Supporters of Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya clash with police near the presidential residence in Tegucigalpa June 29, 2009. Honduras came under pressure on Monday to reinstate ousted Zelaya as many Latin American leaders agreed to withdraw envoys, Washington said the ouster was illegal and protesters took to the streets. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido 
Supporters of Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya sing the national anthem outside the presidential house in Tegucigalpa June 29, 2009. Leftist Latin American leaders rallied around ousted Zelaya on Monday and tried to thrash out a response to an army coup that sparked protests in the impoverished nation and drew worldwide condemnation. Pro-Zelaya demonstrators defied an overnight curfew and held a vigil by the presidential palace in Tegucigalpa, while Venezuela's firebrand President Hugo Chavez led talks with Zelaya and other allies in neighboring Nicaragua. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas (HONDURAS POLITICS CONFLICT)
Honduras clashes : A protester clashes with Honduran soldiers near the presidential house in Tegucigalpa. (AFP/Jose Cabezas) 
Supporters of ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya clash with soldiers near the presidential residency Tegucigalpa, Monday, June 29. 2009. Police fired tear gas to hold back thousands of Hondurans outside the occupied presidential residency as world leaders from Barack Obama to Hugo Chavez appealed to Honduras to reverse a coup that ousted the president, Manuel Zelaya. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) 
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4 comments:
Hugo Chávez's coalition-building efforts suffered a setback yesterday when the Honduran military sent its president packing for abusing the nation's constitution.
It seems that President Mel Zelaya miscalculated when he tried to emulate the success of his good friend Hugo in reshaping the Honduran Constitution to his liking.
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. The Organization of American States, having ignored Mr. Zelaya's abuses, also wants him back in power. It will be a miracle if Honduran patriots can hold their ground.
Hugo Chávez's coalition-building efforts suffered a setback yesterday when the Honduran military sent its president packing for abusing the nation's constitution.
Very poor analysis, anonymous. The Honduran right's strategic blunder has created much more domestic and international sympathy for Zelaya than would otherwise be the case. Even Alvaro Vargas Llosa --Hugo Chavez's arch-nemesis-- is saying that Chavez is actually the winner in all of this.
I agree that the action taken by the so-called "Coup Regime" has not hurt Chavez and may end up with some short term positive results for those in the region who choose as their strategy to gain and keep power the manipulation of the simple poor and the mindless left to acheive "democratic" tyranny. The "coup" leaders may very well have bitten off more than they can chew if they fail to appeal to the more conservative middle and lower classes within Honduras not to give up thier freedom for Zeyala's promises of greater prosperity. If the have not's and disenchanted middle class like what they see in Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, then those who have started down this pass to halt the spread of communism (after all that is what we're taling about here isn't it, let's be honest)may very well have "bitten off more than they can chew"
Hahaha, Anonymous posted Mary O'Grady's analysis. Is there any doubt it is utterly wrong and stupid?
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