Thread: Communist Party Statement on Honduras Crisis

Communist Party Statement on Honduras Crisis

Archive Struggles Peace and solidarity
Author: CPUSA
First published 06/28/2009 21:45 by {article_topic_desc}

The Communist Party USA (CPUSA) joins with the world in denouncing the coup d’etat this morning against the legally elected president of the Republic of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, by the Honduran military, in which, according to a statement by the president’s wife, Mr. Zelaya was threatened and beaten before being sent into exile in Costa Rica.

• The CPUSA denounces alarming reports of physical attacks by troops against the ambassadors of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua in Tegucigalpa, and calls for protection of all diplomatic personal; and, if the reports of the attacks are confirmed, punishment of all the responsible parties for this gross violation of Honduran and international law.

The CPUSA further:

• Demands that president Zelaya and other members of his government be returned to power immediately, and that the troops return to their barracks.

• Demands the immediate release of all labor, community and student leaders who have reportedly been rounded up by the army, and the restoration of freedom of the press.

• Recognizes that the Obama administration has repudiated the coup, and insists that President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton hold firm to this position, refusing diplomatic recognition and any military aid to Honduras until President Zelaya is restored to power.

• Calls upon unions and other people’s organizations in the United States to actively support our brothers and sisters in Honduras in resisting this brutal military coup d’etat.

Statement in Spanish http://www.cpusa.org/article/articleview/1053/1/42/

http://cpusa.org/article/view/1052/

This is like the situation in Haiti all over again that the President whether Arstide or Zelaya gets more votes than the individual members of Congress that does not mean that they are obligated to provide him with obesiance. He had a narrow victory and his legal term of office is almost up he tried to alter the Constitution to remain in office indefinitely like Hugo Chavez we can only support the Supreme Court, Legislature and military acting in concert defending the rights of the Honduran people.

Obama and the Communist Party are on the same side, sounds about right.

When are the rest of Americans going to make the connection?