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	<title>Comments on: Honduran poll &#8212; majority support for Zelaya, constitutional reform</title>
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		<title>By: Thomas Nephew</title>
		<link>http://newsrackblog.com/2009/10/23/honduran-poll-majority-support-for-zelaya-constitutional-reform/#comment-6230</link>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Nephew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From where I sit, I disagree about "alleged" coup, or about the prospect for free and transparent elections under the current circumstances.  But we should all inform ourselves as best we can, and I have tried to do so; whatever it is that's happening in Honduras, we agree it's important.  -- I'd be interested in your reaction to the poll and the TV report cited above.  </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From where I sit, I disagree about &#8220;alleged&#8221; coup, or about the prospect for free and transparent elections under the current circumstances.  But we should all inform ourselves as best we can, and I have tried to do so; whatever it is that&#8217;s happening in Honduras, we agree it&#8217;s important.  &#8212; I&#8217;d be interested in your reaction to the poll and the TV report cited above.</p>
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		<title>By: Megan Mills</title>
		<link>http://newsrackblog.com/2009/10/23/honduran-poll-majority-support-for-zelaya-constitutional-reform/#comment-6229</link>
		<dc:creator>Megan Mills</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It's nearly time for Honduras to have their national elections, November 29, 2009.  These elections are more important this year than ever before.  Please encourage your congressperson to read about the alleged coup in Honduras and the history leading up to it.  Now is the time to put this part of Honduran history behind us and have free, transparent, and recognized elections.  Then we can go on to build our democracy our way.
Megan Mills Tegucigalpa, Honduras</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s nearly time for Honduras to have their national elections, November 29, 2009.  These elections are more important this year than ever before.  Please encourage your congressperson to read about the alleged coup in Honduras and the history leading up to it.  Now is the time to put this part of Honduran history behind us and have free, transparent, and recognized elections.  Then we can go on to build our democracy our way.<br />
Megan Mills Tegucigalpa, Honduras</p>
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		<title>By: Thomas Nephew</title>
		<link>http://newsrackblog.com/2009/10/23/honduran-poll-majority-support-for-zelaya-constitutional-reform/#comment-6225</link>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Nephew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the comment.  It was hung up in the spam filter until now, I don't check that daily.

La Gringa is an American expat living in Honduras.  Skimming the top of her blog, she's apparently pro-coup (though she probably doesn't call it that) and/or anti-Zelaya. Her &lt;a href="http://lagringasblogicito.blogspot.com/2009/10/listening-to-radio-globo.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;most recent post&lt;/a&gt; decries American *over*involvement in the crisis, and says (encouragingly, to me) this about a Radio Globo broadcast: &lt;em&gt; "The announcer reported Barack Obama's position: That Hondurans are so repressed that he will only recognize elections if Zelaya is restored to office first.&lt;/em&gt; Like La Gringa, that was news to me.  But in a &lt;a href="http://lagringasblogicito.blogspot.com/2009/10/hillary-sends-in-heavy-artillery.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;prior post&lt;/a&gt; she does document State Department visits, and suggests a rift in OAS about this, with the US on the more anti-election-unless-Zelaya-restored side: &lt;em&gt;"Another bit of information that I got is that Harper's government in Canada, Martinelli in Panama, Uribe in Colombia, Arias in Costa Rica, and Insulza in the OAS are already working on a plan to observe and recognize elections no matter what, and they are annoyed with the latest USA government's actions."&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the comment.  It was hung up in the spam filter until now, I don&#8217;t check that daily.</p>
<p>La Gringa is an American expat living in Honduras.  Skimming the top of her blog, she&#8217;s apparently pro-coup (though she probably doesn&#8217;t call it that) and/or anti-Zelaya. Her <a href="http://lagringasblogicito.blogspot.com/2009/10/listening-to-radio-globo.html" rel="nofollow">most recent post</a> decries American *over*involvement in the crisis, and says (encouragingly, to me) this about a Radio Globo broadcast: <em> &#8220;The announcer reported Barack Obama&#8217;s position: That Hondurans are so repressed that he will only recognize elections if Zelaya is restored to office first.</em> Like La Gringa, that was news to me.  But in a <a href="http://lagringasblogicito.blogspot.com/2009/10/hillary-sends-in-heavy-artillery.html" rel="nofollow">prior post</a> she does document State Department visits, and suggests a rift in OAS about this, with the US on the more anti-election-unless-Zelaya-restored side: <em>&#8220;Another bit of information that I got is that Harper&#8217;s government in Canada, Martinelli in Panama, Uribe in Colombia, Arias in Costa Rica, and Insulza in the OAS are already working on a plan to observe and recognize elections no matter what, and they are annoyed with the latest USA government&#8217;s actions.&#8221;</em></p>
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		<title>By: Megan Mills</title>
		<link>http://newsrackblog.com/2009/10/23/honduran-poll-majority-support-for-zelaya-constitutional-reform/#comment-6210</link>
		<dc:creator>Megan Mills</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Those that are concerned with what is happening in Honduras should be reading lagringasblocito on blogspot and the yahoo group honduras_living.  These two resources are invaluable for maintaining a feel for events up to the minute.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Those that are concerned with what is happening in Honduras should be reading lagringasblocito on blogspot and the yahoo group honduras_living.  These two resources are invaluable for maintaining a feel for events up to the minute.</p>
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