http://news.linktv.org Link TV News Videos (Filtered by topics: Honduras) en-us Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:44:00 -0800 Copyright 2011 Link Media, Inc. http://news.linktv.org/videos/a-year-after-fire-killed-hundreds-no-change-in-honduran-prison?start=0 A year after the worst prison fire on record killed 362 people in Honduras' Comayagua jail, little has changed inside the facility, Al Jazeera finds. Inmates -- many of them traumatized by the tragedy -- still live in severely overcrowded conditions and family members of the dead are still seeking justice.<br /> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:44:00 -0800 http://news.linktv.org/videos/a-year-after-fire-killed-hundreds-no-change-in-honduran-prison Comayagua prison fire, Honduras, Prison, Prisons in Honduras, Comayagua, Fire, Death by burning, Al Jazeera English A year after the worst prison fire on record killed 362 people in Honduras' Comayagua jail, little has changed inside the facility, Al Jazeera finds. Inmates -- many of them traumatized by the tragedy -- still live in severely overcrowded conditions and family members of the dead are still seeking justice. http://news.linktv.org/videos/raw-video-honduras-cops-seize-gold-plated-ak-47?start=0 Honduras police struck it rich this month when they seized a massive cache of a wide range of powerful guns, including a gold-plated AK-47 assault rifle, during an operation that began in the northern city of Choloma. Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:48:00 -0800 http://news.linktv.org/videos/raw-video-honduras-cops-seize-gold-plated-ak-47 AK-47, Police, Honduras, Choloma, Raw video, Gold plating, Associated Press Honduras police struck it rich this month when they seized a massive cache of a wide range of powerful guns, including a gold-plated AK-47 assault rifle, during an operation that began in the northern city of Choloma. http://news.linktv.org/videos/inside-story-americas-can-us-handle-the-rise-in-immigrant-kids?start=0 An unprecedented number of children from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras are migrating to the US. It is a harrowing, dangerous journey, but what is making them flee their home countries and what awaits them if they make it to the US? Sat, 29 Dec 2012 09:07:00 -0800 http://news.linktv.org/videos/inside-story-americas-can-us-handle-the-rise-in-immigrant-kids Illegal Immigration, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Illegal drug trade, Migrant worker, United States, Al Jazeera English An unprecedented number of children from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras are migrating to the US. It is a harrowing, dangerous journey, but what is making them flee their home countries and what awaits them if they make it to the US? http://news.linktv.org/videos/mothers-of-the-missing-follow-mexicos-migrant-trail?start=0 The mothers of some of the tens of thousands of Central American migrants who have disappeared in Mexico en route to the US are retracing their children's footsteps. The "Caravan of Central American Mothers" will pass through some of Mexico's most dangerous areas on its way to the border. Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:20:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/mothers-of-the-missing-follow-mexicos-migrant-trail Mexico, Central America, Migrant worker, Drug cartel, Kidnapping, El Salvador, Honduras, Missing person, Nicaragua, Guatemala The mothers of some of the tens of thousands of Central American migrants who have disappeared in Mexico en route to the US are retracing their children's footsteps. The "Caravan of Central American Mothers" will pass through some of Mexico's most dangerous areas on its way to the border. http://news.linktv.org/videos/democracy-now-april-19-2012?start=108 Photos of soldiers posing with Afghan corpses becomes the latest outrage of the US occupation of Afghanistan. Back from Syria, journalist Anand Gopal warns protesters "face slaughter" by Assad regime. And Tavis Smiley and Cornel West on "The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto." Plus headlines and more.<br /> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:40:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/democracy-now-april-19-2012 United States, Afghanistan, US-Afghanistan relations, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, US Army, Cadaver, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Tavis Smiley CIA Seeks Widened Authority for Yemen Drone Strikes The CIA is seeking White House approval for a radical expansion of its drone-strike program inside Yemen. According to the Washington Post, CIA chief David Petraeus has asked President Obama to give the CIA authority to launch drone attacks against terror suspects, even if it does not know the identities of those who will be killed. The capability would allow for drone strikes based on a vast range of factors, including whether intelligence officials decide they are observing "suspicious behavior." The sweeping leeway to launch attacks has already been in effect in Pakistan, where U.S. drones have killed hundreds of civilians. According to the website, "The Long War Journal," 198 suspected militants and 48 civilians have been killed in 27 U.S. strikes inside Yemen since 2009. New Photos Show U.S. Soldiers Posing with Dead Afghans The Los Angeles Times has published two photographs that show U.S. soldiers posing with the corpses and body parts of Afghans during a 2010 deployment. In one of the photos, a soldier from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division poses with a dead insurgent's hand on his shoulder. In another, soldiers pose alongside the mangled corpse of a suicide bomber. On Wednesday, the Obama administration condemned the photos, but also criticized the Los Angeles Times for publishing them despite pressure from the Pentagon. