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Source: Prensa Latina Tegucigalpa

Monday, 17 August 2009
Military fails to stop resistance

Honduras: Tough repression by special riot forces and vast military deployment in Honduras have failed to stop people's resistance, according to opposition leaders.

Members of the regional directorate of the National Front against the Coup d'Etat in northern Honduras confirmed that the people would take to the streets again despite authorities' brutality against demonstrators. The Front also called on the people to participate in actions against the June 28 coup in the capital, after the army and police repression of popular marches on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Repression forces attacked a demonstration in favor of democracy in the city of Choloma, and on the road to Puerto Cortes. A TV station broadcast footage showing riot police beating two women in Choloma, near San Pedro Sula.

They were crazy throughout the municipality, spreading tear gas, beating people, Professor Gustavo Mejia told Radio Globo, based in Tegucigalpa.

The President of the Confederation of Employers of Honduras, Marcos Antonio Garay, expressed indignation over police brutality against the people.


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