Nov 09 2009
Honduran Accord Falls Apart as Women Suffer Under the Coup
Late Thursday night, an accord aimed at resolving the four-month long political impasse in Honduras failed. Ousted President Manuel Zelaya declared the deal effectively dead after disagreements surfaced on the formation of a new “unity” government. Just ten minutes before the end of the Thursday deadline, de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti announced that no Zelaya ministers were named into the newly formed cabinet. Seeking to restore his position prior to the formation of a unity government, Zelaya refused to present nominations for ministerial posts. The accord set the authorization to return him to the presidency in the hands of Congress, but no vote on the matter was convened before last Thursday. The Honduran President forced into exile on June 28th told Radio Globo, “We have decided not to continue with this theater of Mr. Micheletti.” The United States has said it will recognize the legitimacy of the upcoming November 29th elections, though other regional leaders have made no such assessment. As the disintegration of the accord continues political instability in the Central American nation, women have suffered greatly during the coup. Honduran women’s organizations presented testimony last week that pointed to many instances of rape, sexual abuse, beatings and murder by the coup regime’s security forces against women involved in the resistance movement.
GUEST: Laura Carlsen, director of the International Relations Center Americas Program in Mexico City, where she has worked as a writer and political analyst for the past two decades
2 Responses to “Honduran Accord Falls Apart as Women Suffer Under the Coup”
Maybe it was Zelaya’s supporters who did the raping. It is Zelaya who is most responsible to killings and attacks such as the recent one on the Honduran AG.
Since the Obama Administration has not responded to these accusations, their truth is in doubt. Obama would not let such crimes as this article alleges go without notice.