Honduras is the New Guatemala – So Says the US

Posted by The Right Scoop The Right Scoop on July 1st, 2009 in Uncategorized | 8 Comments

What’s become clear is that Honduras is going to be isolated from the world until it relents and puts Zelaya back in power.  This has been the plan since at least Sunday:

I mean, similar situations have happened in the past. There was something similar in Guatemala in which an elected president was deposed, and the region got turned against Guatemala very quickly in a way that Guatemala could not sustain and so had to back down. And I think that what you’re going to see over the next several days is a consensus throughout the Americas that this was an illegal and illegitimate act that cannot stand.

Now countries are starting to put substance to that claim:

France, Spain, Italy, Chile and Colombia joined other nations Wednesday in recalling their ambassadors. The Pentagon suspended joint U.S.-Honduran military operations and the World Bank said it was freezing loans. Honduras’ three neighbors have suspended cross-border trade.

Wow.  They’ve just upped the ante quite a bit.  It’s one thing to recall ambassadors, but to put a freeze on loans and suspend joint military operations is fairly big time.  I guess if Honduras has to defend itself from and armed invasion, we (U.S.) won’t be there to help. And after Saturday they’ll be suspended from the OAS.

I’m sorry, but I just fail to understand this.  If Honduran people and soldiers die because Obama and other world leaders are trying to prop up a dictator, then they will have blood on their hands.  I’m still waiting on the outrage in the US over our President supporting a dictator wannabe!  This is really beyond belief.





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  • homunq

    Call him a dictator if he's still around in January 2010. For now, he's president, bad as he is. If “dictator wannabe” were a crime, then probably 95% of the presidents in the world are guilty; what stops them is they know they'd never get away with it. And after committing to leave in front of the full UN, do you think Zelaya would last 30 seconds if he actually tried to extend his term?

  • therightscoop

    He didn't last 30 secconds because they kicked him out. He's not the president and doesn't deserve the respect of being the president. Honduras did the right thing in kicking him out.

  • Jennifer

    Amen. Absolutely inconceivable that the president of the United States of America would not support a country upholding its constitution. And yet, it's believable that this president would do so. This is an outrage.

  • Stickeenotes

    The Honduran constitution clearly prohibits changing certain provisions. Zelaya was attempting to orchestrate a referendum to completely replace the Honduran constitution, which would have violated the prohibition against changing certain provisions. The Honduran Supreme Court ruled that the referendum was illegal. Zelaya continued to try and force government officials to go forward with his plan. When a military official refused to violate the Supreme Court's ruling and go forward with attempts to make the referendum happen, Zelaya fired him.

    These actions, in violation of Honduran law, were part of Zelaya's attempts to extend his authority over Honduras beyond the constitutional term limits. This is not the first time Zelaya has flirted with dictatorial behavior. He previously hijacked broadcasts to push his agenda. If I was in the same position as the people of Honduras, I'd support a coup. The constitution and law are more important than any politician.

    Obama's State Department is mute when it comes to the protests in Iran, but they are actively pressuring Zelaya sympathetic members of the military to act. I feel like I am living in the Twilight Zone.

  • guateliving

    This is no dictator in Honduras; he's the new President elected by the democratically elected representatives of the people. Zelaya-the wanna be dictator (a la Chavez)-was deposed.

  • Jennifer

    Amen. Absolutely inconceivable that the president of the United States of America would not support a country upholding its constitution. And yet, it's believable that this president would do so. This is an outrage.

  • Stickeenotes

    The Honduran constitution clearly prohibits changing certain provisions. Zelaya was attempting to orchestrate a referendum to completely replace the Honduran constitution, which would have violated the prohibition against changing certain provisions. The Honduran Supreme Court ruled that the referendum was illegal. Zelaya continued to try and force government officials to go forward with his plan. When a military official refused to violate the Supreme Court's ruling and go forward with attempts to make the referendum happen, Zelaya fired him.

    These actions, in violation of Honduran law, were part of Zelaya's attempts to extend his authority over Honduras beyond the constitutional term limits. This is not the first time Zelaya has flirted with dictatorial behavior. He previously hijacked broadcasts to push his agenda. If I was in the same position as the people of Honduras, I'd support a coup. The constitution and law are more important than any politician.

    Obama's State Department is mute when it comes to the protests in Iran, but they are actively pressuring Zelaya sympathetic members of the military to act. I feel like I am living in the Twilight Zone.

  • guateliving

    This is no dictator in Honduras; he's the new President elected by the democratically elected representatives of the people. Zelaya-the wanna be dictator (a la Chavez)-was deposed.

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