Honduras

Cyanide Dreams

SandraCuffe — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:00:28 +0000

Ecotourism and mega-mining don’t mix in Honduras

EL PORVENIR—There are some things Goldcorp would probably rather forget about its San Martin mine in Honduras.

Mel Zelaya Steadfast in Honduras

dawn — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:39:14 +0000

Corporate media report rumours of his departure

Mel Zelaya, the elected president of Honduras who was deposed in a military coup on June 28, is not leaving the country, as is being reported in the corporate media.

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Coup Resistance Steadfast in Honduras

dawn — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:56:13 +0000

Vancouverite detained by INTERPOL in Tegucigalpa speaks out

Over one hundred days after the June 28 military coup in Honduras, news about the coup regime, the status of President Zelaya and the continued repression of resistance movements has all but fallen off of the North American media map.

Steve Stewart, a Vancouver based solidarity activist who works with CoDevelopment Canada, a small non governmental organization, traveled to Honduras in early September as part of a human rights delegation.

"I did get to experience first hand the levels of paranoia in the coup leadership," Stewart told the Vancouver Media Co-op by phone from his office in East Vancouver.

"Upon leaving the country, myself and a Colombian delegate were taken for questioning at a police base."

Stewart's briefcase containing documentation of the delegation was stolen and later turned out to be in the possession of INTERPOL, who detained Stewart and Colombian educator Guillermo Baquero. The two men were later turned over to the Honduran Special Intelligence Forces (COBRAS), taken to a military base and interrogated. They were held for more than seven hours.

Stewart wrote his name on a piece of paper, which was smuggled out of the interrogation room by a member of the resistance. Within one hour, lawyers arrived to assist Stewart and Baquero, who were eventually released.

"Through a chance encounter we were able to access a lawyer and leave the country, but there are thousands of Hondurans who have been illegally detained and suffered a worse fate," stated Stewart in a press release after his detention.

As for his visit to Honduras, "we participated in one march that wasn't massive, but it was large, it had about 5,000 people in it," said Stewart. "Then we discovered that they do that every single day, and not just in Tegucigalpa but in a number of the other primary cities around the country."

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60+ days of repression & resistance in Honduras

SandraCuffe — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:26:30 +0000

All photos & collage by MediaCoop.ca member Sandra Cuffe: http://flickr.com/photos/lavagabunda

Fragment of the poem (below) 'Ulises' by Honduran poet Luis Mendez, published in Spanish in his 'Subterraneo' collection in 2005:

"Today,

fire has devastated our territories

and your eyes have been covered by a flaming veil

what can i tell you,

with what words."

original in Spanish:

"Hoy,

el fuego ha devastado nuestros territorios

y tus ojos se han cubierto de un velo encendido

que puedo decirte,

con que palabras."

All out against the Coup in Honduras

dawn — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:40:40 +0000

Vancouverites picket Goldcorp offices in support of Honduran resistance

Dozens of people gathered today for a lunchtime information picket in front of the head offices of Goldcorp Inc in downtown Vancouver, protesting against the company's involvement in the military coup in Honduras.

This is the fourth action in Vancouver against the nearly month-long coup regime of Roberto Micheletti.

"We came here to stand in solidarity with the people of Honduras, who are fighting for democracy in their country," said Marla Renn, co-chair of Stopwar.ca. The group targeted the gold mining giant "because Goldcorp is supporting the coup in Honduras," she said.

Goldcorp has been an active supporter of the coup, providing material support to employees to attend pro-coup rallies. The company operated the San Martin mine, which was Central America's largest, until shut down began last year.

Peter Kent, Canada's Minister of State of Foreign Affairs, emailed a statement on Monday which discouraged the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya "prior to a negotiated resolution."

"Canadians champion democracy, but the Canadian government is complicit in overthrowing democracy in Honduras, as is Goldcorp," said Andrea Pinochet, who helped to organize the picket.

Though at times they were nearly drowned out by a live jazz band playing just meters away, protesters chanted slogans and handed out leaflets to the people passing by.

"We will continue to protest until Zelaya is back in Honduras," said Pinochet.

Twiran

stimulator — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:40:01 +0000

http://submedia.tv/stimulator/2009/07/03/twiran/
This Week:

1. The King of Cock
2. Twiran
3. Honduras Coup Plug
4. Mayans fight back against Goldcorp
5. The ELF strikes in Mexico
6. Jim Hansen's Coal Theater
7. Uribe's new boss
8. cOalbama's clean energy plan
9. Really clean CO2 free transport
10. Emergency Broadcast Network
11. Nickelsville USA

Notes from Central America & Canada's Role

dawn — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:28:59 +0000

Post your news or stories about what is happening in Honduras, as well as indications of Canada's role there.