subject: [HNA] Honduras: Indigenous and Popular Resistance to the
	Military Coup
In-Reply-To: <53d695ba0910191427u2bcaba4t8186aa09c720728e@mail.gmail.com>
References: <53d695ba0910181439j7c5fe982p9a266cf2e1ecb7ee@mail.gmail.com>
	<53d695ba0910191416i6ca03e58jddc541879fcb7e61@mail.gmail.com>
	<53d695ba0910191419j1084fbdm79c9eaafd2500714@mail.gmail.com>
	<53d695ba0910191427u2bcaba4t8186aa09c720728e@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1256046829.4addc0edc43fc@webmail.fas.harvard.edu>

I teach a class from 12 to 1 pm, but I will be there at 1:10 if you allow me lo
listen to the latter part of the discussion and with a couple of sugestions for
coooperating with the DRCLA in the organization of a "Honduras Day"


Quoting Komala Ramachandra <kfiesta at gmail.com>:

> Honduras: Indigenous and Popular Resistance to the Military Coup. A talk by
> Grahame Russell of Rights Action
>
> October 22, 2009
>
> 12pm ? 1:30pm
>
> Location: Hauser Hall 103, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
>
> Sponsored by HLS Advocates for Human Rights and La Alianza
>
>
> Building on 11 years of work in Honduras, Rights Action is working in
> support of the pro-democracy movement of the Honduran people.  On June 28,
> the Honduran military, in collusion with Honduran economic and political
> elites, the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, and the media, overthrew the
> democratically elected government of President Mel Zelaya.  Since that date,
> a massive movement of the Honduran people has come together to peacefully
> restore democracy to their country.
>
>
> Since the coup, Rights Action staff have been in Honduras, channeling
> emergency funds to victims of the repression; reporting daily on the
> pro-democracy movement and the repression; and providing accompaniment for
> Hondurans at risk of repression for their participation in the pro-democracy
> movement.
>
>
> Grahame Russell, co-director of Rights Action, will be addressing these and
> other issues during his lunchtime presentation.
>
>
> Dessert will be provided. Contact Komala (kramachandra at law.harvard.edu) if
> you have any questions.
>







From kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com  Tue Oct 20 04:19:00 2009
From: kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com (Kaveri Rajaraman)
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:19:00 -0400
Subject: [HNA] Salute our solidarity fasters: Simon Rios, Jennifer Zaldana,
	Mike and 	Christine Elliot!
Message-ID: <afdf63240910200419o4785c906g68b366ad8f692384@mail.gmail.com>

Dear friends,

We have had some brave and stalwart fasters pledge their solidarity with
Honduras.

On FRIDAY 10/16, Simon Rios fasted
On SATURDAY 10/17 Jennifer Zaldana fasted. A photograph of her fasting is
attached. I should mention that she fasted in the midst of working very hard
to staff a table at the anti war demonstration!

On 10/19 MONDAY Rev. Mike Clark (Watertown) fasted.
Today, on TUESDAY 10/20 Rev. Christine Elliott (Arlington) fasted.
Do send in photos of yourselves holding a sign or in front of a building. In
addition to the resistance, we should compile these photos (for anyone who
is comfortable with the press being aware of their fast) and send them to
the press to generate awareness.

Saludos to our brave supporters, and saludos to the fasters back in Honduras
- please do send us updates on how everyone is doing - it has been a long
time and we are worried. WE PLEA FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE INSPIRED BY THESE BRA
VE COMPAS OF OURS IN HONDURAS, TO JOIN IN A SOLIDARITY FAST.

Brian, do let me know if/when you fasted. Lee, Eugene, Selena - do fill in
our calendar to pledge solidarity!

WEDNESDAY 10/21:
THURSDAY 10/22:
FRIDAY 10/23:
SATURDAY 10/24:

hasta la victoria,
Kaveri


On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 12:32 AM, Kaveri Rajaraman <
kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com> wrote:

> We salute you David - see attached picture for David's solidarity photo!
>
> Meanwhile, tomorrow, Friday, October 16, Simon Rios will fast.
> On Saturday October 17, Jennifer Zaldana will fast.
>
> Some more have also pledged to join us:
> Brian Vester, in addition to Christine Elliot, Lee Carpenter, Eugene Schiff
> and Selene.
>
> If more people on the announce list are inspired by them to join in this
> momentum for Honduras, do let us know! We should also think of ways to get
> news of our fast out to the media!
>
> To you all, our companeros in solidarity and struggle, I say: do sign up
> for days in the upcoming week! If we have multiple people on any given day
> that is fine too!
>
> Sunday October 18:
> Monday October 19:
> Tuesday October 20:
> Wednesday October 21:
>
> We salute you all and we salute the Honduran resistance and the brave
> hunger strikers back in Honduras!
> paz
> Kaveri
>
>
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From kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com  Tue Oct 20 22:04:53 2009
From: kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com (Kaveri Rajaraman)
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:04:53 -0400
Subject: [HNA] I will fast on Wednesdays
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Message-ID: <afdf63240910202204v195a7609h2d49ebb280070ffd@mail.gmail.com>

Dear friends,

Our supporter and solidarity hunger faster for today is Selene. Selene,
thank you so much for supporting the Honduran resistance in the strongest
way possible. Best of luck for the fast, and gracias por todo tu apoyo...!
We salute you and the fasters and the resistance back in Honduras!

Mike and Christine, I hope your fast went well - do send a picture when you
can! I hope the other fasters can also tell us more about their plans to
fast!

Adelante,
Kaveri
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From elektrodread at gmail.com  Thu Oct 22 09:39:49 2009
From: elektrodread at gmail.com (Simon Rios)
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:39:49 -0400
Subject: [HNA] TODAY! Honduras: Indigenous and Popular Resistance to the
	Military Coup, a talk by Grahame Russell of Rights Action
In-Reply-To: <53d695ba0910220801h56e16c9qa7d061635c870ef@mail.gmail.com>
References: <53d695ba0910220801h56e16c9qa7d061635c870ef@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1d602de70910220939s757a0153u6c89e1258259965d@mail.gmail.com>

TODAY!!! Two Honduras events!!!
*
Honduras: Indigenous and Popular Resistance to the Military Coup. A talk by
Grahame Russell of Rights Action***

October 22, 2009

12pm ? 1:30pm

Location: Hauser Hall 103, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA

Sponsored by HLS Advocates for Human Rights and La Alianza

And at 7pm at Encuento 5 in Chinatown, 33 Harrison Ave.


Building on 11 years of work in Honduras, Rights Action is working in
support of the pro-democracy movement of the Honduran people.  On June 28,
the Honduran military, in collusion with Honduran economic and political
elites, the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, and the media, overthrew the
democratically elected government of President Mel Zelaya.  Since that date,
a massive movement of the Honduran people has come together to peacefully
restore democracy to their country.


Since the coup, Rights Action staff have been in Honduras, channeling
emergency funds to victims of the repression; reporting daily on the
pro-democracy movement and the repression; and providing accompaniment for
Hondurans at risk of repression for their participation in the pro-democracy
movement.


Grahame Russell, co-director of Rights Action, will be addressing these and
other issues during his lunchtime presentation.


Dessert will be available. Contact Komala (kramachandra at law.harvard.edu) if
you have any questions.











-- 
Simon Rios
(603) 233-1922
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From michelle.fuentes at gmail.com  Thu Oct 22 10:28:02 2009
From: michelle.fuentes at gmail.com (Michelle Fuentes)
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:28:02 -0400
Subject: [HNA] A question for Obama....
Message-ID: <a0b6e70e0910221028x152d2022i7e8d59255d068554@mail.gmail.com>

*Please sign on at the bottom*

     [image: Proyecto Hondure?o]  [image: obama]



   *Dear President Obama,*
 * *
*Your campaign was about HOPE, and the Power of the People to create CHANGE
in a society where government has not represented them well.  The situation
in Honduras is emblematic of these same values.
The fight of the people of Honduras  is the same fight-  to say: YES WE CAN!
**
*
* The people of Honduras have demonstrated peaceful resistance to the take
over of their country. The legitimate and democratically elected President
of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya has demonstrated himself to be above and beyond
the call of reason coming to the table to dialogue again and again, while
the coup government has made a  joke of the process of the San Jose Accord
and the entire international community, including the *
*United Nations and the U.S.A  who have not recognized them as a legitimate
government, the entire time holding the rights of the Honduran people
hostage and continuing to wage human rights violations and stalling tactics
-all to the detriment of*
* Honduras and the Honduran people.
*

* I call upon you and your administration to take a stronger stance an
action on the de facto regime of Honduras: that the regime immediately end
this standoff by undertaking the following actions:*

*1* .Guarantee of safety for legitimate President Manuel Zelaya's life

*2.* Immediate cessation of psychological warfare tactics and withdrawal of
troops from the perimeter surrounding the Brazilian embassy where the
legitimate President of Honduras remains as a guest.

*3.*  Halt the widespread intimidation and violation of human rights, and
provide guarantee for the safety of members of social organizations, unions,
political parties, and all other groups and individuals who oppose the coup.

*4*. Sign the accord and Restore President Manuel Zelaya to his elected term
in office.

*If these demands are not met, we urge the US administration to undertake
the following actions:*

*1*. Withdraw the US ambassador to Honduras and diplomatic ties with the
coup government.

*2.*  Freeze US bank accounts of coup-leaders, both in the private and
public sectors.

*3.* Importation sanctions against coup owned companies and products

*4.* Not to support, recognize or validate any elections or their results
undertaken under coup leadership

*With Respect to the Honduran people's right to the restitution of
democratic order and determination of their own fate:*

  *Support the People **of Honduras*

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From kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com  Thu Oct 22 10:34:52 2009
From: kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com (Kaveri Rajaraman)
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:34:52 -0400
Subject: [HNA] A question for Obama....
In-Reply-To: <a0b6e70e0910221028x152d2022i7e8d59255d068554@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a0b6e70e0910221028x152d2022i7e8d59255d068554@mail.gmail.com>
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This is amazing work Michelle!

