http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090928/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_honduras_coup
Standoff at Honduran protest; govt suspends rightsQuoteTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – The coup-installed government in Honduras took increasingly desperate measures to hold onto power Monday, suspending civil liberties, silencing dissident broadcasters and facing off with hundreds of protesters in the street.
The interim government of Roberto Micheletti, who took office after a June 28 coup, banned a march in support of ousted President Manuel Zelaya and ringed the protesters with riot police.
More at link.
AIN'T WE GOT FUN? :lulz:
Pfft, that's a smelly third world country. Civil liberties are sacred in America, they would never be subject to that kind of abuse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act).
Quote from: Sir Remington III on September 28, 2009, 11:08:40 PM
Pfft, that's a smelly third world country. Civil liberties are sacred in America, they would never be subject to that kind of abuse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act).
Yes, these sorts of things are exclusive to countries that are 30' across and make shoes for us.
And if anyone tells you any different, report them to http://dhs.gov
This has been brewing for a while, if I don't miss my guess. I heard a podcast on this last week. It's really fucking sad.
The Honduran junta has a lot of sympathizers in places like the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. Apparently, they had to suspend freedom to defend it.
Quote from: Jenne on September 29, 2009, 02:35:31 AM
I heard a podcast on this last week.
Can you link to that for us? I'd be interested to hear that.
Quote from: Guy_Incognito on October 02, 2009, 12:04:25 AM
Quote from: Jenne on September 29, 2009, 02:35:31 AM
I heard a podcast on this last week.
Can you link to that for us? I'd be interested to hear that.
Hm...npr.org has their podcasts--when I have time I'll dig--I suscribe through my iTunes on Talk of the Nation and that's where it was at--from last week sometim.