Chavez, Castro, et al, were cheering on their protege, Manuel Zalaya to make himself president for life and impose their same style of dictatorship on the people of Honduras. Zalaya is term limited, but tried to push through a referendum to amend the constitution to lift that restriction. That is against the law in Honduras.
Zalaya had his minions break into a facility that held the confiscated referendum ballots. The Honduran Supreme Court declared that he had broken the law, the military captured Zalaya and sent him out of the country. The cry throughout the region was that this was a coup removing Zalaya, but no one is saying where the Honduran Congress or Supreme Court did not follow their own laws, and show that Zalaya was not violating the same.
To Meddle or Not To Meddle?
The Obama administration was oddly silent when democracy was trying to break out in Iran, but spoke out against the laws being followed in Honduras. Now as Zalaya plays provocative games on the border, it appears the Obama administration is negotiating with the Honduran military for the return of Zalaya to power:
The communiqué was drafted in Washington after days of talks between mid-level Honduran officers and American Congressional aides. — NY Times, July 26, 2009
The communique it appears, indicates that the military would not stand in the way of Zalaya’s return. Is this not meddling? Left wing forces in the regions are trying to create another dictatorship like Venezuela and Cuba, the laws in Honduras are followed that prevent this, and the Obama administration weighs in on the side of the leftists.
There may not be a coup in Honduras, but we may be backing a socialist revolution. We have come a long way from Ronald Reagan winning the Cold War and freeing Eastern Europe.
