BREAKING ... Zelaya is back in Honduras? AP reporting it ! !

[rabs]

Can anyone confirm this ?????


Ousted President Zelaya says back in Honduras

By FREDDY CUEVAS, Associated Press Writer Freddy Cuevas, Associated Press Writer – 12 mins ago
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Deposed President Manuel Zelaya said Monday he has returned home to Honduras to reclaim his presidency, defying threats of arrest and summoning supporters.

While the State Department confirmed on Monday that Zelaya is in Honduras, his exact whereabouts were unclear, possibly in an attempt to avoid capture.

"I cannot give details, but I'm here," Zelaya told the local TV Channel 36. His voice, but not his image, were transmitted.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090921/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_honduras_coup

[rabs]

1. Zelaya speaking on Radio Globo

Apparently he is in the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa.

Suggest listening to Globo at:

http://www.radioglobohonduras.com/

[rabs]

2. Thousands gathering before Brazilian Embassy

Zelaya made an appearance on a balcony. Huge crowd cheering outside.

Historic moment in Tegucigalpa. Radio Globo covering.

Honduran military planes overflying the capital.

[rabs]

3. Looks like Radio Globo being censored

It went off at 1:34 p.m. Honduras time. Came back on for a few minutes and is off the air at this moment. 1:51 p.m.

[Judi Lynn]

4. Rats. They've cut transmission at Channel 36.

http://www.cholusatsur.com/

Here's Magbana's blog to check for updates:

President Zelaya Has Returned to Honduras
2009 September 21Leave a comment
by magbana

Quixote Center is reporting that President Zelaya returned to Honduras accompanied by UN Peacekeepers.

Will update later when more things are confirmed.
http://hondurasoye.wordpress.com/

Hoping for Zelaya's safety. Thank you, rabs.

[Judi Lynn]

5. El Universal,Caracas,opposition paper:Zelaya confirms his stay at the Brazilian embassy in Honduras

CARACAS, Monday September 21, 2009
Zelaya confirms his stay at the Brazilian embassy in Honduras


Deposed Honduras President Manuel Zelaya confirmed on Monday that he was at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa and encouraged his followers to rally near the diplomatic mission, Efe reported.

During a telephone conversation with a Honduras TV channel, Zelaya reclaimed to be the legitimate president elected by the people and urged the Honduras armed forces and the people to be calm.

"I, the man who always put out his hand, make an appeal to you to keep calm in order to prevent violence or arms. The people who are with us are unarmed, peacefully, happily chanting slogans, because today (Monday), sure enough, is a holyday for all of us."

Zelaya noted the support by the Brazilian embassy and multilateral organizations, such as the United Nations (UN) and the Organization of American States (OAS).

http://english.eluniversal.com/2009/09/21/en_pol_esp_zelaya-confirms-his_21A2766167.shtml

[flamingdem]

6. Zelaya sure su cojones bien puesto !!!!! nt

[rabs]

8. Globo said Zeyala had crossed over mountains and rivers

on the frontier with Nicaragua to infiltrate back into Honduras. There had been reports that Zelaya would speak at the United Nations this week, so suspect that the gorilettis were lulled into believing that.

Posted below to Judi on the LBN thread; repeating it here:

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Resistance and labor leader Barahona issued a plea for the gorilettis not to provoke a massacre. Situation is dicey because no one knows how the golpistas who control the army and police will react.


There is a saying in Central America:

"Se siente el jaguar afuera de la tienda." (The jaguar can be felt outside the tent.)

Well, the jaguar (Zelaya) is no longer outside goriletti's tent, he is INSIDE it.

Btw, Radio Globo reception is spotty, suspect it is being censored somehow (electricty cutoff or something)

[Judi Lynn]

7. Mark Weisbrot: Zelaya Reported Back in Honduras: Washington Will Have to Choose Sides

September 21, 2009
2:52 PM

Zelaya Reported Back in Honduras: Washington Will Have to Choose Sides, Says CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot


WASHINGTON - September 21 - President Manuel Zelaya's reported return to Honduras would be a significant move and could force an end to the political crisis that followed the June 28 coup d'etat, Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, said today.

