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Roberto Micheletti Accuses Venezuelan President of Instigating Crisis; Lawmakers Tighten Curfew
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- This is drivel. Democracy my foot. We have rarely ever supported democracy in Latin America. This is a coup. You can't change that. And the rest of the world will know we supported it if we don't cut their military aid. Which last I heard has not happened. People just don't buy it any more. You can fool some people here; but that's it.
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- ttinsly: The Supreme Court found Mel's actions illegal. Congress gave the removal order and the same military Mel was trying to use to subvert the constitution executed the order. The interim president? He is a civilian, the Congress Majority leader, from Mel Zelaya's own party!!!! Removing a president who is hell bent on changing the Constitution can be done more effectively, but the fact remains, if Hondurans did not act, they would have become a Venezuelan satellite. A coup d'etat involves dead folks and a military leader who makes himself dictator for life, kind of what Mel Zelaya wanted. Nobody was killed in the making of this "coup", although apparently some egos (in our own White House) were bruised... Zelaya could not show a single bruise. It sees he was given the choice of staying and going to jail or leaving... Valiantly, he left.
- ILivinontheedge: I guess among the news you won't read in the mainstream media is the fact that they found the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash in the Honduran white house, in addition to a good stockpile of illegal drugs.
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I was leaving Honduras the day before the congress ordered the military to remove the president from office. I had been there filming for a resort project.
I am going to get a wee bit political here.
When I was in Honduras I spoke with quite a few locals about the developing situation. They, to a person, all said he (the president Zelaya) had done very little in terms of being constructive for 3 years and had seemed to be spending a great deal of time becoming chums with Chavez in Venezuela.
Honduras has only single 4 year presidential term limits as stated in an irrevocable part of their constitution, unless so agreed by something like a 2/3 majority vote by their congress. The Honduran president Zelaya was trying to get/use the military to organize a referendum to extend his term limit even though the congress of Honduras had said in was unconstitutional and illegal.
The president had during the previous three years been also trying get the Honduran Military to be loyal only to him by giving them all raises, additional equipment and better accommodations. I am told he seemed to be trying to "buy" their loyalty. He then fired the head of the military recently for not backing him up and supporting his unconstitutional and illegal referendum.
He apparently had miscalculated and had thought he had ?bought? the military. The Congress told the president that he had to reinstate the Head of the Military because he had fired him without legal cause and it was a wrongful dismissal.
It was the Congress of Honduras who later ordered the military to arrest and then deport the president to Costa Rica. I don?t think it was the smartest move but it did serve its purpose. It may have been better to just charge him with treason or subversion of the government.
It was not a ?Military D?état? or even an overthrow of the government. There is now no Military leader of the country of Honduras. It is someone from his own Party who is backed up by the congress who is standing up to the intense world pressure to put Zelaya back in office even as Zelaya continues to plan to illegally extend his term.
Why does the world press keep playing it that way? Why is Chavez so eager to help get Zelaya back in power? Why are they being given a deadline for reinstatement of their unpopular and self serving president by the same members of the Organization of American States who want to admit the Dictatorship of Cuba into its ranks?
I think this all stinks and the world press needs to do more homework rather than allow itself to be spoon fed lies.
Having said that I hope you are and continue to be well.
Sincerely
Leo - Reply to this comment
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I was leaving Honduras the day before the congress ordered the military to remove the president from office. I had been there filming for a resort project.
I am going to get a wee bit political here.
When I was in Honduras I spoke with quite a few locals about the developing situation. They, to a person, all said he (the president Zelaya) had done very little in terms of being constructive for 3 years and had seemed to be spending a great deal of time becoming chums with Chavez in Venezuela.
Honduras has only single 4 year presidential term limits as stated in an irrevocable part of their constitution, unless so agreed by something like a 2/3 majority vote by their congress. The Honduran president Zelaya was trying to get/use the military to organize a referendum to extend his term limit even though the congress of Honduras had said in was unconstitutional and illegal.
The president had during the previous three years been also trying get the Honduran Military to be loyal only to him by giving them all raises, additional equipment and better accommodations. I am told he seemed to be trying to "buy" their loyalty. He then fired the head of the military recently for not backing him up and supporting his unconstitutional and illegal referendum.
