Day Three: Democracy Held Hostage in Honduras

Day Three: Democracy Held Hostage in Honduras

July 1, 2009
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Dear Colleague,

Narco News continues to provide you with late-breaking news and analysis of the coup in Honduras. Publisher Al Giordano inks in a new summary and analysis of events from Tuesday, the third day of the coup.

Giordano writes:

“Today in Honduras, various important things happened. The illegitimate ‘president,’ Roberto Micheletti, convened a rally where he stood side by side with the military general that led the violent coup. So much for the spin that the generals handed over the reins to civilian authorities: the coup has expanded their power vastly. The pro-coup event generated a decent sized – but not all that impressive considering all the power at its command - crowd. Employees of pro-coup businesses were forced to attend, and bussed in. Anyone who saw it on TV could tell it was not grassroots, but Astroturf: they had clean little Honduran flags and very few homemade signs. And compare the lily white gang on that stage with any other photo of the Honduran population! It was the "escualidos" all over again, Honduras chapter.

“…Later, Dictator-for-Three-Days Micheletti called a ‘cadena nacional,’ decreeing that all TV stations in the country would broadcast his second speech of the day live. There, he announced that the military curfew – initially said to be just for two nights – will now be extended for five more nights, that no Honduran may leave his or her home from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. this week.”

Read the rest of Giordano’s analysis of the Honduras coup online at Narco News:

http://www.narconews.com

From somewhere in a country called América,

ENDS

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