Freeston on the occupy movement in Honduras

Program Title: Latin Waves interviews journalist Jesse Freeston
Description: On June 28, 2009, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was kidnapped by the military and left in his pajamas at an airport in Costa Rica. The military and police took control of the streets to repress the mass movement that demanded both Zelaya's return and the progressive changes he was pushing for in the country. Twenty months later and the military are still deployed, perhaps nowhere more visibly than the Aguan Valley. The region has become a key battleground between farmers with little or no land, known as campesinos, and wealthy landowners backed by military and police. The price of basic foodstuffs has doubled since the 2009 coup, and campesinos have ramped up a long-held tradition of occupying unused land or land in the hands of the country's richest people. A recent study found that there are roughly 300,000 Honduran families in need of land. Meanwhile, the majority of the land in Honduras's fertile Aguan region is in the hands of three men, all supporters of the coup, who are using Honduras's richest soil to produce palm oil for export.

Independent journalist Jesse Freeston from the Real News speaks with Sylvia about the occupy movement in Honduras. The post coup government its attacks on the teachers and growing insecurity as Honduras joins in the choir of the war on terror.

Host(s): Stuart and Sylvia Richardson
Featured Speakers/Guests: Jesse Freeston

Credits: Stuart and Sylvia Richardson,
Latin Waves Grassroots Media
www.latinwavesmedia.com

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