Honduras: Summary of Meeting with Ambassador Hugo Llorens

[Derechos]

I ran into Radio Globo and Radio Progreso host, Félix Molina, during a celebration of Latin American unity/José Martí’s birthday at the Plaza de Cuba on Thursday. He asked me to go on his show that night to talk about the meeting that took place earlier in the day between U.S. citizens (including delegates from La Voz de los de Abajo and Rights Action) and Amb. Hugo Llorens.

During the radio show, Molina discussed the U.S. government’s apparent approval of the tactics Lobo’s Security Minister Óscar Álvarez used yesterday during the military raid in the El Pedegral neighborhood (detailed in the Voselsoberano article from the previous blog post). Molina also took a call from the witness who caused Álvarez to lash out on the radio, Fausto Arrazola. Many Hondurans are worried that the media show and nebulous raid that supposedly produced an RPG-7 are simply a signal that the policy of the Lobo administration will be to criminalize protests and other forms of dissent. It was noted that Álvarez is supposedly very close to the U.S. government, having served as vice-consul in Houston, Texas during his break between stints as Security Minister.

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[Peace Patriot]

1. The Associated Pukes made pukish hay out of that RPG-7. "In was not known," they said,

"whether the grenade launcher belonged to the anti-coup resistance."

Apropos of nothing. No quote of an official prompting this assertion. They just wanted to get "grenade launcher" and "anti-coup resistance" into a sentence--any sentence.

Really, really, REALLY foul-play journalism.