Zelaya Warns of Violence
Managua - Democratically elected
President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya,
denounced on Friday the de facto regime's
repression against his people and warned of
the possibility of widespread violence if
the coup continues.
"Either the coup is reversed or there will
be widespread violence," said Zelaya in a TV
broadcast interview for Nicaraguan Channel
4, during which he called on the
international community to take stronger
actions against the dictatorship.
Zelaya denounced that his people are being
brutally repressed by a regime in violation
of human rights and with no respect for
international law.
"There have been murders, and public
liberties taken away, including freedom of
movement and the freedom of speech, and
despite this the people continue protesting
in the streets," he said.
In his opinion, the international community
should increase its pressure on the people
responsible of a coup that affects all of
Latin America.
Zelaya held private businesspeople
responsible for funding the coup and buying
the soldiers who kidnapped him and took him
out of the country on June 28.
He also denounced that the regime of Roberto
Micheletti is supported by US right-wing
sectors, which he described as "wolves in
sheeps' clothing, high flying hawks that
distinguish themselves by their actions
against peoples worldwide."
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