Should we print these and distribute at the protest against Obama at MIT
tomorrow? I will be there!

peace
Kaveri

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Michelle Fuentes <
michelle.fuentes at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> *Please sign on at the bottom*
>
>      [image: Proyecto Hondure?o]  [image: obama]
>
>
>
>    *Dear President Obama,*
>  * *
> *Your campaign was about HOPE, and the Power of the People to create
> CHANGE in a society where government has not represented them well.  The
> situation in Honduras is emblematic of these same values.
>
> The fight of the people of Honduras  is the same fight-  to say: YES WE
> CAN! *
> *
> *
> * The people of Honduras have demonstrated peaceful resistance to the take
> over of their country. The legitimate and democratically elected President
> of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya has demonstrated himself to be above and beyond
> the call of reason coming to the table to dialogue again and again, while
> the coup government has made a  joke of the process of the San Jose Accord
> and the entire international community, including the *
> *United Nations and the U.S.A  who have not recognized them as a
> legitimate government, the entire time holding the rights of the Honduran
> people hostage and continuing to wage human rights violations and stalling
> tactics -all to the detriment of*
> * Honduras and the Honduran people.
> *
>
> * I call upon you and your administration to take a stronger stance an
> action on the de facto regime of Honduras: that the regime immediately end
> this standoff by undertaking the following actions:*
>
> *1* .Guarantee of safety for legitimate President Manuel Zelaya's life
>
> *2.* Immediate cessation of psychological warfare tactics and withdrawal
> of troops from the perimeter surrounding the Brazilian embassy where the
> legitimate President of Honduras remains as a guest.
>
> *3.*  Halt the widespread intimidation and violation of human rights, and
> provide guarantee for the safety of members of social organizations, unions,
> political parties, and all other groups and individuals who oppose the coup.
>
> *4*. Sign the accord and Restore President Manuel Zelaya to his elected
> term in office.
>
> *If these demands are not met, we urge the US administration to undertake
> the following actions:*
>
> *1*. Withdraw the US ambassador to Honduras and diplomatic ties with the
> coup government.
>
> *2.*  Freeze US bank accounts of coup-leaders, both in the private and
> public sectors.
>
> *3.* Importation sanctions against coup owned companies and products
>
> *4.* Not to support, recognize or validate any elections or their results
> undertaken under coup leadership
>
> *With Respect to the Honduran people's right to the restitution of
> democratic order and determination of their own fate:*
>
>   *Support the People **of Honduras*
>
>
> *SIGN THE LETTER<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102777244856&s=46&e=001pxerK8c5g0mEJp1g7ft35XbqSuptJ513Mnvoq4omyDFnA8cxxS8yvh649Z3NHCEyTdza1k01CLDjdyV3hhDO9waNv4y9VtZ4JrOEO59p-gdwPTMhUxP_HH8QYKvwfVW6_yKJ3vtjTRSbZgTBWoTyow==>
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From michelle.fuentes at gmail.com  Fri Oct 23 05:20:04 2009
From: michelle.fuentes at gmail.com (Michelle Fuentes)
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:20:04 -0400
Subject: [HNA] TODAY
In-Reply-To: <a0b6e70e0910230519h6145130byc316029ba2854e2d@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a0b6e70e0910230519h6145130byc316029ba2854e2d@mail.gmail.com>
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 *PLEASE JOIN US TODAY  *
*IN SOLIDARITY WITH HONDURAS AT MIT*
OBAMA WILL BE SPEAKING AT 12:00 KRESGE AUDITORIUM AT MIT


We will gather at 11:00 with signs and leaflets ALONG WITH OTHER ACTIVIST
GROUPS - across from the main MIT building, 77  Mass. Ave. - Cambridge
in the grassy area near the street, before one reaches the Student
Center-designated  area for protests.

 IF YOU CAN'T make it please sign the petition to Obama at:
Open Letter to Obama"
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/LetterToObama?e
I really think this is an important cause, and I'd like to encourage you to
add your signature, too.
It's free and takes less than a minute of your time

-- 

-Michelle Fuentes

"Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does
not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children."   Kahlil
Gibran




-- 

-Michelle Fuentes

"Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does
not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children."   Kahlil
Gibran
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From elektrodread at gmail.com  Fri Oct 23 13:48:47 2009
From: elektrodread at gmail.com (Simon Rios)
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:48:47 -0400
Subject: [HNA] Noam Chomsky for Honduras!
Message-ID: <1d602de70910231348i285d2f17s84775a1aa291e2f@mail.gmail.com>

Good news solidarity activists!!!

Professor Noam Chomsky has agreed to do an event with our Committee on the
15th of December at 6pm. Save the date!!! We haven't chosen a space yet but
it will most certainly be at MIT. Nor have we developed a program for the
event.

Please...if you would like to get involved with organizing this event
contact one of the members of the committee.

Noam Chomsky
December 15 at 6pm
MIT in Cambridge

-- 
Simon Rios
(603) 233-1922
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From kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com  Fri Oct 23 14:27:54 2009
From: kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com (Kaveri Rajaraman)
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:27:54 -0400
Subject: [HNA] Fwd: Fw: David Keil: second solidarity faster with Honduran
	Resistance for Thursday October 15! SIGN UP FOR FUTURE SLOTS!
In-Reply-To: <001001ca5254$eb79d0c0$379ad962@elliottclark>
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Dear friends,

Today, Friday, we had a good presence in front of MIT, with Michelle, Tito,
Marta, Mary, Simon and I carrying signs about Honduras and passing out
post-cards to people.

I am not sure how many people were fasting today... but Lee Carpenter fasted
today and has pledged to fast every Friday until the end of November! This
is amazing and we thank her and salute her and all our past fasters and the
brave resistance fasters in Honduras.

Attached is a photo of Rev. Mike who fasted on Tuesday Oct 20. Selene and
Lee do send a photo if you have one!

If more people on the announce list are inspired by them to join in this
momentum and fast for Honduras, do let us know! We should also think of ways
to get news of our fast out to the media! To you all, our companer at s in
solidarity and struggle, I say: do sign up for days in the upcoming week!

Here is our full list of fasters so far:

Wednesday October 14: Kaveri - have photo
Thursday October 15: David Keil - have photo
Friday October 16: Simon Rios - no photo
Saturday October 17: Jennifer Zaldana - have photo
Monday October 19: Rev. Christine Clark - no photo
Tuesday October 20: Rev. Mike Clark - have photo
Wednesday October 21: Selena - no photo

and all Fridays till Nov end: Lee Carpenter!!!

much love and solidarity,
ADELANTE!
Kaveri


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: <AleeCarp at aol.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: I will fast on Wednesdays
To: kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com


 *Dear Kaveri,*

    *I plan to fast on Fridays from October 23rd to the end of November in
support of the fasters and the resistance in Honduras.  I will share the
small thing I am doing and the large reason why with my family and friends.
*

    *Thank you for this opportunity to contribute to a cause greater than
myself.*

    *Sincere,*

                    *Lee*
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From kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com  Fri Oct 23 22:37:00 2009
From: kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com (Kaveri Rajaraman)
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:37:00 -0400
Subject: [HNA] IMPORTANT: Brazil accuses Coup Regime of Torture
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*Brazil*, at Organization of American States, Accuses Honduran Coup Regime
of "Torture"
------------------------------
 *For Immediate Release:* October 21, 2009

*Washington**, D.C.* - The Brazilian government's Ambassador to the
Organization of American States, Ruy de Lima Casaes e Silva, accused the
Honduran coup regime of
"torture"<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cOmgtyleLNTlVVCjfEL%2Bixr4QwrcEUDA>in
its ongoing attacks on Brazil's embassy in Honduras.

Ambassador Lima Casaes described an elaborate series of measures taken by
the Honduran security forces surrounding the Embassy to cause sleep
deprivation among those inside. These included ultra-high-intensity lights,
high-decibel sound, and other measures.

He also mentioned other attacks including tear gas and attacks with
unidentified gases, and other forms of harassment and violations of
international law including restricting food deliveries.

All of these are serious violations of international law, and have already
been condemned<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VFyefpYg8kM7eAORNaSRdhr4QwrcEUDA>on
September 25 by the Security Council of the United Nations. Today OAS
Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza also
condemned<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Vpw69mYGmUXbw16%2BWwlGPhr4QwrcEUDA>the
ongoing "harassment" of the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa.

"These ongoing violations indicate that the coup regime in Honduras has no
interest in dialogue or a mediated solution to the Honduran crisis," said Mark
Weisbrot<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xtZlWhJKaP5%2BiUaGv5O9%2Bxr4QwrcEUDA>,
Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. "The also
indicate an astounding lack of regard for international law, unusual even in
the history of military coups over the last century."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brazil accuses Honduran Coupists of Torture

Washington, Oct 21(Prensa Latina) Brazil denounced to the
Organization of American States (OAS) the tortures carried out by
Honduran coupists before their embassy in Tegucigalpa, where
constitutional president Manuel Zelaya is living.

The Brazilian ambassador to the OAS permanent council, Ruy Casaes,
demanded in extraordinary meeting, the end of those practices that
threaten human dignity.

Casaes said the embassy is surrounded by military and police forces
and at night, coupists place large lamps and make many noises, even
animal sounds, preventing people there to sleep.

The most recent case happened in the early hours of Wednesday, when a
loud military march was heard and also the music called "La
golondrina", a bird that is related to death.

"I do not have any doubts it is torture", said Casaes and pointed the
de facto regime use more sophisticated means every time.

In front of the Brazilian embassy in Honduras there are located two
mobile platforms with armed guards, who watch the movements in the
house the 24 hours.

On the other hand, they limit food delivery for the 40 people living
there, and it has to be inspected by a dog first.

On one occasion, the food was exposed to the sun for so long that it
caused stomach problems because the food was in state of
decomposition, said Casaes.

The Brazilian ambassador to OAS asked the international community to
condemn the use of torture and announced the possibility of turning
to other authorities to demand punishment for those responsible.
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From andyk at gis.net  Mon Oct 26 20:07:17 2009
From: andyk at gis.net (Andy Klatt)
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:07:17 -0400
Subject: [HNA] Golpes de estado
In-Reply-To: <C81687AB2A1A0540BDB0D6ACA49788D7722006@server.SomervilleCDC.local>
References: <C81687AB2A1A0540BDB0D6ACA49788D7722006@server.SomervilleCDC.local>
Message-ID: <1E98F340F96A464D9B53199B62D3DDB9@AndyPC>


?Volver?n las oscuras golondrinas?


SERGIO RAM?REZ 27/10/2009 

 

En qu? momento los militares de Am?rica Latina cambiaron de ideas y se
convencieron de las virtudes del orden constitucional? ?Cu?ndo decidieron
que era necesario dar paso a la democracia y renunciar a los golpes de
Estado? ?Y fue una conversi?n verdadera?

