US supported the coup in Honduras and continued resistance

by Admin | January 4th, 2010

Andres Conteris, Nonviolence International Director of the Americas Program, has outlined 10 additional ways the US government has supported the Honduras coup d’etat.  Despite vigorous nonviolent resistance, the coup appears to have largely succeeded at great cost to the Hondurans, the future of democracy in Latin America, and to perceptions of continued US patronizing policies.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/03-7

Al Giordano  of  Narconews has an article explaining how the resistance movements in Honduras and Iran are here to stay. And that media coverage often focuses on the elite leadership fight but does not substantially explain the power shifts and breaks at the street level.

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/3701/iran-civil-resistance-breaks-through-censorship-again

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