Monday, September 28, 2009

Brazil: Time to say stop the de facto government - The Government of Brazil requested the Security Council to meet to discuss the situation that now the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran people.A group of lawmakers in Brazil is preparing to travel to Honduras



  Micheletti closes media and  impedes marches for three months after the coup

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EFE
Tegucigalpa, 28 sep (EFE).- El Gobierno de facto de Roberto Micheletti clausuró hoy dos medios de comunicación e impidió que los seguidores del presidente depuesto, Manuel Zelaya, marcharan por Tegucigalpa y otros puntos de Honduras, que cumple tres meses del derrocamiento en estado de sitio. Seguir leyendo el arículo Tegucigalpa, Sep 28 (EFE) .- The de facto government of Roberto Micheletti today concluded two media and prevented the followers of the deposed president, Manuel Zelaya, marched through Tegucigalpa and elsewhere in Honduras, which has three months of the overthrow siege. Continue reading the printed article
  Just hours after the government reported Sunday night in a decree suspending several constitutional guarantees, including freedom of the press, police and military forces stormed to 0520 local time (11.20 GMT) on Radio Globo to take facilities.
  The intervention was "the same as when they entered the 28th day of June," he told Efe the owner of the medium, Alejandro Villatoro, recalling the date on which the military ousted the country and the power to Zelaya.
The closure of the building did not, however, managed to outwit the media and police closed the air out again through the Internet, broadcasting from a house, said Villatoro.
Less fortunate was the Channel 36 television, Cholusat South also involved and their facilities surrounded by policemen and soldiers who block the way from early morning.
  Both Radio Globo Cholusat South are two of the few media outlets have broadcast the views of Zelaya and his followers in Honduras since the coup.
  The closure was made under a decree suspending constitutional freedoms of press, assembly and movement, among others, for 45 days.
  This rule bans "by any means (...) publications that offend human dignity of  public officials or violate the law and Government resolutions, or otherwise undermine the peace and public order."
About two hundred policemen prevented the march scheduled today in the Honduran capital by the National Resistance Front against the coup, which brings together social groups and unions.
  The police took up positions on either side of the street of the Pedagogical University, usual place of beginning of the march since the overthrow of Zelaya, preventing the movement of hundreds of protesters.
. The operation includes a helicopter and a riot truck with a water cannon that has been moved to the area.
"Truth is the same all over the country, is preventing people to go out and demonstrate," he peasant leader Rafael Alegria, one of the leaders of the Front told reporters .
  "We hope the Congress does not approve the decree that restricts the rights of the people by this government coup that wants to stay in power beyond the election and January 27, when the mandate ends of Zelaya, said the ruling also Front Juan Barahona.
  Barahona referred to the approval to be given by Congress within 30 days a decree suspending the guarantees and also was criticized today by the presidential candidate of the National Party, Porfirio Lobo, the leader in polls for elections November.
  "We can not be in favor of anything that restricts what is a right for all, which is the most sacred thing we have, which is freedom," he told local journalists.
Ambassador John Bielh, senior adviser to the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS) to Honduras, also regretted the suspension of guarantees.
  "We all know what they mean restrictions on press freedom, the actions against journalists are actions that everyone knows, which decrease and attack the very heart of democracy," he told Efe , adding: "We will work so this is reversed.
  In this regard, said the general secretary, Jose Miguel Insulza, could come to Honduras together with a mission of foreign ministers before Thursday.
  "I think that in principle should be Wednesday or Thursday, because it depends heavily on the possibility of foreign ministers, all of which have very high-level functions and a lot of concern and desire in the case of Honduras, but will not come a tourist or talk, "he said.

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The Dictatorship Unmasked

Posted by Kristin Bricker - September 28, 2009 at 2:42 pm "The Real Goal of the 45-Day Curfew is to Torpedo November's Electoral Process"
El Tiempo Staff Editorial translated by Kristin Bricker
With Executive Decree PCM-M-016-2009, the dictatorial government has taken off its mask and really outdone itself by keeping Honduras and the Honduras people kidnapped through its use and abuse of the State's weapons and its desire to manipulate the Constitution and the laws of the Republic. 

