Please pester the State Department: 202-647-4000 or 1-800-877-8339
and the White House: 202-456-1111
asking for
1. A cut off of all US aid (as required by US law) until Zelaya is safely returned to office.
2. Financial sanctions against the coup plotters.

From Democracy Now! today:
US Suspends Military Cooperation with Honduras

This needs to be translated into English. If someone has already done so, please let me know ASAP- this will take me some time, otherwise.

HONDURAS. POLÍTICOS, EMPRESARIOS Y MILITARES: PROTAGONISTAS DE UN GOLPE ANUNCIADO
Leticia Salomón

A. LOS HECHOS

1. LA DETENCIÓN Y EXPATRIACIÓN DEL PRESIDENTE

Executive Decree 011-2009, signed by "President" Micheletti on June 30th, stipulates the following:

• Suspension of individual liberty
• Legalizes incommunicado detention for more than 6 days
• Bans freedom of association and street protests
• Prohibits free movement within Honduran national territory
• Anyone can be arrested without a judicial order
• Police and military can enter in any home at any time without a judicial order

[disclaimer- I did not take these; I am in DC. They were sent to me from a close friend in Teguz. I am waiting to hear whom--if anyone--I should thank for them]

I had been considering going to Honduras myself to try to parse this all out for myself, and of course, in solidarity. But I also am wary of engaging in disaster tourism or cultivating a savior complex. Luckily, other intrepid reporters have no such qualms--thank goodness for MB (and I don't mean the Muslim Brotherhood, if you're wondering). So I'll continue writing from here. And for "real" reporting, please see the links recommended in my earlier post.

CounterPunch, as usual: http://www.counterpunch.org/kozloff06292009.html
...and Nikolas Kozloff (author of the above article)'s blog: http://www.senorchichero.blogspot.com/
and as Kara pointed out, my good friends at Upside Down World: http://upsidedownworld.org/main/
and don't forget continuing great coverage at Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/ --Yesterday's program featured my dear friend, well-known human rights activist Dr. Juan Almendares.

One of the most prominent and brilliant political cartoonists in Honduras, Allan McDonald (don't be fooled by the name- he IS Honduran), is reported to have been kidnapped by the armed forces along with his 17-month-old daughter, Abril.

Meanwhile, this afternoon the following update (translated below)
Nohelia Núñez at 6:26pm June 29

Having budgeted extra time for the killer hill on the same road, I arrived early to observe the rally and press conference at 3007 Tilden, the big "Intelsat" office building that houses the Honduran embassy. I'd written my ANN (and CNA/NNOC) activist friend Nestor in LA last night asking for Honduran contacts in DC, and within 20 minutes I was connected to all the right people (gracias, Nestor). So I sat down and waited.

Honduras is known for being a violent country, with one of the highest murder rates in the world. I try to complicate this taken-for-granted understanding in my work by examining structural forms of violence rather than repeating the neoliberal Giuliani-informed narrative of citizen-based insecurity.