Radio Globo is a radio station operating in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. It is known for its opposition to the 2009 Honduran coup d'état as well as being the radio station for 24/7 news channel Globo TV. It is owned by Alejandro Villatoro.
The station is headed by David Romero Ellner.
On September 25, 2009, David Romero asserted that Jews are a problem in Honduras, and supported Hitler and the holocaust.[1][2][3] The Association of Descendants of Sephardic Jews in Honduras issued a public statement against Romero Ellner.[4] On September 28, 2009 it was taken off the air by the de facto Honduran government, which was able to do so due to a decree suspending some articles of the constitution of Honduras,[5] On October 19, 2009 it went back on the air.[citation needed] It was awarded an Ondas Award for the best Iberoamericanan radio station for the team effort of fighting against the censorship of de facto government in 2009.[6]
References
- ^ "Rodas inventa ataques contra embajada". El Heraldo. 2009-10-09. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.
- ^ "Jews As Scapegoats in the Honduras Political Stalemate". Anti-Defemation League. Archived from the original on 2010-04-09.
- ^ "Honduras - Antisemitic comments of Honduran radio director". The Coordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism.
- ^ "Enérgica protesta judía contra resistencia - Declaraciones de periodista zelayista son racistas y criminales". El Heraldo.
- ^ Micheletti ordena el cierre de los medios de comunicación afines a Zelaya
- ^ "Creativity and humor honored at the Ondas awards". PRISA. 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
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