This executive decree, signed by the de facto head of state Micheletti in a meeting with his equally de facto cabinet, establishes a curfew for 45 consecutive days, during which practically all rights and individual freedoms are annulled, leaving the Honduran people completely defenseless before the usurpers.

From the moment this dictatorial edict went into effect, inalienable rights such as personal freedom, the right to free thought, the right to organize and meet, the right to free movement, rights to privacy in one's own home, and protections against arbitrary detentions ceased to exist in Honduras.

Honduras is at the mercy of a dictatorship that has tried to enthrone itself against the will of an entire people.  Honduras is an international pariah and a State that has been kidnapped by a group of unscrupulous and adventurous politicians, military officials, businessmen, and religious kingpins who have no consciences.  They maintain omnipotent power over the government in order to enjoy absolute impunity, privileges, and canonry.

As for freedom of expression, which is fundamental to human coexistence and democracy, article 73 of the Constitution of the Republic states:
Printing presses, radio and television stations, and whichever other means of emitting and broadcasting thought, as well as  their components, cannot be confiscated, nor closed, nor can their work be interrupted on the grounds that they are committing a crime in transmitting their thoughts, their responsibilities under the law notwithstanding.
We cite that constitutional article for informational purposes.  We know that for a dictatorial, totalitarian government, like that which holds power in Honduras, "the Constitution is pure drivel" and "can be violated as much as is necessary," according to the subculture of the political "class" that has brought our country to the point of complete political, economic, and social disaster.

Article 3.3 of executive decree PCM-M-016-2009 prohibits: "Publication in any media, spoken, written or televised, of information that offends human dignity, public officials, or criticizes the law and the government resolutions, or any style of attack against the public order and peace."  All of this, naturally, is according to the dictatorial regime's criteria and in no way according to democratic mentality.

It is obvious, therefore, that with the 45-day curfew--that is, for the duration of the election campaigns--the real goal is to torpedo November's electoral process through a plan to consolidate the dictatorship's power, unmasking the de facto regime's faked determination to support the general elections at the end of the year.

This is because there cannot be an electoral campaign without individual freedoms, without the freedom of expression or transmission of thought, without the freedom of association and the freedom to hold meetings, without free transit and the right to privacy in one's own home, and without protections against arbitrary detentions.  That is very clear.
 

A group of lawmakers in Brazil is preparing to travel to Honduras

hace 22 mins 22 mins ago
EFE
Brasilia, Sep 28 (EFE) .- Brazilian Deputies will travel to Honduras to feel the situation, meet with parliamentarians of this country and visit the Brazilian Embassy, which houses the deposed President Manuel Zelaya, an official said Friday. Continue reading the printed article
  The visit of legislators, originally scheduled to arrive in Honduras on Thursday, was agreed with the president of the Honduran Congress, Jose Alfredo Saavedra said today Deputy Raul Jungmann, the Partido Popular Socialista Brazil.
The senator explained that another goal of this visit will know "the situation of Brazilians living in Honduras," for fear that they "may suffer reprisals" by the fact that Brazil hosts in his embassy to Zelaya, who is in the embassy since last week returned to the country by surprise.
  Jungmann, a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House, said it is necessary to "ensure the integrity of Brazilians living in Honduras," are estimated to be about 10,000, and "cooperate in finding a peaceful solution" to the crisis.
  The legislator said the group will meet with Saavedra, who chairs the Honduran Congress since 28 June when Zelaya was overthrown, exiled and replaced by Roberto Micheletti.
  Jungmann said they are also meetings scheduled with members of the Human Rights Commission of the Honduran Congress and other parliamentary authorities.
He also said that aspire to have the opportunity to visit the headquarters of the Brazilian embassy, but did not specify if they wish to converse with Zelaya.
However, he clarified that the group of deputies, whose numbers will be set tomorrow, "expressed no view" on the situation in that country, at least while on Honduran soil.
According Jungmann, the trip would only be suspended "if the next few hours were a growing crisis" that "prevent entry" to this Central American nation.

