Zelaya: “death squads” operating in Honduras

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya charged that “there are death squads” operating in in the country that the world doesn’t know about.

Zelaya back in Honduras?

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has reportedly taken refuge in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, and is calling for resistance leaders to converge on the capital.

Honduras: resistance plans election boycott

Two Honduran presidential candidates announced that they will not participate in the Nov. 29 general elections unless ousted President Manuel Zelaya is returned to power.

Honduras: US deports coup supporter

Honduran business leader Adolfo Facussé was deported after flying to Miami, apparently the casualty of a State Department decision to revoke visas of those involved in the coup d’etat.

Guatemala: charge nine in attorney’s murder

Guatemalan and UN authorities arrested nine suspects in the murder of attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg. The search for the “intellectual authors” is ongoing, authorities said.

Honduras: students protest plans for draft

Thousands of students marched in the northwestern Honduran city of San Pedro Sula to protest plans by the coup-installed regime to reinstitute compulsory military service.

Honduras: “mixed signals” on US aid

The State Department announced that the US is canceling of all non-humanitarian aid to the de facto regime in Honduras—but “humanitarian” aid is apparently to continue.

Guatemala: residents dispute Goldcorp charges

The Canadian mining company Goldcorp Inc is continuing to press charges against five indigenous Mam in connection with a June incident in which protesters set equipment on fire.

Guatemala: ecologist assassinated at Lake Izabal

Guatemalan community leader Sofía Vidal Osorio was slain by unknown gunmen in the Sierra Caral, a mountain range she was campaigning to be declared a protected area.

French film-maker who covered Mara gangs killed in El Salvador

Christian Poveda, a French film-maker who wrote a documentary about the Mara 18 gang in El Salvador, was found shot dead at Tonacatepeque, near the country’s capital.

Honduras: resistance debates next steps

Leaders of the resistance against the coup in Honduras are debating whether to boycott the November elections if constitutional order is not restored by then.

Honduras: business sector gets nervous

Honduran business elites are divided on whether to keep backing the coup regime as fears grow that the country’s participation in CAFTA will be suspended.