"This could be the moment of truth for the Obama administration," Weisbrot said. "If Zelaya is back, they will have to choose sides. It is pretty clear that the rest of the world will stand with Zelaya, for his return to the presidency, and for the restoration of democracy in Honduras."

With many heads of state gathered in New York for the annual meetings of the United Nations General Assembly, it is very likely that they will take action in support of President Zelaya.

In response to the June 28th coup that overthrew President Zelaya, the Organization of American States, the UN General Assembly, and other international bodies called for the "immediate and unconditional return" of Zelaya to the presidency. The United States response has been somewhat more ambiguous and has varied over the ensuing months.

The de facto regime has threatened to arrest Zelaya upon his return to the country.

"The arrest of Zelaya on dubious charges - which the regime has no legal authority to pursue - would increase its isolation, and possibly sanctions, from the international community," said Weisbrot.

When Zelaya attempted to return to Honduras in July, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denounced his actions as "reckless," saying that Zelaya should give more time for a negotiated solution. Months later, the de facto regime in Honduras has still rejected proposals by mediator and Costa Rican president Oscar Arias - proposals agreed to by Zelaya.

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/09/21-12

[Judi Lynn]

9. Ousted Honduran president says ready to start dialogue

Ousted Honduran president says ready to start dialogue
2009-09-22 03:57:40

TEGUCIGALPA, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said on Monday that he managed to re-enter Honduras after evading various obstacles, and that he is now ready for dialogue to "rebuild" the country.

In a phone conversation with some local media, Zelaya said that "it (his return) was done (through) a very pacific strategy, very right for not producing any violent event."

"I am in the capital (Tegucigalpa) making some procedures, in a couple of hours we will tell you the place where we are to begin the dialogue to rebuild Honduras," Zelaya said.

Zelaya said he and his team will begin the dialogue in order to return respect and sovereignty to the Honduran people.

Meanwhile, de facto leader of the country Roberto Micheletti said that Zelaya's declaration was merely a "psychological war."

Micheletti asked the people to stay calm because Zelaya "is in a suite in Nicaragua" and tomorrow he will attend a meeting at the United Nations in New York.

More:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/22/content_12093396.htm

[rabs]

10. Golpistas just declared a curfew

To run from 4 p.m. today to 7 a.m. tomorrow (6 p.m. to 9 a.m. Eastern).

This could be dangerous because the curfew goes into effect in about 15 minutes as I write this and there are thousands of people outside the Brazilian Embassy.

Telesur is carrying the OAS emergency meeting live.

Resistance leader Barahona says the golpista regime will fall within 24 hours. That only a bloodbath could halt the downfall of the gorilettis.

http://www.telesurtv.net/noticias/secciones/nota/58059-NN/barahona-asegura-que-micheletti-no-se-mantendra-por-mas-de-24-horas/

[subsuelo]

11. Micheletti is calling the reports "media terrorism" n/t

[rabs]

12. Golpistas have cut off electricity

to the Brazilian Embassy and to the sector where Radio Globo is located near downtown Tegu.

Globo is still on the air from a clandestine location. Radio said it has three locations from where it can stay on the air.

http://www.radioglobohonduras.com/

[EFerrari]

13. Showing their colors again. Perfect.

[rabs]

14. Hillary has chimed in for the first time

Globo just reported that she hoped Zelaya's return would enable Hondurans to find a solution and avoid violence.

Arias is now offering to go to Tegu. to "mediate" some more :rofl:

Callers reporting police are setting up "retenes" (check points) to halt people from traveling to Tegu. National police stopping buses.

Teachers' union just declared an indefinite strike beginning today and called for teachers to go to Tegu.

