ALERT from Honduras: violence taking place as resistance is organizing

[Joanne98]

Update on Honduras Tuesday June 30, 2009 morning. Conversation with Bertha Oliva, director of Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH) via telephone from Tegucigalpa. Information shared by a faith-based organization activist in Washington, DC.

1. Situation is very very tense, and turning violent.

2. In the interior of the country, especially in Olancho, the military has been entering homes and violently detaining youth people and has violently dispersed marches, many of them are missing.

3. At least one death in the capital Tegucigalpa.

4. Coup supporters are marching in the streets, defended by the army and police.

5. At this moment the resistance movement is gathering in Tegucigalpa to determine where and how to take the streets.

6. There is an anticipation of violence today, as both pro and con marchers may be in the streets and conflict could arise.

7. The local media refuses to air any comments about the violence taking place in the country and insists that everything is going on normally.

8. Several spokespersons for the coup leaders are well known human rights abusers, such as retired Captain Billy Fernando Joya Amendola. Bertha Oliva calls the coup advisers a line up of the "Gallery of Terror" members.

9. REQUEST FROM BERTHA THAT WE MOBILIZE THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNITY TO DENOUNCE THE FISCAL PATRICIA PONCE AND THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL COMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, RAMON CUSTODIO. Rather than denounce the abuses of human rights, they are defending the coup government.

Independent press shut down in Honduras

Coup president Ricardo Micheletti has revoked constitutional freedoms for civilians has blocked international press, blocking all information from foreign news media. Honduran people ignore the international protests against the coup. Troops are taking over streets, violence has started.

http://peruanista.blogspot.com/2009/06/alert-from-honduras-violence-taking.html

[Bacchus39]

1. I love this!!

"Honduran people ignore the international protests against the coup."

[Judi Lynn]

2. Thank you, Joanne98, for the alert. Not good news. n/t

[magbana]

3. Thanks very much for passing this important info along. n/t

[EFerrari]

4. I hope this from ealier because Telesur has been filming all day

pro-Zelaya people walking and driving in from the interior.

I hope to God Obama isn't in a stand off with his own Pentagon in Honduras. :(

[rabs]

5. For what it's worth, heard on radio that UN is contemplating sending Blue Helmets

to Honduras if the golpistas do not cave in. Have not been able to confirm.

Being a veteran of several coups in South America, sense the putsch in Honduras is doomed.

It would be a mild surprise to me if the golpistas are able to hang on to power until Thursday.

[EFerrari]

6. The right wingers are posting pictures of the mobilization as support for Bob.

It's crazy on the net right now.

And I agree. This pot is going to be done long before Thursday.

[Judi Lynn]

8. We've seen that done before! Fascists have no consciences. n/t

[rabs]

9. Re the report on the Blue Helmets

It came from Hugo Chavez.

President Chavez considers possibility of UN military intervention in Honduras
Presidente Chávez consideró evaluar intervención militar de ONU en Honduras


Managua, Nicaragua, 30 Jun. ABN.- En caso de que el aislamiento diplomático y político no de los resultados esperados y no se restablezca el orden constitucional que fue tomado en Honduras por un grupo de facto, se tendrá que evaluar otros mecanismos como una intervención militar de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU).

Así lo aseveró el presidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez Frías, minutos antes de partir de la capital nicaraguense rumbo a Caracas para presidir un acto de ascensos militares.

“La comunidad de la Alianza para los Pueblos de Nuestra América (Alba) estará atenta en las próximas horas, porque un escenario de agresión contra el presidente Zelaya y la delegación que lo acompañará abriría otro tipo de puerta. Entonces, habría que plantear, por ejemplo, la intervención militar de Naciones Unidas.”, enfatizó.

Exhortó a los militares de Honduras para que saquen la fibra patria, la fibra de Morazán y no atropellen al pueblo ni al presidente constitucional Manuel Zelaya.

Señaló de que en caso de presentarse agresiones hacen responsable a Micheletti.

[EFerrari]

13. In the last two days, Chavez has asked the Honduran military to

support the people with their weapons and to not turn them on them. I hope someone is listening.

[magbana]

14. Thanks, rabs. I saw the blue helmets, too and a chill went down my spine because of Haiti n/t

[Bacchus39]

17. oh, it came from Chavez and not the UN. It sounds like he is already

intervening like he said he was going to.

Someone may need to tell Hugo that the UN would have to authorize an invasion of Honduras if that's what he wants. Its not his decision.

[rabs]

10. Here is one of the first pics I have seen from today's pro-Zeyala demonstration

Lotta people making their way to the presidential palace.

[EFerrari]

11. Maybe they just want to borrow a cup of sugar.

:)

[Judi Lynn]

12. Wonderful. Hope they'll be safe. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

7. Good news, if they follow through. Hope they wouldn't do to the people of Honduras

what they have been doing to Haitians, however!

It would be tremendous if they helped.

[rabs]

15. Man speaking on Telesur said some troops are deserting

That the troops are refusing to fire on the people if called upon to do that.

Man mentioned the 105th Battalion. Did not catch where the unit is based.


(Edit, typo fixed)

[magbana]

16. Who was it that mentioned 2 battalions turned agains coup gov't

I thought it was Judi Lynn. Anyway, here's what I found on narconews and I think someone else already talked about this.
But if they didn't it might be good to post.

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/al-giordano/2009/06/reports-two-military-battalions-turn-against-honduras-coup-regime

[EFerrari]

18. You know what we should be finding, the US COs on the ground in Honduras.

Maybe I have a dirty mind but it couldn't hurt to tuck those names away.

Have to go walk this poor dog.