Since this report was compiled, the first woman journalist has been assassinated in Honduras, and in Tegucigalpa.
On December 6, 2011, journalist Luz Marina Paz Villalobos and her cameraperson Delmer Canales were leaving her house when they were killed by gunmen on board a motorcycle. Luz Marina directed for years the radio program “Tres en la Noticia” (Three in the News) in Radio Globo and lately worked at a local radio. The total number of journalists killed since 2009 coup is now 23, making Honduras the deadliest place on earth per capita to report in.
Update on Honduras coup for November 2011
At the same time that Honduran police is under the international scrutiny following the police killing of the son of the university director, the military has been authorised to carry out police duties. This formalises the increasing militarisation of Honduran society. The human rights prosecutor Sandra Ponce resigned saying it is impossible to carry out her role independently of the police. And to add to the militarisation, US soldiers leave Iraq for Honduras. As well the role of international banks in plundering Honduras is more exposed. This is in the context of continued reports of massive human rights violations.
Amidst worsening social conditions, the Congress makes teachers´ conditions worse, and approves 16-year energy contracts without a tendering process. There are more reports of companies evading electricity bills. The Freedom of Information Department confirms that the Congress disappeared files related to subsidies given to organisations aligned with the coup.
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