Before entering politics he was involved in his family's logging and timber businesses. [6] Two days later, Honduran soldiers stormed the president's house in the middle of the night and detained him,[7] forestalling the poll. [62], José Tomás Arita Valle, who signed the arrest warrant for Zelaya, had been vice-minister for foreign affairs in the National Party government of President Ricardo Maduro. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' coup-installed government silenced two key dissident broadcasters on Monday just hours after it suspended civil liberties to prevent an uprising by backers of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. "[30] He said the decision was taken by the military leadership "in order to avoid bloodshed". [40], Soon after the coup, U.S. President Barack Obama stated: "We believe that the coup was not legal and that President Zelaya remains the president of Honduras, the democratically elected president there. [75] According to Amnesty International and the International Observation Mission for the Human Rights Situation in Honduras, the curfew law was not published in the official journal La Gaceta and was not approved by Congress. He’s currently awaiting trial in this country. Please do your part today. [27], Later that day, the Supreme Court issued a statement that it had ordered the army to remove Zelaya from office. Television and radio stations broadcast no news. Well, if they think that they’re going to be able to stop migration in this way, well, it’s only going to worsen. But in the eyes of the world, he is behaving like a white supremacist, with no human sensitivity as one would require in the 21st century, because migration—well, migration is a right, not a crime. Democracy Now! to your inbox each morning. [83] A dozen former ministers from the Zelaya government went into hiding, some in foreign embassies, fearing arrest. [41] By November 2009, the U.S. "focused on pushing for elections" in the country. "[23] In Costa Rica, Zelaya told the Latin American channel TeleSUR that he had been awakened by gunshots. It said the move was illegal and not a … MANUEL ZELAYA: [translated] Well, look, the coup d’état, inexorably, it marks a new form of U.S. meddling in our society. And in Brazil, they went after Dilma Rousseff with a technical coup d’état, because of socialist agreements with the people of Honduras and others in the region. Signboards included "Enough to illegality", "I love my constitution". And I’ll talk to you about the gangs, the maras, in just a moment, to your question. [62] Eight of the judges were selected by the Liberal Party and seven by the National Party. [86], Reuters on 29 June 2009, describing the situation in Honduras as a "media blackout", reported that the military had shut down several TV stations, radio stations, and newspapers' websites. 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They want to go back to the 1980s, which was marked by the Cold War, stigmatizing the opposition. Zelaya's lawyers were also denied the possibility to participate in the process. And the Honduran people—you’ve seen this in media reports—the Honduran people are in the streets, and they’re protesting. Migration is a human process, seeking to find solutions. Let me repeat this, Amy: $4 billion a year. "I try to do the best job I can, but there are things that escape my knowledge". *** ANYA … Rather than address that offense legally, Zelaya's foes — including the head of the country's Congress, Roberto Micheletti — let the army stage a coup that exiled Zelaya at gunpoint. AMY GOODMAN: Manuel Zelaya, the former president of Honduras, returned home on Saturday after 23 months in exile. Meanwhile, mass protests are continuing to take place in Honduras against the right-wing government of Juan Orlando Hernández and his plans to privatize healthcare, pensions and education. Shortly after, another military convoy stopped outside Radio Progreso. Nevertheless, it is also evident that the constitution itself may be deficient in terms of providing clear procedures for dealing with alleged illegal acts by the President and resolving conflicts between the branches of government. So, Trump is like a negation of the historic process. And people greeted me. Palestinian Official Hanan Ashrawi: Trump’s Morocco-Israel Deal Legitimizes Land Theft & Occupation, U.S. I’m Amy Goodman. I mean, this is under the Trump administration, that supports the current president, Hernández. [25], Tanks patrolled the streets and military planes flew overhead[where?]. Let me put it in clearer terms. Honduras recently marked the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-backed coup that ousted the democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya. So, if the justice system is controlled by the OAS, and if the U.S. and Monetary Fund and IDB control the economy, and security is controlled by the Southern Command, then—well, then what does Honduras run? They could not allow socialism, modern socialism, I would say, because this is a socialism that is different than the socialism one found in Europe during the Cold War. Reuters said that "the few television and radio stations still operating on Monday [the 29th] played tropical music or aired soap operas and cooking shows", and "made little reference to the demonstrations or international condemnation of the coup". I asked