 

Que nadie se sienta a salvo. El golpe militar de Honduras abre una herida
que cre?amos cerrada

Por lo menos desde la elecci?n del presidente Ra?l Alfons?n en Argentina, en
1983, parec?a que se hab?an vuelto invisibles en todo el continente, y que
de verdad estaban de regreso en sus cuarteles, de donde no saldr?an nunca
m?s. Todo se hab?a vuelto miel sobre hojuelas y, como por arte de una
lobotom?a frontal, la vieja doctrina que los situaba como ?rbitros
permanentes del poder parec?a borrarse, y en uno y otro pa?s, fuera el
Caribe o el Cono Sur, los comandos supremos y los estados mayores conjuntos
proclamaban su obediencia al poder civil.

Eran los mismos generales y almirantes que antes hab?an ocupado los palacios
presidenciales, o que hab?an decidido qui?n deb?a ocuparlos; hab?an salido
de las mismas academias de guerra, se hab?an entrenado gran parte de ellos
en la Escuela de las Am?ricas en Fort Gullick, en la Zona del Canal de
Panam?, pero de pronto parec?an renunciar a su pasado y se adher?an a las
elecciones libres, y al respeto de los periodos presidenciales establecidos
en las Constituciones. Hasta que de pronto son? el primer pistoletazo.

En 1991, el general Raoul C?dras derroc? por la fuerza de las armas al
presidente constitucional de Hait?, Bertrand Aristide, interrumpiendo un
breve sue?o de democracia en un pa?s gobernado hasta hac?a poco por la larga
tiran?a de los Duvalier, padre e hijo. C?dras estableci? otra, a la vieja
usanza de la guerra fr?a cuando la guerra fr?a hab?a reci?n terminado, y la
presi?n internacional, coronada por una intervenci?n militar, le oblig? a
devolver el poder a su leg?timo due?o, que, otra vez, electo de nuevo,
volvi? a ser derrocado en 2004, esta vez sin esperanza de regreso desde su
lejano exilio en Sur?frica.

El siguiente disparo se escuch? en 1992, cuando el coronel Hugo Ch?vez
encabez? un levantamiento militar, fraguado dentro de los cuarteles, para
derrocar al presidente constitucional de Venezuela, Carlos Andr?s P?rez. El
golpe fracas?, pero le abri? a Ch?vez las puertas de su futuro pol?tico,
pues tras dos a?os en la c?rcel, y despu?s de ser indultado, vino a ganar
las elecciones presidenciales de 1999 y se ha quedado desde entonces en el
Palacio de Miraflores, de donde no pudo arrancarlo otro golpe militar
orquestado por sus propios compa?eros de armas en 2002, en connivencia con
civiles.

C?dras no proclam? ninguna revoluci?n, por supuesto. El padre Aristide,
depuesto dos veces, era el que se proclamaba revolucionario de izquierda,
como se proclam? el coronel Ch?vez con su revoluci?n bolivariana, fracasado
en su golpe militar y triunfante luego en las elecciones, sin que fuera la
primera vez que un golpe abr?a al golpista las puertas del triunfo
electoral; basta citar el ejemplo del general Juan Domingo Per?n en
Argentina, que organiz? el golpe contra el poder civil en 1943, fue
derrocado y encarcelado en 1945 y de la prisi?n sali? a ganar las elecciones
presidenciales de 1946, en olor de multitudes, para ser reelecto de nuevo,
aunque al final otro golpe lo sac? del poder en 1955. Pero de golpes de
Estado nacieron el peronismo y el chavismo como fen?menos populares y
populistas.

?Lunares apenas en el rostro limpio de la democracia los golpes de C?dras y
de Ch?vez? Ahora tenemos otro, el primero del siglo XXI, el del general
Romeo V?squez, jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas de
Honduras, en contra del presidente Manuel Zelaya Rosales, casi al final de
su mandato, un golpe contra el que ha protestado de manera vehemente el
propio Ch?vez. El general V?squez no se qued? en la silla presidencial, pero
sin duda es el ?rbitro del poder. Y ese papel de ?rbitros del poder es el
que, seg?n la f?bula, los militares hab?an perdido para siempre, de regreso
en la neutralidad apol?tica de sus cuarteles.

El golpe contra Zelaya sigui? las reglas cl?sicas, ya se sabe que fue sacado
de su cama y enviado al exilio en pijama, seg?n el general V?squez por
razones de seguridad nacional, pues si los militares lo dejaban preso en
Honduras amenazaba la violencia. Cuando al general V?squez, que es devoto de
Jes?s de la Buena Esperanza y lee libros de autoayuda, le preguntan si
aspira en el futuro a ocupar la presidencia, se r?e y dice que en esta vida
todo es posible.

El asunto est? en que el golpe de Honduras sigue abriendo las costuras de
una herida que ya cre?amos cerrada, y otra vez en este siglo, como en el
pasado, los militares vuelven a arrogarse la potestad de decidir cu?ndo la
democracia ha fallado, o cu?ndo se vuelve peligrosa, y amerita as? su
intervenci?n bienhechora.

Es un funesto precedente frente al que hay que poner las barbas en remojo.
?Qu? garant?as tenemos ahora de que los militares de verdad se convirtieron
al credo democr?tico y no oiremos sonar el pr?ximo pistoletazo, porque no
les gusta lo que est? haciendo el Gobierno civil electo por los ciudadanos,
sea de izquierda o de derecha?

Que nadie se sienta a salvo.

Sergio Ram?rez, ex vicepresidente de Nicaragua, es escritor.

 

 

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From elektrodread at gmail.com  Wed Oct 28 09:26:22 2009
From: elektrodread at gmail.com (Simon Rios)
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:26:22 -0400
Subject: [HNA] Graphic History of the Honduran Coup
In-Reply-To: <BAY135-W1763FFBC0B805EE5199A0EBBB80@phx.gbl>
References: <e8076b890910270941o28c76896i275341232d65012f@mail.gmail.com>
	<BAY135-W1763FFBC0B805EE5199A0EBBB80@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <1d602de70910280926v275ee1aer66d6dfa58379a8a4@mail.gmail.com>

 Dear friends,

My name is Nikil Saval -- I'm an assistant editor at the magazine
n+1<http://www.nplusonemag.com/>,
and a graduate student in literature at Stanford University. My colleague
Dan Archer, a comics journalist and instructor at Stanford (his website is
www.archcomix.com), and I have put together a graphic history of the coup in
Honduras. Intended essentially as a primer to the crisis, the comic also
places the coup in the context of US-Central American relations of the
postwar period.

The comic was published<http://www.alternet.org/world/143325/striking_graphic_history_tells_story_of_honduras_coup_and_unrest/>on
Alternet on October 17, and since then it has received coverage in
BoingBoing <http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/18/honduran-coup-in-web.html>,
 The Guardian (UK)<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/21/comic-graphic-history-honduras-coup>,
the magazine of School of the Americas Watch
"Presente,"<http://www.soaw.org/presente/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=247&Itemid=74>and
the news website Opera
Mundi <http://operamundi.net/noticias_ver.php?idConteudo=1696> (Brasil).

I'm writing to share the comic with you and to get your thoughts. I've also
pasted into this e-mail the Spanish translation that we've done. We'd like
to get it up on an easily accessible website, but Dan and I are only
familiar with national news media in Latin America, and not more
international sources. We would greatly appreciate any thoughts and advice.
Many, many thanks in advance.

In solidarity,
Nikil



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From kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com  Wed Oct 28 23:12:18 2009
From: kaveri.rajaraman at gmail.com (Kaveri Rajaraman)
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:12:18 -0400
Subject: [HNA] Congress Members Demand End of Mixed Messages on Honduras Coup
Message-ID: <afdf63240910282312l1ffe8d67ifa37b73eec98d172@mail.gmail.com>

*Congress Members Denounce Mixed US Messages on Honduras Coup*
Rep. Raul Grijalva and 15 Members of Congress have written to President
Obama, urging him to end the de facto policy of mixed messages regarding the
coup in Honduras.
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/384<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2uB5PuPCcMGEPo1e3QJXMdZ1f7hyJbYT>
*
Kerry, Berman Protest Law Library Report Justifying Honduras Coup*
Senator Kerry and Rep. Berman have written a letter of protest to the
Librarian of Congress over a Law Library of Congress report that sought to
justify the coup in Honduras.
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/385<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0FkE5Bdk5DvEQcljtq0yYRNRFZb5iTE8>
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From sreyes1 at yahoo.com  Thu Oct 29 21:05:01 2009
From: sreyes1 at yahoo.com (Sergio Reyes)
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:05:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HNA] =?iso-8859-1?q?Polic=EDa_reprime_con_sa=F1a_manifestaci=F3n?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?_pacifica?=
Message-ID: <514901.65101.qm@web38903.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

--- On Thu, 10/29/09, Tom Loudon <toml at quixote.org> wrote:

> From: Tom Loudon <toml at quixote.org>
> Subject: Polic?a reprime con sa?a manifestaci?n pacifica
> To: hondurasaction at yahoogroups.com, "Cafta-Talk" <cafta-talk at lists.riseup.net>
> Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009, 7:44 PM
> 


Polic?a reprime con sa?a manifestaci?n pacifica
? 
Tegucigalpa 29/10. Nuevamente la Polic?a y el ejercito, desaloj? hoy, de forma violenta la marcha pacifica, de la resistencia contra el golpe de estado, a inmediaciones del Tribunal Supremo Electoral TSE. 

Ancianos y ni?os fueron v?ctimas de los gases, disparados por los polic?as..? 

Los manifestantes hab?an salido de la Universidad Pedag?gica Nacional UPN, transitando por en medio del predio universitario, despu?s que polic?as y militares se negaban a dejarlos salir. El diputado de Unificaci?n Democr?tica Marv?n Ponce, rog? al encargado policial de que los dejaran salir con la manifestaci?n. 

La marcha avanz? por el boulevard conocido como Fuerzas Armadas, despu?s tom? el boulevard Kuwait, pero al llegar a inmediaciones del TSE, frente a las instalaciones de la Iglesia Mi Vi?a, se inici? la represi?n de militares y polic?as que alcanzaron la manifestaci?n, en tres comandos de las Fuerzas Armadas.

Despu?s los manifestantes que quedaron a los alrededores del lugar, se dirigieron en grupos peque?os hasta inmediaciones del Hotel Marriott, donde se desarrollan las reuniones con los enviados del Departamento de Estado norteamericano.

