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JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Ten years ago, before the coup against you, throughout Latin America there were progressive governments trying to change the social conditions of their people. "[114], As of 2014[update] the coup had weakened democratic institutions such, that along with corruption and police impunity, state security forces persecuted coup opponents, peasants, indigenous protesters and others, and the crime rate increased massively. Some Hondurans hoped to move past the coup through the elections of 29 November 2009. Nonetheless, justice is selective. "[6], There is a small amount of middle ground between those who term the events a coup and those who call them a constitutionally-sound succession of power. This is very interesting, considering he supports Juan Orlando Hernández, the president. [29] On 30 June, the military's chief lawyer, Colonel Herberth Bayardo Inestroza Membreño, showed a detention order, signed 26 June by a Supreme Court judge, which ordered the armed forces to detain the president, identified by his full name of José Manuel Zelaya Rosales, at his home in the Tres Caminos area of the capital. Hi President!” He (JOH) travels with armored cars, with helicopters. [62] Eight of the judges were selected by the Liberal Party and seven by the National Party. He said that soldiers pulled him from his bed and assaulted his guards. Elections should go forward even if crisis unresolved? Negotiations between the coup government and those seeking Zelaya's restitution continued a rocky path; although both sides signed the San José-Tegucigalpa-Guaymuras Accord both had differing interpretations as to the implications for Zelaya's restitution. According to Edmundo Orellana, the events were constitutionally irregular for several reasons:[50] because Zelaya was captured by the armed forces, not the national police (Art. This is a rush transcript. Drug trafficking is a measure of that. Since the coup, Honduras has become one of the most violent places in the world. [90], TeleSUR journalist Adriana Sívori, who was in Tegucigalpa reporting the clashes between the police and protesters, reported that she was arrested by the military under threat and that her passport was seized. [37], The Honduran National Congress unanimously agreed to:[35], Many governments, media, and human-rights organisations outside Honduras have termed the ouster a coup. But those expressions of migration shows that poverty has worsened, the debt has gone up. They’ve created shock forces, psychological war, dirty war. [40], Soon after the coup, U.S. President Barack Obama stated: "We believe that the coup was not legal and that President Zelaya remains the president of Honduras, the democratically elected president there. He is a setback in almost every sense. They were dispersed violently by police, according to Amnesty International. This is viewer supported news. So, democracy is the way forward for Honduras and Central America. For example, I was president. [116], Following the coup trends of decreasing poverty and extreme poverty were reversed. 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We rely on contributions from you, our viewers and listeners to do our work. Let me put it in clearer terms. [79], The ambassadors of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua on 29 June were detained and beaten by Honduran troops before being released. So now we have approximately $14 billion debt. Following his return on 28 May, the Organization of American States was to vote on readmitting Honduras to its body. [82], According to the Venezuelan government's ABN news service, Tomás Andino Mencías, a member of the party, reported that PUD lawmakers were led away by the military when they tried to enter the parliament building for 28 June vote on Zelaya's deposal. The Grayzone’s Anya Parampil sat down for an exclusive interview with Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, on the 10th anniversary of the US-backed right-wing military coup that overthrew him. Did Zelaya's actions justify his removal from office? The United States should learn to live with democracy and not be creating repressive policies against us. MANUEL ZELAYA: [translated] I don’t know if that brings him any electoral benefit. [68], On 30 June, demonstrations in favour of Zelaya's removal were held. Soldiers guarded the main government buildings. "[11] Former Guatemalan Vice-President Eduardo Stein chaired the commission and presented its report to the then Honduran President Porfirio Lobo, the head of the Supreme Court, Jorge Rivera Avilez and the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Jose Miguel Insulza.[11]. On 5 July 2009, all member states of the OAS voted by acclamation to suspend Honduras from the organisation. The Honduras Truth and Reconciliation Commission has concluded that the removal from office of former President Manuel Zelaya was a coup. [15][18][19] The interim government confirmed that the Supreme Court of Justice unanimously voted to appoint Tomás Arita Valle to hear the process in its preparatory and intermediate phases; and that he lawfully issued an arrest and raid warrant. Mr. Zelaya, a leftist aligned with President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, angrily denounced the coup as illegal. At most, the protesters might mobilize in the streets, making traffic difficult, bringing transportation to a halt. The original content of this program is licensed under a. Rodríguez said that the Cuban, Venezuelan and Nicaraguan ambassadors to Honduras had tried but were unable to protect Rodas from a group of masked soldiers who forcibly took her from their grasp. [24], Within hours, Zelaya spoke to media in San José, calling the events "a coup" and "a kidnapping". And today a generous supporter will double your donation to Democracy Now!, meaning your gift will go twice as far. So, in a conservative society, such as the United States, that can bring him electoral benefits. 