President Zelaya about the 10th anniversary of the coup and the link between drug traffickers and government corruption. [30][54] Micheletti said forcing deposed President Manuel Zelaya to leave the country, instead of arresting him, was a mistake. We rely on contributions from you, our viewers and listeners to do our work. MANUEL ZELAYA: He (JOH) is a son of the coup. Zelaya, who led Honduras from 2006 to 2009 and was an ally of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, was deposed by the military in a June 2009 coup as he was preparing to hold a … In July 2011, Honduras's Truth Commission concluded that Zelaya broke the law when he disregarded a Supreme Court ruling ordering him to cancel the referendum, but that his removal from office was also illegal and a coup. The nation saw a poverty increase of 13.2 percent and in extreme poverty of 26.3 percent in just 3 years. You turn to Democracy Now! Zelaya, who led Honduras from 2006 to 2009 and was an ally of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, was deposed by the military in a June 2009 coup as he was preparing to hold a … So, organizations such as—well, then the drug trafficking organizations come on the scene, and instead of creating more jobs, the government brings more repression. The Embassy perspective is that there is no doubt that the military, Supreme Court and National Congress conspired on 28 June in what constituted an illegal and unconstitutional coup against the Executive Branch, while accepting that there may be a prima facie case that Zelaya may have committed illegalities and may have even violated the constitution. [24], Within hours, Zelaya spoke to media in San José, calling the events "a coup" and "a kidnapping". I have heard Democratic Party candidates talking about democratic socialism. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is facing a new round of questions about her handling of the 2009 coup in Honduras that ousted democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya. U.S. businesses, for example, have large crops and cannot pay a U.S. person to work in the countryside. Now he’s backed off cutting that aid, but threatens to do so if the immigrant flow continues. The United States is protecting its dictator here. 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[14] However, PCM-027-2009 was never processed by the Honduran courts. Just days before[when?] The Zelaya administration was investigated and prosecuted in the absence of Zelaya. Every year, they renewed the Millennium Account. Recognizes Morocco’s Occupation of Western Sahara in Latest Betrayal of Sahrawi People, Andrew Bacevich on Why Retired General and Raytheon Official Lloyd Austin Should Not Head Pentagon, Food Is the Pathway to Peace: World Food Programme Wins Nobel Peace Prize & Warns of Hunger Pandemic, As Food Insecurity Surges, Leading Scientist Says Hunger Is a Deliberate Choice by Those in Power. They’ve created shock forces, psychological war, dirty war. ... Zelaya was toppled from Honduras’ presidency on June 28 in Latin America’s first successful military coup since the Cold War. AMY GOODMAN: President Trump cut off all aid to the Northern Triangle countries, to El Salvador, to Guatemala and to your country, Honduras. He has had a very clear position vis-à-vis the United States. The 2009 Honduran coup d'état, part of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis,[1][2] occurred when the Honduran Army on 28 June 2009 followed orders from the Honduran Supreme Court to oust President Manuel Zelaya and send him into exile. And the only thing to do about it is to denounce it, because there are murders. I believe that Mr. Trump’s pressures against Mexico are serious. Poverty is misery in Honduras. And then drug trafficking increases. Therefore, a coup d'Etat never has been and should never be the solution to a political conflict." [73], Government opponents say that the pro-coup demonstrations were staged and/or paid for by the government, giving evidence[citation needed] in some cases. Honduran migrants send to Honduras about $4 billion a year. And every year, they renewed TPS. What the United States wants is to exercise economic control over the structures of the macroeconomy worldwide. [67], On 29 June, about 2,000 anti-coup demonstrators spent the day in the city's main square. "[53] But, of course, the policy is threatening that aid. On 18 June, the Administrative Law Tribunal ordered Zelaya to comply with the ruling in writing within five days. So, I see that Mr. Donald Trump’s policies, with the Republican Party, represent a setback when it comes to having good neighbor relations with Latin America. The president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, has been forced into exile after being arrested by a group of soldiers in an apparent military coup. Zelaya, who led Honduras from 2006 to 2009, was deposed by the military in a coup as he was preparing to hold a referendum on presidential re-election, which his … But the courts had already made up their minds about every attempt that had to do with this issue. We should simply reach agreement, because the United States is a strong neighbor. On 5 July 2009, all member states of the OAS voted by acclamation to suspend Honduras from the organisation. [81], Allies of Zelaya, among them several government officials, were taken into custody by the