He apparently had miscalculated and had thought he had ?bought? the military. The Congress told the president that he had to reinstate the Head of the Military because he had fired him without legal cause and it was a wrongful dismissal.
It was the Congress of Honduras who later ordered the military to arrest and then deport the president to Costa Rica. I don?t think it was the smartest move but it did serve its purpose. It may have been better to just charge him with treason or subversion of the government.
It was not a ?Military D?état? or even an overthrow of the government. There is now no Military leader of the country of Honduras. It is someone from his own Party who is backed up by the congress who is standing up to the intense world pressure to put Zelaya back in office even as Zelaya continues to plan to illegally extend his term.
Why does the world press keep playing it that way? Why is Chavez so eager to help get Zelaya back in power? Why are they being given a deadline for reinstatement of their unpopular and self serving president by the same members of the Organization of American States who want to admit the Dictatorship of Cuba into its ranks?
I think this all stinks and the world press needs to do more homework rather than allow itself to be spoon fed lies.
Having said that I hope you are and continue to be well.
Sincerely
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- Well, Leo, you state things as you know them to be on the ground. Who knows all the facts unless you are in the inner circle of the politicians running the country. If the man was subverting the Constituion as you state, then why did not the Congress debate the issue formally and impeach the man. Their three branches of government are similar to the U.S. Seems like deporting the man with the military supporting the coup de'etat, is not following legal protocol.
- I have to side with Obama on this one. We have been allies with Honduras for years and run joint military operations to curb drug trafficking to the US.We need to stay with them on this. This is no different than if our much loathed Tea Party people gets out of hand and tries to overtake the Government here and force their way back into power.
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- Hello
I was leaving Honduras the day before the congress ordered the military to remove the president from office. I had been there filming for a resort project.
I am going to get a wee bit political here.
When I was in Honduras I spoke with quite a few locals about the developing situation. They, to a person, all said he (the president Zelaya) had done very little in terms of being constructive for 3 years and had seemed to be spending a great deal of time becoming chums with Chavez in Venezuela.
Honduras has only single 4 year presidential term limits as stated in an irrevocable part of their constitution, unless so agreed by something like a 2/3 majority vote by their congress. The Honduran president Zelaya was trying to get/use the military to organize a referendum to extend his term limit even though the congress of Honduras had said in was unconstitutional and illegal.
The president had during the previous three years been also trying get the Honduran Military to be loyal only to him by giving them all raises, additional equipment and better accommodations. I am told he seemed to be trying to "buy" their loyalty. He then fired the head of the military recently for not backing him up and supporting his unconstitutional and illegal referendum.
He apparently had miscalculated and had thought he had ?bought? the military. The Congress told the president that he had to reinstate the Head of the Military because he had fired him without legal cause and it was a wrongful dismissal.
It was the Congress of Honduras who later ordered the military to arrest and then deport the president to Costa Rica. I don?t think it was the smartest move but it did serve its purpose. It may have been better to just charge him with treason or subversion of the government.
It was not a ?Military D?état? or even an overthrow of the government. There is now no Military leader of the country of Honduras. It is someone from his own Party who is backed up by the congress who is standing up to the intense world pressure to put Zelaya back in office even as Zelaya continues to plan to illegally extend his term.
Why does the world press keep playing it that way? Why is Chavez so eager to help get Zelaya back in power? Why are they being given a deadline for reinstatement of their unpopular and self serving president by the same members of the Organization of American States who want to admit the Dictatorship of Cuba into its ranks?
I think this all stinks and the world press needs to do more homework rather than allow itself to be spoon fed lies.
Having said that I hope you are and continue to be well.
Sincerely
Leo
- ILivinontheedge: I guess among the news you won't read in the mainstream media is the fact that they found the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash in the Honduran white house, in addition to a good stockpile of illegal drugs.
- Oh p l e a ssss e! livinontheedge!
Lets not repeat our same stupid past mistakes of siding on the wrong side, knowingly well of the consequences, to satisfy our own agenda.
If we wouldnt have done that in the past...we wouldnt have an Osama Bin Laden hating us and training people to kill us, kidnap us, take our planes, bomb us...you pick the method.
It is inmoral and with the latin america situation with Chavez as the headmaster...we all need Micheletti there now!
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