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U.S. Needs to Defend Honduras

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  November 11th, 2009 at 09:29 AM  | 

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Rep. Connie Mack has the top story at Human Events.

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez — together with the likes of Cuba’s Castro brothers, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa, and Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega — is spewing a populist, leftist, and strongly anti-American brand of politics that is spreading throughout Latin America. There, a rebellion against Chavez’s Bolivarian Revolution is gathering that the Obama administration seems eager to quell.

One country, Honduras, rejected the Chavista vitriol and embraced freedom, democracy, and the rule of law.  This should have been seen as a win for freedom over tyranny.  But instead, President Obama and his administration condemned the Honduran people and stood with a “who’s who” list of tyrants and thugs of Latin America.

Earlier this year, former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, a Chavez ally, suggested that he might want to stay in power for another term.  There was only one problem: the Honduran Constitution explicitly forbids and makes illegal any attempt to change the constitution.  Mr. Zelaya, taking a page from the Chavez playbook, tried to change the constitution to allow him to run again and stay in power.  

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  • Scope

    for our Constitution, or for the will of the American citizens, why ever would they respect the will of the Honduran citizens or the government who constitutionally are in power. From what I’ve read, Hillary Clinton is the big loser in this whole charade. The deal she had a hand in brokering, allowed the Michelliti (sp) Congress/Supreme Court to hold a vote on whether they would allow Zelaya back in power, which had little chance of happening. They set up a power sharing interim government, which Zelaya quickly backed out of because he couldn’t head it. In exchange, the US agreed they would recognize the validity of the upcoming elections, as the US said previously they would not do so. The vote has yet to take place in the Honduran Congress, and, the elections are in just a few weeks. From what I understand, Clinton has still not reinstated American aid ($30 million) to Honduras, which is one of the poorest countries in Central America. The Hondurans have not caved, even in the face of US and Latin American dictators pressure, and, have in essence said, you can’t buy us, our freedom and liberties are not for sale.

  • http://xmmlbchat.blogspot.com katesmith

    I heard radio ad on Florida station, began by saying Crist has conservative credentials. Then you heard the voice of Connie Mack endorsing him saying how much he cut taxes, etc. The rest was Crist.

  • akorozco

    Just ’cause they’re an oil-producing country, they can’t get away with this. http://www.newsy.com/videos/fighting_words_in_south_america