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Jul

2

I think we now know if the Honduran coup was a blow for democracy

Conservatives has spent recent days criticizing President Obama for condemning the coup in Honduras because — they said — President Mel Zelaya was removed from office for Constitutional overreaching. It was in defense of democracy, not an attack, that the Honduran military ran the president out of the country.

The case seemed plausible until today. Al Giordano reports:

The same [Honduran] Congress that, after the military had kidnapped, beaten and dumped President Manuel Zelaya in Costa Rica had declared one of its own, Roberto Micheletti as the coup “president” today passed an emergency law stripping Hondurans of the following rights from the country’s constitution:

1. The right to protest.

2. Freedom in one’s home from unwarranted search, seizure and arrest.

3. Freedom of association.

4. Guarantees of rights of due process while under arrest.

5. Freedom of transit in the country.

But conservatives want you to believe Obama’s criticism of Zelaya’s removal somehow makes him a disciple of Fidel Castro. Looks to me like he’s on the side of democracy.
 
Joel Mathis | 11:13 AM | 1 Comment
Uncategorized, barack obama, honduras, mel zelaya
 
  1. Marco Says: Jul 6 9:05 AM

    If you did your job well, you’d know that Chavez and Ortega have sent people to create riots here, thanks to the curfew we are safer during nights and it’s easier for them to catch the infiltrates, they have found more than a hundred now, and that is dangerous because they disguise themselves as civilians in protests and THEY start the riots that later leave Hondurans hurt. That’s aaaaaaaaaalll thanks to Chavez and his traitor puppet.

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