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Obama vs. the Honduran Constitution

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You have enough on your plate trying to understand them. You clearly do not understand the problems of other nations. Please stop trying to fix them, while we still have some allies left....

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Vladimir Weissman

posted 11/21/09 @ 5:57 AM EST

How true! An astute Israeli journalist (Caroline Glick) observed aldready a few months ago that the Obama group seems to obstruct democracies (Colombia, Israel, Honduras, the freedom demos in Tehran, etc.) and cozies up to all autocratic regimes: Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, Russia, China, Saudi, Syria - and the rest. Honduras is a precious example: democratic institutions AVERTING a slide into left wing dictatorship. The media, wrong as usual, quickly embraced the lefty label "coup" for the legal overthrow by the proper authorities of a president who wanted to become a Castro or a Chavez. Nobody ever called the power grab of the Castro Bros. and Che Executioner Guevara (1959) a "coup". That was a "revolution"... As was the murky takeover in Russia in 1917 and the murderous Chinese civil war.
Nicaragua, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador are all run by lefty loonies - who happen to be indigenous Americans. The indigenous population has for centuries been maltreated by corrupt Whites. But being indigenous in itself is no guarantee for solving the countries' problems. Like Mugabe made Zimbabwe the pauper of the world, and many other African leaders doing the same thing and worse. The solution is simple as a tear drop: solve the problems, dont just replace the government with people of another racial ancestry. And there is no doubt: free market entrepreneurship and free trade are the solution. I dont care what sicko Fidel or Fat-and-Rich liar Michael Moore or Chavez pal Sean Penn say.
It is heartening that 80% of the Honduran population seem to have embraced democracy and the rule of law. G-d's speed!

Andres Velasquez

posted 11/21/09 @ 7:12 AM EST

Actually, hondurans did not agree to have Zelaya back in power, the deal is that the congress will define if he is restituted or not, and that decision has not yet been taken.

Vladimir Weissman

posted 11/21/09 @ 12:03 PM EST

Originally posted by

Andres Velasquez

Actually, hondurans did not agree to have Zelaya back in power, the deal is that the congress will define if he is restituted or not, and that decision has not yet been taken.

Right! It seems (like I wrote) that 80% of the electorate is against Zelaya returning to power. Last news is Zelaya is getting sick (severe depression) from sitting around Lula's guesthouse... And there are only two short weeks to elections, which look like they are not going to go Zelaya/Chavez' way, and which the US (finally!) have promise to accept. I do hope a new, good democrat will be elected president and that the rest of the democratic institutions, in particular the judiciary, will come out strengthened. They have paid a heavy price. Let us hope it will lead to a new leadership committed to democracy, the rule of law and willing to implement structural reforms and a smart free market policy, which will bring Honduras to the level of wealth and welbeing its people deserve. Best wishes - from Denmark.

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posted 11/23/09 @ 5:40 PM EST

Quote:

"An uninformed international community widely condemned Honduras. President Obama was a vocal supporter of Zelaya and threatened not to recognize the result of the upcoming election, if Zelaya were not first returned to power. Eventually, Honduras relented and agreed to allow Zelaya to return to power through the end of his term in January and for the elections to proceed as planned, as part of a complex deal brokered by the United States, which now supports the elections."

Zelaya should be supported in this region.

alan

posted 11/24/09 @ 9:10 AM EST

1. Zelaya brought forth a NONBINDING vote to possibly have a binding vote during the presidential elections on whether to change the constitution, something that would happen after he left office. A perfectly legal process by way of the current constitution.

2. Our constitution in Honduras was written just over 20 years ago by a military dictatorship, a constitution that gave the power to the military under the mask of democracy.

3. Our Supreme court is as currupt as a Louisiana brothel. Our Congress is replete with so many schemes to keep themselves reelected that they make the PRI of Mexico look like amateurs.

Solutions: the complete renewal of the countries governing body beginning with a new constitution drawn up by people from all sectors of society, an inclusive affair that also allows for reconciliation from this recent crisis.

Note: anybody still defending this coup is a nouveau riche misfit with no understanding that there is no place for a right left debate when the foundations of the state are rotten, nobody who owns or knows business can look at this coup as a probusiness affair. Renewing my humble country with reform that is apolitical, probusiness, just, inclusive, and efficient. Anyone want to have a debate, lets have it upon governance, restructuring, leadership, democratic foundations, justice...otherwise spare me the usual screaming of the left and the right, the baseball statistics of this coup, this was a total failure were we all lost.

Vladimir Weissman

posted 11/24/09 @ 9:52 AM EST

Dear Alan! I still dont think it was a coup. You know obviously better who is doing what in Honduras. Still, Zelaya seems to be very close to Chávez and his policies. And that is NOT a good sign. Nobody is as bad for Latin America as Chávez, perhaps with the bright exception of the "gran golpista" Castro, who not only ruined his country, but also wrought havoc in big chunks of Africa at the behest of his puppetteers in Moscow.
I cannot disagree that the country (dont they all!) needs structural reforms. Maybe even the constitution and the electoral law need amendments. But dont emulate Venezuela. Dont ever make room in a new constitution for a strong presidential power. Thats the end of democracy, the rule of law, and also of a good climate for business and development. I hope for the best and will try to follow the events. Keep writing here, also after the elections are over. Thanks!
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