Pero en pocos minutos llegaron comandos militares y de la polic?a, quienes nuevamente desalojaron con violencia, la manifestaci?n pacifica.
Se reporta que hay Heridos y detenidos por parte del ej?rcito y la polic?a. Entre los golpeados de hoy, estar?a Rafael Alegr?a.


      
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From elektrodread at gmail.com  Fri Oct 30 07:31:18 2009
From: elektrodread at gmail.com (Simon Rios)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:31:18 -0400
Subject: [HNA] "Deal Reached in Honduras"
Message-ID: <1d602de70910300731m4c120463x5d6cc4fde711ba6b@mail.gmail.com>

 As was reported by the New York Times:Whether this is great news, good
news, or bad news depends on who you are. For the United States & for the
oligarchy in Honduras, it is great news. Zelaya will be reinstated, but will
be forced to share power with golpistas & recognize the elections a month
from now. It's a good arrangement for the liberals in Washington too:
simultaneously obliterate the power of the popular leader while maintaining
the democratic facade. In plain terms we have a new, "legitimate" model for
the countries of Latin America: overthrow the leftist, pull out his teeth,
then reinstall him on your own terms. Once again the United States
intervenes & molds the history of a small, poor nation in Latin America to
its liking.
>From the viewpoint of the resistance, however, I think it is good, not great
news. We recall that the first demand was always the reinstatement of Zelaya
to the presidency, and now this demand is being met. But this is only a GOAL
of the resistance, not the SOUL of the resistance. The resistance is for
creating a new order in Honduras, one which puts the people in power &
considers the social movement before anything else. With the presidency of
Zelaya & the military coup that ousted him, Honduras has changed forever.
Perhaps this is the close of a chapter, but it is the beginning of an epoch.
Now onward to the constituent assembly! To the popular government! To
solidarity among Latin American nations!
This is bad news only for that historical tendency in Latinoamerica towards
outright fascism. No more Bordaberris, Pinochetes, Videlas in the 19
countries from Mexico southwards. Our history seems to have absolved itself
of it's tolerance for that scourge, & it is because the people and
governments of America have said Basta! We rejoice at this bad news!

The members of our committee & all those who have supported us continue our
work in solidarity with the Honduran process. There is still everything to
resist in Honduras, only now, it seems we won't need to  the ouster of
Zelaya. In my eyes this is only more reason to continue doing this work.
Speaking of which, we have planned a meeting for this coming Wednesday, 6pm
at Encuentro 5.
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From lunamiguel2002 at gmail.com  Fri Oct 30 09:00:53 2009
From: lunamiguel2002 at gmail.com (Miguel Luna)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00:53 -0400
Subject: [HNA] "Deal Reached in Honduras"
In-Reply-To: <1d602de70910300731m4c120463x5d6cc4fde711ba6b@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1d602de70910300731m4c120463x5d6cc4fde711ba6b@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <b80de59e0910300900g1f29e5f0o918eee3151239ab7@mail.gmail.com>

Congratulations to Micheletti and the ruling class of Honduras! This placebo
call agreement would make Mel Zelaya a headless president. This agreement
still violate the Honduras constitution cause the people elected Mel Zelaya
and he's going to be running the country with people that were not elected
to those positions.

I hope the death of those people who die defenting the Democracy in Honduras
were not in vain.

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Simon Rios <elektrodread at gmail.com> wrote:

> As was reported by the New York Times:Whether this is great news, good
> news, or bad news depends on who you are. For the United States & for the
> oligarchy in Honduras, it is great news. Zelaya will be reinstated, but will
> be forced to share power with golpistas & recognize the elections a month
> from now. It's a good arrangement for the liberals in Washington too:
> simultaneously obliterate the power of the popular leader while maintaining
> the democratic facade. In plain terms we have a new, "legitimate" model
> for the countries of Latin America: overthrow the leftist, pull out his
> teeth, then reinstall him on your own terms. Once again the United States
> intervenes & molds the history of a small, poor nation in Latin America to
> its liking.
> From the viewpoint of the resistance, however, I think it is good, not
> great news. We recall that the first demand was always the reinstatement of
> Zelaya to the presidency, and now this demand is being met. But this is only
> a GOAL of the resistance, not the SOUL of the resistance. The resistance is
> for creating a new order in Honduras, one which puts the people in power &
> considers the social movement before anything else. With the presidency of
> Zelaya & the military coup that ousted him, Honduras has changed forever.
> Perhaps this is the close of a chapter, but it is the beginning of an epoch.
> Now onward to the constituent assembly! To the popular government! To
> solidarity among Latin American nations!
> This is bad news only for that historical tendency in Latinoamerica towards
> outright fascism. No more Bordaberris, Pinochetes, Videlas in the 19
> countries from Mexico southwards. Our history seems to have absolved itself
> of it's tolerance for that scourge, & it is because the people and
> governments of America have said Basta! We rejoice at this bad news!
>
> The members of our committee & all those who have supported us continue our
> work in solidarity with the Honduran process. There is still everything to
> resist in Honduras, only now, it seems we won't need to  the ouster of
> Zelaya. In my eyes this is only more reason to continue doing this work.
> Speaking of which, we have planned a meeting for this coming Wednesday, 6pm
> at Encuentro 5.
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> announce mailing list
> announce at hondurasresists.org
> http://hondurasresists.org/mailman/listinfo/announce_hondurasresists.org
>
>


-- 
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Nuevo email:

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From sreyes1 at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 30 09:32:22 2009
From: sreyes1 at yahoo.com (Sergio Reyes)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:32:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HNA] Firman la restitucion de Zelaya
Message-ID: <551416.29485.qm@web38902.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Firman la restitucion de Zelaya

Allan McDonald
Agencias/Diario Tiempo

El presidente del gobierno de facto de Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, acept? este jueves un acuerdo para restituir al depuesto mandatario Manuel Zelaya en el poder, previo consentimiento del Congreso, para poner fin a la crisis, seg?n lo consign? en un comunicado.

"Me complace anunciar que hace unos minutos autoric? a mi equipo negociador a firmar un acuerdo que marque el inicio del final de la situaci?n pol?tica del pa?s", se?al? Micheletti en una declaraci?n en la Casa Presidencial.

Sobre "la posible restituci?n de Zelaya a la presidencia (...) mi gobierno ha decidido apoyar una propuesta que permite un voto en el Congreso Nacional, con una previa opini?n de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, para retrotraer todo el poder ejecutivo previo al 28 de junio del 2009", precis? Micheletti.

"Siempre hemos sido firmes que es la Corte Suprema de Justicia que debe decidir la posible restituci?n del se?or Zelaya, pero tambi?n entendemos que nuestro pueblo reclama pasar la p?gina de nuestra historia en estos momentos dif?ciles que vive Honduras", precis? el mandatario de facto.

Otros puntos del acuerdo son la formaci?n de un gobierno de reconciliaci?n, rechazo a la amnist?a pol?tica, la realizaci?n de elecciones el 29 de noviembre y la transferencia de la autoridad de las Fuerzas Armadas al Tribunal Supremo Electoral, entre otros puntos.

Asimismo, ambas partes negociadoras acordaron crear una comisi?n de verificaci?n para hacer cumplir los puntos del acuerdo, otra Comisi?n de la Verdad para investigar los sucesos antes, durante y despu?s del golpe de Estado que depuso a Zelaya, el 28 de junio pasado.

"Tambi?n solicitamos a la comunidad internacional derogar todas las sanciones contra Honduras y enviar observadores internacionales a las elecciones presidenciales" del 29 de noviembre, se?al?.
Micheletti exhort? a Zelaya y a su comisi?n negociadora a que "apoyen este acuerdo" porque "el pueblo hondure?o reclama un acuerdo final y ?sta es una extraordinaria oportunidad para lograrlo".

"Esperamos que este acuerdo sea el principio de lograr una nueva reconciliaci?n que tanto necesitan y desean los hondure?os", dijo Micheletti tras agradecer "inmensamente" la contribuci?n de Estados Unidos, la Organizaci?n de Estados Americanos (OEA) y del presidente costarricense y mediador inicial en la crisis, Oscar Arias.

El mandatario costarricense fue el autor del proyecto aprobado este jueves por las comisiones negociadoras de Zelaya y Micheletti.

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From davidrolde at comcast.net  Fri Oct 30 09:34:12 2009
From: davidrolde at comcast.net (David Rolde)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:34:12 -0400
Subject: [HNA] "Deal Reached in Honduras"
In-Reply-To: <1d602de70910300731m4c120463x5d6cc4fde711ba6b@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1d602de70910300731m4c120463x5d6cc4fde711ba6b@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <FD31F722-E8DF-444C-884B-202D5FE36C16@comcast.net>

It is the same thing that the US government did in Haiti.  They  
allowed Aristide to be removed in 1991.  Then Bill Clinton restored  
Aristide in 1994 when he agreed to take orders from the US.  But  
eventually Aristide showed that he was still progressive. So Bush  
removed him again.

We shouldn't be surprised that something similar is being done in  
Honduras.  The struggle continues!  The Honduran people will still  
prevail.


