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Entries by Laura Carlsen from 08/2009

Zelaya Tells Mexicans Obama Can Turn Back Coup "In Five Minutes"

| Posted 08.07.2009 | World
Read More: Oscar Arias, Calderon, Honduras, North America Summit, San Jose Accords, Manuel Zelaya, World News

Zelaya came through Mexico City this week to woo Mexican President Felipe Calderon and talk to grassroots organizations that support his return to power. I decided to go see the man I've been writing about for the past 40 days.

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An Open Letter to President Obama on "Hypocrisy"

| Posted 08.11.2009 | World
Read More: Hypocrisy, Sanctions, Honduras, Obama, Manuel Zelaya, Roberto Micheletti, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News

The coup-controlled Honduran press is having a heyday with the Obama remarks. La Tribuna has a picture of Obama on the front page with the headline "Hypocrisy to Call for Intervention in Honduras"

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Coup Catalyzes Honduran Women´s Movement

| Posted 08.21.2009 | World
Read More: Honduran Coup, Feminists in Resistance, Honduras, Micheletti, Human Rights, Manuel Zelaya, National Front Against the Coup, World News

Besides being at the receiving end of clubs and pistols with the rest of the anti-coup movement, women suffer specific forms of repression and violence; their bodies have become part of the battleground.

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