President Zelaya entered Honduras

by JAMP | July 24, 2009 at 10:34 am

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After 27 days since the coup d'Etat in Honduras, legitimate President Manuel Zelaya Rosales has returned to his country, crossing the Nicaraguan border at Las Manos, in a tense atmosphere.

Any President nor any government in the world can legitimate the coup. There will be no support. We want to establish a dialogue and give an example of peace, said Zelaya to international press the Honduran territory. He greeted the Honduran Colonel and asked him to make contact with his superiors.

According to TV live broadcasting by TeleMundo, CNN and Telesur, President Zelaya said that he returns in peace, without weapons, as a democrat to make respect for the people’s decision expressed in the urns. If the democracy is suppressed the human rights don't have any value. An economic and media oligarchy has taken control of Honduras illegally, and we can not accept this, said Zelaya, who asked the people to join and surround him to make the soldiers putting rifles down.

During the TV broadcasting after a press conference, President Zelaya talked by telephone with Presidents Lula and Lagos. The coup has been widely condemned by international community, and the moves by Nobel Prize Oscar Arias of Costa Rica failed, while Mercosur Summit last night was categorical against the coup.

Zelaya reminded to the soldiers and officials that he is the real General Commander, according to the Constitution, so they must obey his instructions and not harm the people or limit the public circulation. State of siege valid for 27 days in Honduras was set today earlier, at 12:00 hours local time.

I don't have fear, said finally Zelaya, who reminded that a government as Micheletti’s which have taken the power using the force is null, so he ask the people not to surrender until Reports from the town of Paradise, near Zelaya’s press conference, informed that the Army have taken the roads and placed obstacles, same as they did in the Toncontin airport to avoid the legitimate President’s return to the country.

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Jarrett Martineau

at 10:37 on July 24th, 2009

Thanks for this.

158

at 17:30 on July 24th, 2009

It seems this is not the full story.

"He left after 30 minutes."

sara star

at 10:46 on July 24th, 2009

Roy C

at 12:16 on July 24th, 2009

He was deposed by an arrest warrant ordered by their Supreme Court. He should allow himself to be arrested, go to trial, and prove his innocence.

Otherwise, he should shut up, stop lying about the coup, which it was not, or stay away. This arrest and exile are a great warning to other would-be Chavezes and others interested in staying in power and undermining the constitutionally based democratic republics such as the Honduras.

Arbol

at 12:33 on July 24th, 2009

Hey Roy, here, take a look.

JAMP

at 12:33 on July 24th, 2009

This is a coup d'Etat, not a legal action by any Supreme Court.

Micheletti's government is illegal. It has been rejected by OAS, MERCOSUR, SICA and other international and regional organisations. It has no future.

The document presented as resignment is false. Mr. Zelaya did not signed it. He was taken illegaly from his home and expelled out of the country. Is that democracy? He he has told his ready to face any legal process, but he his the real President of Honduras and the Commander of the military forces.

A coup is not legal. Is a real great warning to democracy, Constitutions and self-determination of peoples.

utilaeastwind

at 14:26 on July 24th, 2009

Jamp,

This should be a warning to ALL leaders who go against the will of the people. Democracy is a word that has been perverted so badly that you could call Havana the Center of Democracy.

It is becoming clear why the people of the USA have the right to bear arms.

Roy C

at 12:37 on July 24th, 2009

The legality of the government is not determined by outside agencies. Zelaya was going to be arrested.

Your position supports a corrupt man seeking to overthrow a democratic system in favor of an autocratic and oligarchic system.

Go back and go to trial. That is the only honorable thing to do.

Roy C

at 12:52 on July 24th, 2009

So, JAMP, there you are writing and publishing out of Havana, Cuba. What do you think of Fidel? Are you for or against? Communist party member or not?

Please, you are new here. Tell us about yourself.

Roy C

at 13:07 on July 24th, 2009

I ask you this, JAMP, because a close friend of mine was, a one-time Cuban Communist Party member, high up in the university system, so high she had a car and driver, ran away and defected because of her imminent arrest for starting a campaign to let people of faith into the party.

