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Noam Chomsky y 92 académicos piden a Obama “medidas” contra los golpistas

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Una indígena hondureña se encadenó en Tegucigalpa durante una manifestación por el retorno de Manuel Zelaya y la expulsión de los golpistas. Foto:Ap

Una indígena hondureña se encadenó en Tegucigalpa durante una manifestación por el retorno de Manuel Zelaya y la expulsión de los golpistas. Foto:Ap

La movilización popular en Honduras, que hoy sumó 55 días de protestas callejeras casi ininterrumpidas, fue el tema central de una carta firmada por el lingüista Noam Chomsky y 92 académicos de universidades estadunidenses, que se declararon “profundamente preocupados” por el silencio de la organización Human Rights Watch (HRW) en torno a los “sistemáticos abusos de los derechos humanos cometidos por el régimen golpista en las últimas seis semanas”.

Es “decepcionante” que HRW sólo haya emitido un comunicado sobre la situación en Honduras desde el 8 de julio –10 días después del golpe de Estado– y no haya dado la señal de alarma “sobre los asesinatos extrajudiciales, detenciones arbitrarias, asaltos físicos y ataques a la prensa”.

Los firmantes critican que el presidente Barack Obama no tome medidas más decisivas para acabar con el gobierno de facto, como sería “la cancelación de todos los visados y el congelamiento de las cuentas bancarias en Estados Unidos de los líderes del golpe”.

También denuncian que Washington mantiene la ayuda en efectivo al gobierno golpista por intermedio del fondo del Milenio –la cuenta con la que se financian los planes de reducción de la pobreza– y entrena a cadetes militares hondureños en el Instituto del Hemisferio Occidental para la Cooperación en Seguridad.

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  • marcos lopez dijo:

    seria bueno que publicaran los nombres de los firmantes, para dar mas fuerza a este documento.

  • Editor dijo:

    Puede leer más información en este sitio

    http://hondurasenlucha.blogspot.com/2009/08/over-90-experts-call-on-human-rights.html
    Y aquí va la lista completa:

    Leisy Abrego University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow UC Irvine

    Paul Almeida Associate Professor, Department of Sociology Texas A&M University

    Alejandro Alvarez Béjar Professor, Economic Faculty UNAM-Mexico

    Tim Anderson Senior Lecturer in Political Economy University of Sydney Australia

    Anthony Arnove Author and Editor Brooklyn, NY

    Marc Becker Truman State University Kirksville, MO

    Marjorie Becker Associate professor, Department of History University of Southern California

    John Beverley Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature and Cultural Studies University of Pittsburgh

    Larry Birns Director, Council on Hemispheric Affairs Washington, DC Jefferson Boyer Professor of Anthropology (ethnography of Honduras) Appalachian State University Jules Boykoff Associate Professor of Political Science Pacific University

    Edward T. Brett Professor of History La Roche College, Pittsburgh, PA

    Renate Bridenthal Professor of History, Emerita Brooklyn College, CUNY

    Bob Buzzanco Professor of History University of Houston

    Aviva Chomsky Professor of History and Coordinator, Latin American Studies Salem State College

    Noam Chomsky Professor of Linguistics Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    James D. Cockcroft SUNY Honorary Editor, Latin American Perspectives

    Daniel Aldana Cohen Graduate Student New York University

    Mike Davis Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing University of California-Riverside

    Pablo Delano Professor of Fine Arts Trinity College , Hartford CT

    Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Professor Emeritus California State University

    Luis Duno-Gottberg Rice University Les W. Field Professor of Anthropology The University of New Mexico

    Dana Frank Professor of History University of California, Santa Cruz

    Todd Gordon Department of Political Science York University, Toronto Manu Goswami Department of History New York University Jeff Gould Rudy Professor of History Indiana University

    Greg Grandin Department of History New York University

    Richard Grossman Department of History Northeastern Illinois University

    Peter Hallward Professor of Modern European Philosophy Middlesex University, UK.

    Nora Hamilton Professor, Political Science University of Southern California

    Jim Handy Professor of History University of Saskatchewan

    Tom Hayden Writer

    Doug Henwood Editor and Publisher Left Business Observer

    Eric Hershberg Simon Fraser University Vancouver, Canada

    Kathryn Hicks Assistant Professor of Anthropology The University of Memphis Irene B. Hodgson Professor of Spanish, Director of the Latin American Studies Minor Interim Director of the Academic Service Learning Semesters Xavier University

    Forrest Hylton Assistant Professor of Political Science/Int'l. Relations Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

    Susanne Jonas Latin America and Latino Studies University of California, Santa Cruz

    Rosemary A. Joyce Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor of Social Sciences, Professor and Chair of Anthropology University of California , Berkeley

    Karen Kampwirth Knox College

    Naomi Klein Journalist, syndicated columnist and author

    Andrew H. Lee Librarian for History, European Studies, Iberian Studies, & Politics Bobst Library New York University

    Catherine LeGrand Associate Professor Dept. of History, McGill University.

