Popular Protests Escalate Against Honduran
Military
Tegucigalpa, July 2, (RHC).-
Protests against the Honduran military regime,
represented by de-facto president Roberto
Micheletti, continue to increase. Supporters of
the resistance movement maintain their
commitment to publicly protest the coup and
demand the return of President Manuel Zelaya.
Reports from Tegucigalpa say that as protests
grow, there is a foreseen escalation in
aggression from the regime and army against the
protesters.
Other sources from inside Honduras report that
campesinos and indigenous peoples from rural
areas continue marching on foot towards the
capital to join the protests in Tegucigalpa, in
which tens of thousands of people are already
participating.
The media continues to be controlled by
supporters of the military coup, maintaining
that no coup has taken place in the country and
that Micheletti took power using legal means.
They continue to refuse to report on the
political repression and human rights abuses
occurring in the country.
Some of the most powerful supporters of the coup
in Honduras are the owners of private security
companies, which is a big industry in Honduras.
These private security forces have been used to
bolster the size of pro-Micheletti rallies, if
not for other political purposes as well.
People are concerned that with the suspension of
constitutional rights, the coup government will
forcefully enter the house of the Minister of
the Presidency, Enrique Flores Lanza, one of the
leaders of President Zelaya’s cabinet. Flores
Lanza is reportedly organizing a resistance
government and it is believed that Micheletti’s
government wishes to confiscate documents stored
in his house.
De facto president Micheletti has stated that
President Zelaya will be arrested on charges of
"treason" and "abuse of authority" if he returns
to Tegucigalpa on Saturday, as planned. |
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