That's strange. Reuters fails to mention that the now anti-coup, democracy-loving Fidel Castro--- came to power himself 50 years ago in a bloody coup.
Posted on 07/11/2009 11:12:05 AM PDT by melt
HAVANA, July 11 (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro predicted that Latin America would be swept by a wave of military coups if Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was not returned to power after his ouster in a June 28 coup.
Castro, in a column published late on Friday on an Internet site run by Cuba's communist government, said right-wing military leaders trained by the United States could be encouraged to take up arms against their governments, depending on how the Honduras crisis turned out.
"If President Manuel Zelaya is not returned to his post, a wave of coups threatens to sweep many Latin American governments, or they will be left at the mercy of military men of the extreme right, educated in the security doctrine of the School of the Americas," he wrote.
Castro was referring to a since-renamed U.S. military school where thousands of Latin American soldiers and officers have been trained since the early days of the Cold War.
Zelaya, Castro wrote, has insisted on returning to power because he believes "the right of the people of Latin America to elect their leaders" is at stake.
Zelaya's replacement, Roberto Micheletti, has said that if Zelaya returns, it will be to face justice, arguing the deposed president violated the constitution by trying to scrap presidential term limits.
Representatives of Zelaya and Micheletti have begun talks in Costa Rica to seek a solution to the coup crisis.
Castro's close socialist ally, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, has condemned the talks and said the coup must be reversed. On Friday, Chavez called for a trade embargo against Honduras.
Zelaya is one of a host of Latin American leaders with leftist leanings who have become allied with Chavez.
U.S. President Barack Obama has also called for Zelaya's reinstatement...
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That's strange. Reuters fails to mention that the now anti-coup, democracy-loving Fidel Castro--- came to power himself 50 years ago in a bloody coup.
wonder if Castro thinks this is a good idea, why he doesn´t let Cubans decide, and allow people to vote between different ideologies and parties...and let his people travel.
Exactly, how do you leave that out?
Well, there are good coups, lead by Communists. They don’t need a mention.
Cuba and Venezuela first.
A military takeover is better than a marxist dictatorship
Morales (aka Chavez Culo Boy) in Bolivia has barely had time to clean out his pants:
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1892945,00.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/world/americas/28bolivia.html?pagewanted=all
http://intelligencenews.wordpress.com/about/latest-news-analysis/content/analysis021/
What alot of people don’t realize is that the Santa Cruz region of Bolivia is full of the desecendants of Croatian fascists who relocated there during the 1930s and after WW2. They’re not in the mood for leftist crap.
The media misrepresentation of Zelaya’s ouster is just breathtaking. Let Hussein stake out a position and the media will ignore any and all facts in order to support him.
We could use a good Petraeus-led coup here, as well. Ironically, that’s what it might take to restore constitutional government to the USA.
This is a bad prospect?
Cuba and Venezuela next!
And throwing out the band of dictators starting with Uncle Hugo may be the start.
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