This is a call to action.
Last year, the elected government of Manuel Zelaya was overthrown by the oligarchy of Honduras, with the help of the military. In the end, the U. S. State Department under Secretary Clinton supported the coup by blocking Zelaya's return and supporting what appears to have been a rigged election.
Now the landed oligarchy are making their move.
The National Front of Popular Resistance has put out this communique:
The National Front of Popular Resistance alerts the Honduran population and the international community to the grave danger that menaces the lives of over 3,000 peasant families of the United Peasant Movement of Aguán (MUCA), against whom a major military and political operation is being executed with the aim of evicting them from the lands they currently occupy.
In the last several hours, reports of increasing aggressiveness of soldiers have come in, and it is feared that at any moment the oligarchy may order the de facto regime of Porfirio Lobo to use repressive apparatuses of the state to attack the peasant families peacefully demanding their right to land.
The communique goes on to identify landowners Miguel Facussé Barjum, Reinaldo Canales, and René Morales as specific culprits behind this military eviction of the people.
I urge everyone who cares about this resurgence of imperialism in Latin America to call your elected representative in Congress, and the State Department at 202-647-4000, to demand that they condemn and act to stop this aggression against the people of Honduras.
More background here, including:.
Urgent Announcement:: Reports estimate that of over 5000 police and military from all over the country have arrived in the valley of Aguán. There are over 3,500 families with women, children and elderly people who since last year have reclaimed land that was stolen or forcefully removed by the businessmen Miguel Facusse, René Morales and Reynaldo Canales. News is arriving from the Aguán valley that a curfew has been called by the Honduran Government. This is the preparation of an imminent and violent eviction from the repressive state and paramilitary forces…… These actions are being undertaken with the complete knowledge and support of the U.S Government which has US military operating in the area obtaining information and intelligence. We fear of a massacre for the landless families who are facing the direct, violent brutality of the neocapitalist, neocolonial system that maintains people exploited and devoid of a dignified life. Please show your solidarity with the Honduran people and denounce the repression of the Honduran people. Organización Política Los Necios 20:19 Sunday April 11, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Unfortunately, due to the press my work, I won't be able to follow this diary as it slides down the list to oblivion. I hope some of you will care enough to take action on it.