:hi:

[EFerrari]

17. Poor Arias. He's been the comic relief in this novela.

:)

[Judi Lynn]

43. Just saw the Clinton image. Missed it earlier. Really good.

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Tue Sep 22, 4:20 PM ET .

A supporter of ousted Honduran President, Manuel Zelaya, kicks a tear gas canister launced by riot squad agents and members of Honduran army trying to drive them away from the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa. The United States pledged Tuesday to do whatever it can to help Brazil's embassy in Honduras.
(AFP/Jose Cabezas)

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Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya sleeps inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa September 22, 2009. Zelaya ended almost three months of exile by sneaking back into Honduras on Monday, seeking refuge at the Brazilian embassy to avoid being arrested.
REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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A riot squad agent shoots tear gas at supporters of ousted Honduran President, Manuel Zelaya, in an effort to drive them away from the surroundings of the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa. Honduran soldiers surrounded Tuesday the Brazilian embassy where Zelaya is holed up to avoid arrest, after using tear gas to drive away thousands of his supporters.
(AFP/Jose Cabezas)

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A riot police officer walks in front of the Brazilian embassy where Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya has taken refuge in Tegucigalpa, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. Honduras' airports and borders were closed Tuesday, while baton-wielding police fired tear gas to chase thousands of demonstrators away from the embassy where Zelaya is holed up to avoid arrest. The graffiti on the wall reads in Spanish 'The time of your death has arrived, you miserable coup makers'.
(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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Soldiers walk after dispersing supporters of ousted Honduras President Manuel Zelaya, outside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa September 22, 2009.
REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

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Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya rest in the Brazil's embassy in Tegucigalpa, Tuesday, Sept 22, 2009. Police fired tear gas at thousands of demonstrators Tuesday morning, chasing them away from the Brazilian embassy where their deposed president who snuck back into the country remains holed up, avoiding threatened arrest.
(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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Tue Sep 22, 12:30 PM ET .
Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya rest inside of the Brazil embassy in Tegucigalpa, Tuesday, Sept 22, 2009. Police fired tear gas at thousands of demonstrators Tuesday morning, chasing them away from the Brazilian embassy where their deposed president who snuck back into the country remains holed up, avoiding threatened arrest.
(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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A supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya throws a stone during clashes with riot police outside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. Police fired tear gas at thousands of demonstrators Tuesday morning, chasing them away from the Brazilian embassy where their deposed president who snuck back into the country remains holed up, avoiding threatened arrest.
(AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

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Supporters of Manuel Zelaya cover their ears after Honduran soldiers set up a loudspeaker that emitted a shrill sound to disperse people from the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. Honduran soldiers have surrounded the Brazilian embassy where deposed president Manuel Zelaya is holed up seeking reinstatement, using tear gas to drive off thousands of his supporters.
(AFP/Orlando Sierra)

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Honduran soldiers surround the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. Honduran soldiers have surrounded the Brazilian embassy where deposed president Manuel Zelaya is holed up seeking reinstatement, using tear gas to drive off thousands of his supporters.
(AFP/Orlando Sierra)

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Soldiers stand guard after the dispersal of supporters of ousted Honduras President Manuel Zelaya, outside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa September 22, 2009. Honduran police dispersed hundreds of supporters on Tuesday outside the Brazilian embassy where ousted President Manuel Zelaya took refuge after sneaking back into the country in a bid to return to power.
REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas (HONDURAS POLITICS CONFLICT)

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Supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya run for cover during clashes with riot police in front of the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Tuesday, Sept 22, 2009. Police fired tear gas at thousands of demonstrators Tuesday morning, chasing them away from the Brazilian embassy where their deposed president who snuck back into the country remains holed up, avoiding threatened arrest.
(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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Police uses water canons against supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya during clashes near the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Tuesday, Sept 22, 2009. Baton-wielding police fired tear gas at thousands of demonstrators Tuesday morning, chasing them away from the Brazilian embassy where their deposed president who snuck back into the country remains holed up, avoiding threatened arrest.
(AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

