Several dozen protesters
chanted and marched outside the Honduran Embassy in Washington, D.C.,
on April 8 in opposition to the U.S.-backed military coup against the
democratically elected government of Manuel Zelaya that took place
June 28, 2009.
President Zelaya was
targeted because he challenged imperialist interests in the region
and brought Honduras into the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas
(ALBA). Since the coup, broad sectors of Honduras society have
mounted a militant, popular resistance movement that continues to
grow.
Chanting “El pueblo,
unido, jamas sera vencidoThe people, united,
will never be defeated,” the demonstration outside the Honduran
Embassy called for an end to the brutal repression the government has
launched against progressives in the country
That repression has
intensified in recent days, including the firing of a tear gas
canister at point-blank range, killing Ilse Velasquez, a teacher who
was one of the founders of The Committee of the Families of the
Detained and the Disappeared in Honduras. The organization has
documented the killing of more than 120 members of the resistance,
including labor activists and members of the LGBT community, which
have been active popular resistance over the last two years.
Protesters read the names of several people murdered by the regime.
