IT WILL SOON BE THREE MONTHS SINCE A MILITARY COUP EXPELLED HONDURAS PRESIDENT ZELAYA FROM THE COUNTRY, AN ACT WHICH WAS SWIFTLY AND OVERWHELMINGLY CONDEMNED BY LATIN AMERICAN AND WORLD NATIONS, AND THERE SEEMS TO BE NO WAY OUT OF THE CRISIS.
DAILY REPORTS OF LARGE STREET DEMONSTRATIONS AND ROAD BLOCKS IN JULY FORCED THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO ALSO DISAVOW THE TAKEOVER, BUT SINCE THEN A COMPLETE NEWS BLACKOUT HAS BEEN IMPOSED BY THE COUP REGIME, SUPPORTERS OF WHICH CONTROL MOST OF THE MEDIAS, AND OTHER LOCAL OUTLETS HAVE BEEN S HUT DOWN.
THIS PAST WEDNESDAY, THE BLUESTOCKINGS BOOK STORE AND THE âWEEKLY UPDATE ON THE A MERICASâ SPONSORED A TALK BY DR. DANA FRANK, AUTHOR OF A BOOK ON THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN BANANA WORKER UNIONS, WHO SPENT A DECADE IN HONDURAS AND WAS THERE DURING THE MILITARY TAKEOVER.
WBAI FRED NGUYEN WAS AT BLUESTOCKINGS AND HE FILES THIS REPORT:
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