17 August, 2009

Anti-American Amigos
Wall Street Journal
If Honduras has been able to neutralize Mr. Chávez, it’s something to celebrate. A Chávez-style takeover of institutions in Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua …
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74354550413462742.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Chavez Says US Troops Involved in Ouster of Honduras’s Zelaya
Bloomberg
16 (Bloomberg) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he has information that indicates that US troops were involved in removing deposed Honduran…
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aCEPCbcIs0zY

Chavez says Obama “lost in space” on Latin America
Reuters
Last week Obama said critics of US involvement in Latin America who are now asking Washington to do more to restore the ousted president of Honduras“can’t …
www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE57F24620090816

US military denies role in Honduras coup flight
The Associated Press
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The US military says its troops in Honduras did not know of and played no part in a flight that took ousted President Manuel Zelaya …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5
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Tropical Storm Claudette…Public option may go…Honduras claim
9&10 News
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The State Department isn’t commenting so far on an accusation from a top official in Honduras’ ousted government. …
www.9and10news.com/category/story/?id=164662

In US mission, Honduran coup leaders seek recognition
PRESS TV
A Honduran government mission is going to visit Washington next Monday to seek international recognition, the de facto President Roberto Micheletti says. …
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=103711&sectionid=351020706

Aide: Zelaya plane stopped at base with US troops
The Associated Press
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A top official in Honduras’ ousted government charges there was US involvement in the coup that deposed Manuel Zelaya,…
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Obama’s grandmother…Schwarzenegger urges evacuation…American …
KXMC
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) A top aide to Honduras’ ousted president is accusing the US of involvement in the June 28 coup. The deputy foreign minister of …
www.kxmc.com/News/421483.asp

Interim Honduran officials to visit to Washington
AFP
TEGUCIGALPA — Interim Honduran leader Roberto Micheletti will dispatch a delegation to visit Washington next Monday in a bid to gain international…
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Interim Honduran leader to send delegation to Washington
Xinhua
15 (Xinhua) — Interim Honduran President Roberto Micheletti said Saturday that he will send a delegation to Washington next Monday aiming to“guarantee …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/16/content_11890542.htm

HONDURAS: Is It “Clockwork Orange” Time? Videos of State …
By hcvanalysis
The following videos show repression of protesters by the Honduran police and military. I could build a long list of people in Honduras and Washington who should be forced to watch these. The question is, are these people repulsed by …
hondurasoye.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/honduras-is-it-clockw
ork-orange-time-videos-of-state-repression-that-will-make-you-say-yes/

Zelaya may return to Honduras even if he faces arrest – Democratic …
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Ousted President Manuel Zelaya’s closest collaborators in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, are advising him to return to Honduras even if that means that the de facto government now in power will arrest him immediately. …
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/
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Moe Lane “ Meanwhile, back in Honduras…
Firebombs hurled at Honduran newspaper office. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A Honduran editor says assailants threw molotov cocktails at the offices of his newspaper, setting fire to the entrance. [snip]. The attack early Saturday was the …
moelane.com/2009/08/16/meanwhile-back-in-honduras/

In Honduras, violence against opponents of the coup :: Elites TV
By markcrispinmiller.com
Action Alert: Attack Against Offices of Via Campesina in Honduras Last
night at 11:23 pm, during curfew which began at 10 pm, unknown individuals driving a cream colour Toyota Turismo with the license plate PCA1981 fired bullets at the …
elitestv.com/pub/2009/08/in-honduras
-violence-against-opponents-of-the-coup

Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Honduras …
By Greg Weeks
Honduras nonupdate update. In news that seems not to have changed in weeks, the coup government will send officials to Washington to do some lobbying, talk nicely while obstructing, and mostly kill some time. …
weeksnotice.blogspot.com/2009/08/honduras-nonupdate-update.html

16 August, 2009

Barber killed in KC was building American life
Houston Chronicle
Mauro Brito Pacheco began work as a barber when he was only 12, helping out in his family’s shop in Honduras and eventually using his skills to build a life …
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6574170.html

Firebombs hurled at Honduran newspaper office
The Associated Press
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A Honduran editor says assailants threw molotov cocktails at the offices of his newspaper, setting fire to the entrance.…
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5
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US Ambassador Hugo Llorens Discloses Secrets of the Honduran Coup …
The Narco News Bulletin
By Belén Fernández AUGUST 15, 2009, TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS: While awaiting the arrival of United States Ambassador to Honduras Hugo Llorens to a meeting at …
www.narconews.com/Issue59/article3767.html

Uruguay, Mexico disavow de facto Honduran gov’t
Xinhua
14 (Xinhua) — Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez and his Mexican counterpart Felipe Calderon disavowed the de facto Honduran government in a joint …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/15/content_11885563.htm

United’s Acquisitions Put Back Line on Front Burner
Washington Post
Habarugira will meet the club in Honduras before Tuesday’s CONCACAF Champions League game against Marathon. United had one roster opening and created …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2009/08/14/AR2009081403054.html

Honduran mission “happily” returns from visit to OAS president
Xinhua
14 (Xinhua) — Friday’s return of the mission sent by the de facto Honduran government to Washington was marked by satisfaction. …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/15/content_11885659.htm

Four Honduran consular officials removed, including LA representative
Los Angeles Times
The Honduran consul general in Los Angeles has been fired because she declined to express support for ousted President Manuel Zelaya, Honduran embassy …
latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/08/four-honduran-
consular-officials-removed-including-la-representative.html

Honduras: Sufficient Number of People Killed, Maimed and Tortured …
By hcvanalysis
Simply, there have been a sufficient number of people in Honduras killed, maimed and tortured that running the fan club for the Micheletti golpista regime is rapidly becoming a libaility, especially in international circles. …
hondurasoye.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/honduras-sufficient-
number-of-people-killed-maimed-and-tortured-for-nyt-to-say-basta/

Honduras Coup, Act III, Day 23 “ Mercury Rising
By Charles II
It’s hard to believe that the people of Honduras have been resisting for 47 days. Many have marched hundreds of miles in heat and in the face of police harassment. Others have faced down fearful intimidation. …
phoenixwoman.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/honduras-coup-act-iii-day-23/

Honduras | Mediation stalls in Honduras as leaders refuse Zelaya’s …
By election_update.org
Tegucigalpa, Honduras – The month-old mediation effort by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias to resolve Honduras’s political crisis is foundering under the | election-updates.org.
www.election-update.org/news/political-unrest/
mediation-stalls-in-honduras-as-leaders-refuse-zelayas-return/

Honduras: Repression continues | National Catholic Reporter
By Maureen Fiedler
The official Quixote Center delegation in Honduras continues to send firsthand reports of the events in that country, as tens of thousands of its citizens clamor for the return of their elected President, Manuel Zelaya. …
ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/honduras-repression-continues