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Honduran Elections: What's in a majority
Friday, 4 December 2009, 12:54 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Itś official - Pepe Lobo of the National Party won 56% of the vote. The fact that this represents 56% of the lowest turnout ever, is a fact being glossed over by the majoprity of the international corporate media, in their indecent haste to present ... More >>
Honduran Elections: What's in a majority
Thursday, 3 December 2009, 1:05 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Itś official - Pepe Lobo of the National Party won 56% of the vote. The fact that this represents 56% of the lowest turnout ever, is a fact being glossed over by the majoprity of the international corporate media, in their indecent haste to present ... More >>
The Honduran Resistance Wins the Elections!
Monday, 30 November 2009, 3:17 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
As the polling booths closed this evening in Honduras, there didn't need to be a vote-count to declare the winners. With an abstention rate of at least 65%, the people in resistance have the overwhelming majority. More >>
US citizens in Honduras Protest Outside Embassy
Monday, 30 November 2009, 3:08 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
At 3 p.m. today a number of North American citizens held a demonstration in front of the U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa denouncing the repression in Honduras in these days leading up to the elections, while calling on their own government not recognize ... More >>
Juticalpa: Terrorist Attacks against Resistance
Monday, 30 November 2009, 2:54 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Juticalpa, 29 nov. The 115th Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Honduras in Juticalpa, fired off multiple bursts of gunfire within that battalion, terrorising the residents of this city, located in eastern Honduras. More >>
Comm: National Resistance Front Against the Coup
Monday, 30 November 2009, 12:55 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Internet access has been sporadic, accordingly so also will be the updates! Ricardo Hueso and Miguel Alonso are both safe following the raid on the two COMAL Network premises. However the military broke down doors and trashed the offices. Angel Salgado ... More >>
Honduras Election Update 2 - Sunday 29 November
Monday, 30 November 2009, 12:53 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Internet access has been sporadic, accordingly so also will be the updates! Ricardo Hueso and Miguel Alonso are both safe following the raid on the two COMAL Network premises. However the military broke down doors and trashed the offices. Angel Salgado ... More >>
Military “takes responsibility” for shooting
Monday, 30 November 2009, 11:33 am | Julie Webb-Pullman
Maria Elena Hernandez lies in a coma in Escuela Hospital today, election day, after being critically injured in Tegucigalpa yesterday. Maria Elena, a street vendor, was going about her business when a car driven by Angel Fabricio Selgado (see http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00318.htm ... More >>
Honduras Election Update - 3pm Sat. 28 November
Sunday, 29 November 2009, 1:44 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
There has been some good news today. Merlin Aguigure, feminist leader, was released from detention last night, after spending almost 24 hours incarcerated in a men’s facility. More >>
Honduran Mil. Assassinates Youth on Election Eve
Sunday, 29 November 2009, 1:42 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Between Thursday midnight and early this morning, four young men were traveling in a car near the High Command of the Honduran Army. Suddenly the men saw a soldier shouting for them to stop. The driver, Angel Salgado Hernandez, age 34, applied the ... More >>
Honduras: Feminist Leader Detained in Tegucigalpa
Saturday, 28 November 2009, 3:40 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Merlin Aguigure Olvin, 42 year old founder and current co-ordinator of Movimiento de Mujeres Visitacion Padilla (Visitacion Padilla Women’s Movement) was detained by police last night, and remains imprisoned. More >>
Countdown to the Honduran Electoral Farce
Friday, 27 November 2009, 4:36 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
No doubt about it – Hondurans are still in the streets demanding the return of constitutional order. Outside the Electoral Tribunal in Tegucigalpa many gathered on Tuesday to cheer on the deputies, mayors, and candidates lining up with their ... More >>
Julie Webb-Pullman: New Epidemic in Latin America
Monday, 23 November 2009, 11:25 am | Julie Webb-Pullman
A new epidemic has broken out in Latin America. Unlike your average virus, the latest outbreak is unique in that this new mutation appears to kill only others, while leaving the ‘source’ of the infection apparently unharmed. Although epidemiologists are ... More >>
UN Agencies - US Cuba Blockade Undermines Work
Tuesday, 27 October 2009, 7:03 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
In a report recently posted on the United Nations website [i] , numerous United Nations agencies condemned the United States blockade of Cuba, saying it impacts on their – and the Cuban Government’s - ability to provide prompt and affordable humanitarian ... More >>
Miami Justice – When a Deal is No Deal
Thursday, 15 October 2009, 11:54 am | Julie Webb-Pullman
On Tuesday 13 October in Miami, Federal Judge Joan Lenard imposed a sentence of 21 years and 10 months, plus five years probation, on Antonio Guerrero, one of five Cubans unjustly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage in 2001. [i] Clearly ... More >>
Brazilian Embassy confirms presence of Zelaya
Tuesday, 22 September 2009, 2:03 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Havana, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) The Brazilian Embassy in Honduras confirmed that Jose Manuel Zelaya, Constitutional President of the Central American country, is in the embassy, after the confirmation of his return to his homeland today. More >>
Comply with the will of the people, says Zelaya
Tuesday, 22 September 2009, 2:02 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Havana, Sep 21 (AIN) I am fulfilling the will of the people of Honduras by my return to the country, said President José Manuel Zelaya today in Tegucigalpa, having been in his homeland since this morning. The constitutional head of state said in an exclusive ... More >>
Honduras & The World According to Obama Factor
Friday, 14 August 2009, 10:22 am | Julie Webb-Pullman
Just when you thought there were no more surprises in Latin America, Micheletti’s maras (gangs) have come up with a new twist to an old tale – ‘discriminating’ death squads! More >>
Honduras & the World According to Obama Factor
Thursday, 13 August 2009, 4:15 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Just when you thought there were no more surprises in Latin America, Micheletti’s maras (gangs) have come up with a new twist to an old tale – ‘discriminating’ death squads! More >>
Honduras: International mission for Solidarity...
Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 5:33 pm | Julie Webb-Pullman
Yesterday, Thursday 30th July political violence returned to Tegucigalpa, the capital of the Central American state, Honduras, as police started fire at a peaceful demonstration in support of the deported president of the country, Manuel Zelaya. More >>