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said his department had tried to block the photos' publication. Leon Panetta: "This is war, and I know war is ugly, and is violent. And I know that young people sometimes caught up in the moment make some very foolish decisions. I am not excusing that, I am not excusing there behavior. But neither do I want those images to bring further injury to our people or to our relationship with the Afghan people. We had urged the LA times not to run those photos, and the reason for that is those kind of photos are used by the enemy to incite violence, and lives have been lost as a result of the publication of similar photos in the past. And we regret that they were published." India Tests Long-Range Nuclear Missile India says it has successfully launched an intercontinental missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. The Agni-V has a range of more than 3,000 miles, meaning it could reach China and Europe. India joins six other countries that are believed to have such long-range missiles, including the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Israel. India has developed its nuclear capability with the tacit backing of the United States, which lifted a ban on nuclear trade with Delhi in 2008, despite the Indian government's refusal to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Iraq: Dozens Killed in Massive Wave of Attacks At least 36 people have been killed in a series of blasts across Iraq. More than 20 bombings were reported in cities and towns across the country in what appeared to be a wave of coordinated attacks. More than 100 people were wounded. Bahraini Forces Crack Down on Protesters Ahead of Auto Race Thousands of people marched in Bahrain on Wednesday ahead of the Formula One racing championship set to take place amid an ongoing crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. The International Automobile Federation, or FIA, has come under criticism for staging the annual event in a boost for the ruling Sunni monarchy. Activists have accused Bahraini forces of using excessive force to disperse the protest. Earlier today, a Bahraini opposition group posted a series of photographs on Twitter it said showed demonstrators badly wounded in the crackdown. Activists Demand Release of Bahraini Hunger Striker Another protest was held Wednesday calling for the release of Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, a jailed activist who has been on a hunger strike for more than two months. Bahraini police fired stun grenades in a bid to clear the crowd. Al-Khawaja's wife, Khadija al-Mousawi, gave an update on her husband's condition and criticized Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone for ignoring his plight. Khadija al-Mousawi: "He calls every day for five minutes and that is a relief for me. At least I know that he is okay and that's why today's phone call is the most important call for me because he stopped IV (drip) and minerals and glucose from this morning, sorry (wipes tears). What makes me angry, people like (Bernie) Ecclestone (Formula One executive) who decided to come to Bahrain because he thinks everyone is happy. I can assure him that I am not happy; my family is not happy." Ban Accuses Syria's Assad of Flouting Ceasefire U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is accusing the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of failing to meet the terms of an international peace plan. In a report to the U.N. Security Council, Ban says Assad's forces are flouting the ceasefire with continued attacks on opposition areas. Ban also called for the deployment of hundreds of additional international monitors to observe the situation on the ground. The head of the current monitoring team, U.N. Colonel Ahmad Himmiche, called for time to build trust with all sides of the conflict. Ahmad Himmiche: "Our mission is to establish liaison with the Syrian security forces and also with other parties. To establish this liaison, we need time, we need trust, we need to build confidence and trust within all the parties in order to achieve our task. We are engaging. Engaging I mean liaison with both the authorities and the other parties and I think we will achieve our mandate, if you help us and explain our mandate because there are a lot of expectations that are beyond a team of thirty military observers." Israeli Minister Admits Ahmadinejad Never Said Israel Should Be "Wiped Off the Map" A top Israeli official has acknowledged that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad never said that Iran seeks to "wipe Israel off the face of the map." The falsely translated statement has been widely attributed to Ahmadinejad and used repeatedly by U.S. and Israeli government officials to back military action and sanctions against Iran. But speaking to