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Thursday, October 15, 2009

DeMint's Honduran coup buddies set to return power to overthrown prez

Posted by Chris Haire on Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:56 PM

A few weeks ago, Jim DeMint journeyed to Honduras to meet with the Honduran government officials who overthrew democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya.

Upon the South Carolina junior senator's return, he declared that the coup was good — and the people rejoiced because they knew that it was good, despite the current state of marshal law in which they lived and the daily curfews that restricted their activities.

Now, Reuters, AP, et al, are reporting that Honduran officials are in the middle of negotiations to return Zelaya to power.

Hmm. Maybe things weren't as hunky-dory as DeMint claimed.

Topics: State Politics, National Politics

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The negotiations are aimed to end the political crisis not to restore Zelaya, which indeed is one scenario Zelaya and the international community wants to impose.

Try to do more research on this topic. See Wall Street Journal, Washington Post to get both sides of the story,

You will find Reuters and AP lean toward left only, while the other 2 lean towards right. By getting both sides you will end up understanding the real situation.

Posted by Marco on October 15, 2009 at 1:43 PM | Report this comment

This is from the UPI: No specifics of the compromise formula were immediately available but negotiators for the two sides told Honduran media the talks were focused on restoring Zelaya to presidency to clear the way for Nov. 29 presidential elections in an internationally acceptable format.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2009/1…

Posted by chrishaire on October 15, 2009 at 1:54 PM | Report this comment

Honduras is one of those cases where "the other side" is just not available from English language news media.

You have to read Spanish to get the other side.

Washington and the elite's echo chamber, The Washington Post, covertly support the coup. As does the Wall Street Journal, owned by Rupert Murdoch. The coup gets incredible support in the US and Canadian news media, but not anywhere else in the world.

El Libertador *is* the other side of the street. I have yet to catch this pro-Zelaya newspaper in any lies, unlike the ridiculously easy-to-disprove US media's Big Lie that Zelaya was seeking a second term. El Libertado was shut down by the coup, but they are still on-line. http://ellibertador.hn/

Reading newspapers really helps my Spanish. This is a good and fast Spanish-English dictionary, among others:

http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/transla…

Radio Globo was also shut down by the coup and it's on-line, too:

www.radioglobohonduras.com/

It's a sick joke to think AP leans to the left. They have lots of retired military posing as gatekeepers and "journalists". Reuters is a bit more balanced but leaves out too many of the telling facts.

Posted by TRUTH_IS_NOT_FREE on October 15, 2009 at 2:07 PM | Report this comment

CIA GAME PLAN ---- CIA COŨP DICTATORSHIP IN HONDURĂS

Reporter living with President Zelayá in Brazilian Embassy in Hondurás

“Everyone here is convinced that Obama has a plan for the coũp
to end just before the election.
Keeping President Zelayá here surrounded by troops,
awake all night with loud blaring noise, teargas keeping us
all nauseous and refusing any contact with the outside world,
this is the Obama game plan.

Voice: http://www.flashpoints.net/?p=371

Posted by Alabama_John on October 15, 2009 at 2:08 PM | Report this comment

@Marco: Reuters and AP lean to the left? You are seriously mistaken. Very rarely does any mainstream English language press give a balanced, let alone left spin on events in Honduras, and definitely not Reuters. The WSJ is nothing but a far-right shill, and their manipulation of the "facts" in Honduras would be laughable if it were not such a serious situation.

The bottom line is that Zelaya should return because otherwise leaving a coup d'etat to stand would be a huge blow to progress in all of Latin America, not just Honduras. Zelaya was never trying to extend his term limits, there is NO PROOF. When this is all said and done, the right-wing will have to eat their lies.

Posted by Revolter on October 15, 2009 at 2:10 PM | Report this comment

“They are requesting that the Congress is to determine whether or not he can return, but this is a legal matter, it is definitely for the Supreme Court,” said Micheletti.
Not so fast lefties! This is a matter for the Supreme Court of Honduras.

Posted by Poolshark on October 15, 2009 at 3:16 PM | Report this comment

OK it doesn't matter if Reuters and AP lean to the left, although they do, read the Constitution for yourself, article 239
http://www.honduras.com/honduras-constitut…
Zelaya is no longer President. Period. He deposed himself, breaking into the military base with his violent thugs and stealing the ballots to distribute them himself, after the court ruled he wasn't going to be allowed to hold his 'poll'. He has also stolen money from the bank and used public money for his motorcycles and horses. There are criminal offenses against him as well as political charges such as treason. AND there wasn't going to be an election on November 29th if he had the power because he didn't allot a dime to the election commission to hold it. How telling is that, that he never intended to hand over the reins to a successor?

Posted by Poolshark on October 15, 2009 at 3:28 PM | Report this comment

I live in Honduras. I lived through the lies and deception that Zelaya committed for 3-1/2 years against all Hondurans. He was playing everyone like a fool just like his masters the Castro Brothers and Chavez instructed him to do. He thought he had the military paid off and that is why he was boasting that not even the supreme court nor the patron saint of Honduras could stop him. The military decided to protect the constitution. They played him the fool! He has gotten what he deserves and hopefully he will end up in jail. By the way, he called for a demonstration last night against the soccer team because in his words it is "owned by the oligarchy". Everyone is laughing today because no one showed up. His followers all wanted to see the soccer game

Posted by Robs on October 15, 2009 at 4:36 PM | Report this comment

Check out this video about an international fast for Honduras: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV_pleyGa80

Posted by natekleinman on October 16, 2009 at 3:41 AM | Report this comment

You know the thing that has been bothering me the most about this is why does Jim DeMint give a rats ass what happens in Honduras?

At first, I thought it was just another fuck you to Obama. That seemed very DeMinted.

But now, it all makes sense: overthrown President Manuel Zelaya is reportedly pals with Chavez and Castro, both commies.

Methinks DeMint is a fan of dominoes ... er the Domino Theory that is.

Posted by chrishaire on October 16, 2009 at 7:45 AM | Report this comment

Absolutly right! People should investigate both sides of news sources; those leaning right and those leaning left. And hopefully you will find that there were crucial mistakes with both Zelaya and Micheleti, on how they have approached in handeling the event and the events that led to the "constitutional overthrow" of the democratically elected president of Honduras. But one thing we must also understand is this: constitutionally, the government can not overthrow their president and exiled him or her into another country without the due process that every human citizen is in title to. DUE PROCESS. If the president has all these charges brought against him, why exile the suspect to another country when they have him in their hands? Shouldn't the interim government have charges brought against them for letting a "suppose" criminal free?

Posted by Ness on October 18, 2009 at 8:20 PM | Report this comment

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