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By: lizamoo

lizamoo — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:42:54 +0000

http://www.hondurasthisweek.com/national/1178-c...

This article provides a little more factual insight into what is happening in Honduras.

By: ando

ando — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:46:18 +0000

You're a mind reader? You know his intentions?

By: Bobe

Bobe — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:58:23 +0000

Well THANK YOU, Minnesotan!!! FINALLY, FINALLY, someone speaking the FULL STORY in Honduras!!! I have both Catholic and Evangelical friends in Honduras who are united in the cause for freedom in Honduras. Zelaya denies trying to change the Constitution and the nations are turning their head to this FACT!!! From Caracas, Venezuela no less, is a more accurate report of the “who and why” there. WE MUST look at the whole story. Come on people! Zelaya's friends are Castro and Chavez!! Doesn't that speak volumes in and of itself? Here in the U.S. our English news does not cover these full stories. Only now are they reporting, this and it is a slanted view, Zelaya's view. So, read from Venezuela, if you would like:

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=33787...

“TEGUCIGALPA – Thousands of Hondurans marched Tuesday in San Pedro Sula, the country’s second-largest city, to protest President Manuel Zelaya’s plan to convene a Constitutional Assembly to reform the current charter.

The march, promoted by Protestant churches, lasted for several hours with the protesters, many wearing sombreros to keep off the sun and white shirts, carrying Honduran flags.

Participants also changed religious canticles and carried signs calling for peace, democracy and freedom in Honduras, which is going through a social polarization stemming from Zelaya’s apparent intention to revise the Constitution to allow him to remain in the presidency….”

By: mscynthia

mscynthia — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:02:39 +0000

We will know the answer when the new military dictator chooses to delay the next election.

By: Minnesotan

Minnesotan — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:15:46 +0000

I am concerned that Sojourners is not mentioning that the deposed President was trying to change the Constitution in a way clearly not authorized by law to establish his own one man rule. This situation is much more complex, and I think it is superficial and one sided to say that opposing the exiling of the President was wrong when the Army acted on orders from the national supreme court and the elected assembly of the people against a man working to establish a dictatorship. The fact that he is a leftist seems to be fueling a lot of people's opposition to his overthrow. And Sojourners should not stoop to “guilt by association” by brining up the irrelevant fact that the military man attended a few classes at the School of Americas at Ft. Benning, Georgia. Does attendence at that school mean everything the person ever does from then on is tainted or morally wrong? If he stopped President Zelaya from establishing a dictatorship so the people don't suffer and lose their rights, as they have in Cuba, then he did a good thing. I wish Sojourners would give us a more balanced perspective on the Honduras issue. Coverage so far has come across too one-sided and knee-jerk for the leftist president, no matter what he has done here.

By: hermanojuancito

hermanojuancito — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:00:19 +0000

The US ambassador is Hugo Llorens.
There is significant immigration, though I don't have the facts. [A good read is "Enrique's Journey". The money sent back from immigrants, though decreasing, was $1,062,600,000 for the first five months of 2009.
Honduras is a place where there are many "mission" groups that come for service and other trips - mostly Protestant - to this overwhelming Catholic country. There are a good number of US Episcopalian groups that come to support the small Episcopal Church here. There are a few Catholic orphanages or homes for children that do get a fair amount of visitors.
There are US missionaries - Catholic, Protestant - throughout the country. I am a Catholic lay missionary here in the western part of the country, though the number of US missionaries (Catholic or Protestant) here is small.
i invite you to read my blog <http://www.hermanojuancito.blogspot.com>

By: carlcopas

carlcopas — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:49:37 +0000

Does anyone know:

1) important U.S. economic interests operating in Honduras;
2) the extent of U.S. missionary activity in Honduras;
3) who is U.S. ambassador to Honduras;
4) extent of Honduran immigration to United States in recent years?

By: ando

ando — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:25:59 +0000

I lived in Honduras for two years in the 1980s, in the middle of the Contra War. I and a number of colleagues heard a man from El Salvador speak about his country, which was going through a major civil war of its own. Without going into too detail, I'll sum up what he said. Duarte and Ungo ran for pres and vice-pres several times during the 1970s. They won on two different occasions, only to be overthrown by the military. Long story short, Ungo turned left and help organize FMLN, which was supported by the Communists. Duarte turned right, and pretty much became a pawn of the military and thus was put into power.

That's pretty much the history of the region; there's not much interest or power in centrism. ONe must be to the Left or the Right to vie for or acheive power. That's what I think is playing out in the current situation. Quick other note. I read an article in the NY Times which said that the military would have been better off leaving Zelaya in power until his term ended in Jan, because he was unliked in Honduras. The problem was exacerbated with the coup. Ironically, it just makes Chavez look like he favors Jeffersonian democracy.