Teymoor Nabili of the network Al Jazeera, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor admitted Ahmadinejad had been misquoted. Teymoor Nabili: As we know Ahmadinejad didn't say that he plans to exterminate Israel, nor did he say that Iran's policy is to exterminate Israel. Ahmadinejad's position and Iran's position always has been — they have said this many times that he has no plans to attack Israel. He simply said if you hold a referendum in this part of the world and everyone who lives here, he will accept the outcome of the referendum. Dan Meridor: "I happen to disagree, with all due respect. You speak of Ahmadinejad, I speak of [several Iranian leaders]. They all come basically ideologically, religiously with the statement that Israel is an unnatural creature, it will not survive. They didn't say, 'We'll wipe it out,' you are right. But [that] it will not survive, it is a cancerous tumor, it should be removed, they said just two weeks ago again." Teymoor Nabili: "Well, I am glad you acknowledged they didn't say they will wipe it out." Honduran Farmworkers Launch Occupation for Land Rights In Honduras, farmworkers have launched a coordinated occupation nationwide in a major action to assert their land rights. Marking the International Peasant Day of Struggle on Tuesday, thousands of families began squatting on over 46 square-miles of farmland. The farmers say the occupied land is public property exploited by wealthy ranchers. The peasant rights group Via Campesina says the largest occupation is taking place on Honduras' Caribbean coast, where around 1,500 farm workers have occupied land held by a sugar plantation. GOP House Panel Votes to Slash Food Aid Programs A Republican-controlled House panel has voted to approve around $33 billion in cuts to food assistance programs over a 10-year period. The move by the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee would tighten rules for qualifying for government food aid and repeal a 2009 increase to the program instead of cutting subsidies for U.S. farmers. Democrats say the measure is dead on arrival in the Senate. EPA Issues First-Ever Curbs on Fracking Air Pollution The Environmental Protection Agency has issued its first-ever regulations aimed at curbing rampant air pollution from the controversial gas drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Fracking releases a range of toxic and cancer-causing chemicals into the air, including benzene, hexane and methane — a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide. The standards come after widespread complaints of health problems and air pollution from those who live near gas drilling sites. Following objections from the oil and gas industry over the potential cost of the regulations, the EPA has given the industry nearly three years to install technology that will allow it to capture some of the worst pollutants. Companies will be allowed to continue burning or "flaring" methane into the air until January 2015. Multi-billion Dollar BP Settlement Outlined in Court Filings The terms of a multi-billion dollar settlement between oil giant BP and those affected by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have been disclosed in hundreds of pages of documents filed in federal court. The broad terms of the settlement appear unchanged since the agreement was reached last month. The deal includes an estimated $7.8 billion in payments for economic loss and medical claims to victims of the oil disaster, many of whom are still living with the consequence of the spill. The settlement also includes $600 million in payments to lawyers involved in the massive suit. Friday is the two-year anniversary of the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig that killed 11 workers and sent nearly five million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Florida Judge Leaves Trayvon Martin Case After Complaints by Zimmerman Team A Florida judge has removed herself from the Trayvon Martin murder trial following complaints from the attorneys of accused killer George Zimmerman. The judge, Jessica Recksiedler, is married to an attorney who is a law partner of a Florida lawyer hired by CNN to provide legal commentary on the case. Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. will take Recksiedler's place. UC Davis Police Chief Resigns Over Pepper-Spraying The police chief at the University of California, Davis has resigned over the controversial pepper-spraying of student Occupy protesters last November. The incident sparked a nationwide outcry after video was posted online showing a campus police lieutenant repeatedly pepper-spraying students in the face from only a few feet away as they sat on the ground. The police chief, Annette Spicuzza, was among a number of top officials faulted by a university-appointed task force in a report last week. 3 Secret Service Agents Forced Out in Prostitution Scandal Three Secret Service employees are being forced out of the agency following a prostitution scandal that erupted last week and overshadowed President Obama's trip to Colombia. Three employees are leaving the agency while several others are reportedly on administrative leave. Both U.S. military and Secret Service personnel were reportedly involved in bringing prostitutes to a Cartagena hotel. One agent reportedly got into a dispute with a prostitute