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.

Honduras: economy could “quickly buckle”

Honduran economist Alcides Hernández warns that if sanctions are imposed on the coup regime, “a country as poor as ours would quickly buckle.”

Honduras: resistance continues despite repression

Strikes and protests continue in Honduras despite a pattern of repression documented by an Inter-American Commission on Human Rights delegation.

Honduras: Xiomara Castro de Zelaya calls for continued protest; rights abuses documented

Xiomara Castro, wife of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, called on followers to continue marching in support of her husband—as an Amnesty International report documents brutal repression.

Zelaya: Obama against coup —but “not the chief of the empire”

Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, speaking to reporters on a visit to Lima, asserted that “Barack Obama is the president of the United States, but not the chief of the empire.”

Honduras: coup regime admits deporting Zelaya was “error” —but repression goes on

Coup-installed Honduran President Roberto Micheletti for the first time admitted that forcing the deposed President Manuel Zelaya to leave the country, instead of arresting him, was a mistake.

El Salvador: another anti-mining activist shot

A leader in the movement opposed to re-opening the El Dorado goldmine in northeast El Salvador is in stable condition after being shot eight times in the back and legs.