Honduran Media Provide Fascinating Look at Coup Aftermath
Wednesday July 1, 2009
It would be hard to come up with a more dramatic political turn of events than has taken place in Honduras this week — and if you know Spanish, the Honduran news media are providing a fascinating look at the politics, passions and intrigue that surround Sunday's coup and its aftermath.
The best Spanish-language Honduran sources for news of developments include these:
- El Heraldo.hn, a typical online newspaper from Tegucigalpa, the nation's capital.
- Tiempo.hn, from San Pedro Sula, Honduras' industrial capital. This is a great site for pictures, plus you can view the full print edition.
- La Prensa.hn, also from San Pedro Sula. Along with quality video, this news source comes with a clear point of view: "No al chavismo", claman miles de hondureños, reads the current headline. "No to Chavism, thousands of Hondurans cry out," a reference to Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez.
- apoyar, apoyo — support.
- catracho — colloquial term for a resident of Honduras.
- golpe — coup.
- manifestante — protester.
- multitudinario — relating to a crowd or mass of people.
- Mel — the nickname for Manuel Zelaya, the ousted president.
- pancarta — placard
Comments
As I read the articles in La Prensa, I saw some words that I didn’t know but later asked friends of mine in Honduras what they meant. Sampedranos are citizens of San Pedro. FYI
I’ve lived in Honduras for the past 4 years.
It’s refreshing to hear you mention the inciting factors behind Sunday’s events – i.e. Zelaya’s unconstitutional actions and defiance of the national legislature and the Supreme Court. There was precious little of that in the U.S. news media the first few days.
I do take issue with the phrase “military-led coup that had the support of many other political leaders.”
I would consider it more accurate to say “the united judiciary and legislative arms of the government ordered the military to carry out the removal of the President for cause.”
It is a nice surprise that we, Honduran, are quoted in this site. I hope the spanish learners don´t become discouraged because of the many words they may find in the prints. Honduran spanish is full of ¨spoken¨ expressions that are easily found in the newspapers lines.
Hello, I am interested in learning different languages, Nowadays I am learning Italian using some online resource, I know Spanish language, but still I want to improve my Spanish vocabulary, Let me know is there any online resource so that I can improve my vocabulary?
Sure, Italian Learner, you can check out vocabulary lessons here.
In the meanwhile, back to Honduras. Things will be interesting to watch this weekend.
Honduras is a soberan country, do not need chavez, ortega and indian morales from Bolivia or any other intervention in Honduras business, they have to solve their own problems, leave them alone, Honduras know what to do with the coward Zelaya, and the president from Argentina has to work in her problems not to impose Zelaya to Honduras