Hondurans unify against coup

Friday, 24 July 2009 08:30 Prensa Latina
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Honduras, July 23 (Prensa Latina) The social movements in Honduras are unifying their forces to resist the coup, union leader Juan Barahona asserted on Thursday.
Honduras Stages General Strike
President Zelaya Starts Honduras Return In the opinion of Barahona, who is the general secretary of the Unitary Federation of Honduran Workers, "the progressive forces remain on their feet in a way not seen since the Cold War."
It is a movement that has emerged spontaneously among the people, but is unifying gradually around the figure of the constitutional President Manuel Zelaya.
The National Autonomous University of Honduras, the National Council for Childhood, the Family and Social Security Institutes and the National Electric Power Business are among organizations joining the general strike started today, he noted.
Student leader Jorge Jimenez told journalists that the students took to the streets because the de facto government wants to strip them of gains including the student and transportation bonds.
We reject Roberto Micheletti's rules because he was imposed by force and no one owes obedience to a usurper government, as established in Article Three of the Constitution, he explained.
The two-day strike was called by the country's three main unions, including FUTH, CTH and CGT.

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