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Police officers push a police car burned during clashes with supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya near the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. Baton-wielding police fired tear gas at thousands of demonstrators Tuesday morning, chasing them away from the Brazilian embassy where their deposed president who snuck back into the country remains holed up, avoiding threatened arrest.
(AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

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A soldiers points a speaker towards supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya after clashes outside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. Baton-wielding police fired tear gas at thousands of demonstrators Tuesday morning, chasing them away from the Brazilian embassy where their deposed president who snuck back into the country remains holed up, avoiding threatened arrest.
(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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A supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya looks at soldiers walking in front of the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, after Zelaya supporters clashed with riot police Tuesday, Sept 22, 2009. Baton-wielding police fired tear gas at thousands of demonstrators Tuesday morning, chasing them away from the Brazilian embassy where their deposed president who snuck back into the country remains holed up, avoiding threatened arrest.
(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya speaks on a cell phone next to his wife Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, front, at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. Just one day since the daring return of deposed President Manuel Zelaya, the interim leaders who overthrew him again struck back at Hondurans who have challenged their rule since their June 28 coup.
(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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Supporters of ousted Honduras President Manuel Zelaya cover their faces as they react to the tear gas fired upon them by police, inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa September 22, 2009. Honduran police dispersed hundreds of supporters on Tuesday outside the Brazilian embassy where ousted President Manuel Zelaya took refuge after sneaking back into the country in a bid to return to power. A Reuters photographer at the embassy said police fired tear gas at the protesters and at least two tear gas canisters landed inside the embassy compound. Zelaya remained inside the embassy and accused police of preparing an attack.
REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS POLITICS CONFLICT)

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Supporters of ousted Honduras President Manuel Zelaya are seen on a roof outside the Brazilian embassy after police fired tear gas, in Tegucigalpa September 22, 2009. Honduran police dispersed hundreds of supporters on Tuesday outside the Brazilian embassy where ousted President Manuel Zelaya took refuge after sneaking back into the country in a bid to return to power. A Reuters photographer at the embassy said police fired tear gas at the protesters and at least two tear gas canisters landed inside the embassy compound. Zelaya remained inside the embassy and accused police of preparing an attack.
REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Tue Sep 22, 9:17 AM ET .
A supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya clashes with riot police in front of Brazil embassy in Tegucigalpa, Tuesday, Sept 22, 2009.
(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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Tue Sep 22, 9:10 AM ET .
A supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya runs during clash with riot police in front of Brazil embassy in Tegucigalpa, Tuesday, Sept 22, 2009.
(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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Supporters of Manuel Zelaya celebrate his return to Tegucigalpa. Zelaya made a surprise return home in a dramatic twist to the country's crisis on the eve of a meeting of world leaders in New York.
(AFP/Orlando Sierra)

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Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya remain outside the Brazilian embassy in Honduras, in support of him, September 21,2009. Honduras was deep in crisis after Zelaya's surprise return to the Central American country raised the specter of violent street protests and a diplomatic fight with Brazil. Zelaya, a leftist, sneaked back into the country on Monday and took refuge in the Brazilian embassy to avoid arrest, almost three months after he was toppled in a coup.
REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas (HONDURAS POLITICS CONFLICT)

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Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya sit outside the Brazilian embassy in Honduras in support of him September 21, 2009. Honduras was deep in crisis after Zelaya's surprise return to the Central American country raised the specter of violent street protests and a diplomatic fight with Brazil. The sign reads "No Parking Brazilian Embassy.
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Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya speak during a interview with local media inside Brazil's embassy in Tegucigalpa, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. Zelaya said he returned to Honduras Monday to reclaim his presidency, defying threats of arrest and rallying supporters.
(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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A supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya shouts slogans outside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa September 21, 2009. Honduras was deep in crisis after Zelaya's surprise return to the Central American country raised the specter of violent street protests and a diplomatic fight with Brazil. Zelaya, a leftist, sneaked back into the country on Monday and took refuge in the Brazilian embassy to avoid arrest, almost three months after he was toppled in a coup.
REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas (HONDURAS POLITICS CONFLICT)

(He has wrapped himself in the flag!

