[Wamvan] Fwd: FIAN Honduras: Los Necios Newsletter - May 31. Two Years After Coup, Overthrown President Returning to Honduras

[Tami Starlight]

*Newsletter 31 May, 2011*

*News, humans rights abuses and opinions from the Honduran social movements*

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The Political Organization Los Necios pronounces to the Honduran and
internacional community:

We defend the right to public education, a universal right to be controlled
and imparted by the state. We denounce the de-facto regime headed by Pepe
Lobo which is systematicaly dismantling the public education system,
teachers trade unions and ilegalización the right to protest.

*Teachers on hunger strike, we support you!*

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*HONDURAS *



* Two Years After Coup, Overthrown President Returning to Honduras***

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*JESSE FREESTON, TRNN: On Saturday, Manuel Zelaya, Honduras's last elected
president, will return to his country to live for the first time since his
overthrow by the military 23 months ago. His return is the result of an
agreement sponsored by the presidents of Venezuela and Colombia and agreed
to by Zelaya and Honduras's post-coup regime leader, Pepe Lobo. People have
braved relentless rain arriving around the country to welcome back the
popular president, who was overthrown on the day he was to poll the Honduran
people on whether or not they wanted to rewrite the country's constitution
through a participatory assembly representing all sectors of society. It
would replace the current constitution, which was written under a US-backed
military dictatorship in the early '80s. Saturday will be a day of
celebration. Read
More…<http://www.resistenciahonduras.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2928:two-years-after-coup-overthrown-president-returning-to-hondura&catid=101:news&Itemid=349>
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*View More...<http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=6840>
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* Hondurans organized historic welcome for Zelaya *

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*Zelaya: "without Democracy there are no Human Rights" *

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*"No blood was shed in vain because we are in an ongoing struggle". *

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*Tegucigalpa. May 28. The former president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya,
returned home accompanied by part of his family and by an extended
international committee of support and observation from countries of Latin
America and Europe. Hundreds of thousands of people waited outside of
Tegucigalpa’s Toncontin airport where Zelaya gave a landmark speech in which
he requested his adversaries to let the people exercise democracy. Read
More…<http://www.resistenciahonduras.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2924:zelaya-without-democracy-there-are-no-human-rights-&catid=101:news&Itemid=349>
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*Mercosur praises Cartagena Accords***

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*Mercosur described the reconciliation agreement reached by Honduras
president Porfirio Lobo and his predecessor Manuel Zelaya, ousted in 2009,
as a fundamental step in the process of normalizing relations in the
hemisphere. **Read
more…<http://www.resistenciahonduras.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2920:mercosur-praises-cartagena-accords&catid=101:news&Itemid=349>
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*Announcement by the Political Committee of the National Front for Popular
Resistance on the signing of the Cartagena Accord***

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*Political Committee of the National Front for Popular Resistance (FNRP),
Tegucigalpa, M.D.C*

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*Today in the city of Cartegena de Indias, Colombia was signed the Accord
for National Reconciliation and Consolidation of the Democratic System in
the Republic of Honduras by Porfirio Lobo Sosa and Jose Manuel Zelaya
Rosales for the Republic of Honduras and as witnesses/facilitators the
presidents of the Republic of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos and Hugo Rafael
Chavez Frias President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.  Read
more…<http://www.resistenciahonduras.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2898:announcement-by-the-political-committee-of-the-national-front-for-popular-resistance-on-the-signing-of-the-cartagena-accord&catid=99:official&Itemid=348>
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*Letter from Pavel Núñez upon the loss of his father*

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*It all began long ago, I still remember standing in the streets, with empty
cans in my hands and help from my friends in the art community; 250,000
lempiras was the goal and Hospital Honduras Medical Center our only hope,
"help me save my father's life" was the slogan. I will never forget how, in
that way, it began. We never made it to even L.50,000.  Read
more…<http://www.quotha.net/node/1789>
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*INTERNATIONAL*



*Venezuela rejects US sanctions, evaluates oil supply to US*

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*Venezuela’s government strongly rejected the Obama administration’s attempt
to sanction its state-owned oil industry, PDVSA, and interrupt its relations
with other nations. Latin American nations and groups worldwide have
expressed support for Venezuela’s defiant stance. Read
more…<http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_63080.shtml>
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*Chilean University Students Announce National Strike*

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*Santiago, Chile, May 31 (Prensa Latina) The Chilean Students Federation
(Confech) confirmed it will hold a national strike on Wednesday to protest
for-profit education, a new link in a wave of demonstrations against the
neoliberal model. Read
more…<http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=292929&Itemid=1>
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*Cuba in Geneva: Need for Peaceful Solutions*

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*Geneva, May 31 (Prensa Latina) Cuba reiterated in Geneva the need for
peaceful solutions and respect for self-determination of the peoples,
regarding the situation in certain North African and Middle East
countries. Read
more…<http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=292858&Itemid=1>
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*Libyan Rebellion Rejects Gaddafi Armistice Proposal *



*Tripoli, May 31 (Prensa Latina) The Libyan armed opposition on Tuesday
again rejected a proposal by Muammar Gaddafi for a cease-fire and asked NATO
to continue its bombings, despite South African President Jacob Zuma''s
mediation efforts. Read
more…<http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=292919&Itemid=1>
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*Spanish democracy in action. Franco is back!*

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Late last week thousands of young people (Los Indignados or Indignant Ones)
gathered in Plaza Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, to protest against
government policies which have caused more poverty, 20.4% unemployment - 43%
youth unemployment for people under 25 years, cutting back or completely
eliminating many social programs, freezing or cutting salaries, reducing
budgets for education and health care. These policies are all in the name of
making the public pay for the unmanageable debt caused by the capitalist
banks, government debt and personal debt pushed by capitalist marketing and
media leading to hyper-consumption of unneeded 'stuff' sold by corporations.
Read more… <http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_63087.shtml>
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¡VENCEREMOS! ¡NECEDAD!

“There are no borders in this struggle to the death. We cannot be
indifferent to what happens anywhere in the world, because a victory by any
country over imperialism is our victory, just as any country's defeat is a
defeat for all of us”.
Ernesto Che Guevara

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