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Maybe there would be a group of a hundred people in that context, but here it’s thousands of people in different parts of the country engaged in massive protests, peaceful protests. The levels of corruption are exorbitant. Their violation translates into disregard for the State of Law and infringes on the very essence of the Law. What is your sense of what is happening in Latin America today in terms of the movements of peoples for greater social equality? They know the implications of drug trafficking here. However, in an interview published on 9 July 2009 in The Washington Post, Ramón Custodio López, Honduras's human rights ombudsman, said he had received no official complaints from journalists: "This is the first I have heard about an occupation or military raid of a station", he said. The president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, has been forced into exile after being arrested by a group of soldiers in an apparent military coup. In an emotional speech, Armeda Lopez said "Chavez ate Venezuela first, then Bolivia, but in Honduras that didn’t happen. I personally would have retired, because my thinking, my principles, would not have allowed me to participate in that. The Grayzone’s Anya Parampil sat down for an exclusive interview with Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, on the 10th anniversary of the US-backed right-wing military coup that overthrew him. The DEA knows about it. With guns pointed, they shouted: "We’ve come to close down this piece of ****!” One broadcaster locked himself in to keep broadcasting throughout the night. AKA José Manuel Zelaya Rosales. NCR Today: Since democratically elected president Manuel Zelaya was ousted in 2009, thousands of activists have been murdered. [95] The website of the radio was down but was re-established. Un análisis del caso hondureño", "Rare Hemisphere Unity in Assailing Honduran Coup", "OAS condemns Honduras coup, demands return of Zelaya". Let me repeat this, Amy: $4 billion a year. They’ve looted the country. [83] A dozen former ministers from the Zelaya government went into hiding, some in foreign embassies, fearing arrest. Honduran migrants send to Honduras about $4 billion a year. Well, if they think that they’re going to be able to stop migration in this way, well, it’s only going to worsen. And people greeted me. "[41] Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, however, equivocated, saying that "We do think that this has evolved into a coup" and noting that under U.S. law, officially declaring a coup would oblige the U.S. to cut off most foreign aid to Honduras. [69], On 1 July, at around 10 in the morning, white-dressed coup supporters emerged in the capital city Tegucigalpa. He discusses the extreme violence, drug trafficking, economic depression, migration crisis, Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH), WikiLeaks, Venezuela, and more. [11] The Commission found Congress' designation of Roberto Micheletti as interim president had been unconstitutional, and the resulting administration a "de facto regime. Zelaya, who led Honduras from 2006 to 2009 and was an ally of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, was deposed by the military in a June 2009 coup as he was preparing to hold a … [81], Allies of Zelaya, among them several government officials, were taken into custody by the military. The 2009 Honduran coup d'état, part of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis,[1][2] occurred when the Honduran Army on 28 June 2009 followed orders from the Honduran Supreme Court to oust President Manuel Zelaya and send him into exile. The Attorney General's office filed a request for arrest and search warrants. ... Zelaya was toppled from Honduras’ presidency on June 28 in Latin America’s first successful military coup since the Cold War. [92] The Miami Herald noted that Channel 21's signal was briefly interrupted while it was broadcasting a plea against censorship. This page was last edited on 5 December 2020, at 06:39. Poverty is misery in Honduras. [38] The United Nations, the Organization of American States (OAS),[39] and the European Union condemned the removal of Zelaya as a military coup. "[30] He said the decision was taken by the military leadership "in order to avoid bloodshed". Ambassador Hugo Llorens in late July 2009, which analyzes the legality of the removal of Zelaya under the Honduran constitution. [75], Originally the curfew ran from 9:00 pm to 6:00 am[76] That curfew was later revised to be in effect from 10 pm to 5 am, was extended twice, ended on 7 July, and was restarted again on 15 July. [67], On 29 June, about 2,000 anti-coup demonstrators spent the day in the city's main square. Protesters have been met with violent repression from the Honduran military and police. Among these is a cable written by U.S. [64] Oscar Fernando Chinchilla Banegas and Gustavo Enrique Bustillo Palma were National Party alternate members of Congress (2002–2006). AMY