Opinions on Honduras Coup
Spoke with the Haitian Sensation, and he gave me the following opinions on Honduras and the Americas in general:
- The U.S. has had a policy against coup-de-tats in the Americas (South, Central, Caribbean) for approximately 20 years. Countries in this part of the world have been forced to live with who was elected, and follow the rules.
- If the U.S. allows a coup-de-tat in Honduras to occur, the Haitian Sensation feels more military takeovers could occur in Haiti, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, etc.
- The U.S. needs to "set the tone," and let the Americas know this type of stuff will not be tolerated.
- A former Cuban refugee told us that the deposed President is supported by Chavez and Castro. The U.S. (Obama and Clinton) wants him back in power, to serve out his term (at least that's what we hope! Please!). Honduras wants him out because the guy wants to usurp their constitution and have a second term in power. It also turns out the military is acting to enforce their Supreme Court's ruling on the matter. So, they're having a constitutional battle.
I have yet to read anything on this issue. Just sharing some interesting opinions from people who have lived through military dictatorships. Feel free to clarify.
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Damian here…
info had been scare at first. I read that this Honduras guy wanted to let the people vote directly on his term by modifying the constitution. Don't really know if he was a dictator or nor. No coverage there.
Frankly, I am leery of all leaders from 3rd world countries like Honduras. If we lived there for a week, we'd see that it's not a real government anyway.
Your friends are right in terms of describing U.S. policy, of course.
Regardless of the exact details (is Obama supporting a dictator is this just Drudge having a field day because Obama and Castro/Chavez are on the same page?), most revolutions occur through violence or coups.
See American Revolution, Mr. Obama.
The German people willingly gave Hitler's party power.
Iranian protests will do nothing to overthrow their government without the army and police supporting them (a coup).
Of course, Barry Allen can "prove" me wrong, but that's that.