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Supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya welcome him outside the embassy of Brazil in Tegucigalpa September 21, 2009.
REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

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Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, left, and his daughter Hortensia gesture to supporters from inside Brazil's embassy in Tegucigalpa, Monday, Sept. 21, 2009. Zelaya said he returned to Honduras Monday to reclaim his presidency, defying threats of arrest and summoning supporters.
(AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

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Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya gather as he arrives, outside the embassy of Brazil in Tegucigalpa September 21, 2009. Zelaya has taken refuge inside the embassy in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, Telesur television network reported on Monday.
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Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya wave as he arrives, outside the embassy of Brazil in Tegucigalpa September 21, 2009. Zelaya has taken refuge inside the embassy in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, Telesur television network reported on Monday.
REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS POLITICS CONFLICT)

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Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya waves the Honduran flag inside the Brazilian embassy after his arrival in Tegucigalpa September 21, 2009. Zelaya sneaked back into Honduras on Monday almost three months after he was toppled in a coup, and took refuge in the Brazilian embassy to avoid arrest by the de facto government.
REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS POLITICS)

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nter]Xiomara Castro de Zelaya wife of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, reacts during a mass to celebrate his husband's birthday in Tegucigalpa, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009. The girl is the couple's granddaughter, Irena Melara.
(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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An employee of Honduras' Telecommunications Council, CONATEL, second left, confronts supporters of ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya after inspecting the headquarters of Channel 11, a local television station in Tegucigalpa, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. Zelaya's supporters threw water and scuffled with CONATEL employees after an inspection they said is part of a plan to close the channel.
(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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A policeman talks to a soldier near a rally in support of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa September 17, 2009. The graffiti on the reads: "Come back Mel now", with reference to Zelaya.
REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS POLITICS CONFLICT)

[Judi Lynn]

44. More images, Yahoo news:

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Manuel-Zelaya/photo//090922/photos_pl_afp/34165f34913ffb3bb7fd473095082e82//s:/afp/20090922/pl_afp/honduraspoliticscoupusbrazil#photoViewer=/090922/photos_pl_afp/34165f34913ffb3bb7fd473095082e82

[Judi Lynn]

18. That's so dirty. There should be an international law against this.

The opposition did the same thing to the Cuban embassy in Caracas in 2002, as well. Said they were going to starve them out.

Thank you for posting this update, rabs.

[Downwinder]

19. From Narco

As predicted in the previous update, the regime's attempt to cut electricity to the Brazilian Embassy is already an epic fail. Tim Russo just reported live on that Flashpoints radio show from inside the Embassy as the electric power went back on! A discussion about a half hour prior, on Radio Globo, included a call for generators and a pledge by the head of the electrical workers union to send technicians to set them up. A half hour later, there was light. An organized people can never be beat. That is the lesson of Honduras.

8:17 p.m.: The coup regime has just extended the military curfew until 6 p.m. tomorrow evening, which means nobody goes to work on Tuesday, not even during daylight hours, and all stores will be closed. (Schools were already out as the teachers unions called a national strike and for their members to come to the Brazilian embassy.) Meanwhile, the US State Department has recommended that US citizens avoid all non-essential travel to Honduras. It's as if there's a general strike without it even being called for!

[rabs]

15. Golpistas have just closed airports

Insulza and an OAS delegation are scheduled to fly to Tegu. tomorrow.

But all four international airports have been shut down beginning tonight until further notice.

