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Friday, December 4, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
President Micheletti rubs it in
TEGUCIGALPA .- President Roberto Micheletti said that with the voting last Sunday, the Honduran people told the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, that he is a "wack job" that cannot come and impose anything on the Central American country.
"Honduras said, 'This is as far as you go, you are a wack job without the capacity to come and impose absolutely anything, and the puppets you sought gave you bad results,'" said Micheletti to HRN radio in Tegucigalpa.
In his opinion, the massive participation of Hondurans in the voting on Sunday, "is a message to all countries, for all men who try to dominate a country through money, through force, through oil, as this man does" (Chavez).
The elections were won by Porfirio Lobo, of the opposition National Party.
"I think it is also a lesson for people who are oppressed by these pseudodemocracies, who do no favors for their people, because in Venezuela nothing has changed for the poor," said Micheletti.
Translated from La Tribuna
You gotta love this man!
"Honduras said, 'This is as far as you go, you are a wack job without the capacity to come and impose absolutely anything, and the puppets you sought gave you bad results,'" said Micheletti to HRN radio in Tegucigalpa.
In his opinion, the massive participation of Hondurans in the voting on Sunday, "is a message to all countries, for all men who try to dominate a country through money, through force, through oil, as this man does" (Chavez).
The elections were won by Porfirio Lobo, of the opposition National Party.
"I think it is also a lesson for people who are oppressed by these pseudodemocracies, who do no favors for their people, because in Venezuela nothing has changed for the poor," said Micheletti.
Translated from La Tribuna
You gotta love this man!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
a kickass little country
I'm SO proud of us! We took on the world and won. (With a little help from a certain key ally, of course.)
Honduran Congress: NO RESTITUTION for Zelaya
Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The National Congress of Honduras decided a few minutes ago to NOT reinstate Manuel Zelaya Rosales in the presidency, after ratifying the decree issued on June 28 removing him from office, and appointing Roberto Micheletti to replace him.
By 7:00 PM, as the vote continued in the legislative chamber, a simple majority (66 votes in favor and 8 against) was reached thus confirming that Manuel Zelaya will not be reinstated.
The Legislature began today's session at 12:30 PM, first determining quorum and then reading the correspondence which contained the reports sent from the Supreme Court of Justice, the National Commissioner for Human Rights, the Public Ministry, and the Attorney General of the Republic, which all agreed that restitution was NOT possible.
The full Congress of 128 deputies responded to the request of the negotiating committee of the Guaymuras Dialogue which asked Congress in paragraph 5 of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Agreement to decide on the restitution of Zelaya.
By 7:00 PM, as the vote continued in the legislative chamber, a simple majority (66 votes in favor and 8 against) was reached thus confirming that Manuel Zelaya will not be reinstated.
The Legislature began today's session at 12:30 PM, first determining quorum and then reading the correspondence which contained the reports sent from the Supreme Court of Justice, the National Commissioner for Human Rights, the Public Ministry, and the Attorney General of the Republic, which all agreed that restitution was NOT possible.
The full Congress of 128 deputies responded to the request of the negotiating committee of the Guaymuras Dialogue which asked Congress in paragraph 5 of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Agreement to decide on the restitution of Zelaya.
Translated from El Heraldo.
The total, absolute, and resounding rejection of Manuel Zelaya (and Hugo Chavez) by the Honduran people is now complete.
VIVA HONDURAS!
Honduran Congress begins deliberations on Zelaya's fate today
TEGUCIGALPA .- The day has finally arrived. Today the full Congress is convening for a unique and unusual meeting, on which depends not only on the fate of former President Manuel Zelaya Rosales, but also the willingness of the international community to recognize the government of Porfirio Lobo Sosa.
At 10:00 AM members are summoned to begin the meeting, described as historic, just as was the meeting on 28 June when Zelaya was dismissed after deputies approved a report on alleged violations of the Constitution of the Republic.
The chairman of the legislature, Jose Alfredo Saavedra, announced that the regular duties of Congress begins today to hear outstanding issues, which are diverse, including the San Jose Agreement and the opinions of the four institutions consulted by the Congressional Board to define their position on that topic.
At 10:00 AM members are summoned to begin the meeting, described as historic, just as was the meeting on 28 June when Zelaya was dismissed after deputies approved a report on alleged violations of the Constitution of the Republic.
The chairman of the legislature, Jose Alfredo Saavedra, announced that the regular duties of Congress begins today to hear outstanding issues, which are diverse, including the San Jose Agreement and the opinions of the four institutions consulted by the Congressional Board to define their position on that topic.
Translated from La Tribuna
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
historic voter participation
2009 Voter Turnout: 63%*
2005 Voter Turnout: 46%
Source: El Heraldo
*and this with Manuel Zelaya calling on Hondurans to boycott the elections. This speaks volumes of the contempt my people have for that one.
2005 Voter Turnout: 46%
Source: El Heraldo
*and this with Manuel Zelaya calling on Hondurans to boycott the elections. This speaks volumes of the contempt my people have for that one.
quote of the day
Canada congratulates the Honduran people for the relatively peaceful and orderly manner in which the country’s elections were conducted. While Sunday’s elections were not monitored by international organizations such as the Organization of American States, we are encouraged by reports from civil society organizations that there was a strong turnout for the elections, that they appear to have been run freely and fairly, and that there was no major violence.
- Peter Kent, Canadian Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas)
the mark of democracy
Take that, Chavez!
Cato Institute: "Lula a big loser in Honduras"
One of the big losers from yesterday’s successful election in Honduras has been Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who demonstrated that under his presidency, Brazil is not ready to play a positive leadership role in the hemisphere.
Not only did Lula seem to be complicit in smuggling deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya into the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa—an irresponsible move that risked the possibility of major confrontations and bloodshed in that country—but he stubbornly refuses to recognize yesterday’s election as legitimate.
Lula’s grandstanding has nothing to do with a supposed commitment to democracy, of course. After all he continues to lavish praise on the Castro brothers’ dictatorship in Cuba, has said that Hugo Chávez is the best president Venezuela has had “in one hundred years” and was one of the first world leaders in congratulating Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s blatant rigged election in Iran. Indeed, the same week he announced his refusal to recognize the elections in Honduras, he gave Ahmadinejad a warm welcoming in Brasilia.
- Juan Carlos Hidalgo, Cato Institute
WSJ: Honduras defeats Chavez
Unless something monumental happens in the Western Hemisphere in the next 31 days, the big regional story for 2009 will be how tiny Honduras managed to beat back the colonial aspirations of its most powerful neighbors and preserve its constitution.
Sunday's elections for president and Congress, held as scheduled and without incident, were the crowning achievement of that struggle.
National Party candidate Porfirio Lobo was the favorite to win in pre-election polls. Yet the name of the victor is almost beside the point. The completion of these elections is a national triumph in itself and a win for all people who yearn for liberty.
The fact that the U.S. has said it will recognize their legitimacy shows that this reality eventually made its way to the White House. If not Hugo Chávez's Waterloo, Honduras's stand at least marks a major setback for the Venezuelan strongman's expansionist agenda.
- Mary Anastasia O'Grady, Wall Street Journal
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