{"id":3866,"date":"2009-11-06T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T15:21:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T06:00:00","slug":"honduran-students-react-to-political-turmoil-in-home-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/2009\/11\/06\/honduran-students-react-to-political-turmoil-in-home-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Honduran students react to political turmoil in home country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Luz Marchena<\/p>\n<p>How would you react if you were in a foreign country and suddenly a political crisis started back home? Would it be worse if you had no moral support from your friends, teachers and classmates, because everybody is judging your political convictions?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Some Honduran students say this is their reality as students in the United States.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>On June 28, the Honduran military forces followed orders of the Honduran Supreme Court and detained<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manuel_Zelaya\">Jose Manuel Zelaya<\/a>, who was president at the time. Zelaya, many Hondurans argue, was about to conspire in favor of his own reelection with the purpose of installing a communist political system in<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Honduras\">Honduras<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>After being detained, Zelaya was exiled to Costa Rica. At the same time,<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roberto_Micheletti\">Roberto Micheletti<\/a>, Honduras National Congress president and next person in the presidential line of succession, was elected to replace Zelaya. The incident has been widely condemned internationally.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Honduran government officials were able to manage national issues efficiently, this international problem would have never happen,&#8221; said Flor Ramos, Harding University junior from El Salvador, a country geographically located next to Honduras. &#8220;This situation has affected several political and economic agreements with the rest of Central America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Senior Tadeo Sequeira of Honduras said he thinks most of the world does not receive correct information from international news media.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe that the political problem that Honduras is facing right now is a Honduran people matter only,&#8221; Sequeira said. &#8220;People from other countries just give their opinions based on biased information on behalf of international media.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Senior Misael Marriaga of Honduras said he feels powerless regarding what is happening in Honduras and worries people from other countries will make misinformed opinions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only way I find out about the real information is when my family gives me a call,&#8221; said Marriaga. &#8220;Is not the same to be aware of the truth on behalf the people who is living it, than hearing all the lies CNN and other media provides.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>For most of the Hondurans, what happened in their country was a defense of their freedom. Junior Allans Coello said that most of the people in Honduras see the military coup as a positive event not for the short-term, but for the long-term welfare of the country.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Improvements and positive results will be evident in at least a decade, when people compare Honduras political system with the communist countries around the world,&#8221; Coello said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Luz Marchena How would you react if you were in a foreign country and suddenly a political crisis started back home? 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