“Today it’s been a month since the coup d’état was staged in the country, but it has also been a month of resistance of our people”, peasant leader Rafael Alegria told Real World Radio. He has led the protests that aim to reestablish the democratic rule since Zelaya was ousted.

Alegria explained that the situation is quite serious in the border because the de facto government has staged a state of siege and has declared a curfew for indefinite time, causing a humanitarian crisis to the hundreds of people who approached the area to welcome President Zelaya, who is now in the border between Honduras and Nicaragua.

The peasant leader said the popular demonstrations continued across the country to demand the reestablishment of democracy, and said this time the demonstrators would have black badges to show mourning for the murders the coup d’état caused against those who have peacefully rejected it.

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