From Brazilian newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo

Honduras fecha todos os aeroportos após volta de Zelaya
Medida é decretada depois de toque de recolher; governo interino pede que Brasil entregue líder deposto

TEGUCIGALPA - O governo de facto de Honduras ordenou na noite desta segunda-feira, 21, o fechamento de todos aeroportos do país, depois de estabelecer um toque de recolher após o surpreendente regresso do presidente deposto, Manuel Zelaya, a Tegucigalpa. "O governo ordenou o fechamento de todos os aeroportos do país até segunda ordem", afirmou Antonio Sanmartin, diretor da Aeronáutica Civil. A medida se estende aos quatro aeroportos do país.

http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/internacional,honduras-fecha-todos-os-aeroportos-apos-volta-de-zelaya,438779,0.htm

[Downwinder]

16. Be interesting if they learn the advantage of having a US base there.

Might also be instructive for other countries.

[flamingdem]

21. That sounds kind of creepy. Why shut airports? nt

[rabs]

20. Latest from Tegucigalpa

Zelaya talking on Radio Globo as I write this. He is re-organizing his government inside the Brazilian Embassy with working groups.

Z. called on the armed forces and police not to repress their own people. To not point their weapons at the pueblo and for the troops to stay in their barracks. He ORDERED golpista general Vasquez not to turn loose the troops on the resistencia. Total silence from the military so far.

A golpista communique read a little earlier on nationwide radio and TV extended the curfew for all day tomorrow until 6 p.m., effectively converting tha capital and the country into a giant jail. The same communique said Z. would be responsible for any violence.

Curfew is being disobeyed by thousands of people gathered around the Brazilian Embassy in a human and vehicle shield. Radio saying there are 20,000 or more people outside the embassy. Caravans streaming toward the capital tonight.

Resistance organizing food and water for those outside the embassy.

[flamingdem]

22. Time to tune into Globo, this sounds amazing nt

[roody]

23. Is the military waiting for their orders from Washington?

[flamingdem]

24. crapola they are off the air. Any other way to get internet radio from Tegu? nt

[Downwinder]

25. Alternate link http://96.9.147.21:8213/

[rabs]

26. Strange you are not getting it

because it is coming in loud and clear for me.

Globo earlier this afternoon said it was transmitting from a clandestine location because electricity had been cut off to its main studios.

Right now it is airing a musical interlude, with really good music from the resistance. It is amazing how musical groups came up with so many resistance songs.

[flamingdem]

27. I can get it now, though I can't tell if it's live yet, it's a speaker reading nt

[rabs]

28. Globo is live at the moment

Zeyala just asked Globo to stick around all night at the Brazilian Embassy in case the golpistas try something stupid.

His wife Xiomara said golpista troops have been seen near the embassy and that she was afraid there might be snipers.

Golpistas have declared Insulza persona non grata so unknown whether he will arrive tomorrow with a delegation that will include Arias. All internal and international flights have been cancelled and airports closed.

Some people have been reported detained and beaten.

Situation is still too fluid to get any idea of how this will develop.

[flamingdem]

29. I'm concerned that they will attack the embassy

Who knows what crazy thing they'll feel is necessary for their survival now.

I'm hearing Globo just fine now. Back to the addiction. Last time I got so
distracted by Globo I had to avoid it for a while.

[EFerrari]

30. A little after 1 am in Honduras. I can't always catch who is calling in

but they are saying they will stay at the embassy to protect the president all night. :)

[rabs]

31. Resistance vowing to repel another June 28th at the embassy

Globo interviewing people outside the embassy. Woman just said she would fight with her fingernails if necessary.

There was a scary report few minutes ago that a lot of "verdes" (troops) were mobilizing near the embassy with "tanquetas" (armored cars). Resistance saying they are not afraid and will not let the troops into the embassy to take out Z.

Police car got close to the crowd and it was overturned. Police inside fled on foot.

Fascinating stuff Globo is airing.

[Judi Lynn]

32. We've seen images of those armored cars in front of the Presidential Palace,

protecting Pinochetti.

Amazing information.

They know the people are serious by now!

