I guess democratic norms includes kidnapping an elected president and flying him to Costa Rica. I also heard on CNN that there are 500 US troops on a Honduran military base in Honduras.
I am waiting to see what there will in the way of violent demonstrations and what coverage there will be if any in the western media.
Cheers, k hanly
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--- On Sun, 6/28/09, Eric Beck <ersatzdog at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Eric Beck <ersatzdog at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] A coup in Honduras
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009, 3:32 PM
> On 6/28/09, northsunm at yahoo.com
> <northsunm at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > This move is not too surprising since the Supreme
> Court had ruled against
> > the referendum and even some members of Zelaya's own
> party opposed it as
> > well as the military. The military had even refused to
> distribute balllots.
> > Nevertheless Zelaya is the elected president and
> surely a referendum is a
> > way of letting the people have a say. I do not know
> the composition of the
> > court but it may be packed with opponents of Zelaya.
> > It will be interesting to see what coverage US media
> will give to protests
> > on behalf of Zelaya and what the media will say if
> there is violence and a
> > crackdown against protesters!
>
> "Dan Restrepo, Presidential Advisor to President Obama for
> Latin
> American Affairs, is currently on CNN en Español. He has
> just stated
> that Obama's government is communicating with the coup
> forces in
> Honduras, trying to "feel out" the situation. He also
> responded to the
> reporter's question regarding whether Washington would
> recognize a
> government in Honduras other than President Zelaya's
> elected
> government, by saying that the Obama Administration "is
> waiting to see
> how things play out" and so long as democratic norms are
> respected,
> will work with all sectors."
> <http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/4554>
>
> I'm sure they are "communicating with the coup forces." But
> it's
> especially rich when they say things like this, not even
> pretending
> that they didn't orchestrate this:
>
> "'I call on all political and social actors in Honduras to
> respect
> democratic norms, the rule of law and the tenets of the
> Inter-American
> Democratic charter,' Mr. Obama said in a statement. 'Any
> existing
> tensions and disputes must be resolved peacefully through
> dialogue
> free from any outside interference.'"
>
> A coup against Honduras and a looming soccer victory over
> Brazil. It's
> a great day to be an American.
>
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