From AP:
“Honduran protesters set fire at
entrance to US embassy”
Masked men set fire to a pile of
tires placed at the front door of the U.S. Embassy in the Honduran capital on
Friday amid three weeks of street protests. At least a half-dozen burning tires
sent up a large plume of dark smoke at the embassy before Honduran soldiers
moved in with fire extinguishers. Thousands of teachers and medical workers
have been protesting against recent presidential decrees that they fear could
lead to massive layoffs in schools and hospitals. On Thursday, at least 25
people were injured when police broke up a protest march; many of them suffered
the effects of tear gas Protest leader Suyapa Figueroa, who also heads the
country’s health workers association, blamed the Friday fire on “infiltrators
from this country’s dictatorial government.” While a local television station
had filmed footage of the men setting the fire, it wasn’t clear who they were,
nor why they weren’t stopped by guards outside the embassy. A store was also
attacked by masked looters. The incident occurred a day after the U.S. Embassy
urged protesters to avoid violence in the protests.
^ It seems a little odd that
doctors and teachers would attack a US Embassy when the US has nothing to do
with the Honduran Presential Decrees, but you never know nowadays. Regardless
of the reason there needs to be much tighter security at every US Embassy
around the world (and in other countries’ embassies) so that things kinds of
stupid things are not allowed to happen. ^
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