Hondurans in Tegucigalpa surround Braziliam Embassy this afternoon, upon learning Manuel Zelaya is inside. Photo by Sandra Cuffe.
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Since June 2009, Honduras has seen it’s democratically elected leader, President Manuel Zelaya, ousted from government and sent into exile. He now resides in sanctuary at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Canadian journalist Dawn Paley (Dominion Newpaper, MediaCoop.ca) is spending a month in Honduras to uncover Canadian corporate and government involvement in the coup d’etat. Since the coup, Honduran civil society has risen up and taken to the streets by the tens of thousands to demand a return to democratic rule by re-instating President Zelaya. The de facto government, headed by Porfirio Lobo, held elections on November 29th, that saw a record low turnout.
The pro-coup regime has used violence to instill fear in the resistance, yet voices continue to speak out, such as Radio Globo, an anti-coup radio station operating in Honduras.
CKDU had the chance to do an exclusive interview with Dawn Paley for Operation Wake Up, on December 11, 2009.
so tired of hearing about the “coup” which was not a “coup” in the sense that the military acted on the orders of the supreme court and the representative government. The election was between two candidates that had been identified before Zelaya was removed from office BECAUSE he violated the constitution. The election was free and transparent as all will admit. The % of who voted is incidental to the result. Get real; the people of Honduras want to move on..LET THEM. We should leave them alone.