Coup with a smile!
The article below is abridged from a June 24 statement by the Civic Council of People's and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH).
This campaign won support from some sectors of the Evangelical and Catholic hierarchy, who have encouraged, justified, and acted as middlemen for the coup-like actions.
We also denounce the interference and involvement of the US government and its ambassador to Honduras. Told in advance of these actions, they quit the country, and called on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, and other institutions under their influence to do the same.
This clearly shows their complicity with the pro-coup forces.
We call on the ranks of COPINH and the Honduran people as a whole, whether or not they are organised, to mobilise in their communities, villages, or cities, to express their defiance and indignation. We call on them not to be intimidated by the terrorist media campaign unleashed against the people's desire for a new country with justice and equity.
We call on the international community to speak out decisively against this attack on the Honduran people, and to express its solidarity with the people and support for their human rights.
We call for intensification of the organised struggle to establish a constituent assembly now, at this historic juncture for our homeland.
COPINH recognises Zelaya as the only constitutional president of the republic and rejects any "substitute" imposed by imperialist power.
With the power of our ancestors, we raise our voices for life, justice, dignity, liberty and peace."
Half of the population in Honduras live on a dollar a day
"Soldiers stormed the house of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in a pre-dawn raid June 28, placing him on a plane to Costa Rica. The Honduran National Congress quickly named its leader, Roberto Micheletti, as president after voting to accept a "resignation letter" supposedly written by Zelaya. A resolution read on the floor accuses Zelaya of "manifest irregular conduct" and "putting in present danger the state of law"—a reference to his refusal to obey a Supreme Court ruling against holding a referendum on constitutional reform that had been scheduled for that day. Television stations are reported to be off the air, and electricity is out in parts of the capital, Tegucigalpa. Army troops have a heavy presence in the streets. Hundreds of soldiers in riot gear have surrounded the presidential palace; tanks patrol the capital's thoroughfares and military jets streak overhead.
Zelaya called the action a kidnapping, called claims that he had resigned "totally false," and insisted he is still president of Honduras. "There is no way to justify an interruption of democracy, a coup d'etat," he said in a telephone call to Venezuela-based Telesur TV network. "This kidnapping is an extortion of the Honduran democratic system."
Zelaya called on unions, workers and peasant and indigenous organizations to mobilize peacefully for his return. "I ask the people of Honduras to be calm, but for them to defend their democracy and their rights," he said. "There are forms of protesting without hurting anybody... There should be demonstrations everywhere."
US President Barack Obama said he was "deeply concerned" and called on all political actors in Honduras to "respect democratic norms, the rule of law and the tenets of the Inter-American Democratic Charter. Any existing tensions and disputes must be resolved peacefully through dialogue free from any outside interference." (WSJ, AP, AP, June 28) [aka, the cover-up, UH-OH, ITS NOT WORKING!]
Indigenous movement faces repression
The Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), which has mobilized in support of Zelaya's proposed constitutional reform, appears targeted for repression. The home of Bertha Caceres, a leader of COPINH, has been under military and police surveillance for several days. As the coup went into action, leaders of COPINH have been pursued by the military in the street, and are in hiding.
On June 23, Fabio Ochoa, COPINH's regional coordinator promoting consultations on the constitutional reform, was shot five times while leaving a television station. He remains in intensive care.
Some towns have declared that they will not recognize the authority of any military-imposed government. Some 25,000 have reportedly gathered at the presidential palace, despite the intimidating military presence there. (Rights Action, June 28)
In a televised address, Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez said Honduran soldiers took away the Cuban ambassador and left the Venezuelan ambassador on the side of a road after beating him. He warned that if his ambassador was killed, or troops entered the Venezuela embassy, "that military junta would be entering a de facto state of war, we would have to act militarily." He added: "I have put the armed forces of Venezuela on alert."
Chávez pledged that if a new government is sworn in after the coup it will be defeated. "We will bring them down, we will bring them down, I tell you," he said. (Reuters, June 28)
Bolivian President Evo Morales also condemned the coup in strong terms, saying: "What is happening in Honduras due to the actions of military groups only contributes to discredit Armed Forces in countries in Latin America which participate in their people's decision." (Prensa Latina, June 28)
Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa likewise pledged to resist the Honduran coup. A Foreign Ministry statement said Ecuador "will not recognize any government that is not that of President Manuel Zelaya." (Reuters, June 28)."
GREEN LEFT - COUP ATTEMPT THREATENS DEMOCRACY
HERE IS SIMPLY WHAT IS TAKING PLACE:
BASTA DE GUERRA
PEOPLE OF THE SUN
DO YOU HAVE IT?
CHAVEZ SAYS CIA BEHIND COUP IN HONDURAS
(Thanks Datta)
OBAMA'S FIRST COUP
(Thanks Datta)
THE NEW COUP PROCEEDURE - DO IT, DENY IT, CONDEMN IT, BUT DO NOT REINSTATE THE PRESIDENT
"U.S. diplomats said they are trying to ensure Zelaya's safety and get him restored as president. Clinton signalled, however, the U.S. wasn't siding fully with Zelaya, who had rejected several Supreme Court decisions before being overthrown.
"There are certain concerns about orders by independent judicial officials that should be followed," Clinton said. "But the extraordinary step taken of arresting and expelling the president is our first and foremost concern right now.""
LINK TO ABOVE QUOTE - PARDON ME, BUT FUCK YOU MADAM SECRETARY
THE BESTIALITY OF IMPERIALISM
"We have learned to love you
from the heights of history,
with the sun of your bravery
you laid siege to death
Che, the deep transparency of your presence
became clear here,
you are our leader,
Commandante Che Guevara.
You come burning the winds
with spring suns,
to plant your flag,
with the light of your smile
Che, the deep transparency of your presence
became clear here,
you are our leader,
Commandante Che Guevara.
Your revolutionary love
leads you to a new undertaking,
where they are awaiting the firmness,
of your liberating arm.
Che, the deep transparency of your presence,
became clear here,
you are our leader,
Commandante Che Guevara.
We will carry on
as we did along with you,
and with Fidel we say to you,
until always Commandate.
Che, the deep transparency of your presence,
became clear now,
you are our leader,
Commandante Che Guevara."
DIED TO BE IMMORTAL
"The United States said on Wednesday that it has suspended its military ties with Honduras days after Manuel Zelaya, president of the country, was deposed in a coup.
"We've postponed any activities in Honduras right now while we are assessing the situation," Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman told reporters." [ come on now, you are beginning to make me laugh!]
U.S. SAYS IT IS BREAKING MILITARY TIES WITH HONDURAS - LOL!!
METHINKS YOU DOTH PROTEST TOO MUCH!
WHY PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S ACTIONS IN HONDURAS WERE LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL
"Zelaya attempted to give Hondurans the gift of participatory democracy. It was the coup leaders who violated the constitution. Those who say otherwise are wrong." [INCLUDING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION THAT KEEPS REPEATING THE THE ELITE HONDURAS LINE (to get another term as President), SHOWING THEIR COMPLICITY]