GOODMAN: Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya. [86], Reuters on 29 June 2009, describing the situation in Honduras as a "media blackout", reported that the military had shut down several TV stations, radio stations, and newspapers' websites. [20], Some Zelaya supporters have sought to cast doubt on the Supreme Court's documentation. Plus, these are components of the dictatorship the United States is supporting. Indeed, I had good relations with the United States. Zelaya then issued a new executive decree PCM-020-2009 (La Gaceta article number 31945) which annulled decrees PCM-05-2009 and PCM-019-2009. [6] Two days later, Honduran soldiers stormed the president's house in the middle of the night and detained him,[7] forestalling the poll. [78] The "state of exception" declared on 1 July is equivalent to a state of siege. The coup was orchestrated by the Honduran military, business and political elite, with the support of the Obama administration. Later that day, after the reading of a resignation letter of disputed authenticity, the Honduran Congress voted to remove Zelaya from office,[9] and appointed Speaker of Congress Roberto Micheletti, his constitutional successor, to replace him.[10]. President Manuel Zelaya was overthrown by a coup d'etat June 28, 2009 when soldiers stormed his residence and flew him to Costa Rica under a Supreme Court order. President Zelaya and his Leftward Drift Upon winning the presidency in 2005, Manuel Zelaya, the nominee of the center-right Liberal Party of Honduras, hardly seemed likely to provoke a coup. Masked soldiers took his cell phone, shoved him into a van and took him to an air force base, where he was put on a plane. [24] The electrical power, phone lines, and international cable TV were cut or blocked throughout Honduras. "The OAS meeting today turned into a non-event ― just as we hoped," wrote one senior State Department official, celebrating their success in defusing what they judged would have been a violent or destabilizing restoration. Other civic and business leaders, even those opposed to Zelaya's referendum efforts, agreed that Zelaya was deprived of due process in his ouster. We speak with ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in the capital of Tegucigalpa about the 10th anniversary of the coup in Honduras, U.S. intervention in Central America and its link to today’s migration crisis. We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work. Democracy Now! [96] On or just before 4 August 2009, the National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL) terminated Radio Globo's transmission frequency rights. Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Sunday the coup that toppled him two years ago was an international conspiracy and that some of those plotting his ouster wanted to kill him. It is claimed that pro-coup demonstrators were bused to the capital Tegucigalpa from all over the country, whereas similar buses with anti-coup demonstrators from the countryside were not allowed to enter the city. Honduran soldiers stand guard behind a fence at the presidential palace following a coup d’etat that saw President Manuel Zelaya ousted in Tegucigalpa on June 28, 2009. Plus, they loot the state institutions. Some claim his goal in doing so was to extend his term. We reached him in Tegucigalpa. Do you think President Hernández would fall without that U.S. aid? [1] Member of the Liberal Party of Honduras (PLH) since 1970. What that provokes in our region is clear, I think. Before entering politics he was involved in his family's logging and timber businesses. So, Honduras should be concerned. 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Among the TV stations closed were CNN en Español, TeleSUR, and "a pro-Zelaya channel". 273, 292); and because the Congress, not the courts, judged Zelaya to have broken the law (Arts. For example, the World Bank gives Honduras some $150 million a year, $150 million. AMY GOODMAN: President Trump cut off all aid to the Northern Triangle countries, to El Salvador, to Guatemala and to your country, Honduras. [75] On 1 July, Congress issued an order (decreto ejecutivo N° 011-2009) at the request of Micheletti suspending four constitutional guarantees during the hours the curfew was in effect. There are death squads. Meanwhile, mass protests are continuing to take place in Honduras against the right-wing government of Juan Orlando Hernández and his plans to privatize healthcare, pensions and education. There’s an excess of poverty. And then drug trafficking increases. He was arrested in Miami. They’ve decided they’re enemies of the United States, quite simply, because I was seeking better relations with the south, bringing in oil from Venezuela and getting financing for hydroelectric projects with President Lula da Silva, who they are now holding prisoner in Brazil. But I consider it to be an absurd action in a globalized world, in which for the last three decades we’ve been talking about free trade, talking about competition and competitiveness as part and parcel of the development of capitalism. 303 and 304). The Cable Color buildings, which also broadcasts programming from CNN and teleSUR, were surrounded by military forces. I have heard Democratic Party candidates talking about democratic socialism. The coup took place just as the president was trying to introduce land redistribution reforms and a referendum to call for a constituent assembly to change the county’s constitution. 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