Under state of siege, a shot Lenca leader appeared in the village of
Cancalunco Zacapa, Santa Barbara. He was a coordinator of the
Resistance. "3 tall men dressed in black and with their faces covered
shot my husband Mateo Antonio Leiva Alvarez (50). I left running out of
the village" stated his wife, Basilia Alvarez, he had no enemies,
everyone loved him in the villages because he helped with projects,
concluded his wife in tears. "Authorities don't do a thing. 15 bullets were the ones found in his body" said his son Mateo Leiva.
PETER KENT: MAN ON A MISSION
By Douglas Bell, Globe & Mail, October 7, 2009, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/douglas-bell/our-man-and-his- mission/article1315775/#comments
Generally speaking, The New York Times is the avatar/quintessence of on- the-one-hand, on-the-other-hand journalism. That is to say, that when reporting any conflict wherein one side is perpetrating an obvious injustice on another, they’ll twist themselves into editorial knots in order to create the appearance of disinterest, objectivity and balance.
With that in mind, I invite you to read the lead paragraphs of the following article that appeared in that paper yesterday, under the title “Honduran Security Forces Accused of Abuse”, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/world/americas/06honduras.html?_r=2 :
“TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Rosamaria Valeriano Flores was returning home from a visit to a public health clinic and found herself in a crowd of people dispersing from a demonstration in support of the ousted president, Manuel Zelaya. As she crossed the central square of the Honduran capital, a group of soldiers and police officers pushed her to the ground and beat her with their truncheons.
“She said the men kicked out most of her top teeth, broke her ribs and split open her head. “A policeman spit in my face and said, ‘You will die,’ ” she said, adding that the attack stopped when a police officer shouted at the men that they would kill her.
“Ms. Valeriano, 39, was sitting in the office of a Tegucigalpa human rights group last week, speaking about the assault, which took place on Aug. 12. As she told her story, mumbling to hide her missing teeth, she pointed to a scar on her scalp and to her still-sore left ribs.
“Since Mr. Zelaya was removed in a June 28 coup, security forces have tried to halt opposition with beatings and mass arrests, human rights groups say. Eleven people have been killed since the coup, according to the Committee for Families of the Disappeared and Detainees in Honduras, or Cofadeh.”
Try as they might, even The Times is having trouble providing “balance” in what is rapidly turning into a hemispheric disgrace.
Today arrives a press release from our very own Dudley Do Right, Minister of State of Foreign Affairs Peter Kent (who’s daring do I’ve discussed in these precincts before), telling us he’s off to a meeting of the OAS in Honduras to set the matter straight.
‘We are hopeful that the mission will help advance the process of national dialogue and reconciliation involving representatives of both parties,’ said Minister of State Kent.
Presumably by “both parties” Kent means, on the one hand, the party getting its teeth kicked in and their heads split open, on the other, the party doing the kicking and the splitting.
In Honduras, nobody gives in (the party getting its teeth kicked in and their heads split open does not give in as well as the party doing the kicking and spitting doesn't give in)
The start of a new round of dialogue in Honduras to try to end the crisis generated as a result of the coup From June 28 found the parties holding the same positions: the deposed president, Manuel Zelaya, claims to be restored and interim President Roberto Micheletti, rejects this possibility.
Wednesday brought together representatives from both sectors in the negotiations promoted by the Organization of American States (OAS).
The only thing agreed so far, the two delegations is an agenda that includes, at its first point, discussing the San Jose Agreement promoted by the president of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias.
After the meeting in a hotel in Tegucigalpa, the representative of Zelaya, Victor Meza said that "we cherish what I would call a moderate and progressive optimism."
"Just the fact that we could arrive at a consensus with regards to setting the agenda, this is giving an orientation that is in both parties desire to at least talk in depth about these issues," said Armando Aguilar, one of Delegates of the interim government.
Each in its place
For the sector of Zelaya, address the San Jose Agreement is to discuss the return of the deposed president, but that option is still rejected by Micheletti.
This was stated by the Acting President of the OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza, the Secretary of U.S. State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon, and the foreign ministers who make up the mission located in Tegucigalpa.
"If I'm an obstacle, I reject me, but also demand that you put aside this gentleman (Zelaya) that has caused damage to the country," said Micheletti.
If I'm an obstacle, I reject me, but also demand that you put aside this gentleman (Zelaya) that has caused damage to the country
Roberto Micheletti, interim president of Honduras
The holder of the interim government was further stressed that presidential elections be held convened for 29 November, except that "send an attack or invade us."
That claim was refuted by Shannon, who said that "these elections must occur in a context that reflects our broad commitment to democracy and constitutional rule," according to statements quoted by Reuters news agency.
"Clearly, Micheletti's position has not changed (but) we should not make conclusions now," Insulza said once the meeting.
Proposal old "
Micheletti Sayings of related industries were challenged by the deposed president, emphasizing the requirement of restitution.
"That's an old proposal that does not accept or President Zelaya and resistance, because a third person to be the continuation of the coup," he told BBC News Rafael Alegria, one of the leaders of the demonstrations against the interim government .
On Wednesday, before the start of the dialogue, said Zelaya himself to be back in charge before 15 October.
Zelaya's supporters reject the idea Micheletti.
From the Embassy of Brazil, where it is hosted since returning to the country last September 21, issued a statement with this requirement, which was read in a Honduran radio.
Before initiating dialogue incidents occurred on the streets of Tegucigalpa, when police dispersed about 300 people who tried to march from the U.S. Embassy to the embassy in Guatemala where he took refuge on Tuesday a group of Indians who denounced the interim government persecution.
At least two people were injured with rubber bullets and other affected by tear gas, Teaching Hospital spokesmen reported in the Honduran capital.
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