HONDURAN STUDENTS TAKE UNIVERSITY IN PROTEST AGAINST COUP

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Honduran Students Take University in Protest against Military Coup

HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 7 (acn) The Honduras Autonomous National University
(UNAH) was surprisingly invaded and taken on Monday by student organizations which oppose the military coup staged against President Manuel Zelaya last June 28th.
The students entered the higher education center as they voiced slogans and carried banners demanding the return of their constitutional president, Prensa Latina news agency reported.
The occupation of the UNAH had been called by student leaders during a demonstration Monday morning in Tegucigalpa, as part of the many protests underway in the Central American country since the coup took place.
Meanwhile, teachers and professors are staging an indefinite strike, which they started as soon as constitutional order was broken in the country by the military. The leaders of the educational sector have ratified their determination not to return to the classrooms until the democratic institutional order is restored in the country with President Zelaya in his post.
The Teacher´s strike has been joined by worker guilds, which has led to a generalized paralyzation of the country. Over 800 protestors have thus far been arrested, reports say.
President Manuel Zelaya traveled to Washington on Monday in order to meet with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
According to information released by the Cuban TV Program “La Mesa Redonda” the US Department of State rejected the violent repression against the Honduran people and called for a peaceful and lasting solution to the conflict; however Washington still has its ambassador in Tegucigalpa.
TV Program coordinator Randy Alonso said that the US administration announced that none of the members of the de facto government in Honduras will be received by American authorities and implied that Hillary Clinton could receive President Zelaya on Tuesday.


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