A dead march by the repression of teachers in Honduras
A Honduran teachers mobilization through the streets of Tegucigalpa, the capital, to be completed by agreements signed by the president, Porfirio Lobo . A teacher died as a result of police repression.
The victim is Professor Ivana Ilse Velazquez, 59, who died in the Hospital School. The teacher was killed during the repression carried out by the Preventive Police. Known
After Death the teacher, the increased crackdown. The main claim
education sector is that the Honduran government to respect the deal struck last October. In addition, they are paid salaries for the past 18 months to 5 thousand teachers.
Meanwhile, a group of teachers oppose a bill called the municipalization of Education. The teachers' union said that the initiative allows the interference of Catholic priests in public education.
According to the Constitution of Honduras , "National Education shall be secular."
In this situation, the coordinator of the National Front Popular Resistance (FNRP), Juan Barahona, expressed his "profound grief over the death of the teacher." While repression blamed President Lobo, which he said was "guilty of the country's social problems."
The Honduran president, Porfirio Lobo, said that "teachers will not fix anything in the street." He added that he gave orders that "the roadblocks are evicted."
Security Minister Oscar Alvarez, ensured that the "National Police has acted in accordance with the law, with the utmost professionalism that can have a global police."
With information Pulsar Agency
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