Honduras: Our country bought and sold
Monday, August 1st, 2011[Translation of an article from Revistazo of Tegucigalpa for July 31. See original here and related article here.]
By Divina Alvarenga
I, Yolanda Divina Alvarenga Isaula, identification card number 0107-1962-00810, Honduran by birth and by love, state for the record that I condemn the three branches of the Honduran government for putting the homeland up for sale. I want history to record my position against placing our rivers, our land, our air and our natural resources at the disposal of the capitalist market, the businesses and the businessmen.
The political class, all members of the legally registered parties, the Nacional, the Liberal, Democracia Cristiana, Innovación y Unidad and Unificación Democrática, have passed laws and regulations damaging to the interests of the people and the homeland, the last of them, approved on July 29, 2011, called “Estatuto Constitucional de las Regiones Especiales de Desarrollo (RED – Special Development Regions)” or model cities. (more…)