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Music / International Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya...
Posted by Brendan Kiley on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 4:48 PM
... is still in the Brazilian embassy. Outside, the military is trying to sonically bombard him into submission.
Honduran soldiers have blasted recordings of pig grunts and other sound effects at the embassy in which the ousted president, Manuel Zelaya, is holed up.The acoustic bombardment, which included recordings of church bells, rock music and military tunes, appeared designed to intimidate Zelaya and around 30 supporters who have sheltered since last month in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. The deposed leader said the noise amounted to "torture" and was another violation of human rights by coup leaders who seized power in June. "It can be heard from 20 blocks away. We can't fall asleep," he told a news conference.
Yesterday the US state department suspended visas for several coup leaders. The US has condemned the coup but irritated Latin American governments by not using its full leverage to reinstate the elected president.
Drug smuggling in and through Honduras has risen since the coup.
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