Ousted Honduras president builds support for return

Why is Obama backing a man who wants to change his country constitution so that he can become president-for-life?

he doesn't want to be a lifer. he was only asking his own people if they desired a presidecy that could run a second term. as it is now the precident can only stay in office for 4 years unlike the US where a president can be reelected. this is what he was after not a dictatorship. this entire mess was brought out by the few ellite who have Honduran people under their thumb. The President Manuel Zelaya is a good man who only wants to help Honduras and yet a few rich inconciderated bastards are taking advantage of a weak minded goverment and military.

yes I am a Hondurian, and I stand behind Mel Z.

Kel wrote:

he doesn't want to be a lifer. he was only asking his own people if they desired a presidecy that could run a second term. as it is now the precident can only stay in office for 4 years unlike the US where a president can be reelected. this is what he was after not a dictatorship. this entire mess was brought out by the few ellite who have Honduran people under their thumb. The President Manuel Zelaya is a good man who only wants to help Honduras and yet a few rich inconciderated bastards are taking advantage of a weak minded goverment and military.
yes I am a Hondurian, and I stand behind Mel Z.

Something is wrong when Chavez and the Cuban Government support the guy.

Something is even more wrong when Obama supports Chavez's and the Cuban Government's position.

Joe wrote:

Why is Obama backing a man who wants to change his country constitution so that he can become president-for-life?

The answer is because of the same reason Obama sat in the pews of the leftist Rev. Wright's church for over 20 years.

The same reason he hung around with self-admitted communists like Bill Ayers and Saul Alinsky (Obama's community organizing mentor).

For the same reason that Obama had the most leftist voting record in the Senate, even to the left of the Senate's self-proclaimed Socialist Bernie Sanders.

For the same reason Obama keeps setting up "czars".

For the same reason Obama took over the auto industry.

For the same reason Obama wants to
take over health care and energy.

For the same reason Obama is tough on Israel but a friend of Iran and North Korea who won't meddle in their business.

The reason is because Obama is a socialist! So he is standing up for his fellow socialist-wannabe, which puts Obama in the Castro-Chavez camp.

So it's better to support a military coup of a democratically elected President.

Wanting to extend term limits = an overthrow of the government. I remember a few years back some Republicans wanted to amend the constitution so Arnold could run for President. Should we overthrow the US govt. if this law is passed?

WOW, wake up people, it's happening ever so gentle here in the good ole US of A that most of us don't even know it! the ouster of a drug infested money laundering political is justified! the only thing they did wrong, was leave him alive! Socialist president in bed with Chavez and Cuba? something is wrong here!!!
I served 24 years in the US armed forces, but will gladly take up arms for Honduras, against any foreign invader, Hurah! Viva Honduras

Hopefully it won't take 8 months like in Minnesota to sort this out. My take is the guy is a commie dictator wannabe who licks Chavez's boots for power.

Joe wrote:

Why is Obama backing a man who wants to change his country constitution so that he can become president-for-life?

Because Obama isn't who you think he is. He is an American career politician, and until you convince him that his political career is at stake, or possibly at stake, he will continue to protect the interests of corporations that parade under the umbrella of US interests... here read these.

http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/...

http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/...

Mark wrote:

Hopefully it won't take 8 months like in Minnesota to sort this out. My take is the guy is a commie dictator wannabe who licks Chavez's boots for power.

You people have no idea what you're saying. This coup is about protecting corporate interests of which you will never see a dime. You mix everything, and don't understand the bottom line... What Chavez, Morales and now Zelaya are doing is freeing themselves of the conditions that come with so called "free trade". Corporate power has owned South America under the pretext of defending freedom. There are so many contradictions in your reasoning, it's difficult to know where to begin.

Zelaya was democratically elected... how can the US maintain that it seeks to promote democracy if it does not back Zelaya?

This is a grotesque double standard. And you are guilty of it. I beg of you to think about your opinions mean in the broader context.

"Nations across Latin America, including Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador, have recently re-written their constitutions. In many aspects the changes to these documents enshrined new rights for marginalized people and protected the nations’ economies from the destabilizing effects of free trade and corporate looting."

This is what this about...

http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/...

<<Corrections>>

*'I beg of you to think about what your opinions mean...'

*'This is what this IS about...'

PS. I invite you to find me on facebook to discuss this matter further. I can demonstrate to each one of you (Adam Smith, Mark, ALZ, tea bagging idiots and flying blind at 350) that you are in fact being mislead and misunderstand the greater context.

