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GRITtv: Honduras: We Refuse To Go Back

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The coup in Honduras has all but been forgotten these days, but the people's struggle there goes on. Jose Alcoff was there recently, and contributed this exclusive report recapping the turmoil and checking in with the social movements there about what will happen next.

GRITtv: Shot in the Back: The Honduran Coup

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The response to the coup d'etat in Honduras went from tepid to swept under the rug completely, but Hondurans still live with the effects of the military removal of their democratically elected leader. In this video from Witness for Peace, we look at the ongoing human impact of the coup.

GRITtv: Consolidating Power in Honduras

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In the second part of the Real News Network documentary on the ongoing crisis in Honduras, we look at what happens next. After claiming victory in the heavily-boycotted election, what will the new government do to consolidate its power?

GRITtv: Rigged Election in Honduras?

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The recent election in Honduras was boycotted by supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Both candidates in the presidential race were supporters of the coup d'etat, and the victors quickly declared the election free and fair, and claimed 65 percent popular support. Yet as this video from The Real News Network shows, the truth is much more complicated.

GRITtv: Nothing Resolved in Honduras

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The announcement that the ousted president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, would be returned to power in a power-sharing agreement seems to have come too soon. In this video from The Real News, we learn that the agreement seems to be doing more to legitimize the coup government than to get rid of it.

GRITtv: Clock Ticking in Honduras

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Al Giordano of Narco News analyzes the options for the Honduran people months after the coup that toppled President Manuel Zelaya. He has little hope for any major change in the situation in the country before the scheduled elections Nov. 29. Zelaya cannot run for reelection due to constitutional term limits, but Giordano suggests, in this video from The Real News, that the popular resistance could take matters into its own hands and hold the referendum that was scheduled to take place before Zelaya's removal, whether the coup regime likes it or not.

GRITtv: What is Obama's Position on Honduras?

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Roberto Lovato, contributing associate editor at New America Media, and Andres Thomas Conteris, the founder of Democracy Now! en Espanol on the political impasse in Honduras and the US role in negotiations to reach a deal between the coup leaders and ousted president Manuel Zelaya. Obama may be paying lip service to the fact that the coup is illegitimate but the actions of the US State Department speak otherwise. Meanwhile, according to Lovato, the number of those who have been beaten, disappeared, and perhaps even killed continues to rise.

GRITtv: Eva Golinger: What Does the US Want in Honduras?

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Since Honduran president Manuel Zelaya was forcibly removed from power in a military coup, the US media have made the argument that the deposed leader was engineering plans to change the constitution in order to stay in power. At least that's how Charles Krauthammer characterized it recently on Fox news, without failing to compare Hugo Chavez to Hitler. That's in the US. But how is the coup in Honduras being covered in Latin America? We're joined by journalist Eva Golinger who has been covering the political developments from Venezuela.

GRITtv: Real News Network Reports on Honduras

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The impasse of Honduras remains unresolved, as deposed president Zelaya and the coup leaders both lobby their side to the international community, the Organization of American States, and the U.S. government. This weekend saw the most physical embodiment of this impasse with president Zelaya attempting to return to the country by plane, and being blocked by army trucks scattered across the runway. The Real News Network brings us this report on the stand off.

GRITtv: Real News Network: Coup in Honduras

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In 2002, Venezuela successfully rebuffed a military coup. Since then, Latin America, hadn't seen another military takeover until last week in Honduras. Will the coup there succeed? The Real News Network spoke to Honduran Bertha Oliva, founder of the Committee of the Disappeared, about life on the ground in Honduras.

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