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</a></font><font face="Verdana" size=1><b> Havana. July 28,
2009<br><br>
</font><font face="Georgia" size=5>Military repression heightens tension
in the Honduras crisis<br><br>
</font><font face="Georgia" size=1 color="#004080">Raimundo
López<br><br>
</b></font><font face="Georgia" size=3>TEGUCIGALPA, July 27.Repression
on the part of the armed forces against opponents of the military coup of
June 28 is constantly accentuating the crisis to increasingly explosive
levels in Honduras. <br><br>
In a climate of growing political tension, the popular forces agreed on
Sunday to increase their actions in defense of reestablishing a state of
law and the restitution of Manuel Zelaya the constitutional president.
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Half an hour after concluding the meeting, a bomb exploded in the
Beverage and Allied Workers Union (STIBYS), where hundreds of impassioned
people had participated in an event. <br><br>
The National Front against the coup d’état also confirmed that thousands
of people are trapped by military squads that are preventing the arrival
of aid, in what amounts to a state of emergency. <br><br>
Troops and police have even halted the movement of aid caravans, national
Red Cross teams, and a group of 15 professionals from the National
Medical School who are trying to get help to these people<br><br>
Israel Salinas, general secretary of the United Workers Federation, also
raised the alert as to the grave situation in the eastern department of
El Paraíso, subjected – he stated – to a permanent state of siege.
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He added that the Front’s leadership has also ratified demands for the
unconditional restitution of President Manuel Zelaya and the convening of
a national constituent assembly to re-found the nation. <br><br>
Salinas informed that the Front is to continue blocking highways, taking
over public institutions, and organizing demonstrations throughout the
country. These measures are in addition for another national strike this
coming Thursday and Friday, organized by the country’s three main workers
unions.<br><br>
"Our decision is categorical: we are not going to retreat an inch,
nor even one millimeter," Salinas stressed. (PL)<br><br>
<i>Translated by Granma International <br><br>
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