PSS ALZ, you hear it from a native himself, and still you are unwilling to give up your partisan perspective. This is NOT a republican vs. democrats issue... come on people. Get your heads out of your butts.

Which supports? Chavez, Ortega, Morales, Raul Castro, and the socialist president of Ecuador? I think the Honduran Supreme Court, Parliament and Army were right to oust him, apparently this companero loved Power too much!

Joe wrote:

Why is Obama backing a man who wants to change his country constitution so that he can become president-for-life?

Because he's consistent. He's wrong about everything. He's on the same side as Amadinejad, Castro, Chavez, now the SUPREME COURT ousted president making a power grab. He bows to the Saudi's and insults the British. I think he truly did just fall off the back of a turnip truck.

Of course the Puppet Boy Barry will support Manuel Zelaya along with Castro and Chavez.

They are all socialists!

Wake up Obamabots! You were duped! Admit you were wrong while we still have a chance to save freedom!

Time to stop grazing on the White House lawn Sheeple!

Maximilien Valente wrote:

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You people have no idea what you're saying. This coup is about protecting corporate interests of which you will never see a dime. You mix everything, and don't understand the bottom line... What Chavez, Morales and now Zelaya are doing is freeing themselves of the conditions that come with so called "free trade". Corporate power has owned South America under the pretext of defending freedom. There are so many contradictions in your reasoning, it's difficult to know where to begin.
Zelaya was democratically elected... how can the US maintain that it seeks to promote democracy if it does not back Zelaya?
This is a grotesque double standard. And you are guilty of it. I beg of you to think about your opinions mean in the broader context.
"Nations across Latin America, including Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador, have recently re-written their constitutions. In many aspects the changes to these documents enshrined new rights for marginalized people and protected the nations’ economies from the destabilizing effects of free trade and corporate looting."
This is what this about...
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/...

You're an idiot. Read the facts.

On Sunday morning, Zelaya was arrested by military forces and flown to Costa Rica. The supreme court blessed this move, and the congress appointed a successor, in accordance with the constitution. Last night, the Organization of American States (OAS), joined by vigorous support from the United States, demanded Zelaya’s restoration to power.

My guess is that the Hondurans—who ignored the U.S. embassy’s warnings in ousting Zelaya in the first place—will stand by their interpretation of their own constitution and go it alone until November presidential elections. The details will be debated by legal scholars and diplomats for months. But the following is clear:

• Zelaya—consumed by personal ambition and egged on by his mentors in Caracas and Havana—provoked a confrontation that he did not have the wit to win.
• Honduran institutions rose to the challenge and applied the rule of law as they saw it: the military appears to be defending those institutions and not advancing its own agenda.
• Unwilling to cross Chavez, the OAS’s leadership turned a blind eye when Zelaya was violating the Honduran constitution as well as the region’s Democratic Charter (which explicitly blesses “separation of powers”).

The OAS has refused to act as leftist caudillos shredded their constitutions and stole elections in Bolivia, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Having ignored these abuses, the OAS cannot pretend that it has any moral authority to second-guess the people of these nations when they move to defend their democracies.

And your President is on the same side as Zelaya, Chavez, Castro, Noriega. With friends like these...

Why do we alawys support ruthless would be dictators? This guy is Hugo Jr. and we support him like he is some sort of good guy...i guess welcome to the Obama administration, Threatening to nuke Israel OK, Blowing up nuke OK, ousting ruthless leftist president who is grasping for power (and no i dont mean obama!) not ok?

Is Chavez next?
He's very tight with Zelaya.

That guy is gonna get shot a few times on his return

The only way he will learn

You are such at TOOL

Dear UN and NYT,
Take note!
The actions taken in Honduras were not that of a military coup. The military did not overthrow the government and take over the country. The military removed the President upon orders of the Congress and Supreme Court of Honduras and another president (temporary and non-military) was named. THEREFORE THIS IS NOT A MILITARY COUP!

My congratulations go to Honduras for the valiant actions taken. If other countries would have had the boldness to do this, perhaps the world would have been spared the atrocities of Hitler, Stalin, Saddam Hussein, Papa Doc Duvalier, Idi Amin, Fidel Castro and others of their ilk. Are you listening yet, Venezuela???

This was no coup, I'd suggest the US stay away from saying this.
These people from the citizens, to the legislative, executive and judicial branches of their government stopped this guy from become a dictator. His biggest crime - initiating a vote to allow him a third and infinite term as presidency.

Obama is getting bad advice here he is wrong.