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Honduras Defends Its Democracy
WSJ ^ | JUNE 29, 2009 | O'Grady

Posted on 06/28/2009 11:01:14 PM PDT by bluejay

Hugo Chávez's coalition-building efforts suffered a setback yesterday when the Honduran military sent its president packing for abusing the nation's constitution.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: castro; hillary; honduras; zelaya
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Subtitle: Fidel Castro and Hillary Clinton object.
1 posted on 06/28/2009 11:01:14 PM PDT by bluejay
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To: bluejay

Now THAT’S a Tea Party.


2 posted on 06/28/2009 11:02:28 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
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To: bluejay

I have relatives in the legislature and they were dying to get rid of this guy. Im glad they did.


3 posted on 06/28/2009 11:05:33 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld (A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone-Henry Kissinger)
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To: bluejay
So who's the biggest name in Honduran talk radio?

Surely he or she must be behind all this.

4 posted on 06/28/2009 11:11:14 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
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To: bluejay

Finally an article that doesn’t push the “coup” propaganda.


5 posted on 06/28/2009 11:15:12 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama: "I can see Mecca from the WH portico." --- Google - Cloward-Piven Strategy)
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"But Honduras is not out of the Venezuelan woods yet. Yesterday the Central American country was being pressured to restore the authoritarian Mr. Zelaya by the likes of Fidel Castro, Daniel Ortega, Hillary Clinton and, of course, Hugo himself.

A constituent assembly can only be called through a national referendum approved by its Congress.

But Mr. Zelaya declared the vote on his own and had Mr. Chávez ship him the necessary ballots from Venezuela.

And Hillary And Mr. Obama approve....

6 posted on 06/28/2009 11:17:36 PM PDT by DaveTesla (You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
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To: DaveTesla
The GOP should come out in support of the Honduran freedom fighters in their struggle against communism.

Capitalism and freedom are on the march, and it is disgusting that the red sons of bitches in control of the United States government have the audacity to speak and act surreptitiously against it.

7 posted on 06/28/2009 11:25:30 PM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: bluejay

Wouldn’t our own military be obliged to do the same if 0bama continues to ignore the Constitution? They swore oaths to defend the Constitution, not Obama’s reign.


8 posted on 06/28/2009 11:26:46 PM PDT by Chet 99
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To: Rome2000
The GOP should come out in support of the Honduran freedom fighters in their struggle against communism.

The GOP? LOL... I think John McCain and Lindsay Graham are probably in a race to see who can be the first one to issue a statement agreeing with Obama that the thug president should return.

9 posted on 06/28/2009 11:28:18 PM PDT by Chet 99
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To: bluejay

Well at least the HONDURAN MILITARY have the balls to replace their Marxist. [...sigh...]


10 posted on 06/28/2009 11:35:02 PM PDT by Type Righter (...flying the Gadsden flag 24/7 until the Usurper is Gone! ..."Don't Tread on ME"...)
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To: Rome2000
"Honduran freedom fighters"

More like the Attorney general and The Supreme Court.
The real Coup d’état was coming from Zelaya and Chavez.

It appears that Hillary and Mr. Obama do not respect Honduras rule of law, Constitution, or sovereignty.

"That Mr. Zelaya acted as if he were above the law, there is no doubt. While Honduran law allows for a constitutional rewrite, the power to open that door does not lie with the president. A constituent assembly can only be called through a national referendum approved by its Congress.

But Mr. Zelaya declared the vote on his own and had Mr. Chávez ship him the necessary ballots from Venezuela. The Supreme Court ruled his referendum unconstitutional, and it instructed the military not to carry out the logistics of the vote as it normally would do.

The top military commander, Gen. Romeo Vásquez Velásquez, told the president that he would have to comply. Mr. Zelaya promptly fired him. The Supreme Court ordered him reinstated. Mr. Zelaya refused.

Calculating that some critical mass of Hondurans would take his side, the president decided he would run the referendum himself. So on Thursday he led a mob that broke into the military installation where the ballots from Venezuela were being stored and then had his supporters distribute them in defiance of the Supreme Court's order.