[Judi Lynn]

33. Zelaya Return Aids Honduras Settlement, Clinton Says (Update1)

Zelaya Return Aids Honduras Settlement, Clinton Says (Update1)
By Blake Schmidt and Daniel Cancel

Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Honduras’s deposed President Manuel Zelaya breathed new life into his efforts to regain office by slipping into the country and taking shelter in the Brazilian Embassy, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.

Clinton, speaking in New York after meeting with Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, who has mediated the Honduran political crisis, said Zelaya’s return to the capital, Tegucigalpa, created the chance to restore “constitutional and democratic order” and move ahead with elections in November.

Zelaya’s homecoming “makes it easier for us to put some more pressure on the de facto government,” Arias said last night in New York, adding achieving his return was the main hurdle to implementing the so-called San Jose 11-point plan.

Even as Clinton and Arias called for dialogue, the deposed president’s presence in the city is likely to move the conflict into the streets, said Brookings Institute analyst Kevin Casas- Zamora. Arias’s role as mediator is “finished,” Acting President Roberto Micheletti said late yesterday, Agence France- Presse reported.

More:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=acHI3G5BEm5s

[Braulio]

34. It's late September, elections in November

It's late September, elections are being held in late November, I believe. Is it likely Zelaya will remain at the Brazilian embassy for 60 days? Or will the de facto government negotiate with the guy and let him out? If they do, what will be the terms?

Evidently they're not about to let him run things the way he did before, he wasn't doing a good job, and he's tainted due to his association with Chavez and other radicals. This is going to be interesting.

[EFerrari]

35. Unless Zelaya put back in power, no one will recognize those elections.

And the reason he was attacked in the first place is because he was doing a good job of extending participatory democracy to the people of Honduras.

Radicals, my @ss. The right wing nuttery always accuses good progressives of radicalism when they are the radicals, with their death squad enforced fascism.

[Judi Lynn]

36. True perverts, right-wingers. Nothing lower. Great post, EFerrari. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

37. Great reinforcement of your comments just posted by Downwinder:

~snip~
Micheletti's de facto regime has ruled the country with an iron fist while popular movements for democracy have gained steam with nearly constant strikes, road blockades and massive street protests. The coup inspired a movement that is now seeking more than just the reinstatement of Zelaya, but the transformation of the country through a new Constitution. Micheletti says presidential elections in November will proceed as planned, though few Hondurans, governments and international institutions say they will recognize the results given the violent situation in the country.

At least 11 anti-coup activists have been killed since Zelaya was ousted.<2> Following the coup, approximately 1,500 people have been jailed for political purposes, and many Zelaya supporters have been beaten.<3> Via Campesina offices have been attacked, and the Feminists of Honduras in Resistance said that there have been 19 documented cases of rape by police officers since the coup took place.<4> The newspaper El Tiempo reported that armed groups in Colombia have been recruiting demobilized paramilitaries for mercenary work in Honduras. Honduras business leaders are hiring these paramilitaries for their own private security.<5>

Though Zelaya was a relatively moderate president, his policies challenged the elite enough to inspire a right wing coup. While in office, he passed a 60 percent increase in minimum wage, bringing income up from around $6 a day to $9.60 a day.<6> Zelaya also gave subsidies to small farmers, cut bank interest rates and reduced poverty.<7> Salvador Zuniga, a leader of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) said, "One of the things that provoked the coup d'etat was that the president accepted a petition from the feminist movement regarding the day-after pill. Opus Dei mobilized, the fundamentalist evangelical churches mobilized, along with all the reactionary groups."<8>

"Maybe he made mistakes," Honduran school teacher Hedme Castro said of Zelaya, "but he always erred on the side of the poor. That is why they will fight to the end for him." She continued, "This is not about President Zelaya. This is about my country. Many people gave their lives so that we could have a democracy. And we cannot let a group of elites take that away."<9>

More, Downwinder's post:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=405x22599

[rabs]

38. Zelaya and others holding out in Brazilian Embassy

Golpista troops early this morning were using this thing to emit ear-splitting noise to drive away resistance near the Brazilian Embassy.