According to Reportes Sans Frontiers, you have no Internet freedom there? That was the case in 2006. Has it changed?

Reporters Without Borders today publishes a report entitled "Going online in Cuba - Internet under surveillance" with the results of tests carried out on the island in August.

It includes a survey of the Internet control methods used by the authorities and the personal account of a French journalist who spent several weeks there this summer.

"With less than 2 per cent of the population online, Cuba is one of the world’s most backward countries as regards Internet usage. The worst off by far in Latin America and with a thirteenth of Costa Rica’s usage, it is down there with Uganda or Sri Lanka. This is quite surprising in a country that boasts one of the highest levels of education in the world.

The authorities blame this disastrous situation on the US trade embargo, which supposedly prevents them from getting the equipment they need for Internet development. In particular, they say they are unable to use underwater fibre optic cable to connect to the Internet outside Cuba and are therefore reduced to using costly and less effective satellite links.

This may indeed explain the slowness of the Cuban Internet and the endless lines outside Internet cafes. But in no way does it justify the system of control and surveillance that has been put in place by the authorities. In a country where the media are under the government’s thumb, preventing independent reports and information from circulating online has naturally become a priority.

An investigation carried out by Reporters Without Borders revealed that the Cuban government uses several mechanisms to ensure that the Internet is not used in a “counter-revolutionary” fashion.

Firstly, the government has more or less banned private Internet connections. To visit websites or check their e-mail, Cubans have to use public access points such as Internet cafes, universities and “Youth computing centers” where it is easier to monitor their activity. Then, the Cuban police has installed software on all computers in Internet cafes and big hotels that triggers an alert message when “subversive” key-words are noticed.

The regime also ensures that there is no Internet access for its political opponents and independent journalists, for whom reaching news media abroad is an ordeal. The government also counts on self-censorship.

In Cuba, you can get a 20-year prison sentence for writing a few “counter-revolutionary” articles for foreign websites, and a five-year one just for connecting with the Internet in an illegal manner. Few people dare to defy the state censorship and take such a risk."

JAMP

at 13:07 on July 24th, 2009

Hi, Roy.

What's the matter with you? I do not care if you are gay, racist, fascist or a Michael Jackson's fan. You and I are free to write here from everywhere, no matter our personal positions. So behave yourself, this is not the CIA or the FBI website.

Roy C

at 13:14 on July 24th, 2009

I am behaving myself. I want to know how you are able to get around Cuban censorship. This is not the CIA nor an FBI site, but I still want to know if you would be free to oppose Zelaya's return without getting a jail sentence?

I don't mean to get you in trouble with communist authorities, especially if you are a dissident, as my friend was.

Your view of Zelaya may be entirely your own. But from what I know and can prove about Cuba, we may never know that until Uncle Fidel is history.

Concerned Resident of Honduras

at 14:02 on July 24th, 2009

Roy the point mute Zelaya did not enter the country and will not!!! So the title of this artical is as true as me saying the sun won't come up tomorrow!!!!

utilaeastwind

at 14:16 on July 24th, 2009

If anyone would like a live view of what is really happening go to www.elheraldo.hn and click on the live link or go to CNN Espanol.

There are as many as 50,000 protesting in favor of the NEW government in San Pedro Sula.

You will also see live footage of Zelaya on the Nicaraguan side of the border.

PLEASE TAKE A LOOK

Roy C

at 15:10 on July 24th, 2009

No one has answered the question as to how it would be that the Reporters Sans Frontiers observations about using the Internet from Cuba could be wrong or irrelevant.

Thanks for your post, utileastwind.

158

at 17:07 on July 24th, 2009

We must hope there will be no violence.

Concerned Resident of Honduras

at 10:28 on July 26th, 2009

Heres a great little photo essay on how many are supporting who !!! You know how the old saying goes a picture says a thousand words or something like that.

Concerned Resident of Honduras

at 10:28 on July 26th, 2009

http://cgi.ebay.com/True-Honduras-No-Reserve_W0QQitemZ320403649840QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item4a998bb530&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1205%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50