tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post649468802746511171..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Justifying militarization in HondurasGreg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-51314088743668222912010-04-16T22:02:32.143-04:002010-04-16T22:02:32.143-04:00RAJ, would you be able to explain more of what'...RAJ, would you be able to explain more of what's going on with this recent spat of murdered journalists ? I understand many of them are occurring in the north - like the Ceiba area.<br /><br />I hear about these murders but I haven't found a lot of reliable sources for news in Honduras...Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03880328190855821631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-87902569282631840532010-04-12T11:01:36.023-04:002010-04-12T11:01:36.023-04:00Not a moot point at all. The Lobo Sosa administrat...Not a moot point at all. The Lobo Sosa administration has actively tried to link the campesinos of the Bajo Aguan with drug trafficking, and the recent upsurge in murders of journalists who have reported on this conflict has also been blamed on drug trafficking. More generally, Adrienne Pine argues in her published work that portraying Honduras as inherently violent is a well-established way to justify state violence-- such as extra-judicial killings of youths.RAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00097415587406899236noreply@blogger.com