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2009-06-29 Caribbean-Latin America

Clinton: Honduras has 'evolved into a coup'

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Posted by Steve White 2009-06-29 16:17|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Uh, with a President like Reagan Honduras had the confidence to enter a democratic path.

Now, with the current one, the best they apparently feel they can hope for is a dictatorship they control instead of Hugo.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-06-29 16:52|| 2009-06-29 16:52|| Front Page Top

#2 What happens if it devolves into an impeachment? Anybody have experience with those? What if a competent judicial authority finds that a competent military authority properly refused to obey an unlawful order? What if nobody is killed during the entire affair? What if neighboring, and near neighboring states exert overt and covert pressure on domestic authorities? Who is to judge that? What if the OAS demands a return to "democratic" norms? What if Honduras asks for a definition of that, along the lines of Cuban and Venezuelan examples?

The list of questions goes on and on.

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2009-06-29 17:51|| 2009-06-29 17:51|| Front Page Top

#3 She said the United States is looking at its aid program for the country and considering the implications of the forced removal of Zelaya for continued American assistance.

In finest traditions of Chicagoland "pay to play." Of course the upside.... Aid dividends harvested from an illegal coup could be redirected to Hamas for education and school lunch programs.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-06-29 17:59|| 2009-06-29 17:59|| Front Page Top

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