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Showing videos filed under: manuel zelaya
Week in Review: Honduras Coup
December 19, 2009"The Obama administration now has both the continuing Honduran crisis and a divided hemisphere on its hands, with no solution in sight," reads a new article in The Nation today. The U.S. has decided to recognize the result of the recent elections in Honduras, despite ongoing reports that the elections were boycotted and that the people consider them an extension of the coup.Honduras Coup Flashpoint for Latin America
December 15, 2009"The Obama administration now has both the continuing Honduran crisis and a divided hemisphere on its hands, with no solution in sight," reads a new article in The Nation today. The U.S. has decided to recognize the result of the recent elections in Honduras, despite ongoing reports that the elections were boycotted and that the people consider them an extension of the coup.Latin America, Copenhagen, and Annise Parker
December 14, 2009"The Obama administration now has both the continuing Honduran crisis and a divided hemisphere on its hands, with no solution in sight," reads a new article in The Nation today. The U.S. has decided to recognize the result of the recent elections in Honduras, despite ongoing reports that the elections were boycotted and that the people consider them an extension of the coup.60 Days of Resistance in Honduras
August 31, 200960 days of daily resistance to the coup in Honduras. That, says Al Giordano, the publisher of Narco News, is the real story that’s largely been overlooked in coverage of Honduras. It’s not about Zelaya and Micheletti or whether the international community will act, but the fact that broad based resistance has emerged that will outlive whoever ends up in power.A Media Blackout in Honduras
August 5, 2009News from Honduras has been in short supply even though the standoff between ousted leader Manuel Zelaya and Roberto Micheletti continues. July 30 marked one of the bloodiest days since the military coup and efforts to achieve some kind of power sharing agreement between the two parties and ensure Zelaya’s return have failed.Greg Grandin: Echoes of the 80s In Honduras
July 28, 2009Greg Grandin, author of Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City and a professor of History at NYU, has spent the last few days in Honduras and reports on echoes of the 1980s and Latin America’s dirty wars as ousted leader Manuel Zelaya and his supporters camp out near the border in Nicaragua.Henry Louis Gates's Arrest: A Teachable Moment?, Ben Bernanke's PR Blitz, and Greg Grandin on Honduras
July 27, 2009What if anything have we learned from the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates? Bill Fletcher, Jr., Ron Kuby, Dennis Parker, and Irene Monroe on race, class, and law enforcement in America. GREG GRANDIN reports from Latin America on Manuel Zelaya's attempts to return to power. Finally, DEAN BAKER of the Center for Economic and Policy Research on Ben Bernanke's PR blitz, healthcare, and the right to rent.What is Obama's Position on Honduras?
July 21, 2009Roberto Lovato, Contributing Associate Editor at New America Media, and Andres Thomas Conteris, the founder of Democracy Now! en Espanol on the political impasse in Honduras and the US role in negotiations to reach a deal between the coup leaders and ousted president Manuel Zelaya. Obama may be paying lip service to the fact that the coup is illegitimate but the actions of the US State Department speak otherwise.Hydraulic Fracturing and the Natural Gas Bonanza, Obama's Moral Failing on Honduras, and the Spirit of Humanity in Gaza
July 20, 2009Will natural gas solve our energy problems? The oil and gas industry has been making their case that natural gas is a clean alternative to fossil fuels, that it will reduce our dependency on foreign oil, and create jobs. What the industry doesn’t mention is the highly controversial practice required to extract the oil known as hydraulic fracturing. Josh Fox and others on the other side of the story. Roberto Lovato and Andres Thomas Conteris on political turmoil in Honduras and why the US isn't doing more to resolve the standoff. And the Spirit of Humanity in Gaza.Eva Golinger: What Does the US Want in Honduras?
July 9, 2009Since Honduran president Manuel Zelaya was forcibly removed from power in a military coup, the US media have made the argument that the deposed leader was engineering plans to change the constitution in order to stay in power. At least that's how Charles Krauthammer characterized it recently on Fox news, without failing to compare Hugo Chavez to Hitler.
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