 

Zelaya's return increases tension, but also creates opportunities, said Insulza

hace 11 mins 11 mins ago
EFE
Washington, Sept. 28 (EFE) .- The OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza, said today that the return of deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya the country "increased tension", but also considered it an "opportunity" for dialogue. Continue reading the printed article
"There is a path breaking, admittedly, not a good situation, but I hope that this situation will break under the assumption that the parties seek a negotiation," the secretary said during the recess of the extraordinary Council called for today, in which are discussing a resolution to condemn the expulsion of a mission from the Organization of American States (OAS) in Honduras.
Insulza stressed the option of dialogue as the only way and stressed the concern of the organization by the declaration of martial law in the country and consequent restriction of freedom of speech, press and assembly.
  Zelaya's return "does not halt the dialogue, was already standing and we were making an effort to resume dialogue," said Insulza.
  The return of the deposed president,he  said, produced "a strong tension, as has been seen recently in the streets of Tegucigalpa, the tension increased and also the opportunity" to resolve the crisis, because "this situation will not  last for two months more. "
Insulza remarked that sooner or later democracy will return to Honduras, because "no country has acknowledged the current government.
  "The biggest resource we have is that no one has recognized the dictatorship and that is the resource that we will keep using" he said.
  The president of Costa Rica, Óscar Arias, who has served as mediator in the conflict, expressed concern that this may lead to a confrontation.
  "I share that, but there is no other alternative than dialogue," said Insulza, who stressed at the prospect of intervention by other countries that "do not solve the problem from outside."
  "History is full of examples of trying to impose democracy from outside" and said that neither the locks nor the cannons used to impose democracy. "El camino es el que hemos emprendido", dijo al respecto. "The road is what we have undertaken," he said about it.
. As for the prospect of intervening in the conflict other international agencies, Insulza said that "if events occur that threaten peace and security in the continent", as he believed "would be an attack on the embassy of Brazil, others Governing bodies like the UN security would have jurisdiction. "
  However, it considered that the conflict affects democracy Honduras and the OAS is the only regional body responsible for this area, as recorded in the Democratic Charter.
  The case of Honduras, "is not threatening peace in the continent," Insulza said. " "In this case we are faced with an attack against democracy and the UN (United Nations) have no mechanism to enter" in this matter, he said.
  "The OAS can still, with the resources they have, work for peace in Honduras," said general secretary, who face criticism in recent months that has not advanced, considered that there has been progress and said: "I I will devote to Honduras to a return to democracy. "

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The illegitimate president, Roberto Micheletti, seeks to limit the resistance. (Photo: Efe)
El presidente ilegítimo, Roberto Micheletti, pretende limitar a la resistencia. The illegitimate president, Roberto Micheletti, seeks to limit the resistance. (Foto: Efe) (Photo: Efe)
 The Government of Brazil requested the Security Council to meet to discuss the situation that now the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran people. The South American ambassador called for the international community and the UN continue to make steps forward towards restoring democracy in the Central American country






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  Brazil's ambassador to the Organization of American States, Ruy Casaes, said the situation facing the nation of Honduras is currently not a cause for concern and said it is unconstitutional, so said "it's time to say enough is enough," because fears that the continuation of the illegal government of that country may spread to other regions.

  Casaes said "there is no doubt that there are conditions of threat to international peace," so he asked the international community to respond and reflect in a "sharp" on the next steps we must take to achieve the restoration of democracy in the Central American country.

  The ambassador said that the Brazilian government is clear about the tactics that handles the executive de facto, to delay any solution and thus achieve the legitimacy of any presidential election next November.

" "The de facto regime clearly point towards the desire that no dialogue was (...), the dialogue that revealed a few weeks ago which was the intention, which was to gain time because every time they introduced a new condition or element, said the official.

  It also found that the decree of the de facto government of a state of emergency is a true test of Micheletti does not want dialogue.

On the other hand, facing the facts that lives the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, the diplomat said "the regime's de facto authorities attributed to the Brazilian embassy for the entry of President Zelaya in Honduras is a big lie, President Zelaya was submitted to the Brazilian embassy asking to be accepted, "and consider him a legitimate president" of Brazil's reaction could not have been otherwise. "

  For this reason the Government of Brazil requested the Security Council of UN to meet to discuss the security situation that remains present in the Brazilian embassy, mainly by the disrespect for international norms.

Casaes said to the UN  that to some extent Brazil has taken a step in requesting a meeting at the Security Council and asked the international community and the organization continue taking steps forward, to restore democracy and peace in Honduras.


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