Unfortunately, there is little international attention a situation not helped by closing of opposition radio. There have been around nine recorded deaths and a former infamous death squad operative is now advising the coup government.
Tegucigalpa taxis, teachers, hospital workers and others are on strike ánd there are regular demonstrations with many arrests and injuries but since they are not in Iran the media doesn't seem to care.
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--- On Mon, 8/10/09, Matthias Wasser <matthias.wasser at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Matthias Wasser <matthias.wasser at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Why are the coup leaders so intransigent?
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Monday, August 10, 2009, 3:55 PM
> My understanding is that there's been
> no small amount of thuggery and
> a number of disappearances. If this has to be done slowly
> because of
> international attention/a commitment to returning to
> normal, they might just
> want to buy time so they can finish the job.
>
> Less conspiratorally: I think they just want to hold power
> until the next
> election comes, supervise it, and disband themselves. That
> way the central
> narrative that everything was legal is maintained. It's not
> like they expect
> Zelaya to do anything.
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