On Oct 30, 2009, at 10:31 AM, Simon Rios wrote:

> As was reported by the New York Times:
>
> Whether this is great news, good news, or bad news depends on who  
> you are. For the United States & for the oligarchy in Honduras, it  
> is great news. Zelaya will be reinstated, but will be forced to  
> share power with golpistas & recognize the elections a month from  
> now. It's a good arrangement for the liberals in Washington too:  
> simultaneously obliterate the power of the popular leader while  
> maintaining the democratic facade. In plain terms we have a new,  
> "legitimate" model for the countries of Latin America: overthrow  
> the leftist, pull out his teeth, then reinstall him on your own  
> terms. Once again the United States intervenes & molds the history  
> of a small, poor nation in Latin America to its liking.
>
> From the viewpoint of the resistance, however, I think it is good,  
> not great news. We recall that the first demand was always the  
> reinstatement of Zelaya to the presidency, and now this demand is  
> being met. But this is only a GOAL of the resistance, not the SOUL  
> of the resistance. The resistance is for creating a new order in  
> Honduras, one which puts the people in power & considers the social  
> movement before anything else. With the presidency of Zelaya & the  
> military coup that ousted him, Honduras has changed forever.  
> Perhaps this is the close of a chapter, but it is the beginning of  
> an epoch. Now onward to the constituent assembly! To the popular  
> government! To solidarity among Latin American nations!
>
> This is bad news only for that historical tendency in Latinoamerica  
> towards outright fascism. No more Bordaberris, Pinochetes, Videlas  
> in the 19 countries from Mexico southwards. Our history seems to  
> have absolved itself of it's tolerance for that scourge, & it is  
> because the people and governments of America have said Basta! We  
> rejoice at this bad news!
>
> The members of our committee & all those who have supported us  
> continue our work in solidarity with the Honduran process. There is  
> still everything to resist in Honduras, only now, it seems we won't  
> need to  the ouster of Zelaya. In my eyes this is only more reason  
> to continue doing this work. Speaking of which, we have planned a  
> meeting for this coming Wednesday, 6pm at Encuentro 5.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> announce mailing list
> announce at hondurasresists.org
> http://hondurasresists.org/mailman/listinfo/ 
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From danthbagelman at msn.com  Fri Oct 30 09:46:38 2009
From: danthbagelman at msn.com (danthbagelman at msn.com)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:46:38 -0400
Subject: [HNA] "Deal Reached in Honduras"
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       It is sad for now there will be more bloodshed and how much power will he have and how much control will these Fascists have?  I hope the people will not stand idly by and neither should we but than we are not there.  When Zelaya took office he started something and must now continue but it is going to be hard and maybe bloody. We must continue our support and speaking up for the people there in Hondorus. I agree with you and wish I could be at that meeting 

Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:31:18 -0400
From: elektrodread at gmail.com
To: announce at hondurasresists.org
Subject: [HNA] "Deal Reached in Honduras"



As was reported by the New York Times:Whether this is great news, good news, or bad news depends on who you are. For the United States & for the oligarchy in Honduras, it is great news. Zelaya will be reinstated, but will be forced to share power with golpistas & recognize the elections a month from now. It's a good arrangement for the liberals in Washington too: simultaneously obliterate the power of the popular leader while maintaining the democratic facade. In plain terms we have a new, "legitimate" model for the countries of Latin America: overthrow the leftist, pull out his teeth, then reinstall him on your own terms. Once again the United States intervenes & molds the history of a small, poor nation in Latin America to its liking.

>From the viewpoint of the resistance, however, I think it is good, not great news. We recall that the first demand was always the reinstatement of
Zelaya to the presidency, and now this demand is being met. But this is only a GOAL of the resistance, not the SOUL of the resistance. The resistance is for creating a new order in Honduras, one which puts the people in power & considers the social movement before anything else. With the presidency of Zelaya & the military coup that ousted him, Honduras has changed forever. Perhaps this is the close of a chapter, but it is the beginning of an epoch. Now onward to the constituent assembly! To the popular government! To solidarity among Latin American nations!

This is bad news only for that historical tendency in Latinoamerica towards outright fascism. No more Bordaberris, Pinochetes, Videlas in the 19 countries from Mexico southwards. Our history seems to have absolved itself of it's tolerance for that scourge, & it is because the people and governments of America have said Basta! We rejoice at this bad news!

 
The members of our committee & all those who have supported us continue our work in solidarity with the Honduran process. There is still everything to resist in Honduras, only now, it seems we won't need to  the ouster of Zelaya. In my eyes this is only more reason to continue doing this work. Speaking of which, we have planned a meeting for this coming Wednesday, 6pm at Encuentro 5.



 		 	   		  
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From elektrodread at gmail.com  Fri Oct 30 09:53:44 2009
From: elektrodread at gmail.com (Simon Rios)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:53:44 -0400
Subject: [HNA] Great Commentary on Events
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Una victoria del pueblo; la lucha debe ser mas intensa que nunca

Ricardo Salgado
30/Octubre/2009

Los que afirmaron que el presidente seria restituido a principios de
noviembre para legitimar las elecciones, y atado de pies y manos, lograron
describir hace muchas semanas el final que ahora estamos presenciando.
Pero que conste, no es el final del golpe; este continua vigente, sus
prop?sitos prevalecen; las condiciones que lo ocasionaron siguen tan
vigentes como el 28 de junio.

El acuerdo pol?tico presionado por la diplomacia gringa no contempla temas
cr?ticos, sino mas bien trata de ignorar asuntos de fondo y pone de relieve
la
preeminencia de los intereses olig?rquicos. El presidente Zelaya firm? con
su restituci?n lo que puede interpretarse como la victoria del golpe y los
golpistas.

Los detalles siguen siendo engorrosos: todav?a esta pendiente una
calendarizaci?n de las acciones que llevaran a Zelaya de vuelta a la casa
presidencial. T?cnicamente el acuerdo todav?a puede mantener al
presidente constitucional varios d?as encarcelado en la embajada de Brasil,
pues es el Congreso Nacional el que deber? decidir la suerte del pa?s.

Este mismo congreso que cometi? el delito de falsificar la firma del
presidente, y que decret? su destituci?n. Menudo acuerdo donde el ladr?n
decide que tipo de justicia recibir? su victima. La Corte Suprema de
Justicia,
que orden? el arresto y deportaci?n de Manuel Zelaya Rosales, tendr? que
dar una opini?n jur?dica para orientar al congreso. Vaya soluci?n.

Hay varias comisiones a formar: de seguimiento, de la verdad, y quien sabe
que mas.  En el marco de este enredo la oligarqu?a gana el reconocimiento
de las fraudulentas elecciones; ahora Zelaya prestar? sus esfuerzos para
lograr que se reabran las puertas de la ayuda internacional a la ya
maltrecha econom?a hondure?a.

Al final no hay garant?as de lo que va a suceder, ni como ni cuando. Igual
que ha sucedido a lo largo de todos estos meses tr?gicos, la incertidumbre
domina el escenario. Seguimos dependiendo de los embustes de los
asesinos que inventan decretos que ellos mismos no respetan.

Ayer, contrastando con la mesa de negociaciones, la resistencia fue
brutalmente reprimida. A pesar de contar con los permisos requeridos, la
polic?a y los militares decidieron darle una nueva dosis de gas, golpes y
balas al movimiento popular, como un recordatorio de que los acuerdos no
eliminan la represi?n; no eliminan los grupos paramilitares; no eliminan los
asesinatos selectivos; no eliminan las violaciones a los derechos humanos.

Seria muy ingenuo pensar que hemos llegado a solventar algo. Los
militares  mantienen una posici?n muy aut?noma frente a los pol?ticos y
obedecen a sus amos empresarios, quienes siguen con la idea de que
apaleando al pueblo sus intereses se preservan. Tambi?n siguen vigentes
los decretos represivos que firm? Micheletti.  La estructura de violaci?n a
los derechos humanos sigue viva, bien aceitada y sobre todo, activa contra
el pueblo hondure?o.

Parece que la negociaci?n, al menos hasta el momento que escribo estas
l?neas, ha olvidado la enorme c?rcel que ha creado el r?gimen de facto.
Vale la pena preguntarse que va a pasar ahora con el presidente Zelaya;
?tendr? la misma Guardia de Honor?; ?cu?l ser? su relaci?n con las
Fuerzas Armadas?; ?y su relaci?n con el Congreso de Micheletti?

Por otro lado sigue pendiente el asunto de los cr?menes de lesa humanidad
cometidos por los militares con la complicidad del r?gimen de facto y la
oligarqu?a criminal. Afortunadamente para el pueblo hondure?o, por
soberbia o torpeza, los golpistas obviaron el tema de la amnist?a que Oscar
Arias les hab?a regalado en su plan original.

Vendr?n cuestiones muy importantes para el movimiento popular
hondure?o. El golpe fue precipitado por las justas reivindicaciones del
pueblo hondure?o, y estas siguen sin respuesta de parte de las clases
dominantes. Si acaso estas ganaron tiempo para demorar el proceso de
cambio en Honduras.

?Que va a pasar con el proceso electoral? Hay un fraude que tampoco esta
incluido en la negociaci?n. Sin embargo, habr? ahora mucha presi?n para
que las candidaturas progresistas participen en este proceso. Este delicado
tema requiere de un an?lisis muy atinado. Sin embargo, la participaci?n en
este proceso electoral, independientemente de los resultados,  puede
permitir que se mantenga la movilizaci?n popular.

Ahora nuestra visi?n debe ser de m?s largo plazo; debemos escoger muy
bien las acciones que vamos a tomar, sin renunciar a nuestros principios ni
a nuestras reivindicaciones.  La situaci?n pol?tica plantea nuevos retos, y
ahora la UNIDAD es un asunto critico; no con fines electoreros; la coyuntura
obliga a darle respuestas al pueblo; respuestas que incluyen darle a
nuestra  gente su espacio pol?tico.

Vale la pena recordar aqu? muchos argumentos que se hicieron  a trav?s de
todos los aportes de compa?eros que han generado opini?n. Vale la pena
recordar que la acci?n de la resistencia ha sido la clave para forzar a las
fuerzas oscuras de la derecha a negociar posiciones. Sin el movimiento
popular esta conclusi?n no hubiera sido necesaria.

El protagonismo que ha ganado el pueblo de este pa?s ha sido el elemento
central para que se produzca un fen?meno poco com?n en la historia de
Am?rica Latina: un presidente derrocado es devuelto a su posici?n. Ojal? el
presidente Zelaya no olvide nunca que ha sido el accionar del pueblo el que
ha conquistado su restituci?n; que no olvide su deuda moral con la
refundaci?n de Honduras.

Esta es una victoria popular, pero solo es un triunfo en el camino de mucho
sufrimiento y desesperanza que ha de venir en la b?squeda de un nuevo
pa?s, donde todos podamos vivir en paz. La oligarqu?a y el imperio han
demostrado que no nos dar?n nada. Si queremos conquistar nuestra
libertad debemos luchar por ella.

De este modo, las consignas permanecen. Hoy celebramos, pero nos
mantenemos alerta. La lucha, si acaso es hoy mas intensa que nunca. Hoy
que emerger?n de nuevo muchos traidores de entre las sombras; hoy
debemos recordar con m?s intensidad que nunca nuestros m?rtires, a
quienes les debemos la conquista de un sue?o: la independencia de
Honduras.

Recordemos: la lucha comienza aqu?. No cometamos el error de confundir
esto con nuestras aspiraciones.

