Posted on 09/28/2009 5:38:24 PM PDT by myknowledge
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' coup-installed government silenced two key dissident broadcasters on Monday just hours after it suspended civil liberties to prevent an uprising by backers of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Dozens of soldiers raided the offices of Radio Globo. Officials also shut down Channel 36 television station, leaving it broadcasting only a test pattern.
Rene Zepeda, a spokesman for the interim government, said the two outlets had been taken off the air in accordance with a government emergency decree announced late Sunday that limits civil liberties and allows authorities to close news media that "attack peace and public order."
Supporters of the deposed leftist president vowed to march in the streets Monday in defiance of the emergency order and carry out what Zelaya calls a "final offensive" against his ouster on the three-month anniversary of the coup.
"They took away all the equipment. This is the death of the station," said Radio Globo owner Alejandro Villatoro, describing the dawn raid on the station.
Station employees scrambled out of an emergency exit to escape the raid that Villatoro said involved as many as 200 soldiers.
He said the office remained surrounded by soldiers. It was the second time soldiers have barged into the station — the first was June 28, the same day Zelaya was ousted.
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they did, but they had to open it up again.
I am glad that it is shut down permanently. If you noticed in the latest AP pictures, the windows of the embassy are blotted out with newspaper. Meaning, that there are people with rifles waiting to get a shot. Now, its to take the next step. To drag him out of there and permanently rub him out.
remeber, they said that the “final offesvie” will be today tuesday.
people aren’t complaining so much about the measures. we even had no football last weekend and nobody said a word of complaint.
In fact Channel 36 and radio Globo were assembling this crowd of 1/2 million that Z wanted. (Saturday’s paper edition of El Heraldo says so)
oh and I forgot to say that he claims that Micheletti wants to kill him, and make it seem a suicide.
LOL. He must be suffering from cabin fever.
remember this poster in times of the WWII about free speech: “loose talking can cost lives”
Or Loose lips sink ships.
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