military. Laguna said that he and the other diplomats had been seized when they visited Rodas, and that Rodas was forced into a van and had been transferred to an air base. Under the Articles 1, 2,3,4, 205, 220, subsections 20, 218, 242, 321, 322, 323 of the Constitution of the Republic. Dozens of soldiers raided the offices of Radio Globo. And the right won the elections because Lula was in prison. The new decree called for a "Public Opinion Survey Convening a Constitutional Assembly" and referred to it as "an official activity of the Government of the Republic of Honduras". [20], Some Zelaya supporters have sought to cast doubt on the Supreme Court's documentation. [117] Furthermore, unemployment grew between 2008 and 2012 from 6.8 percent to 14.1 percent. [24] The electrical power, phone lines, and international cable TV were cut or blocked throughout Honduras. Should the U.S. [75] On 1 July, Congress issued an order (decreto ejecutivo N° 011-2009) at the request of Micheletti suspending four constitutional guarantees during the hours the curfew was in effect. When they militarize the border, what they are going to provoke here will be greater convulsions, greater explosions. Un análisis del caso hondureño", "Rare Hemisphere Unity in Assailing Honduran Coup", "OAS condemns Honduras coup, demands return of Zelaya". So, all told, we might get about $240 million. Zelaya defined his actions as a non-binding opinion poll, but his political opponents presented his actions as a binding referendum oriented at reforming articles in the Honduran Constitution concerning forms of government and re-election. "I didn't know they would take Zelaya out of the country," Custodio said in an interview in the week of 13 August at his Tegucigalpa office. [108], Zelaya made two open attempts to return to the country, which were rebuffed; he eventually returned clandestinely and sought asylum in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. ", "El 28 de junio y la Constitución por Edmundo Orellana", "Hondurans against Zelaya, but for the rule of law", "Prepared Statement of the Hon. [38] The United Nations, the Organization of American States (OAS),[39] and the European Union condemned the removal of Zelaya as a military coup. We speak with ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in the capital of Tegucigalpa about the 10th anniversary of the coup in Honduras, U.S. intervention in Central America and its link to today’s migration crisis. "[41] He stated: "It would be a terrible precedent if we start moving backwards into the era in which we are seeing military coups as a means of political transition, rather than democratic elections. What that provokes in our region is clear, I think. Here, they’ve found the military and the police. The United States should learn to live with democracy and not be creating repressive policies against us. Honduras recently marked the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-backed coup that ousted the democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya. "[114], As of 2014[update] the coup had weakened democratic institutions such, that along with corruption and police impunity, state security forces persecuted coup opponents, peasants, indigenous protesters and others, and the crime rate increased massively. MANUEL ZELAYA: [translated] We don’t need the help of the United States. It is the U.S. businesses. Other civic and business leaders, even those opposed to Zelaya's referendum efforts, agreed that Zelaya was deprived of due process in his ouster. Some claim his goal in doing so was to extend his term. Honduras's Supreme Court agreed to hear a case brought by a group of lawyers and judges arguing that the military broke the law taking Zelaya out of the country. Elections should go forward even if crisis unresolved? [98] Honduran newspaper La Prensa reported on 30 June that an armed group of Zelaya supporters attacked its main headquarters by throwing stones and other objects at their windows, until police intervened. But I consider it to be an absurd action in a globalized world, in which for the last three decades we’ve been talking about free trade, talking about competition and competitiveness as part and parcel of the development of capitalism. [26] What’s your assessment of the first year or the first several months of AMLO’s presidency in relationship to your country and your situation? They know the implications of drug trafficking here. [119] Emails released later show that the 2009 removal was supported by Hillary Clinton's State Department by not recognizing it as coup in order to maintain U.S. aid to the Honduran people. Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, who led Honduras from 2006 to 2009 and was an ally of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, was deposed by the military in a June 2009 coup, supported by the United States and its reactionary allies in Latin America. [3] Zelaya had attempted to schedule a non-binding poll on holding a referendum on convening a constituent assembly to rewrite the constitution. [52] Supreme Court Justice Rosalinda Cruz said that, as a sovereign and independent nation, Honduras had the right to freely decide to remove a president who was violating Honduran laws. She added: "Unfortunately, our voice hasn’t been heard. [34] Some felt that the president had changed his politics during his administration, from right to left, which earned him the antipathy of his party. They were dispersed violently by police, according to Amnesty International. This is a challenging time for us all, but if you're able to make a donation, please do so today. Vicky Hernández was killed in … [82], According to the Venezuelan government's ABN news service, Tomás Andino Mencías, a member of the party, reported that PUD lawmakers were led away by the military when they tried to enter the parliament building for 28 June vote on Zelaya's deposal. A group of soldiers approached the radio station's guard and asked him if there were any people still working inside. "[11] Former Guatemalan Vice-President Eduardo Stein chaired the commission and presented its report to the then Honduran President Porfirio Lobo, the head of the Supreme Court, Jorge Rivera Avilez and the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Jose Miguel Insulza.[11]. The DEA knows about it. Honduran soldiers stand guard behind a fence at the presidential palace following a coup d’etat that saw President Manuel Zelaya ousted in Tegucigalpa on June 28, 2009. [117], On 28 November 2010, the organisation WikiLeaks began releasing 251,287 confidential documents, which detail correspondence between the U.S. State Department and U.S. embassies around the world. And I walked in the streets. Full transcript of the interview below. It is claimed that pro-coup demonstrators were bused to the capital Tegucigalpa from all over the country, whereas similar buses with anti-coup demonstrators from the countryside were not allowed to enter the city. Favor constitutional convention to resolve crisis? And that is controlled by the United States. They might work six months or a year, and then go back and then return. But if you think about the elite in the U.S. government, well, their view for this region is mistaken. And the United States, together with the World Bank and the IDB, sends $200 million. [56][57] This conclusion was disputed by lawmakers, Honduran constitutional law experts, and government officials, who requested that the LLoC report be retracted. But he doesn’t protest, because an immigration treaty we had with the United States was canceled. So, democracy is the way forward for Honduras and Central America. [24] According to a Narconews blog, several congressmen of the Democratic Unification Party (PUD) were arrested and the party's presidential candidate, César Ham, went into hiding. "Inconstitucionalidad de la llamada "sucesión constitucional, "Honduras: Coup d'Etat in Constitutional Clothing? [90] Channel 36 was raided by soldiers minutes after the coup and remained off the air for a week;[92] the Miami Herald of 1 July quoted owner Esdras López as saying that the building's occupants were detained during the raid. "[110], In May 2011, after more than one and a half years in exile in the Dominican Republic, Zelaya was allowed to return to Honduras. Indeed, I had good relations with the United States. Zelaya, who led Honduras from 2006 to 2009 and was an ally of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, was deposed by the military in a June 2009 coup as he was preparing to hold a … They take action against some and protect the others. Still Be Sending Military Aid to Honduras? [citation needed], According to Diario El Tiempo, there was also some information about the developments that the newspaper Diario El Tiempo had been prohibited to broadcast. And today a generous supporter will double your donation to Democracy Now!, meaning your gift will go twice as far. They’ve exported what’s called Plan Colombia to Honduras, the false positives, where many opposition leaders, such as Berta Cáceres, to mention one, or Murillo at the time of the coup, or another person who was asphyxiated—a 24-year-old who was asphyxiated by the gases—all of these, there’s no way to describe these crimes over the last 10 years other than by calling them crimes against humanity. In response to the events, a number of demonstrations were held, some opposing the coup and some supporting it. On 5 July 2009, the Organization of American States OAS, invoking for the first time Article 21 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, voted by acclamation of all member states to suspend Honduras from the organisation. [8] Instead of bringing him to trial, the army put him on a military aeroplane and flew him to Costa Rica. "[31] Colonel Inestroza also commented that Zelaya's allegiance to Hugo Chávez was hard to stomach and "It would be difficult for us, with our training, to have a relationship with a leftist government. This page was last edited on 5 December 2020, at 06:39. There are death squads. We reached him in Tegucigalpa. Nobody goes out to protest because some politician tells them to do so. Zelaya stated that he would not recognise anyone named as his successor, that he would be meeting with diplomats and that he wanted to finish his term in office. [68], On 30 June, demonstrations in favour of Zelaya's removal were held. And they made a mistake. [96] On or just before 4 August 2009, the National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL) terminated Radio Globo's transmission frequency rights. [77] Amnesty International and the International Observation Mission stated that curfew implementation was arbitrary, with curfew times announced on radio stations, changing randomly each day and between different regions of Honduras. Plus, these are components of the dictatorship the United States is supporting. Because of the circumstances of the moment this crime occurred, there is going to be a justification and cause for acquittal that will protect us. Manuel Zelaya, the former president of Honduras, was stopped at an airport in the country's capital on Friday after $18,000 was found in his luggage. The levels of corruption are exorbitant. There are some cartels that are fought, and others, they let them go. Public transportation was suspended. 