Para los asesinos ni olvido ni perd?n
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From rpastor at fas.harvard.edu  Fri Oct 30 10:38:15 2009
From: rpastor at fas.harvard.edu (Rodolfo Fasquelle Pastor)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:38:15 -0400
Subject: [HNA] "Deal Reached in Honduras"
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Certainly one has to beware and there are people with bad faith and worse
intentions....But although I am inmensely grateful for the help... The
Resistance has payed its blood-duty...and we are not there... The President
should be trusted to have negotiated a cuota of power that will allow him to
work without the violence and none of us wants more dangerous violence... And
The Resistancia will go on working for its own goals, with less pressure.


Quoting Miguel Luna <lunamiguel2002 at gmail.com>:

> Congratulations to Micheletti and the ruling class of Honduras! This placebo
> call agreement would make Mel Zelaya a headless president. This agreement
> still violate the Honduras constitution cause the people elected Mel Zelaya
> and he's going to be running the country with people that were not elected
> to those positions.
>
> I hope the death of those people who die defenting the Democracy in Honduras
> were not in vain.
>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Simon Rios <elektrodread at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > As was reported by the New York Times:Whether this is great news, good
> > news, or bad news depends on who you are. For the United States & for the
> > oligarchy in Honduras, it is great news. Zelaya will be reinstated, but
> will
> > be forced to share power with golpistas & recognize the elections a month
> > from now. It's a good arrangement for the liberals in Washington too:
> > simultaneously obliterate the power of the popular leader while maintaining
> > the democratic facade. In plain terms we have a new, "legitimate" model
> > for the countries of Latin America: overthrow the leftist, pull out his
> > teeth, then reinstall him on your own terms. Once again the United States
> > intervenes & molds the history of a small, poor nation in Latin America to
> > its liking.
> > From the viewpoint of the resistance, however, I think it is good, not
> > great news. We recall that the first demand was always the reinstatement of
> > Zelaya to the presidency, and now this demand is being met. But this is
> only
> > a GOAL of the resistance, not the SOUL of the resistance. The resistance is
> > for creating a new order in Honduras, one which puts the people in power &
> > considers the social movement before anything else. With the presidency of
> > Zelaya & the military coup that ousted him, Honduras has changed forever.
> > Perhaps this is the close of a chapter, but it is the beginning of an
> epoch.
> > Now onward to the constituent assembly! To the popular government! To
> > solidarity among Latin American nations!
> > This is bad news only for that historical tendency in Latinoamerica towards
> > outright fascism. No more Bordaberris, Pinochetes, Videlas in the 19
> > countries from Mexico southwards. Our history seems to have absolved itself
> > of it's tolerance for that scourge, & it is because the people and
> > governments of America have said Basta! We rejoice at this bad news!
> >
> > The members of our committee & all those who have supported us continue our
> > work in solidarity with the Honduran process. There is still everything to
> > resist in Honduras, only now, it seems we won't need to  the ouster of
> > Zelaya. In my eyes this is only more reason to continue doing this work.
> > Speaking of which, we have planned a meeting for this coming Wednesday, 6pm
> > at Encuentro 5.
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > announce mailing list
> > announce at hondurasresists.org
> > http://hondurasresists.org/mailman/listinfo/announce_hondurasresists.org
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> New email: lunamiguel2002 at gmail.com
> Nuevo email:
>
> "If you can read this, wake up, there is still time!"  M.Luna
> "Si puedes leer esto, despiertate que todavia hay tiempo!"  M. Luna
>







From lunamiguel2002 at gmail.com  Fri Oct 30 11:47:33 2009
From: lunamiguel2002 at gmail.com (Miguel Luna)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:47:33 -0400
Subject: [HNA] "Deal Reached in Honduras"
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There is no doubt that this golpe has helped the movement not only in
Honduras, but also the U.S and Latin America. La resistencia will continue
in Honduras. The Honduran people are well awake and will never ever would
fall sleep. We should thanks the ruling class in Honduras for their help on
creating a strong movement against themselves.

Their arrogance, inhumanity, and greed are our strength!

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 12:34 PM, David Rolde <davidrolde at comcast.net>wrote:

> It is the same thing that the US government did in Haiti.  They allowed
> Aristide to be removed in 1991.  Then Bill Clinton restored Aristide in 1994
> when he agreed to take orders from the US.  But eventually Aristide showed
> that he was still progressive. So Bush removed him again.
>
> We shouldn't be surprised that something similar is being done in Honduras.
>  The struggle continues!  The Honduran people will still prevail.
>
>
> On Oct 30, 2009, at 10:31 AM, Simon Rios wrote:
>
> As was reported by the New York Times:Whether this is great news, good
> news, or bad news depends on who you are. For the United States & for the
> oligarchy in Honduras, it is great news. Zelaya will be reinstated, but will
> be forced to share power with golpistas & recognize the elections a month
> from now. It's a good arrangement for the liberals in Washington too:
> simultaneously obliterate the power of the popular leader while maintaining
> the democratic facade. In plain terms we have a new, "legitimate" model
> for the countries of Latin America: overthrow the leftist, pull out his
> teeth, then reinstall him on your own terms. Once again the United States
> intervenes & molds the history of a small, poor nation in Latin America to
> its liking.
> From the viewpoint of the resistance, however, I think it is good, not
> great news. We recall that the first demand was always the reinstatement of
> Zelaya to the presidency, and now this demand is being met. But this is only
> a GOAL of the resistance, not the SOUL of the resistance. The resistance is
> for creating a new order in Honduras, one which puts the people in power &
> considers the social movement before anything else. With the presidency of
> Zelaya & the military coup that ousted him, Honduras has changed forever.
> Perhaps this is the close of a chapter, but it is the beginning of an epoch.
> Now onward to the constituent assembly! To the popular government! To
> solidarity among Latin American nations!
> This is bad news only for that historical tendency in Latinoamerica towards
> outright fascism. No more Bordaberris, Pinochetes, Videlas in the 19
> countries from Mexico southwards. Our history seems to have absolved itself
> of it's tolerance for that scourge, & it is because the people and
> governments of America have said Basta! We rejoice at this bad news!
>
> The members of our committee & all those who have supported us continue our
> work in solidarity with the Honduran process. There is still everything to
> resist in Honduras, only now, it seems we won't need to  the ouster of
> Zelaya. In my eyes this is only more reason to continue doing this work.
> Speaking of which, we have planned a meeting for this coming Wednesday, 6pm
> at Encuentro 5.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> announce mailing list
> announce at hondurasresists.org
> http://hondurasresists.org/mailman/listinfo/announce_hondurasresists.org
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> announce mailing list
> announce at hondurasresists.org
> http://hondurasresists.org/mailman/listinfo/announce_hondurasresists.org
>
>


-- 
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From sreyes1 at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 30 15:39:17 2009
From: sreyes1 at yahoo.com (Sergio Reyes)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:39:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HNA] Comunicado del Frente sobre el acuerdo
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Comunicado No. 32

El Frente Nacional de Resistencia contra el Golpe de Estado, ante la inminente firma del acuerdo negociado entre la comisi?n representante del presidente leg?timo Manuel Zelaya Rosales y los representantes del r?gimen de facto, comunica a la poblaci?n hondure?a y la comunidad internacional:

1.      Celebramos como una victoria popular sobre los intereses mezquinos de la oligarqu?a golpista, la pr?xima restituci?n del presidente Manuel Zelaya Rosales. Esta victoria se ha obtenido con m?s de 4 meses de lucha y sacrificio del pueblo, que a pesar de la salvaje represi?n desatada por los cuerpos represivos del estado en manos de la clase dominante, ha sabido resistir y crecer en conciencia y organizaci?n hasta convertirse en una fuerza social incontenible.

2.      La firma por parte de la Dictadura del documento donde se establece ?retrotraer la titularidad del Poder Ejecutivo a su estado previo al 28 de junio?, representa la aceptaci?n expl?cita de que en Honduras hubo un golpe de estado que debe ser desmontado para volver al orden institucional y garantizar un marco democr?tico en el que el pueblo pueda hacer valer su derecho de transformar la sociedad.

3.      Exigimos que a los acuerdos que se firmen en la mesa de negociaci?n se les de tr?mite expedito en el Congreso Nacional. En ese sentido, alertamos a todos nuestros compa?eros y compa?eras a nivel nacional para que se sumen a las acciones de presi?n para que se cumpla inmediatamente lo consignado en el documento final que se elabore en la mesa de negociaci?n.

4.      Reiteramos que la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente es una aspiraci?n irrenunciable del pueblo hondure?o y un derecho innegociable por el cual seguiremos luchando en las calles, hasta lograr la refundaci?n de la sociedad para convertirla en justa, igualitaria y verdaderamente democr?tica.

?A 125 D?AS DE LUCHA AQU? NADIE SE RINDE?
Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. 30 de octubre de 2009 



      



From bduplisea at juno.com  Fri Oct 30 16:07:43 2009
From: bduplisea at juno.com (bduplisea at juno.com)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:07:43 GMT
Subject: [HNA] from Upside Down World
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Agreement to End Honduran Coup Marks Victory and Challenge 
  Written by Laura Carlsen    Friday, 30 October 2009 Source: Americas MexicoBlog
Last night, Oct. 29, Honduras' de facto regime finally agreed to allow Congress to vote to "restore full executive power prior to June 28". Conceding to international and national pressure, the Honduran coup appears to be facing its final days.

June 28 was the date when the Armed Forces kidnapped the elected president, Manuel Zelaya, and forcibly exiled him to Costa Rica. If the agreement brokered this week holds, the Honduran resistance movement will have turned the ugly precedent of a modern-day military coup d'etat into an example of the strength of nonviolent grassroots resistance.

The Victory

The points of the agreement are the same ones that the de facto regime has rejected since talks began in San Jose, Costa Rica. By last week, there was supposedly agreement on all points except the reinstatement of Zelaya.

Although the decision to restore Zelaya to power must receive a non-binding opinion from the Supreme Court and then be approved in Congress, it appears to be a done deal. Zelaya's team reportedly had the support of members from the UD Party, 20 members of the Liberal Party and more recently the support of the National Party to revoke the decree that was issued to justify his removal from office. That decree was originally accompanied by a forged letter of resignation that was immediately denounced.

