Zelaya in Honduras!!!...

This is from Vicki Cervantes of La Voz de los de Abajo...

!Todos Somos Honduras - We are all Honduras!
Tuesday - Martes September 22 Septiembre
4pm
Plaza Federal Plaza - Jackson and Dearborn St.
Celebrate this step in ending the coup and demand the "Golpistas Out Now!"
No More Repression!
Celebramos este paso hacia el fin del golpe de estado y dicimos "!Fuera Golpistas Ahora!"
!No Mas Represion!

Some of you have already seen the early announcements. According to Radio Globo in Tegucigalpa and TeleSur, Mel Zelaya arrived in Tegucigalpa late yesterday and spent the night in the Brazilian Embassy. Today he announced his presence and has been interviewed (TeleSur has the telephone interview with him up on its website). The streets near the embassy are filling up with people and people are arriving in Tegucigalpa from outside the city in large numbers. The reaction from the coup government and military is unclear, the risk to Zelaya and the risk of repression against the people is high.
We need to keep up our solidarity and our pressure on the U.S. government as well.
We will send out more info as fast we can.
La Voz de los de Abajo - Chicago
Contact: Alexy Lanza (312) 656-8655

Here are some links to news reports...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ashley-rindsberg/honduran-tensions-rise-as_b_293594.html

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/3439/live-blog-president-zelaya-has-returned-honduras

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8268056.stm

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0922/p06s02-woam.html

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ibhwCVBtYuBJDZM7H-wy4g9A18cA

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