    Deborah Levenson Associate Professor of History Boston College

    Frederick B. Mills Professor of Philosophy Bowie State University

    Cynthia E. Milton Chaire de recherche du Canada en histoire de l'Amérique latine Canada Research Chair in Latin American History, Professeure agregée/Associate Professor, Département d'histoire Université de Montréal

    Lena Mortensen Assistant Professor, Anthropology University of Toronto Scarborough

    Carole Nagengast Professor Department of Anthropology University of New Mexico

    Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy

    Marysa Navarro Charles Collis Professor of History Dartmouth College

    Sharon Erickson Nepstad Professor of Sociology University of New Mexico

    Mary Nolan Professor, Department of History New York University

    Elizabeth Oglesby Assistant Professor School of Geography and Development Center for Latin American Studies University of Arizona

    Jocelyn Olcott Department of History Duke University

    Christian Parenti Contributing Editor, The Nation Visiting Scholar CUNY Graduate Center Ivette Perfecto Professor University of Michigan Héctor Perla Jr. Assistant Professor Latin American and Latino Studies University of California, Santa Cruz

    John Pilger Journalist and documentary filmmaker

    Adrienne Pine Assistant Professor of Anthropology American University

    Deborah Poole Professor, Anthropology Johns Hopkins University

    Suyapa Portillo Pomona College History Dept.

    Vijay Prashad George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and Professor of International Studies Trinity College

    Margaret Randall Feminist poet, writer, photographer and social activist

    Marcus Rediker Professor and Chair in the Department of History University of Pittsburgh

    Gerardo Renique Associate Professor, Department of History City College of the City University of New York

    Ken Roberts Professor, Department of Government Cornell University

    Nancy Romer Professor of Psychology Brooklyn College City University of New York Seth Sandronsky U.S. journalist

    Aaron Schneider Assistant Professor Political Science Tulane University

    Rebecca Schreiber Associate Professor, American Studies Department University of New Mexico

    Ernesto Seman Journalist Richard Stahler-Sholk Professor, Department of Political Science Eastern Michigan University

    Julie Stewart Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology Assistant Investigator, Institute of Public and International Affairs University of Utah

    Sylvia N. Tesh Lecturer, Latin American Studies University of Arizona.

    Miguel Tinker Salas Professor of History Pomona College

    Mayo C. Toruño Professor of Economics California State University, San Bernardino

    Sheila R. Tully San Francisco State University

    John Vandermeer Asa Gray Distinguished University Professor Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Michigan

    Jocelyn S. Viterna Assistant Professor Departments of Sociology and Social Studies Harvard University

    Steven S. Volk Professor, Department of History Director, Center for Teaching Innovation and Excellence (CTIE) Oberlin College

    Maurice L. Wade Professor of Philosophy, International Studies, and Graduate Public Policy Studies Trinity College

    Shannon Drysdale Walsh Fulbright-Hays Fellow Doctoral Candidate Department of Political Science University of Notre Dame

    Jeffery R. Webber Assistant Professor, Political Science University of Regina, Canada

    Barbara Weinstein Professor, Department of History New York University

    Mark Weisbrot Co-Director Center for Economic and Policy Research

    Gregory Wilpert Adjunct Professor of Political Science Brooklyn College

    Sonja Wolf Institute of Social Research National Autonomous University of Mexico

    John Womack, Jr. Professor of History, Emeritus Harvard University

    Elisabeth Wood Professor of Political Science Yale University

    Richard L. Wood Associate Professor Department of Sociology University of New Mexico

    Marilyn B. Young Professor of History New York University

    Marc Zimmerman Modern and Classical Languages University of Houston

  • madretierra dijo:

    esta claro que obama defiende los intereses detras del golpe y la irresponsabilidad y miopia politica de un pequeño grupo de facista que se creen dueño de honduras y siervos del imperialismo ha resquebrajado en mil pedazos al pais, somos los hondureños q sacaremos a los golpistas y tienen los minutos contados....

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