[Cispes-Alert] Stand in Solidarity with the People of Honduras! Call the State Department and White House and demand ACTION against the coup!

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June 30, 2009 


CISPES chapters are taking action around the country to denounce the
military coup in Honduras and demand that the US government take strong
action.  Yesterday CISPES participated in a protest outside the Honduran
Embassy in Washington DC, while chapters in Seattle, Portland, San
Francisco, Los Angeles and New York took part in rallies at Honduras
consulates.


This alert comes from the Latin America Solidarity Coalition (LASC), of
which CISPES is a member of the coordinating committee.  More information at
www.lasolidarity.org <http://www.lasolidarity.org/>  


Military Coup in Honduras


Stand in Solidarity with the People of Honduras!




The Latin America Solidarity Coalition (LASC) condemns the military coup
against the democratically elected Honduran President Zelaya. The Honduran
social movements, who are courageously resisting the military take-over
through protests, occupations and strikes, are calling on the international
community to speak up in defense of real and direct democracy, for life,
justice, liberty, dignity and peace. 

Call the State Department and the White House and ask for actions, not
merely words, including: 

1. A cut off of all US aid (as required by US law) until Zelaya is safely
returned to office.
2. Financial sanctions against the coup plotters
3. An investigation into what signals U.S. Ambassador to Honduras Hugo
Llorens gave to coup plotters before the coup.

State Department: 202-647-4000 or 1-800-877-8339
White House: Comments: 202-456-1111



Click here <http://www.SOAW.org/honduras>  to send a message to President
Barack Obama 

Background: A military coup took place in Honduras on Sunday, June 28, led
by SOA graduate Romeo Vasquez. In the early hours of the day, members of the
Honduran military surrounded the presidential palace and forced the
democratically elected president, Manuel Zelaya, into custody. He was
immediately flown to Costa Rica. 

A national referendum had been scheduled to take place on Sunday in Honduras
to consult the electorate on a proposal of holding a Constitutional Assembly
in November. General Vasquez had refused to comply with this vote and was
deposed by the president, only to later be reinstated by the Congress and
Supreme Court. 

The Honduran state television was taken off the air. The electricity supply
to the capital Tegucigalpa, as well telephone and cellphone lines were cut.
Government institutions were taken over by the military. While the
traditional political parties, Catholic church and military have not issued
any statements, the people of Honduras are going into the streets, in spite
of the fact that the streets are militarized. From Costa Rica, President
Zelaya has called for a non-violent response from the people of Honduras,
and for international solidarity for the Honduran democracy.

 

More background information and articles:

 

Obama Has the Power and Responsibility to Help Restore
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roberto-lovato/obama-has-the-power-and-r_b_22
2170.html>  Democracy in Honduras

 

Resistance
<http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/kristin-bricker/2009/06/resistanc
e-and-repression-honduras>  and Repression in Honduras

 

Honduras: Old <http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1938/1/>  Coup
Strategy, Different Stage 

 

 <http://www.counterpunch.org/ross06292009.html> Coups and Constitutions: