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The U.S. vs. Honduran Democracy:
“Last year, the U.S. tried to force the reinstatement of deposed [corrupt,
drug-supporting friend of Hugo Chavez] president Manuel Zelaya. When that
failed… it sent a delegation to Tegucigalpa to negotiate a compromise….
Four months after a presidential election, reports from Honduras suggest
the Obama administration remains obsessed with repairing its foreign-policy
image by regaining the upper hand…. It’s hard to imagine what the
U.S. thinks it achieves with a policy that divides Hondurans while strengthening
the hand of a chavist…. Revenge and power come to mind. Whatever it is,
it can’t be good for U.S. national security interests.”
See
Global War on Christian Values
– Part 1: Unity in an Anti-Christian World?
Hillary’s
Honduran Exit Strategy:
“If there is one person in Honduras who is more despised these days than
deposed president Manuel Zelaya it is … U.S. Ambassador Hugo Llorens…..Many
Hondurans… see Mr. Llorens as the principal architect of a U.S. policy
that has caused enormous Honduran hardship….
“The
moment the Honduran Supreme Court ordered the arrest of [corrupt former
president] Mr. Zelaya in June for organizing mob violence and attempting
to overthrow the constitution Mr. Llorens anointed himself colonial viceroy
in charge of imposing U.S. will…. The U.S. ambassador used every weapon
he could lay his hands on to try to force the country to restore Mr. Zelaya
to power. This violated Honduran sovereignty. But Mr. Llorens’s boss
back home, Barack Obama, seemed more interested in appeasing U.S. enemies
than … sticking to his pledge not to meddle in other countries’ affairs.“…the
Zelaya reputation for buying votes is legendary….Mr. Chávez has money
too, and so do other drug-trafficking terrorist organizations… and numerous
Central American gangs.”
The UN’s (and Obama’s) vision
of “the Americas” calls for
regional socialism, not democratic sovereignty.
Reported return of Honduran
leader sparks protests:
“The Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa erupted into demonstrations amid reports
ousted president Manuel Zelaya has returned.”
U.S. moves toward formal cut
off of aid to Honduras:
“Department staff have recommended that the ouster of Honduran President
Manuel Zelaya be declared a ‘military coup’ …a step that could cut off
as much as $150 million in U.S. funding to the impoverished Central American
nation.“…this
was a response to the de facto government’s refusal to accept a compromise
that would allow Zelaya to return to power ahead of November elections.”
What a travesty —
both for the freedom-loving Hondurans and for America! Will Obama now turn
Central America (and more) over to Communist control and use the escalating
drug crisis as one of the incentives? That is almost sure to happen
if drug-supporting Zelaya is returned to power! And how many faithful Hondurans
would then be murdered for removing this corrupt tyrant? Please pray for
the brave people who resisted such evil!
See
Letter from Hondura
The FARC’s Honduran Friends:
“President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
and Mexican President Felipe Calderón are in Guadalajara, Mexico,
today for the North American Leaders’ Summit. They will discuss, among other
topics, what to do about the explosion in drug-trafficking violence on the
continent. But they are also expected to address the political situation
in Honduras…. [They seem to ignore] evidence of the connection
between the Honduran supporters of deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya
and the most important South American supplier of illegal drugs to North
Americathe Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)….
“Mr.
Zelaya broke Honduran law by trying to change the constitution so he could
run for re-election. He also incited a mob that broke into an Air Force
warehouse where ballots for his illegal referendum were stored. On June
28, he was arrested by order of the Supreme Court…. Even his own Liberal
Party favored kicking him out of office and out of the country, and a majority
of the population backs those decisions.
“Messrs.
Obama and Calderón, however, do not. They both want Mr. Zelaya reinstated….
Mr. Calderón has been waging a ‘war’ on drug cartels in Mexico that has
cost the lives of 1,077 law-enforcement agents since December 2006. Now
both he and Mr. Obama are going to have to explain their support for
a political faction in Honduras that is allied with organized crime….
“The
FARC connection could go a long way in explaining why Mr. Chávez is pushing
so hard for Mr. Zelaya to be restored to power….. Venezuela has become
a major transit route for Colombian cocaine, 60% of which is exported
by the FARC…. Perhaps Mr. Calderón and Mr. Obama will tell us why
they are backing an ousted Honduran politician whose supporters make common
cause with drug-trafficking terrorists.”
SeeFreedom Matters for Honduras:
“…in what seems to be Secretary Clintons first conversation with Honduran
President Roberto Micheletti since the removal of Mr. Manuel Zelaya, Secretary
Clinton joined the likes of Venezuelas Hugo Chavez and other leaders in the
region and warned President Micheletti of serious consequences if he did not
back down and allow Mr. Zelaya to return to power. …. It is increasingly apparent
that the Administration is really not a neutral broker, but instead a friend
of the…caudillos….
“….the
Organization of American States (OAS), the sole organization in the hemisphere
that should have helped avoid this crisis, has been hijacked…. Instead
of punishing the people of Honduras for following their constitution, the United
States should restart all of its aid. Honduras has been a steadfast ally of
the United States, exemplified by the fact that it sent troops to Iraq.”
The Chavez-Obama U.N. Plot Against Honduras: “The “Responsibility
to Protect”… is mostly the work of the World Federalist Movement, a group
dedicated to world government by strengthening the United Nations system….
But the new doctrine is so vague and subject to political manipulation
that one can speculate it could be used to justify some form of U.N. intervention
in Honduras…. In fact, some Hondurans are telling this columnist that
they are fearful that U.N. ‘blue helmets’are right now being prepared to invade
their country….
“
In
an ominous development, blogger Jason Poblete, an astute observer of Latin American
affairs with excellent sources, reports that ‘The Obama Administration is considering
a United Nations Security Council Resolution against the constitutional government
of Honduras.’ … the new president, appointed by Congress, is from Zelaya’s
own political party. Zelaya was dismissed because of the simple fact that he
tried to violate the law and the Constitution. … What is also needed is for
the Congress-and the media-to start investigating the Obama Administration’s
role in all of this.” See
Socialism in America – A Revolution
in the MakingLeading Progressive Describes Obama-Chavez Axis: “Tom
Hayden, once known as Mr. Jane Fonda… has written a piece for the Talking
Points Memo website about ‘new diplomatic collaboration’ between Obama…and
Chavez, who represents the interests of Iran and the Castro brothers…. Hayden,
who played a role during the anti-Vietnam War protests as a virtual agent of
the communist regime in Hanoi, North Vietnam, writes as if he may have some
inside information about what is going on. His comrade, Bill Ayers, another
member of SDS who became a member of the communist terrorist Weather Underground,
is known to have deep contacts with the Chavez regime.”
Honduran regime rejects plan for
president’s return: “This
week, the European Union this week increased its pressure on the new regime,
suspending 65.5 million euros (93 million dollars) in aid to Honduran institutions
as part of the international aid freeze.”
This is a letter from a person who used to live in Silicon Valley
but moved to Honduras. The version she tells of events in Honduras
are completely different from what we’re hearing on the news.
We can’t verify this
letter, but it matches other reports from concerned citizens in Honduras
— and is confirmed by the
articles linked at the end of this page.
I thought I would let you know what is really happening here since the news
coverage is pretty horrible and definitely incomplete.
On Sunday we did not have a military coup. Though that makes much better
headlines, it was actually an Impeachment. The Honduran Constitution does not
have an impeachment process so they did the best they could with what they had.
First the entire (100%) of the congress voted for Mel’s removal from office.
[Here it is proper to call politicians by their first name so I will henceforth
refer to him as “Mel”] Then it went through the supreme Court which endorsed
it. Then the military escorted Mel out of the country.
The acting president is the highest ranking member of Mel’s own party.
He is to act until the regularly scheduled election in November, and the swearing
in in January. That was on Sunday.
Here is some background. Mel Zalaya was elected 4 years ago. After the first
year in office Mel started angling to get himself elected dictator for life.
He was continually blocked by the congress and the supreme court. Finally, after
several abortive attempts earlier this year, Mel set up a referendum to be voted
on last Sunday. All the ballot boxes were pre-filled with “Yes” votes.
That secret didn’t hold worth a darn – it was widely known.
A few weeks ago, Mel ordered the Military to distribute the boxes and run
the vote. The top generals applied for direction to the Supreme Court
who verified again that even if it passed fairly, the referendum was illegal
because it suspended the constitution. Mel fired all the Generals. Supreme court
said “you can’t do that” So Mel told his minister of Education to have all the
teachers and principals in the country deliver the boxes and run the election.
They said, “Sure Boss” and didn’t show up.
The Vote Mel wanted basically allowed him to nullify the constitution, suspend
congress, fire the generals and Supreme Court Justices and remain president
until he felt he had done all that needs doing to fix Honduras (read that –
“for life”) Mel’s good buddy is Hugo Chavez of Venezuela pull off the same trick
at the end of the last century – you might notice he is still the communist
dictator of Venezuela .
The “Military Coup” was nothing of the sort. Even when there were demonstrators
in the streets of the capitol, they were hitting the soldiers but the soldiers
weren’t hitting back. (On Roatan – no soldiers, no demonstrators)
There are rumors I can’t confirm, though they are widely believed here, that
Mel took 2 million dollars from Chavez to spread around the countryside to the
poorest of the poor to get them to fill the streets of Tegus (the capitol of
Honduras ) with demonstrators.
In any case, you now know more than all your friends – and possibly much more
than you care to know about Honduran politics. Short version – this is still
a democratic country..
[The name on the letter has been deleted
to protect the writer]
Exiled president heading home
to set up alternative government seat inside Honduras:
“Zelaya’s foriegn minister, Patricia Rodas, said he is ‘on his way’ back,
but refused to say how or when he planned to enter Honduras. Zelaya’s current
whereabouts are unclear and the leaders who replaced him after the military
sent him into exile have vowed to arrest him if he returns…. Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez – an ally of Zelaya – said he had spoken with Zelaya
and the exiled leader told him: ‘I don’t know if I will die, but I’m going
to Honduras.'”
Obama stands with tyrants:
“When thousands of Iranians flooded the streets of Tehran protesting a rigged
election and were beaten and shot down by pro-regime thugs, the president
bided his time before making a series of noncommittal statements…. However,
when a socialist demagogue was ejected unceremoniously from Honduras
on Sunday by his own government for trying to establish a presidency
for life, Mr. Obama instantly sprang to his defense.
“What happened in Honduras was not a military coup. Honduras has
a civilian president, Roberto Micheletti, a member of former President Manuel
Zelaya’s own Liberal Party, who was elevated to the post after Mr. Zelaya
was removed. The army did not seize power, but acted as the elected
government’s instrument in ousting Mr. Zelaya, who was well on his way
to subverting the Honduran constitution and erecting a dictatorship. …
“[Earlier,
the] military impounded the illegal ballots, and Mr. Zelaya fired military
chief Gen. Romeo Vasquez for refusing to distribute them. … The Supreme
Court quickly ruled the firing was illegal. Meanwhile, Mr. Zelaya led a
band of followers to air force headquarters and seized the illegal ballots,
seeking to hold the referendum regardless….
“Mr.
Zelaya is a demagogue in the mold of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, who
bolstered the Zelaya regime… and gave direct financial support through
the ALBA Bank. The acronym stands for Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas,
a Chavez-backed anti-U.S. alliance of nine Latin American states, prominently
Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia and Nicaragua, all of which are pursuing explicitly
anti-U.S. policies.”
Honduras Is Right About Zelaya:
“Hondurans resisting former President Manuel Zelayas efforts to stay in
power are not mounting a coup detat. On the contrary, they are fighting
against the all-too-common practice of past Latin American leaders who
choose, against the rule of law and democracy, to stay in power…. Usually,
it begins with a legitimate election…. But then — either when that term
runs out or even before — the president decides that he does not need to
be re-elected and decides to ignore or overturn the law (and often the nations
constitution) and remain in office.
“The authoritarian culture manifests itself when the president uses all
the tools and power of the executive branch to overcome the weak checks
and balances that exist in that country…. During the ’60s and ’70s,
the radical, authoritarian, anti-democratic left tried to come to power
using violent means, such as urban terrorism and guerrilla warfare. But
they were defeated in Uruguay, Peru, Chile, and Argentina…. They found
a new way in Venezuela. …
“Chavez
used his enormous early popularity to gradually begin dismantling the
countrys institutional framework until the legislature and the judiciary
branches became mere rubber stamps for his authoritarian decisions….
President Zelaya tried, but so far has failed, to replicate Chavezs success….The
Hondurans… know how it ends and told Zelaya that they would not let him
play the movie in their own theater…. To say this is a traditional military
coup detat is not only to misjudge the actual events…it also ignores
the actual provisions of the countrys constitution.”
Honduras Outraged by Obama-Chavez Alliance by Cliff Kincaid, Accuracy in Media:
“I continue to receive messages from Honduran citizens upset at the international
media for their distorted coverage of the situation in the Central American
country. The people support the ouster of Manuel ‘Mel’ Zelaya, who is considered
a puppet of Venezuelan Communist ruler Hugo Chavez. They are mystified
that an American president would want to return this Chavez puppet to power….
“One Honduran wrote: ‘The recent action taken by our Congress is highly
supported by several organizations in support of peace and democracy: the
State General Attorney, the Supreme Court, the Armed Forces, the private
organizations and especially many young people.
Mr. Zelaya broke the law on
several occasions even after the Supreme Court stated that it was illegal.
He had no respect for our laws and our Constitution.
“It’s not a new fact
to the international media what are Chavez intentions over Central and South
America. And we in Honduras don’t want that. We don’t want to go back
to socialism or communism. We still believe very strongly in our democracy
and very strongly in our freedom….
“May God bless
our small but courageous country. And I hope the international media investigate
very deeply…. Thank you again for reading our side of the story….
Many people don’t know where Honduras is, but after this, they shall remember
that Honduras said no to socialism and communism….
“I am shocked by Mr.
Obama’s comments. Doesn’t he know Mr. Zelaya is allied with Chavez?
Doesn’t he know that Mr. Zelaya wants to do in Honduras what Chavez did
in Venezuela, Morales has done in Bolivia, Correa has done in Ecuador, Ortega
in Nicaragua, as well as what Castro has done in Cuba?”
“Another wrote: ‘…are
living in a horrible situation in our country and feel very disappointed
and frustrated because we don’t have the support of the international
community. ‘How is it possible that other governments support a liar,
a corrupt man, a ‘Chavez wannabe,’ as he is called in some articles,
who also has strong links to the drug dealing business?”
The U.N. Rides to the Rescue…. of
yet another leftist:
“In yet another demonstration of the United Nations’ double-standard,
the General Assembly on June 30th unanimously demanded the immediate
re-instatement of the deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya….
“Zelaya
is a committed leftist, whom the UN General Assembly president Miguel d’Escoto
Brockmann the Sandinista friend of Ahmadinejad has made his personal cause.
D’Escoto Brockmann invited Zelaya to address the General Assembly. Their
mutual buddy, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, threatened military action
to restore Zelaya to power an offer that Zelaya did not outright refuse. And
President Obama did not help matters when he quickly hopped on board
the save-the-leftist bandwagon while being very slow to react to the outrageous
crack-down in Iran.” See
Regionalism
Honduras at the Tipping Point:
“Mr. Zelaya’s violations of the rule of law in recent months were numerous.
But the tipping point came 10 days ago, when he led a violent mob that stormed
a military base to seize and distribute Venezuelan-printed ballots for an illegal
referendum. All but a handful of my letters pleaded for international understanding
of the threat to the constitutional democracy that Mr. Zelaya presented. One
phrase occurred again and again: ‘Please pray for us.’…
“Hondurans
have good cause for calling on divine intervention: Reason has gone AWOL….
Ruling the debate on Mr. Zelaya’s behavior is Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chávez,
who is now the reigning international authority on ‘democracy.’ Mr. Chávez is
demanding that Mr. Zelaya be reinstated…. He’s leading the charge from the
Organization of American States (OAS). The United Nations and the Obama administration
are falling in line. Is this insane?…
“This
is a moment when the U.S. ought to be on the side of the rule of law,
which the Honduran court and Congress upheld.”
We
shouldn’t be surprised. Omama was mentored by
Saul Alinsky’s disciples!
Keeping an eye on Honduras from overseas: “Obama begins
two days of summitry with Russian President Demitri Medvedev on Monday. Obama’s
top adviser on Latin America, Den Restrepo, spent all of Saturday and most of
Sunday at the Washington headquarters of the Organization of American States.
The OAS kicked Honduras out in protest of the military removal of Zelaya
from power. Micheletti says Zelaya was ousted under provisions of the national
constitution that prohibited presidents from seeking a second four-year term.
Zelaya sought a referendum on a second term and refused to abandon those efforts
when met with resistance in the Honduran Legislature and Supreme Court. Micheletti
has protested the OAS move on the grounds the organization refused to consult
with the new government on the justifications for Zelaya’s removal from power.”
Honduras Defends Its Democracy —
Fidel Castro and Hillary Clinton object:
“Hugo Chávez’s coalition-building efforts suffered a setback yesterday when
the Honduran military sent its president packing for abusing the nation’s constitution.
It seems that President Mel Zelaya miscalculated when he tried to emulate the
success of his good friend Hugo in reshaping the Honduran Constitution to
his liking.” See
Animal Farm
Video —
Honduras conflict from the media perspective
In the world you
will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.
John 16:33