The One-Sided War on the Streets of Honduras

Hopefully the people of Honduras will get the democracy they so rightly deserve. It is vital that all people of the Americas speak out and stand in solidarity with these brave folks.  Marty

From what I have read, I think many pro-Zelaya supporters and activists are not simply interested in re-instating him as President.

Many also want a democratic national discussion concerning the imposed 1982 constitution.

It was a hurriedly put-together document.  Those who ineptly constructed it, represented the interests of the oligarchy, military and the US Embassy.  Negroponte represented the interests of the US plutocracy (i.e., Embassy).

It was rapidly constructed because Negroponte and friends were interested in setting up a democratic facade in Honduras in order to pass budget requests for more military aid for the Honduran military (after which those in the higher echelon of the military and sections of the oligarchy would get their cuts.).

The constitution was constructed to give almost absolute power to the oligarchy, it was quickly and messily sewn together and it was imposed on the Honduran people during the waning days of the last dictatorship.

It gave blanket amnesty to those in the military and police who indulged in human rights violations, it allowed the conservative Catholic Church to extend its power over social issues (especially those dealing with abortion and contraception), and it implicitly promised no investigations into the activities of the noveau oligarchs who gained their wealth through gun running, feeding and outfitting the contras, acting as middle men for the contras and US drugs trade and transport, organizing prostitution rings for the US military and contras, siphoning off money from various US aid programs, etc.

If you knew the unsavory history of the oligarchs and their leading order-takers within the military and police, you would understand how incredibly thuggish, uneducated and limited they are.

Unfortunately, the gringos attracted to Honduras tend to be individuals whom share the same characteristics.

If you lived under such an unhappy state of affairs (plus the fact that most people in Honduras live under an economic regime of incredible poverty), wouldn't you be fed up?

Hey.  I wonder when gringos will take heed from their Honduran brothers and sisters and start massive actions against our own financial aristocrats, big bankers, energy corporations, insurance companies and Big Pharma.  And I haven't even added the bloated Pentagon, it hundreds of foreign military bases and its constant inteference almost everywhere in the world.  What about the CIA and the other "intelligence" agencies...?

Statement from Cuban Parliament on Situation in Honduras

The National Assembly of People's Power of the Republic of Cuba yesterday issued a statement repudiating the flagrant violation of human rights being suffered by the people of Honduras.
Below is the integral text of the document:

Given the gravity of events that are still occurring in the sister Republic of  Honduras, the National Assembly of People's Power of the Republic of Cuba affirms its profound concern over the flagrant violation of the most elemental human rights of the people of that country as a consequence of their determined and constant resistance and rejection of the coup d’état and the dismantling of the constitutional and democratic regime of the government of President Manuel Zelaya.

We join the universal repudiation and condemnation of the military regime imposed on that nation and call for the implementation of more energetic and profound measures on the part of the international community in order to achieve a return to normality and the restoration of the Honduran president, democratically and popularly elected, as a manifestation of the will of his people.

Zelaya’s presence in Tegucigalpa constitutes a gesture of courage and is based on his legitimate right as the constitutional president of Honduras.  His physical integrity and that of his family, of the diplomatic personnel and other employees in the Brazilian embassy, as well as that of the group of Hondurans present there must be respected and guaranteed by the coup perpetrators. The barbaric repression of demonstrations by the people in support of the democracy that they are defending and which they deserve must likewise be ended.

Havana, September 23, 2009