Honduras protesters call for president's return

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Focus News Agency

Honduras protesters call for president's return
17 July 2009 | 00:03 | FOCUS News Agency

Tegucigalpa. Protesters calling for the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya blocked roads around the Honduran capital Thursday, deepening a three-week leadership crisis in this Central American state, AFP reported.

The demonstration involving thousands was set to continue until representatives of Zelaya and the de facto government that has taken charge meet in Costa Rica for further talks on a way out of the impasse.

A first round of those discussions, mediated by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias and held last week, failed to provide any breakthrough.
Both Zelaya and interim president Roberto Micheletti claim to be the legitimate leader of Honduras.
But while Zelaya has been blocked from returning to the country, from which he was deported on June 28 by the army, Micheletti has had a difficult time trying to impose his will.


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1. Day 19: Peaceful Blockades vs. Coup Paralyze Honduras

More at link
Al Giordano
http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/day-19-peaceful-blockades-vs-coup-paralyze-honduras

Take a look at the roadmap of Honduras, above.

In the lower center is the capital city of Tegucigalpa, with only four routes connecting it to the rest of the country and the continent.

Narco News can confirm, together with reports in other media, that at least three of those four routes - the three most important - have been successfully shut down by peaceful occupations by a citizenry opposed to the coup d'etat regime, as well as vital arteries in the country's northern coastal regions.
The most important - which links Tegucigalpa to the second largest city, San Pedro Sula to the Northwest - is blocked five kilometers outside of the capital, in the town of El Durazno, reports the French Press Agency (AFP):

[Judi Lynn]

2. They are putting their lives on the line. Unarmed. From your post, an entry:

Update 2:14 p.m. ET, 12:14 p.m. in Tegucigalpa: AP has a report in Spanish confirming much of this information. Rafael Alegria of Via Campesina - one of the 30 social organizations participating in the blockades - tells reporters: "You can verify, here, that there is not a single machete knife, pistol or rifle. This is a peaceful march."

The people deserve their own government BACK. Any further violence against these people cannot be forgiven. The fascists must be held responsible for the deaths they've already inflicted upon innocent people, the lives they have stolen.

Deepest hopes, concern surround these helpless, good people struggling to regain their elected government. If anything less results it will be a colossal step back into a filthy past.

[Judi Lynn]

3. DU'ers have posted excellent, informative material you can use in the Latin America forum:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=405