Protests Announced for 1st Anniversary of Honduran Coup Government

Tegucigalpa, Jan 25. – The Popular National Resistance Front (FNEP) in Honduras prepares protest demonstrations for this Thursday on the first anniversary of the government of Porfirio Lobo.

Lobo took power on January 27 of 2010 after elections in November that were qualified as illegal by popular sectors because they were called under a coup government.

A year later the situation has worsened, violence and insecurity grows, violations of human rights continue and work conflicts worsen, denounced FNEP leaders.

Juan Barahona, deputy coordinator of the Front, called on all organizations to join the protests that will be held nation wide against the current administration.

Protestors demand guarantees for the return of former president Manuel Zelaya, overthrown by a coup on June 28 of 2009, respect for sovereignty and a National Constituent Assembly to transform the nation.

They also protest the policy of privatization of the education sector, assassination of campesinos in the Valle del Aguan and rises of prices of fuel, public services and food.(Prensa Latina)