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2009.07.06: July 6, 2009: Headlines: COS - Honduras: Blogs - Honduras: Safety: Personal Web Site: Peace Corps Volunteer "Somos Honduras" writes: Life here is almost normal
Peace Corps Volunteer "Somos Honduras" writes: Life here is almost normal
Entonces, Life here is almost normal, aside from the fact that everyone is watching TV and or listening to news on the radio and that I'm not sure if the kids have had school to go to in a while, oh and our government mandated curfew - last night 6:30 pm. So seeing how I have internet i thought I would post some pictures to add some color to the blog.
Peace Corps Volunteer "Somos Honduras" writes: Life here is almost normal
Monday, July 6, 2009
Gracias is 6 hours from Teguz
Entonces, Life here is almost normal, aside from the fact that everyone is watching TV and or listening to news on the radio and that I'm not sure if the kids have had school to go to in a while, oh and our government mandated curfew - last night 6:30 pm. So seeing how I have internet i thought I would post some pictures to add some color to the blog.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Political Instability!
So the last couple of days here have been interesting... Starting Saturday, we were put on standfast, which means we can't leave our city. Sunday was the big day to vote on the "Cuarta Urna" which was a controversial topic. I'm still not really sure exactly what it was, I think it was a survey on whether or not the people would want to change the constitution so that the president could run two terms back to back. Right now the law says that they can only run one term. So the supreme court determined that it was illegal to have this vote, and the president continued anyways. Which leads to Sunday morning, he was arrested or taken away forcefully by armed men to Costa Rica. In his absence yesterday, the head of congress was named president, because he was next in line. So we weren't allowed to leave our residences yesterday, and we had a country wide curfew from 9pm to 6am. We also have the curfew again tonight, and we have instructions to not leave our site until tuesday. I had a doctors appointment scheduled in Tegucigalpa (the capital) for Wednesday and it looks like I'm not going to be able to go. I will have my sty for the rest of my life!! There was also a protest going on today downtown. We're just staying in our house and avoiding people! What an exciting life it is here!
June 28, 2009: Coup in Honduras
Caption: A military vehicle patrols the area around the presidential residency in Tegucigalpa, Sunday June 28, 2009. Soldiers arrested Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya and disarmed his security guards after surrounding his residence before dawn Sunday, his private secretary said. Protesters called it a coup and flocked to the presidential palace as local news media reported that Zelaya was sent into exile.
(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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