Costa Rican President Oscar Arias warned of the potential for “civil war” in Honduras as talks between ousted President Mel Zelaya and the de facto regime broke down.
Deposed Honduran President Mel Zelaya said he agreed to a proposal made by mediator Costa Rica to form a national unity governmentâas his supporters continue to block highways to demand his return.
The body of missing community activist Gustavo Marcelo Rivera was found with signs of torture in in Cabañas department, El Salvador. Rivera had led a campaign against mining operations in the region.
Thousands of protesters again blocked roads across Honduras to demand the return of ousted President Mel Zelaya, as Costa Rica’s Oscar Arias is proposing a “national reconciliation government.”
Honduras’ de facto President Micheletti is attempting to woo striking teachers back to work, while the ousted Zelaya said from exile that his backers have “the right to insurrection.”
The Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras has filed a legal case against the coup plotters and perpetrators, while indigenous and campesino groups warn of deadly repression.
Two local leaders of the Popular Bloc of grassroots groups demanding the return of President Zelaya were killed by unknown gunmen in Hondurasâone in San Pedro Sula, the other in the countryside.
The appearance of unity within the Honduran military and the de facto government is deceptive, according to statements by Argentine deputy defense minister Alfredo Forti published in the Buenos Aires daily ClarĂn on July 11. “People with the rank of… Read moreHonduras: army and business owners wavering?
LucĂa Pinochet Hiriart, daughter of late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, expressed her support for the Honduran coup, saying Zelaya left the military no choice but to do “something unconstitutional.”
Seven US trade associations sent a letter to President Obama, calling on the US to assure “predictability and stability” in Hondurasâbut said nothing about democracy or constitutional order.
An LA Times op-ed by Miguel A. Estrada, “Honduras’ non-coup,” is the latest in a barrage of legalistic sophistries in defense of the Honduran putsch being assembled by the political right.
4,000 supporters of ousted President Mel Zelaya blocked the main road through Hondurasâwhile in Venezuela, Hugo ChĂĄvez warned the dialogue underway in Costa Rica is a “trap for democracy.”