after trying to pay her less money than he had initially agreed to. Portland Man Strips Naked to Protest Airport Screening A man who stripped naked at an airport security checkpoint in Portland, Oregon, earlier this week said his act was a form of protest against airport screening measures. John Brennan told the Associated Press he was being "nude, but not lewd" and cast his actions as political speech. Brennan was arrested and initially charged with disorderly conduct and indecent exposure after stripping naked at Portland International Airport. Brennan says he decided to strip when he was pulled aside after he had gone through a metal detector and a pat-down. His actions come amid mounting criticism over airport security measures, including concerns over the health impacts of full-body scanners used in many airports. http://news.linktv.org/videos/honduras-prison-fire-was-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen?start=0 President promises "urgent measures" and launches inquiry after fire kills more than 358 inmates at overcrowded jail. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:29:00 -0800 http://news.linktv.org/videos/honduras-prison-fire-was-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen Comayagua prison fire, Comayagua, Honduras, Fire, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, Prison, Death by burning, Body bag, Prison cell, Al Jazeera English President promises "urgent measures" and launches inquiry after fire kills more than 358 inmates at overcrowded jail. ---- dead inmates at a trailer container outside a jail in Comayagua, about 75 km (45 miles) north of the capital Tegucigalpa, February 15, 2012. A massive fire raged through the overcrowded prison in Honduras, killing more than 350 inmates, many of them trapped and screaming inside their cells. It was one of the world's worst prison fires and was apparently started by one of the inmates late on Tuesday night at the jail. http://news.linktv.org/videos/bodies-removed-from-honduras-prison-as-shocked-relatives-grieve?start=0 A forensics team has begun the arduous task of moving hundreds of bodies from a Honduran prison following a devastating fire that swept through the overcrowded jail on Wednesday. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:15:00 -0800 http://news.linktv.org/videos/bodies-removed-from-honduras-prison-as-shocked-relatives-grieve Comayagua prison fire, Comayagua, Honduras, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, Fire, Body bag, Prison cell, Prison, Raw video, Maras A forensics team has begun the arduous task of moving hundreds of bodies from a Honduran prison following a devastating fire that swept through the overcrowded jail on Wednesday. http://news.linktv.org/videos/honduras-hundreds-killed-in-horrific-prison-fire?start=0 A fire in a prison in Comayagua has killed more than 350 inmates. Many of the victims were unable to escape the blaze because they were trapped in their cells, while families of inmates fought with the police outside the jail. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:02:00 -0800 http://news.linktv.org/videos/honduras-hundreds-killed-in-horrific-prison-fire Honduras, Comayagua prison fire, Comayagua, Prisons in Honduras, Fire, Prison riot, Prison cell, Prison, Maras, Short circuit A fire in a prison in Comayagua, a town in Honduras, has killed more than 350 inmates. Many of the victims were unable to escape the blaze because they were trapped in their cells. Families of inmates fought with the police outside the jail, which was holding more than 800 people. John Terrett wraps up the developments. ----- the prison in Comayagua February 15, 2012. A massive fire swept through an overcrowded prison in Honduras and killed more than 350 inmates, including many trapped inside their cells, officials said on Wednesday. The attorney general's office said 357 people died in the blaze that began late on Tuesday night at the prison in Comayagua, about 75 km (45 miles) north of the capital Tegucigalpa. Radio reports said the dead and missing totalled 402 people - almost half the prison's inmates. http://news.linktv.org/videos/mosaic-news-093011?start=1216 Yemeni and Syrian demonstrators unify Friday's call for 'victory', thousands gather in Cairo's Tahrir Square to 'reclaim the revolution', and Mauritanian youth condemn country's census as racist.<br /> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/mosaic-news-093011 Protest, Arab Spring, Yemen Uprising, Yemen, Friday prayers, Sanaa, Syrian Civil War, Syria, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Egyptian Revolution We open with continued attempts by the Palestinian Authority to convince undecided Security Council members to support their bid for statehood. PA President Mahmoud Abbas and Foreign Minister Riad al Maliki have scheduled yet another tour of persuasion abroad next week. British Telegraph reported today that Maliki will visit Bosnia while Abbas will travel to Columbia, Portugal, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic. The Palestinians say that they need just one more vote endorsing their bid for full United Nation's membership to reach the nine necessary to pass the request to the Security Council. Even if a majority is reached, however, the United States has already vowed to exercise its veto power over the initiative. http://news.linktv.org/videos/mexico-drug-wars-channel-4-news-special-report?start=0 Armed drug gangs are increasingly targeting vulnerable illegal immigrants from Latin America who cross Mexico trying to reach the United States. Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:39:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/mexico-drug-wars-channel-4-news-special-report Mexican Drug War, Mexico, Illegal Immigration, Illegal drug trade, Mexico – United States border, Latin America, Honduras, Tijuana, United States, Freight rail transport Armed drug gangs are increasingly targeting vulnerable illegal immigrants - the clandestinos - from Latin America who cross Mexico trying to reach the United States. Those who manage to make it to Mexico board a freight train for a 1,400-mile journey across the country, from Arriaga in the south to Tijuana on the US border. But many do not complete the journey, ending up dead or missing, or caught up in the lawlessness of Mexico. We've been following one woman, Iris Rivera from Honduras, who has been on a desperate search for her son since he boarded the train two years ago. Jonathan Miller reports. http://news.linktv.org/videos/manuel-zelayas-return-neither-reconciliation-nor-democracy-in-honduras?start=0 Manuel Zelaya's return has raised hopes of a Honduran reconciliation and a re-admission to the Organization of American States. But Adrienne Pine, an American University professor who has worked extensively in Honduras, says the country is no closer to reconciliation than it was in the months following the June 2009 coup. "In order for their to be reconciliation, there needs to be justice," Pine says in an interview with Democracy Now! over the weekend in Honduras, "The ongoing state violence needs to end." She recently wrote an article called, "Zelaya's Return: Neither Reconciliation nor Democracy in Honduras."<br /> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:12:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/manuel-zelayas-return-neither-reconciliation-nor-democracy-in-honduras Manuel Zelaya, Honduras, Organization of American States, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, Adrienne Pine, Democracy Now! Manuel Zelaya's return has raised hopes of a Honduran reconciliation and a re-admission to the Organization of American States. But Adrienne Pine, an American University professor who has worked extensively in Honduras, says the country is no closer to reconciliation than it was in the months following the June 2009 coup. "In order for their to be reconciliation, there needs to be justice," Pine says in an interview with Democracy Now! over the weekend in Honduras, "The ongoing state violence needs to end." She recently wrote an article called, "Zelaya's Return: Neither Reconciliation nor Democracy in Honduras." http://news.linktv.org/videos/zelayas-return-launches-new-chapter-of-honduran-struggle?start=0 Hundreds of thousands of Hondurans welcomed home their deposed president, Manuel Zelaya, 23 months after he was overthrown by a military coup. Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:46:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/zelayas-return-launches-new-chapter-of-honduran-struggle Manuel Zelaya, Honduras, Exile, Coup d'état, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, The Real News Hundreds of thousands of Hondurans gathered outside the aiport serving the capital, Tegucigapla, to welcome home their deposed president, Manuel Zelaya. The return comes 23 months after Zelaya was overthrown by a military coup. Where to now for Honduran resistance movement? Produced by Jesse Freeston. http://news.linktv.org/videos/journalist-gerardo-torres-reports-on-growing-honduran-repression-the-popular-resistance-movement?start=0 Workers, students and activists have held a month-long general strike in Honduras to protest repression by the government of President Porfirio Lobo. Lobo came to power following elections under the regime of Roberto Micheletti, who seized power in a violent military coup against democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya in June 2009. In 2010, Honduras became the most dangerous country in the world for journalists, with March being the deadliest month on record. Democracy Now! interviews Gerardo Torres, an independent journalist and a leading member of the National Front of Popular Resistance in Honduras.<br /> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:16:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/journalist-gerardo-torres-reports-on-growing-honduran-repression-the-popular-resistance-movement Honduras, General strike, Democracy, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, Political repression, Democracy Now! Workers, students and activists have held a month-long general strike in Honduras to protest repression by the government of President Porfirio Lobo. Lobo came to power following elections under the regime of Roberto Micheletti, who seized power in a violent military coup against democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya in June 2009. In 2010, Honduras became the most dangerous country in the world for journalists, with March being the deadliest month on record. Democracy Now! interviews Gerardo Torres, an independent journalist and a leading member of the National Front of Popular Resistance in Honduras.