President Zelaya expressed "satisfaction" at the agreement. Zelaya's negotiating team had agreed long before on the terms of the revised San Jose Accords, and negotiations were hung up on the coup's refusal to allow reinstatement of the president. The terms are:

Creation of a government of national reconciliation that includes cabinet members from both sides Suspension of any possible vote on holding a Constitutional Assembly until after Jan. 27, when Zelaya's term ends A general amnesty for political crimes was rejected by both sides Command of the Armed Forces to be placed under the Electoral Tribunal during the month prior to the elections. Restitution of Zelaya to the presidency
Creation of a Verification Commission to follow up on the accords, consisting of two members of the OAS, and one member each from the constitutional government and the coup regime
Creation of a Truth Commission to begin work in 2010 Revoke sanctions against Honduras following the accords

The leader of the de facto regime, Roberto Micheletti, issued a statement Thursday night saying, "I am pleased to announce that a few minutes ago I authorized my negotiating team to sign an agreement that marks the beginning of the end of the political situation in the country."

Micheletti noted that "accepting this proposal represents a significant concession on the part of this government." In the last round of talks, he had insisted that the Supreme Court decide the question of reinstatement. He added, "But we understand that our people demand us to turn the page of our history in these difficult moments. For that reason, I have decided to support this new proposal to achieve a final accord as soon as possible."

Few people know what magic words were uttered to change the opinion of one of the most stubborn dictators in recent history. But they probably came out of Tom Shannon?s mouth.

For months, both sides have noted that the U.S. government is the only entity with the power to break the impasse, due to Honduran military and economic dependency on the United States. In a press conference held in Tegucigalpa shortly before the agreement, Shannon explicitly confirmed that the sticking point was "political will" (the coup's unwillingness to accept Zelaya's reinstatement) and that the U.S. government was there to induce that political will.

"From our point of view, the deal?s on the table. This is not really a question of drafting or of shaping a paragraph. It?s really a question of political will. And that?s why it was so important, I think, for us to come to Honduras at this moment to make clear to all Hondurans that we believe the political will that is displayed and expressed by Honduras?s leaders should respect the democratic vocation of the Honduran people and the democratic aspirations of the Honduran people, and the desire of Honduras to return to a larger democratic community in the Americas... And that?s why we came, to underscore our interest in ensuring that the political will is there to do a deal."
Shannon mentioned legitimizing the elections and future access to development funding from international financial institutions as carrots (or sticks) in the negotiations:

"...An agreement within the national dialogue opens a large space for members of the international community to assist Honduras in this election process, to observe the elections, and to have a process that is peaceful and which produces leadership that is widely recognized throughout the hemisphere as legitimate. This will be important as a way of creating a pathway for Honduras to reintegrate itself into the Inter-American community, to not ? and not just the OAS, but also the Inter-American Development Bank and its other institutions, and to access development funding through the international financial institutions."
It worked?at least in the formal stages, as the world now awaits implementation. The State Department was in a celebratory mood following the success of the high-level delegation consisting of Shannon, deputy Craig Kelly and the White House NSC representative for the Western Hemisphere, Dan Restrepo. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held a special press conference from Islamabad announcing the "breakthrough in negotiations" in Honduras:

"I want to congratulate the people of Honduras as well as President Zelaya and Mr. Micheletti for reaching an historic agreement. I also congratulate Costa Rican President Oscar Arias for the important role he has played in fashioning the San Jose process and the OAS for its role in facilitating the successful round of talks...

I cannot think of another example of a country in Latin America that having suffered a rupture of its democratic and constitutional order overcame such a crisis through negotiation and dialogue.

This is a big step forward for the Inter-American system and its commitment to democracy as embodied in the Inter-American Democratic Charter. I'm very proud that I was part of the process, that the United States was instrumental in the process. But I'm mostly proud of the people of Honduras who have worked very hard to have this matter resolved peacefully."
Historians will chart the course of the little coup that couldn't.

But from this observer's chair, negotiation and dialogue played a minor role in the seeming resolution. In the end, the mobilization of Honduran society sent a clear message that "normal" government would not be possible and even more widespread insurrection loomed unless a return to democracy reopened institutional paths. International pressures and sanctions played a far greater role in cornering the coup than the technical terms of an accord that is vague, difficult to implement and contentious. In this context, the challenges ahead are enormous.

The Challenges

If it weren't for the extraordinary levels of commitment, participation and awareness generated by the democratic crisis over the past four months, the challenges Honduran society now faces could easily be considered impossible for any democracy to face. They include:

1) Restore constitutional order, within the presidency, the new cabinet and state institutions 

This is a mammoth task. Zelaya cannot just step back into the Presidential Palace and assume that society has returned to its pre-coup state. Under the terms of the agreement, he must form a new cabinet with the participation of coup supporters. Anger runs high and this will be a controversial and delicate undertaking. He must review the damage done to national coffers under the coup regime. He must reestablish a relationship with the Armed Forces and the other branches of government. Many institutions have undergone purges of personnel under the coup and must be reestablished and work to regain legitimacy.

2) Organize elections for Nov. 29 or a later agreed-upon date

If the original date is not changed, that leaves less than a month before nationwide elections. Imagine a nation moving from the complete breakdown of its democratic system and institutions, to campaigns, to elections in less than thirty days. Anti-coup candidates had pulled out, other campaigns had been met consistently with protests, and now the mere logistics of organizing elections raises serious issues.

The timeline is critical to the process. Zelaya told AFP that the timeline is under discussion today and pointed out a concern that has been growing among international organizations and the Honduran public: if reinstatement and the return to democratic order do not happen immediately, the elections scheduled for Nov. 29 will be in jeopardy. His return, he noted, "must be well before the elections to be able to validate them."

In fact, despite the breakthrough, the legitimacy of the elections is already in jeopardy. If the reinstatement process drags out, as the negotiations did, Hondurans worry they could find themselves in the middle of an electoral farce. Even if all goes smoothly, nothing will be easy or exactly "normal". The United Nations, the Organization of American States, and the European Union had all announced they would not send elections observers to coup-sponsored elections, also citing the logistical difficulties of putting together effective teams on such short notice. Now the OAS has indicated it will try to do so but logistics continue to be a problem. The European Union indicated it required six weeks to put together such an elections mission and could no longer consider it.

Honduran law provides for a three-month campaign period prior to the vote so would need to be modified to accommodate a Nov. 29 election. Even an immediate end to serious human rights violations?many of which are essential to free and fair elections, such as freedom of expression, freedom of press and freedom of assembly?will leave wounds and gaps. As the agreement was being hammered out, security forces attacked a peaceful march that had acquired all the permits required by the de facto government to legally demonstrate.

3) Continue moving toward a vote on holding a Constitutional Assembly

This demand is not going away, despite the agreement between Zelaya and Micheletti not to raise it until after Jan. 27. This point of the accords caused Juan Barahona, a leader of the National Front Against the Coup, to resign from the Zelaya negotiating team because it has become central to the movement not only to restore, but to expand Honduran democracy.

A Constitutional Assembly now appears more necessary than ever. It would serve to repair the contradictions in the current Constitution that coup-mongers exploited to rupture the democratic order, and channel the legitimate demands of organizations of peasants, indigenous peoples, urban poor, women, youth and others. Since the awakening of popular sectors in resistance to the coup, it is not possible to conceive of a free and stable society without proceeding with a Constitutional Assembly.

Rush to Define Positions

Zelaya was quick to point out that obstacles remain. "This is a first step to bringing about my reinstatement that will have to go through several stages. I'm moderately optimistic," he told AFP news service from the Brazilian Embassy, where he has been holed up since Sept. 21.

The reinstatement of President Zelaya will likely be voted on soon. Emails from the Honduran Internet groups that have formed a virtual community to debate and decry the military coup in their country, now demonstrate a range of feelings, from jubilation to open skepticism. Elections pose a huge challenge to anti-coup forces since a wide range of opinions play out within the diverse National Front Against the Coup.

Hondurans now move into the next phase of a long struggle to rebuild and broaden democracy. The challenge includes holding free and fair elections in the short term, but also includes critical issues of expanding democratic rights and participation beyond the elections and the system of representation. They must find ways to heal deep wounds and confront an economic and political crisis that is far from over.

If the coup finally falls and Zelaya is restored to power, Honduran society and the international community will score an historic victory. It must be remembered though, that the victory is a defensive one?it marks the successful rollback of anti-democratic forces in a small but determined nation.

Those forces will not desist?in Honduras or in other places where democracy is vulnerable and nefarious interests are strong. Until democracy in the fullest sense?participatory and dedicated to nonviolence?gains ground, the world could be stuck in long battles to defend against attacks instead of moving forward toward societies where this kind of offensive against the rule of law can no longer occur. 
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From dafeder at gmail.com  Fri Oct 30 16:52:39 2009
From: dafeder at gmail.com (Daniel Feder)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:52:39 -0400
Subject: [HNA] Narco News: Reports of a Deal in Honduras Are Premature
Message-ID: <1fdfbc460910301652m2e4ceaa2x2d42077566fb00d5@mail.gmail.com>

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/3567/reports-deal-honduras-are-premature

Reports of a Deal in Honduras Are PrematureBy Al Giordano

US officials and commercial media organizations are popping champagne corks
prematurely over a reported US-brokered ?deal? to return Honduran President
Manuel Zelaya to (limited) power, but the two sides that reportedly signed
the agreement already disagree over what exactly it says.

Reuters reports<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a2a08190-c564-11de-8193-00144feab49a.html>that
coup ?president? Micheletti has agreed to step down:

?I have authorized my negotiating team to sign a deal that marks the
beginning of the end of the country?s political situation,? Micheletti told
reporters on Thursday night.

He said Zelaya could return to office *after a vote in Congress that would
be authorized by the country?s Supreme Court.* The deal would also require
both sides to recognize the result of a Nov. 29 presidential election and
would transfer control of the army to the top electoral court.

If approved by Congress, Zelaya would be able to finish out his presidential
term, which ends in January. It was not clear what would happen to other
elements o f the agreement if Congress votes against Zelaya?s restoration.

*(Bold type mine, for emphasis.)*

But Micheletti?s claim that a Congressional vote to restore Zelaya would
require Supreme Court authorization is a flat out lie, according to a source
with Zelaya inside his Brazilian Embassy refuge in Tegucigalpa: ?That is
what the golpistas have put out, but that is NOT the accord? The Supreme
Court gives its non-binding opinion to the Congress, but the key is that all
of this takes time, time that the golpistas want to keep taking.?