The attorney general had already made clear that the referendum was illegal, and he further announced that he would prosecute anyone involved in carrying it out. Yesterday, Mr. Zelaya was arrested by the military and is now in exile in Costa Rica."

11 posted on 06/28/2009 11:38:54 PM PDT by DaveTesla (You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
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To: Chet 99

I can only hope the military would take over!


12 posted on 06/28/2009 11:49:57 PM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: DaveTesla
paints a very different picture then the msm spin
13 posted on 06/28/2009 11:50:16 PM PDT by tophat9000 ( We are "O" so f---ed)
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To: bluejay

Tell the leftist when they talk about this..... think Nixon and the tapes if he had defied congress and the Supreme Court orders...what would have to happen?


14 posted on 06/29/2009 12:00:13 AM PDT by tophat9000 ( We are "O" so f---ed)
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“paints a very different picture then the msm spin”

Especially when when learning that Zelaya’s arrest
was ordered by the Honduras Attorney General armed with an
order from the Honduras Supreme Court.

15 posted on 06/29/2009 12:03:35 AM PDT by DaveTesla (You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
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U.S., Venezuela to restore full diplomatic ties

The nations' envoys soon will take up their former posts. The move, analysts say, reflects Obama's desire for better Latin American relations and President Hugo Chavez's need to improve his image.

By Chris Kraul and Paul Richter June 26, 2009

Reporting from Bogota, Colombia, and Washington -- In a potentially significant step toward repairing their tattered relationship, the United States and Venezuela have formally agreed to resume full diplomatic relations, the State Department announced Thursday.

Department spokesman Ian Kelly said the two nations exchanged notes that in effect formalized pledges that President Obama and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made at the Summit of the Americas in April to reinstall ambassadors who were expelled in September.

U.S. Ambassador Patrick Duddy and his Venezuelan counterpart, Bernardo Alvarez, soon will resume their former posts in Caracas and Washington, respectively, Kelly said. Each country's embassy had remained open and formal relations were never fully cut.

And the muzzie marxist in chief does this at the same time that fat red SOB Chavez is threatening to close down the last TV station that still has the balls to criticize him.

Clearly Hussein is sending a message of approval to the communist thug, and putting news networks in the US on notice that this can and will happen here too if they don't toe the party line.

Baraka Hussein is completely out of control.

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez threatened to close down an opposition-sided news network, saying the defiant Globovision channel's days on the airwaves will be numbered if its directors don't stand down.

Chavez on Thursday urged executives at Globovision "to reflect" upon the TV channel's tough anti-government stance — or else the station "won't be on the airwaves much longer."

The socialist leader has threatened Globovision before, demanding sanctions against the channel for its alleged violation of broadcast regulations. Chavez told a crowd of his supporters on Thursday that he "doesn't care" if such a decision were to draw international criticism.

Chavez recently called for sanctions against Globovision, and within a week Venezuela's tax agency slapped the network with a $2.3 million fine, prosecutors charged its president in a probe into alleged fraud and lawmakers began investigating the channel for purportedly joining an anti-government conspiracy.

Broadcast regulators also are investigating Globovision for inciting "panic and anxiety" during its coverage of a minor earthquake last month, when station director Alberto Federico Ravell criticized state television for failing to quickly inform its viewers about the severity of the quake.

16 posted on 06/29/2009 12:10:39 AM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: bluejay

So the Military saved Democracy in Honduras? Think maybe that will happen here? Because our Republic is dying.


17 posted on 06/29/2009 12:12:31 AM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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I am very happy that Honduras did this.
The libs do not want to admit that sometimes a coup is absolutely needed!
18 posted on 06/29/2009 12:24:30 AM PDT by Kansas58
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But Mr. Zelaya declared the vote on his own and had Mr. Chávez ship him the necessary ballots from Venezuela.

Amazing.

19 posted on 06/29/2009 12:32:46 AM PDT by livius
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To: bluejay
Joint Obobble/Chevez operation coming up. Venezuela to command.
20 posted on 06/29/2009 12:45:31 AM PDT by Swampmarine
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