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I spoke with him along with Democracy Now!’s Juan González. The Grayzone’s Anya Parampil sat down for an exclusive interview with Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, on the 10th anniversary of the US-backed right-wing military coup that overthrew him. Full transcript of the interview below. [28] The Supreme Court stated "The armed forces, in charge of supporting the constitution, acted to defend the state of law and have been forced to apply legal dispositions against those who have expressed themselves publicly and acted against the dispositions of the basic law". President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! [55], According to an opinion of an employee of the US Law Library of Congress which was published September 2009 in Forbes, the military's decision to send Zelaya into exile was illegal, but the judicial and legislative branches applied constitutional and statutory law in accordance with the Honduran legal system. In these times of COVID-19, climate chaos and elections, independent news is more important than ever. An international commission concluded that both former President Manuel Zelaya and those who overthrew him share blame for the June 2009 coup. [118] The US Congressional Research Service, a non-partisan congressional committee, however found the interpretation and application of the Honduran constitution that led to the removal of Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales to be legal. "[41] Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, however, equivocated, saying that "We do think that this has evolved into a coup" and noting that under U.S. law, officially declaring a coup would oblige the U.S. to cut off most foreign aid to Honduras. They’ve looted institutions such as Social Security, which is where the retirement funds for the elderly are and where the moneys are to cover the illnesses that the mothers suffer. "[6], There is a small amount of middle ground between those who term the events a coup and those who call them a constitutionally-sound succession of power. [15][18][19] The interim government confirmed that the Supreme Court of Justice unanimously voted to appoint Tomás Arita Valle to hear the process in its preparatory and intermediate phases; and that he lawfully issued an arrest and raid warrant. I personally would have retired, because my thinking, my principles, would not have allowed me to participate in that. According to Edmundo Orellana, the events were constitutionally irregular for several reasons:[50] because Zelaya was captured by the armed forces, not the national police (Art. [60] The Honduran judiciary remains deeply politicised, with the highest judicial offices still being distributed between the two main parties. He said "What was more beneficial, remove this gentleman from Honduras or present him to prosecutors and have a mob assault and burn and destroy and for us to have to shoot? U.S. policymakers are currently debating the appropriate response to a coup that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya from power June 28. MANUEL ZELAYA: [translated] Well, there were some statements recently made by a U.S. senator that triumph in socialism was seen that it could set a bad example for the United States, because it could even impact domestic politics in the United States. However, in an interview published on 9 July 2009 in The Washington Post, Ramón Custodio López, Honduras's human rights ombudsman, said he had received no official complaints from journalists: "This is the first I have heard about an occupation or military raid of a station", he said. Thank you, Neil, for your incredible work and wisdom, joining Mike Burke, Mike DiFilippo, Isis Phillips and Jon Randolph in the fifteeners club. Protesters have been met with violent repression from the Honduran military and police. Since the coup, Honduras has become one of the most violent places in the world. And they further impoverish our countries, and that impoverishment produces migration and the increase in drug trafficking and so on and so forth. They have looted these institutions in order to finance an unpopular, anti-democratic and dictatorial regime. Disapprove Zelaya's repeated violations of the constitution, laws and court orders. AMY GOODMAN: President Zelaya, what is your assessment of President Trump and what he’s doing along the border? [120] Secretary Clinton had also helped organize elections where she, Latin American leaders and diplomats, in her own words "strategized on a plan to restore order in Honduras and ensure that free and fair elections could be held quickly and legitimately, which would render the question of Zelaya moot". 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