Aljazeera ~Fault Lines - 100 Days of Resistance 2009 10 15

Aljazeera ~Fault Lines - 100 Days of Resistance 2009 10 15



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It has been more than 100 days since Honduras underwent only the

second coup in Central America since the end of the cold war. The

crisis has been portrayed as a personal standoff between Manuel

Zelaya, the president who was flown out of the country in his pajamas

at gunpoint, and Roberto Micheletti, the man who was sworn into power

that very same day.



As the country moves haltingly toward elections

scheduled for the end of November, Fault Lines travelled to Honduras

to learn more, and found that the polarisations run deeper and wider

than an easy narrative of political rivalry. We ask what Honduras

means for the tectonic shifts underway in Latin America, the influence

of Hugo Chavez and the emerging policies of the Obama administration.





Honduras is a country divided by economic disparity, and members of

the tiny group of families that hold the country in their powerful

grip speak to Fault Lines. Social movements are also mobilising in the

streets, standing up to repression not just to bring their president

back, but to re-found their nation on more equal terms.