Honduran Government Texting Death Threats - More Common Than Reported - Interview

Run time: 10:59 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb95opkp3mY   Posted on YouTube: May 01, 2010 By YouTube Member: Capitalocracy Views on YouTube: 20   Posted on DU: May 02, 2010 By DU Member: Capitalocracy Views on DU: 692

 
The situation in Honduras has not been normalized after the coup, and murders and human rights violations appear to be continuing. In this episode of Take Back Talking Points, I discuss the issue with a Honduran who wishes to remain anonymous because she believes revealing her identity may lead to government retribution. She makes the case that government intimidation of anti-coup dissidents is more commonplace than we’ve been hearing about in the media, and are affecting more than just a few left-wing journalists and activists. If action is not taken, we could see another clandestine dirty war, but with new technology. The Honduran government has been sending text messages threatening to disappear people and their families and children.

This is the first of seven parts. You can see the full interview and transcript at http://tbtp.wordpress.com/2010/05/02/honduran-government-texting-death-threats-criminalization-of-dissent-more-rampant-than-reported-interview/

Hillary said everything is A-OK. Why would I even want to question her?

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I don't understand why Hillary and the Obama administration want to try to pass this off as a non-issue... maybe because they're pushing impunity in the U.S.? Or just their general unwillingness to "rock the boat"

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The full episode is there in the link, and then I'll do a second half of the interview with some additional analysis of my own. It gets kind of creepy.

I started over at Thom's site.

One question for you in your continuing work on this story: we'd heard that landowners in Honduras had contracted paras from Colombia to "secure" their properties in the aftermath of the coup. I'd like to know if these groups are still operating in Honduras.

Take care.