While there is some healthy distrust already over whether Congress will gin
up on its end and really vote to restore Zelaya, that probably will be
easier to accomplish than many believe. Two words: Pepe Lobo. The National
Party candidate for President, Lobo is leading in the polls. He obviously
wants very much for the November 29 ?elections? to become internationally
recognized elections. His party holds 55 of 128 seats in Honduras?
unicameral legislature, just ten short of a majority. There are at least 22
Liberal Party members that have publicly indicated they want Zelaya back as
president, plus 11 minor party legislators most of whom are likely to go
along with such a deal. Faced with such a patchwork majority, look for most
of the 62 Liberal Party members in Congress to fold and go with the flow.
The Congressional vote is not likely to prove a stumbling block to
implementing this agreement.

The real problem could be the authoritarian Supreme Court. Micheletti?s
invention of a non-existent clause in the agreement, one that requires the
court?s approval of it, points to where the stalling tactic will come from.
This is the same Supreme Court that carried out the coup d?etat on June 28
and has micro-managed the regime?s affairs all summer and fall on a level
that would not be appropriate or legal in most countries. Because Honduras?
1982 Constitution is such a self-conflicted document with many articles that
contradict each other, the court has been cherry-picking which laws to
discard and which to interpret, often badly.

What the summer of 2009 in Honduras has demonstrated is that democracies
need not only worry about excesses of executive branch power. In this case,
it is the judicial branch that proved the primary and most dangerous usurper
of democracy.

If Micheletti keeps insisting that this so-called ?agreement? requires
Supreme Court ratification, look for this game to go into extra innings
before any resolution can happen.

On the other hand, if Secretary Clinton and her team of negotiation
babysitters got their ducks and supreme court members in line ahead of time
? reflecting a level of attention to detail that they haven?t displayed all
summer long ? then, yes, this deal would be likely to succeed.

The devil will be in the details, and their implementation. Until it?s clear
that the Supreme Court or Congress won?t stand in the way, there is no deal.

And I?ll repeat: The problem won?t likely come from Congress, but, rather, a
continuance of the real problem all along: the despotic, arbitrary and
anti-democracy tendencies of the Honduras Supreme Court.

*Update:* Pepe Lobo weighs
in<http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jAkMGKIUDg_ngUiZboxQbYj5_DPwD9BLGVKO1>,
exactly as we predicted he would:

"We are willing to be cooperative in Congress with the agreement of the
negotiators," Porfirio Lobo, a National Party lawmaker who is favored to win
the Nov. 29 presidential elections, said Friday. "The best decision for
Honduras will be taken."

(And it's worth noting, once again, how embarrassingly clumsy and
wrongheaded the La La Land prognostications are from a certain golpista
corner of the Ugly American diaspora of the expat community in Honduras. Last
night<http://lagringasblogicito.blogspot.com/2009/10/guaymuras-accord-tonight.html>,
the anonymous blogger who calls herself La Gringa told her gullible readers:
"presidential candidate Pepe Lobo is asking the Nacionalistas to abstain."
The sheer stupidity and inability to deduce what is in Lobo's best interests
is staggering, but also typical.)

*Update II:* Statement<http://contraelgolpedeestadohn.blogspot.com/2009/10/comunicado-no-32.html>from
the National Resistance Front Against the Coup d'Etat:

1. We celebrate the coming restitution of President Manuel Zelaya Rosales as
a popular victory over the cruel interests of the golpista oligarchy. This
victory has been won through more than four months of struggle and sacrifice
by the people, that in spite of the savage repression unleashed by the
repressive corps of the state in the hands of the dominant class has known
how to resist and grow in conscience and organization becoming an
uncontainable social force.

2. The Dictatorship's signature on the document that establishes "the return
of the executive branch to its status prior to June 28" represents explicit
acceptance of what in Honduras had been a coup d'etat that must be removed
to return to institutional order and guarantee a democratic environment in
which the people can make use of its right to transform society.

3. We demand that the agreements that are signed at the negotiating table be
ratified expeditiously by the National Congress. In that sense, we alert all
our compa?eros and compa?eras nationwide to join in the pressure actions so
that the document is complied with immediatley.

4. We reiterate that the National Constituent Assembly is an absolute
aspiration of the Honduran people and a nonnegotiable right for which we
will continue struggling in the streets, until achieving the refoundation of
society to exist in justice, equality and true democracy.

"AFTER 125 DAYS OF STRUGGLE NOBODY GIVES UP"

Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. 30 de octubre de 2009

(Translated by Narco News.)

-- 
Daniel Aaron Feder
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From sreyes1 at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 30 19:23:48 2009
From: sreyes1 at yahoo.com (Sergio Reyes)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:23:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HNA] El acuerdo y las elecciones
Message-ID: <766875.22028.qm@web38905.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

A pocos pasos para salir de la crisis pol?tica en Honduras 

  

Feliciano Mart?nez 

Red COMAL 

Honduras 

30 de octubre 2009 

  

Hoy viernes a las 10.00 am; las comisiones negociadoras firmaron el acuerdo que parcialmente resuelve la crisis pol?tica en Honduras, iniciada el pasado 28 de junio con el golpe militar. Este cuerdo se logra por la presi?n incansable del pueblo hondure?o y la presi?n internacional. 

  

El acuerdo contempla entre los principales puntos; la restituci?n al orden democr?tico con el retorno del presidente legitimo Manuel Zelaya Rosales, constituir un gobierno de integraci?n nacional, nombrar una comisi?n de la verdad para investigar los hechos realizados antes durante y despu?s del 28 de junio, respetar el proceso electoral a realizarse el pr?ximo 29 de noviembre y el traspaso del poder al presidente que salga electo en las elecciones. 

  

El acuerdo firmado por las comisiones deber? de ir al congreso, quien en defitiva tomara la dedici?n de restituir al  Presidente Zelaya. Al parecer ya hay un acuerdo previo para ratificar los acuerdos firmados por ambas comisiones. 

  

Este acuerdo no resuelve las causas por las cuales se genero el conflicto pero sin duda es un giro importante para el pueblo hondure?o y para Am?rica Latina. 

La resistencia contra el golpe de Estado a propuesto la convocatoria a una asamblea Nacional Constituyente para la refundaci?n de Honduras pero no se contempla en los acuerdos suscritos; por lo tanto sigue irrenunciablemente en la agenda del pueblo para los pr?ximos meses. 

  

El proceso electoral estaba obstruido por el conflicto y  sin un acuerdo no era posible su normal realizaci?n. La poblaci?n esta dispuesto a no ir a votar sin un acuerdo de retorno al orden democr?tico. Los candidatos y candidatas de los distintos partidos pol?ticos  y candidatos independientes est?n dispuestos a renunciar si no se restituye al Presidente Zelaya. A dem?s se ha denunciado un fraude preparado para legitimar los resultados electorales aunque estos no sean leg?timos. 

  

Con la firma del acuerdo cambia el panorama pol?tico hacia el proceso electoral. El Frente de Resistencia  ha venido planteando la unidad de las fuerzas pol?ticas en resistencia para enfrentar el proceso. En la resistencia hay dos candidatos presidenciales, que por un lado Cesar Han del Partido Unificaci?n Democr?tica que representa la Izquierda en el pa?s; y por otro lado Carlos H. Reyes, candidato independiente con un gran liderazgo nacional que podr?a generar r?pidamente la unidad de las diferentes fuerzas. 

El tiempo es corto pero el Frente tiene la capacidad de organizarse alrededor de una estrategia pol?tica electoral; sin embargo el fraude ser? dif?cil eliminarlo por que los golpistas tienen controlado todos los espacios del proceso electoral.



      



From sreyes1 at yahoo.com  Sat Oct 31 05:52:58 2009
From: sreyes1 at yahoo.com (Sergio Reyes)
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:52:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HNA] The Resistance position on agreement in Honduras
Message-ID: <162980.44517.qm@web38907.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Comuniqu? No. 32

The National Front of Resistance to the Coup d'Et?t, facing the imminent signing of a negotiated agreement between the commission representing the legitimate President Manuel Zelaya Rosales and the representatives of the de facto regime, communicates the following to the Honduran people and the international community:

1. We celebrate the upcoming restoration of President Manuel Zelaya Rosales as a popular victory over the narrow interests of the coup oligarchy. This victory has been obtained through four months of struggle and sacrifice by the people who, in spite of the savage repression unleashed by the repressive forces of the state in the hands of the dominant class, have been able to resist and grow in their levels of consciousness and organization and turn themselves into an irrepressible social force.

2. The signing on the part of the dictatorship of the document which mandates "returning the holder of executive power to its pre June 28 state," represents the explicit acceptance that in Honduras there was a coup d'?tat that should be dismantled in order to return to institutional order and guarantee a democratic framework in which the people can exercise their right to transform society.

3. We demand that the accords signed at the negotiating table be processed in an expedited fashion by the National Congress. We alert all our comrades at the national level so that they can join the actions to pressure for the immediate compliance with the contents of the final document from the negotiating table.

4. We reiterate that a National Constituent Assembly is an unrenounceable aspiration of the Honduran people and a non-negotiable right for which we will continue struggling in the streets, until we achieve the re-founding of our society to convert it into one that is just, egalitarian and truly democratic.

"At 125 days of struggle, nobody here surrenders!"
Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. October 30, 2009

Translation by the Nicaragua Network

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From sreyes1 at yahoo.com  Sat Oct 31 18:16:41 2009
From: sreyes1 at yahoo.com (Sergio Reyes)
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:16:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [HNA] Texto completo del Acuerdo de Tegucigalpa/San Jose
Message-ID: <304009.67664.qm@web38907.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Di?logo Guaymuras - Acuerdo Tegucigalpa/San Jos? para la reconciliaci?n nacional y el fortalecimiento de la democracia en Honduras 
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PREAMBULO 

Nosotros, ciudadanos hondure?os, hombres y mujeres, convencidos de la necesidad de fortalecer del Estado de derecho, al amparo de nuestra Constituci?n y las leyes de nuestra Rep?blica, profundizar la democracia y asegurar un clima de paz y tranquilidad para nuestro pueblo, hemos llevado un intenso y franco proceso de di?logo pol?tico para buscar una salida pacifica y negociada a la crisis en qu? nuestro pa?s ha estado sumido en los ?ltimos meses. 

Como fruto de ese di?logo, en el que ha predominado la cordura, la tolerancia y el esp?ritu patri?tico de todos sus participantes, hemos redactado un Acuerdo pol?tico que habr? de permitir restablecer la convivencia ciudadana y asegurar un clima apropiado para la gobernabilidad democr?tica en nuestra patria. Este Acuerdo, estamos seguros, marcar? el camino hacia la paz, la reconciliaci?n y lo democracia, demandas urgentes de la sociedad hondure?a. 
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