Honduras: The Return of Death Squads - 0 views

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  #1 evaurelia on 30 Apr 10

   

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  This article is the cover story from the May issue of These Times. The article is well written, and provides for a good overview analysis for a lot of the 'mysterious' deaths that have been covered in the Honduran news.
  A woman was abducted and murdered on Feb 3rd. She happened to be a member of the National Front of Popular Resistance (FNRP) and a leader of the Social Security Workers Union. However, this was no coincidence. Gilda Batista of Refugees Without Limits (ASL) has investigated, and found evidence to suggest the murderers to be backed by the "corpratocracy and military" in the country. 43 FNRP members have been killed, of which half have been trade unionists. Unions are considered to be an economic threat against the government, because of their visions for a greater Honduras are in direct opposition with the coup and current government. Also, according to the office of the Honduran Labor Secretary, there are currently 527 different syndicates, or workplace-based unions, representing both public and private Honduran workers.
  This means a lot of strong sentiment against the government, and there is currently a movement to collect signatures to debunk the election, since only 49 percent of Honduras even showed up to the November elections, which were supervised by the military.
  The government have done nothing to investigate the murders of unionists, dissenters, journalists, ect. It is most likely paramilitary groups behind the slayings . . . so groups that are funded by the military. Dana Frank of UC Berkeley pointed out that certain figures associated with internal human-rights violations have recently been given prominent positions of power in the new government. Infamous 1980s death-squad leader Billy Joya is now a special advisor to the Lobo regime. And Romeo Vasquez, the U.S.-trained general who orchestrated the putsch itself, was named to be head of the Honduran national phone company last month.
  There is also ramped unemployment (100,000 more jobs lost after the coup, almost 60 percent unemployment rate now) and poverty in Honduras.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"><a href="http://towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/1944/1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/1944/1/</a> <br /> <br /> This article is the cover story from the May issue of These Times. The article is well written, and provides for a good overview analysis for a lot of the 'mysterious' deaths that have been covered in the Honduran news. <br /> A woman was abducted and murdered on Feb 3rd. She happened to be a member of the National Front of Popular Resistance (FNRP) and a leader of the Social Security Workers Union. However, this was no coincidence. Gilda Batista of Refugees Without Limits (ASL) has investigated, and found evidence to suggest the murderers to be backed by the "corpratocracy and military" in the country. 43 FNRP members have been killed, of which half have been trade unionists. Unions are considered to be an economic threat against the government, because of their visions for a greater Honduras are in direct opposition with the coup and current government. Also, according to the office of the Honduran Labor Secretary, there are currently 527 different syndicates, or workplace-based unions, representing both public and private Honduran workers. <br /> This means a lot of strong sentiment against the government, and there is currently a movement to collect signatures to debunk the election, since only 49 percent of Honduras even showed up to the November elections, which were supervised by the military. <br /> The government have done nothing to investigate the murders of unionists, dissenters, journalists, ect. It is most likely paramilitary groups behind the slayings . . . so groups that are funded by the military. Dana Frank of UC Berkeley pointed out that certain figures associated with internal human-rights violations have recently been given prominent positions of power in the new government. Infamous 1980s death-squad leader Billy Joya is now a special advisor to the Lobo regime. And Romeo Vasquez, the U.S.-trained general who orchestrated the putsch itself, was named to be head of the Honduran national phone company last month. <br /> There is also ramped unemployment (100,000 more jobs lost after the coup, almost 60 percent unemployment rate now) and poverty in Honduras.</div>

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