Police early this morning moved in against the resistance at the embassy.


Police broke windows and slashed tires of cars near the embassy this morning.

Brazilian Embassy without electricity, water and food. Tear gas was fired into embassy grounds before sunup this morning.

Resistance leader Alegria just said on Globo that about 300 people had been rounded up and taken to a soccer field. Number of injured this morning not known.

[rabs]

39. Micheletti promises not to violate Brazilian Embassy

Latest from Jornal do Brasil of Rio de Janeiro (goliletti sounds like he is losing it)

-- Golpista president says his government will respect the diplomatic immunity of the Brazilian Embassy.

-- Said Z. could live inside the embassy if he wants.

-- Or Brazil gives politicial asylum to Z. or turns him over for trial.

-- If Z. "wants to stay living there for 5 or 10 years, we would have no problem."

Internacional
Honduras respeitará embaixada brasileira--Micheletti

REUTERS

TEGUCIGALPA - O presidente golpista de Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, disse nesta terça-feira que seu governo respeitará a imunidade diplomática da embaixada brasileira, onde se refugia o presidente deposto Manuel Zelaya, e afirmou que o líder poderá morar no prédio se quiser.

Nós não iremos fazer absolutamente nada que confronte outro país irmão, nós queremos que eles compreendam que ou lhe dão asilo político ou lhe entregam às autoridades hondurenhas para seu julgamento - disse Micheletti à Reuters.

Se ele (Zelaya) quiser ficar vivendo lá uns 5 ou 10 anos, nós não temos nenhum inconveniente para que viva lá - afirmou.

16:57 - 22/09/2009

http://jbonline.terra.com.br/pextra/2009/09/22/e22097305.asp

[Downwinder]

40. Sounds like the Supreme Court wouldn't fall in line.

Radio Globo now reports that the same Supreme Court that contorted the Honduran Constitution to create a legaloid curtain around the June 28 coup d’etat is now meeting to cook up its latest kangaroo jump: a court order to invade the Embassy – under International Law, Brazilian territory – to capture (or assassinate) President Zelaya. So large and irrational is the regime’s obsession with the presence of one solitary man in the country that it confines every citizen to his and her home and tears up the Constitution, again.

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/3444/seven-million-hondurans-under-house-arrest-micheletti-writes-democracy

[rabs]

41. Heard the same report on Globo earlier

that the Supreme Court judges were studying the Geneva Convention to find a legal way to take Z. out of the embassy.

But now goriletti has told Reuters that his government will not invade the embassy.

Golpistas cannot get their act together, which indicates they are in a near panic. Good !

Globo reporting there are fears that there will be an "apagon" (electricity blackout) in the entire country tonight, when the golpista forces could go into the embassy to take out Z. without media being able to record it.

[Downwinder]

42. Golpistas are causing all of their own problems.

If they had just let everybody demonstrate and not bothered them, after a while they would get tired and go home.

[Judi Lynn]

45. Honduras' de facto president announces dialogue commission to surpass crisis

Honduras' de facto president announces dialogue commission to surpass crisis
2009-09-23 06:16:29

TEGUCIGALPA, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) - De facto Honduran president Roberto Micheletti announced Tuesday that he is ready to make a work team to begin a dialogue aimed to finish with the crisis in the country.

Micheletti said the work team will include sectors of the Honduran civil society and impartial foreign diplomats.

"I make a call to the entire world: We are ready to dialogue," Micheletti told reporters after a meeting with businessmen.

"We will set the commission without the people who formed them before," Micheletti added.

Micheletti said that on Tuesday noon he would announce the names of the people to be part of the new commission.

Micheletti said he expects the participation of "serious and responsible organization with which he had not had ties before."

Micheletti requested the participation of "someone impartial from United Nations to come to listen the position of the Honduran people."

More:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/23/content_12098996.htm