Blog
Currently viewing entries by Tyler Shipley.
-
where are the people?
Honduras today is like an Orwellian nightmare. A façade of calm as soldiers patrol the streets with automatic weapons; a theatrical production of democracy in a state that no longer has a functioning code of law; a discourse of peace that so completely fails to convince, it almost seems like it is intended to mock its victims. But the resistance continues, with a resolve that cannot be broken even by the sham elections and the golpistas’ powerful allies in North America. “Where are the people? The people are in the streets, demanding their freedom!”
-
no a las elecciones golpista!
In an evocative display of courage and resistance, Hondurans stayed home today, rejecting the golpistas so-called elections in spite of a relentless campaign of state terror.
-
honduras - state of emergency
The police, military and now 14,000 mercenaries are roaming Honduran communities punishing anyone even remotely associated with the resistance. They are doing this with impunity and no doubt under orders. People are being beaten, kidnapped, terrorized and murdered. So, naturally, democracy is healthy and functioning.
-
everything is fine, haven’t you heard?
The streets are quieter than normal in Tegucigalpa - a product of a campaign of state terror that is being mobilized around the pantomime elections on Sunday. But that quiet does not mean that the Resistencia is weak or defeated.
-
una farsa, una pantomima
Tegucigalpa simmers as Honduras moves closer to the pantomime elections and tanks move closer to Tegucigalpa.
-
between a bank and a burger king: election farce in honduras
As I sit facing a wall of blue-uniformed TSA officers wearing ominous blue latex gloves, I can’t help wondering if it was a coincidence that the most militarized departure gate at Miami International Airport was the one shipping people to the most militarized elections in Central America.
-
they are afraid of us, because we are not afraid!
This is the first of a series of reports from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in the lead up to the boycott of the Nov. 29th elections.
- Page 1 of 1
